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.
The girl's not playing with a full deck, Giles. She has almost no deck. She has a three.
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Jesse - Feb 28, 2005 9:21:01 am PST #9478 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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.
Jesse - Feb 28, 2005 9:25:16 am PST #9483 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If you watched it for your Mike Meyers fix, you're likely to be more disappointed than if you watched it for Murphy.
But you've already paid your $10.
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2005 9:27:25 am PST #9484 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But you've already paid your $10.
Unless you already know something about it before you buy a ticket.
Betsy HP - Feb 28, 2005 9:27:27 am PST #9485 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
or making a franchise of their own, would be Hanks and Cruise.
I repeat, Carrey.
Sean K - Feb 28, 2005 9:27:49 am PST #9486 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
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.
And Julia Roberts has famously been the only female star in Hollywood for a while now.
It really is a very short list.
Sean K - Feb 28, 2005 9:28:54 am PST #9487 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I repeat, Carrey.
Yeah, Carrey is on the list, too.