"American Sniper," starring Bradley Cooper and directed by Clint Eastwood, is on pace to earn over $300 million at the box office in its first four weeks. That's according to data from the Hollywood Stock Exchange,
With a number that high, it would be the all-time highest-grossing movie in the history of Eastwood's career as a director.
Here's the catch though: His bar was very low. Most of his movies haven't made that much money individually. He has certainly churned out a huge quantity of films, and made a lot of money in aggregate, but his per-movie average hasn't been all that high.