Here is what is said about Smith: Critics lambasted his two latest movies,
"Hancock" and "Seven Pounds," but they were both still hits -- earning $800
million between them. While this may be factual it was not relevant to the
story ("Top Paid Actors").
I consider this throwing dirt to tarnish Smith's singular accomplishments.
Here is what is NOT said about Harrison Ford: The five movies he has made since
2000 (excluding "Kingdom") have grossed $53.6 million and he hasn't had a box
office hit since 2000's "What Lies Beneath." (you exclude "Beneath" and his
box office slips to $28.5 mil per film).
Mr. Murphy, on the other hand has opened 14 movies since 2000 and his domestic
gross per movie is $123.5 million (including "Pluto Nash"'s $4 million box
office). Mr. Murphy has been a top ten box office star since "Beverly Hills
Cop" in 1984. Who else in the class of '84 is not only still relevant but
still a top-lining first run movie star?
(For those of you scoring at home, Tom Cruise did not become a top ten box
office star until 1986 ("Top Gun")and Tom Hanks did not become one until 1988
("Big").
Mr. Murphy gets nowhere near the respect he deserves.
~(no)rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Omari Confer <clockwork...@...> wrote:
>
> How is the author throwing dirt? Eddie's last movie was a flop and Big Will
> opens better than anyone...
>
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 4:36 PM, ravenadal <ravena...@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > It is interesting to me that the author of this piece finds it necessary to
> > throw dirt on the only two black actors on this list even though, unlike the
> > others on this list, they are consistently among the top ten earners, year
> > in and year out. Nobody is more resilient at the box office than Will Smith.
> >
> > ~(no)rave!
> >
> >
> > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, Keith
> > Johnson <KeithBJohnson@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hollywood's Top-Earning Actors
> > >
> > > by Dorothy Pomerantz June 11, 2009
> > >
> > > Harrison Ford is riding high again, while funnyman Will Ferrell is firing
> > blanks.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Photo by Jun Sato/WireImage.comFor the past five years, it seemed that
> > Harrison Ford was happier out of the spotlight than on the silver screen.
> > Since 2000, Ford has appeared in only four movies, none of which made much
> > of an impression at the box office.
> > >
> > > That all changed in 2008 when Ford strapped back on his trusty whip and
> > went adventuring again in " Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal
> > Skull ," the fourth film in the Indiana Jones series. In order to lure Ford
> > out of his semi-retirement, Paramount agreed to a lucrative deal that split
> > almost all of the film's earnings (after the studio made back its production
> > and advertising costs) between Ford, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas .
> > >
> > > As a result of the deal, Ford earned $65 million between June 2008 and
> > June 2009, making him the highest-paid actor on our annual Celebrity 100
> > list. (Even though the movie was released in May of 2008, Ford didn't earn
> > his money until several months later.)
> > > In Pictures: Hollywood's Top-Earning Actors >>
> > >
> > > To figure out earnings, we talked to agents, managers, producers and
> > lawyers to determine what the stars earned as upfront pay on movies they are
> > currently shooting, as well as backend pay earned after a movie hit the
> > theaters. We also looked at any money actors might have earned from doing
> > ads for things like beer, banks and coffee.
> > >
> > > Coming in behind Ford with $55 million is Adam Sandler . The funnyman had
> > two successful movies last year, "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" and
> > "Bedtime Stories," plus he earned a big paycheck for the upcoming Judd
> > Apatow movie "Funny People," in which he plays a comedian who thinks he
> > might be dying.
> > >
> > > In third is Will Smith , often considered in Hollywood to be the one
> > person who can open any movie in the U.S. and abroad. That all changed in
> > 2008 when Ford strapped back on his trusty whip and went adventuring again
> > in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," the fourth film in
> > the Indiana Jones series. In order to lure Ford out of his semi-retirement,
> > Paramount agreed to a lucrative deal that split almost all of the film's
> > earnings (after the studio made back its production and advertising costs)
> > between Ford, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
> > "Hancock" and "Seven Pounds," but they were both still hits -- earning $800
> > million between them.
> > >
> > > Eddie Murphy lands in fourth place on our list despite his disastrous
> > film "Meet Dave." The movie, which was made for an estimated $60 million,
> > earned only $50 million at the worldwide box office.
> > >
> > > Rounding out the top five is Nicolas Cage . The tireless worker doesn't
> > earn the same size paychecks as people like Smith and Sandler, but he
> > currently has six movies scheduled to hit theaters in the next two years,
> > including "G-Force," about some very smart hamsters, and a live-action
> > version of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."
> > >
> > > Conspicuously low on the list (10th place) is Johnny Depp , who last year
> > ranked second with $72 million. This year he earned $27 million. The reason:
> > no pirate movie. Depp is almost always well paid, but he earns a nice chunk
> > of the profits of the Disney series "Pirates of the Caribbean," which have
> > earned a collective $2.6 billion at the worldwide box office.
> > >
> > > Coming in at the bottom of our top 20 is Will Ferrell . The former
> > "Saturday Night Live" star has seen a steady decline in box office revenue
> > for his comedies. Things hit bottom this weekend when his remake of the TV
> > show "Land of the Lost" earned just $18 million at the box office.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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