GROTON, MA – (MARKET WIRE) – Tom Cruise has been voted the Top Money-Making Star of 2005 in Quigley Publishing Company’s 74th Annual Top Ten Money-Making Stars Poll. Johnny Depp finished second in the voting and Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt tied for third. This is Angelina Jolie’s first appearance in the poll and Brad Pitt’s fourth. Vince Vaughn made his first appearance in the poll at #5.
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 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, the Quigley Poll appears annually in Quigley Publishing Company’s International Motion Picture Almanac and at www.quigleypublishing.com
Five on last year’s list who did not make it in 2005 were Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicholas Cage, Denzel Washington, Jim Carrey and Julia Roberts.
Top Ten Money-Making Stars of 2005
1. Tom Cruise
2. Johnny Depp
3. Angelina Jolie
3. Brad Pitt
5. Vince Vaughn
6. George Clooney
7. Will Smith
8. Reese Witherspoon
9. Adam Sandler
10. Tom Hanks
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