Cruise Tops Money-Maker List for Seventh Year
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Wednesday, January 04, 2006
HOLLYWOOD - Tom Cruise has topped a new poll of money-making celebrities after raking in a fortune for cinema bosses in 2005.
It's the seventh time the War of the Worlds star has topped the annual Quigley Publishing Company Top Ten Money-Making Stars Poll, and the 18th time he has featured in the top 10.
Johnny Depp comes in at number two on the 74th annual list, ahead of Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
The Quigley Poll, which has been conducted every year since 1932, is an annual survey of motion picture exhibitors, which asks them to vote for the 10 stars that generated the most box office revenue in the preceding year for their cinemas.
Exhibitors were also asked to name the Stars of Tomorrow - Jack Black and Dakota Fanning topped the 2005 list.
The Top 10 money-making stars of 2005 are:
1. Tom Cruise
2. Johnny Depp
3. Angelina Jolie
3. Brad Pitt
5. Vince Vaughn
6. George Clooney
7. Will Smith
8. Reese Witherspoon
9. Adam Sandler
10. Tom Hanks
Meanwhile, British movie veteran Christopher Lee is the unlikely leader on a new list of the most marketable film stars in America.
The 83-year-old actor's three 2005 films, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Corpse Bride and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, grossed a whopping $640 million, according to a new USA Today poll.
Ironically, Lee topped the 2002 list as well thanks to roles in blockbusters Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.
His staggering total was over $70 million more than what the five films Ewan Mcgregor starred in amassed to come in second.
Morgan Freeman finished 2005 in third place with $555.9 million from six movies and all-time box office leader Samuel L. Jackson and Gary Oldman round out the top five. Oldman, another Brit, starred in just two films that grossed $468.5 million.
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