spence Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Hope some may find this interesting & it's fact based all the way The annual leaders-(individual) of the $Box-0ffice$ all the way back to 1932 to present Stars that Lead the ticket sales each year> 1932 Marie Dressler (l869-l934) '33 Marie Dressler 1934 Will Rogers (l879-l935) 1935 Shirley Temple (l928-2004) '35 Shirley Temple '36 Shirley Temple '37 Shirley temple 1938 Mickey Rooney (l920-2014)-(TRIVIA: "The King: Gable" was always a runner-up to him) '39 Mickey Rooney 1940 Mickey Rooney-(TRIVIA: & closest yr ,my idol Tracy almost lead) '41 Mickey Rooney '42 Bud Abbott & Lou Costello (l895-l974) (l906-59) '43 Betty Grable (l9l6-l973) '44 Bing Crosby (l903-77) '45 Bing Crosby '46 Bing Crosby '47 Bing Crosby '48 Bing Crosby '49 Bob Hope (l903-2003) 1950 John Wayne (l907=-1979) '51 John Wayne '52 Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis (l9l7-95) (l926-) '53 Gary Cooper (l90l-l96l) '54 John Wayne '55 James Stewart (l908-97) '56 William Holden (l9l8-l98l) '57 Rock Hudson (l925-85) '58 Glenn ford (l9l6-2006) 59 Rock Hudson 1960 Doris Day (l924-) '61 Elizabeth Taylor (l932-2011) '62 Doris Day '63 Doris Day '64 Doris Day '65 Sean Connery (l930-) '66 Julie Andrews (l935-) '67 Julie Andrews '68 Sidney Poitier (l927-) '69 Paul Newman (l925-2008) 1970 Paul Newman '71 John Wayne '72 Clint Eastwood (l930-) '73 Clint Eastwood '74 Robert Redford (l937-) '75 Robert Redford '76 Robert Redford '77 Sylvester Stallone (l946-) '78 Burt Reynolds (l936-) '79 Burt Reynolds 1980 Burt Reynolds '81 Burt Reynolds '82 Burt Reynolds-(TRIVIA tied the 5 consecutive yrs at the top w/Bing) '83 Clint Eastwood '84 Clint Eastwood '85 Sylvester Stallone '86 Tom Cruise (l962-) '87 Eddie Murphy (l96l-) '88 Eddie Murphy '89 Tom Cruise 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger (l947-) '91 Arnold Schwarzenegger '92 Tom Cruise '93 Clint Eastwood '94 Clint Eastwood '95 Tom Hanks '97 Julia Roberts '98 Tom Hanks '99 Tom Hanks 2000 Jim Carrey 2001 Julia Roberts 2002 Tom Hanks 2003 Keanu Reeves 2004 Ben Stiller 2005 Dakota Fanning 2006 Robin Williams (l951-2014) 2007 Johnny Depp (l963-) 2008 Robert Downey,Jr (l965-) 2009 Sandra Bullock (l964-) 2010 Johnny Depp 2011 Johnny Depp 2012 Robert Downey.Jr. 2013 Sandra Bullock 2014 Jennifer Lawrence (l990-) 2015 Jenniifer Lawrence 2016 Ryan Reynolds or Dwayne Johnson? 2017 (P.S. but I'll bt that the 2 most popular every are Wayne & Hanks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LsDoorMat Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 What is the actual source of this information? According to your list Mr. Eastwood has real staying power, making the top of the list in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. I had no idea who Jennifer Lawrence was. I had to look that one up. Can you imagine Marie Dressler being a top box office draw today? Don't get me wrong I love her films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LsDoorMat Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Here's a link to films that were top box office draws by year.Notice that 1924 is labeled "Nothing Substantial" and that the only year Harold Lloyd topped at the box office it was for probably the worst film he ever made,"Welcome Danger", in 1929. http://www.filmsite.org/boxoffice2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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