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January 3, 2007
Show Me The Money, Johnny
Movie mogul Bill Quigley, who now lives in a suburb of Lowell, recently released Quigley Publishing Company’s 75th Top-Ten Money Making Stars Poll.
Actor Johnny Depp tops this year’s poll, as the “Pirates of the Caribbean� star unseated last year’s winner, Tom Cruise, who dropped to No. 8.
Industry leaders also picked Daniel Craig and Maggie Gyllenhaal as “stars of tomorrow.�
Here are the full results and a little background:
Top Ten Money-Making Stars of 2006
1. Johnny Depp
2. Leonardo DiCaprio
3. Will Smith
4. Denzel Washington
5. Tom Hanks
6. George Clooney
7. Will Ferrell
8. Tom Cruise
9. Dakota Fanning
10. Sacha Baron Cohen
Stars of Tomorrow of 2006:
Daniel Craig
Maggie Gyllenhaal
“The Quigley Poll, conducted every year since 1932, is an annual survey of motion picture exhibitors, which asks them to vote for the ten stars that they believe generated the most box-office revenue in the preceding year for their theatres. Long regarded as one of the most reliable indicators of a Star’s box-office draw because the selections are done by people whose livelihood depends on choosing the films that will bring audiences to their theatres, the Quigley Poll appears annually in Quigley Publishing Company’s International Motion Picture Almanac and at www.quigleypublishing.com.�
Posted by Andy Ravens at January 3, 2007 2:22 PM