Was looking up Adam Sandler's numbers to see where he lands among current box office behemoths and while he does well, these guys are off the charts. He's also been in about half the movies they've been in. Stallone, Arnold, Bill Murray can't touch these guys. When I was typing in different names off the top of my head I forgot all about Tom Hanks, but he's the leader. And I didn't think of Bruce Willis, but he's a bigger international star than anybody but Hanks. Hanks' world grosses are amazing. I didn't realize that Hanks' movies would translate so well. Eddie Murphy is helped by the 3 Shreks. Ford is helped by the first 3 Star Wars. But people still went to see those movies, partly because they were in them.
Tom Cruise has only the Mission Impossible series, but he was long established before they came out and he has no help from other box office kings (unlike Murphy in the Shreks). People went to see just him. And Tom Hanks has been making serious films for almost 20 years now, yet he's the biggest star and he rarely draws a gun or makes people laugh. Mike Myers has made just 13 movies, but his per average is by far the best. The Love Guru looks dicey, but Myers is as close to golden as anyone in Hollywood, never bet against him. Julia Roberts leads among women, but she doesn't place among these guys and gets credit for some movies like Oceans 11 that have nothing to do with her. Kind of like Samuel L. Jackson, who appears in popular movies but isn't necessarily the star (Star Wars, Coming to America). One of these days, Will Smith will blow all of them away.
The Freditor
Mike Myers: Average US gross: $140,282,107/per movie
Tom Hanks: US gross: $3,839,936,098
world Gross: $7,513,937,782
Harrison Ford--US gross: $3,561,989,506
world gross: $6,383,423,057
Eddie Murphy---US gross: $3,439,371,750
world gross: $6,134,535,458
Tom Cruise---US Gross: $3,076,936,700
world gross: $6,247,259,679
Bruce Willis: US Gross: $3,044,221,838
world gross: $6,412,660,366
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