Re: All time box office stars, I think this ought to be sorted by franchise. The Star Wars movies aren't high earners because of Samuel L. Jackson.
Do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not madly in love with a beautiful woman who can kill me with her pinkie!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Betsy HP - Feb 28, 2005 9:12:52 am PST #9463 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Sean K - Feb 28, 2005 9:14:21 am PST #9464 of 10001
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Did Bruce Almighty do well?
If I read the box office/opening weekend data right, I think it did soundly own its weekend. It was a Memorial Day weekend, and probably opened for more than just the normal three days, and did $85 million, which is pretty big. And the "On this date" page shows only the In-Laws also opening that weekend, and it only made $9 million.
Betsy HP - Feb 28, 2005 9:14:51 am PST #9465 of 10001
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I really love Sven Ole-Thorsen's list of roles. Thug. Mercenary. Gunman.
Jesse - Feb 28, 2005 9:15:04 am PST #9466 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Anthony Daniels -- Biggest Star Ever. That's awesome.
Betsy HP - Feb 28, 2005 9:15:40 am PST #9467 of 10001
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The hulking 6' 5" actor first came to attention as one of Thulsa Doom's bodyguards... The hammer wielding "Thorgrim", in the highly popular, Conan the Barbarian (1982).
Oh! My man! Sven!
Jessica - Feb 28, 2005 9:16:38 am PST #9468 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I'd definitely rank Nicole Kidman over Renee Zellweger in the star contest. (And no, not just because I loathe RZ with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns.)
Halle Berry, I'm not sure about.
Sean K - Feb 28, 2005 9:17:58 am PST #9469 of 10001
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Are there any more women at all? Maybe Zellweger
Yeah, those three lists ita just posted? While they clearly have some flaws, the only other woman besides Julia who shows up in the top thirty or so is Cameron Diaz.
Jesse - Feb 28, 2005 9:18:17 am PST #9470 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I love that average-gross list. Alan Tudyk beats Jim Carrey! And I can't freaking believe how much Bruce Almighty made. Man, that movie was terrible.
Betsy HP - Feb 28, 2005 9:18:27 am PST #9471 of 10001
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She couldn't save Gothika or Catwoman, so I'd say no.
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2005 9:18:53 am PST #9472 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Star Wars movies aren't high earners because of Samuel L. Jackson.
Well, it depends what you're using the list for. Me, I'm using it to bolster my idea that it's as much (if not more) the reign of the franchise as the star.
Jackson, Jones, and Ford are heavily affected by franchise participation. Willis, Murphy, and Gibson aren't hurt by it. Cummings is Disney all the way.
Hanks and Cruise are the only guys on that list that I'd say opened a movie big in the last five years. Murphy if you count Shrek.