Tom Cruise and Will Smith each had insane streaks of 7 consecutive movies grossing $100m+ domestic, and 11 consecutive movies grossing $100m+ worldwide, and they were almost all non-franchise films.

Tom Cruise#FilmYearDomesticWorldwide1Cocktail1988$172MM2Rain Man1988$355MM3Born on the Fourth of July1989$161MM4Days of Thunder1990$158MM5Far and Away1992$138MM6A Few Good Men1992$243MM7The Firm1993$270MM8Interview with the Vampire1994$224MM9Mission: Impossible1996$458MM10Jerry Maguire1996$274MM11Eyes Wide Shut1999$162MMMagnolia19991Mission: Impossible II2000$215MM2Vanilla Sky2001$101MM3Minority Report2002$132MM4The Last Samurai2003$111MM5Collateral2004$101MM6War of the Worlds2005$234MM7Mission: Impossible III2006$134MM​Will Smith#FilmYearDomesticWorldwide1Bad Boys II2003$139MM$273MM2I, Robot2004$145MM$353MM3Shark Tale2004$161MM$375MM4Hitch2005$179MM$372MM5The Pursuit of Happyness2006$164MM$307MM6I Am Legend2007$256MM$585MM7Hancock2008$228MM$629MM8Seven Pounds2008$170MM9Men in Black 32012$624MM10After Earth2013$244MM11Focus2015$159MM​ via /r/movies https://ift.tt/2YtyI9X