A lot of Cameron Diaz's money comes from two franchises, Shrek and Charlie's Angels.
Harmony: Somebody remembered to pick me up the sweetest unicorn. Guess someone was feeling guilty for standing me up in tenth grade. Brad: What? Had to get her something. She sired me. Peaches: Sire-whipped.
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Betsy HP - Feb 28, 2005 9:19:26 am PST #9473 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Betsy HP - Feb 28, 2005 9:20:09 am PST #9474 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
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.
Oh, you're completely right. I went to Pirates for the pirates; I was happy to get Depp as a bonus. And Geoffrey Rush. Mmm, Rush.
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2005 9:20:19 am PST #9475 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thug. Mercenary. Gunman.
Don't forget "Would-be king."
Betsy HP - Feb 28, 2005 9:20:49 am PST #9476 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
"Would-be king."
Sorry, but Sean Connery owns that role.
Sean K - Feb 28, 2005 9:20:57 am PST #9477 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
A lot of Cameron Diaz's money comes from two franchises, Shrek and Charlie's Angels.
Yeah. I liked that third list -- what was it, average box office? Because it basically tops out with a bunch of LotR stars....
....and then some other people.
Also because, thanks in no small part to LotR, Hugo Weaving is much higher on the list than Keanu.
Jesse - Feb 28, 2005 9:21:01 am PST #9478 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Murphy if you count Shrek.
You can't count Shrek as an Eddie Murphy Movie. I mean, it's (a) a cartoon, (b) Mike Meyers, (c) Eddie Murphy. I think in that order, box-office-wise.
Jessica - Feb 28, 2005 9:21:22 am PST #9479 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
think this ought to be sorted by franchise. The Star Wars movies aren't high earners because of Samuel L. Jackson.
Yep. Star Wars also puts Carrie Fischer at #27.
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2005 9:24:16 am PST #9480 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You can't count Shrek as an Eddie Murphy Movie.
The reason I made it as fast as "if" is because he's (annoyingly?) Eddie throughout the whole thing. If you watched it for your Mike Meyers fix, you're likely to be more disappointed than if you watched it for Murphy.
However, franchise.
Sean K - Feb 28, 2005 9:24:53 am PST #9481 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
(a) a cartoon
I can only presume it was voice-over work that put John Ratzenberger in the top ten of that first list.
DavidS - Feb 28, 2005 9:25:04 am PST #9482 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The people who seem to be most capable of opening a movie separate from their franchise - or making a franchise of their own, would be Hanks and Cruise. Eddie Murphy used to be in that elite. As did Arnold and Harrison Ford.
And Julia Roberts has famously been the only female star in Hollywood for a while now. People (apparently) go to her movies for their Julia fix.
I think Nicole Kidman is moving into that realm, but she couldn't pull an audience for Stepford Wives or Birth.