Hollywood, Car Destroyer: Crashed Cars in Film

Films and cars are inextricably linked, and sometimes the cars really get the raw end of the deal. In fact, Hollywood is a bit of a car killer.
Written by Alex Reale
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In Hollywood
movies
, cars are unsung heroes and frequent scene partners. 
Where else but in Tinseltown could a funny, fraught front seat conversation between a mother and daughter culminate in the latter jumping from the passenger seat onto a California highway, as was the case in Lady Bird? What would La La Land be without the preponderance of Priuses? And you’d lose sleep trying to count the number of times we zoom in on a pensive protagonist’s face mid-drive as they consider their inner conflict. 
But despite all this remarkable range, sometimes the cars don’t get to make it out alive.
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Avenue of the cars

Forbes
chronicles the worst offenders by movie, and by actor. At the low end of the spectrum are Bullitt (1968)and Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), which totaled over 80 and 93 cars, respectively. The car chase scene in Bullitt is frequently cited as the greatest of all time, so perhaps the destruction is somewhat understandable (but not necessarily forgivable). 
It only gets worse from there. Both the first and second installments of The Blues Brothers (1980 and 1998) destroyed just over 100 cars, and G.I. Joe (2009) killed off 112. A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) had a legacy to preserve, and so couldn’t help but be over-the-top, taking down 132 cars. The Junkman (1982) has the dubious honor of destroying “1.5 [cars] per minute of running time,” says
Forbes
, for a grand total of 150.
Now for the podium.Bronze goes to Fast Five (2011) for a kill total of 250 cars. The Matrix Reloaded (2003) ups the ante for the silver, sending 300 cars to car heaven. 
And gold goes to Michael Bay (who else?) for wrecking 532 cars in Transformers III: Dark of the Moon (2011). The war against the Decepticons must not be going great.
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Now for the actors with the longest hit lists. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jason Statham share the 18-car-killer title, followed closely by Tom Cruise at 19. 
Nicolas Cage, Daniel Craig, and Tom Hardy round out the 20s, with respective destruction of 22, 24, and 29 cars. Keanu Reeves and Matt Damon share the 30s spotlight, with Reeves at 30 and Damon at 35.
And the top 3 car killers in Hollywood are…Arnold Schwarzenneger (52), Bruce Willis (60), and Vin Diesel (61). Notice: no women. Take from that what you will.
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