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Doris Day was number one boxoffice star for four years and topped the annual exhibitors’ poll of top ten boxoffice stars three years in a row, a records among adult female stars (child star Shirley Temple was Number 1 for four years in a row 1935-1938).

GROTON, Mass., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ — Using data from 72 years of Quigley Publishing Company’s annual Top Ten Money-Making Star Poll of motion picture exhibitors, John Wayne has been named the Top Money-Maker of All Time.

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 has been cited in hundreds of publications and appears annually in Quigley Publishing Company’s International Motion Picture Almanac and on our site; http://www.quigleypublishing.com.

To come up with a weighted score, an actor received 10 points for a first place finish, nine for a second place finish, etc. The total score was determined by adding up the weighted scores from each year that the actor was voted on the list. John Wayne’s appearance 25 times in the poll from 1949 to 1974 yielded 172 points versus 165 points for second place Clint Eastwood, who has been on the list 21 times. Tom Cruise placed third with 133.5 points combining six first place finishes with 16 appearances on the QP poll.

The rest of the Quigley Top Ten All-Time Money Makers are Bing Crosby #4, Gary Cooper #5, Clark Gable #6 and

Burt Reynolds #7. Tom Hanks, who was recently voted the Top Ten Money-Making Star of 2004, tied with Bob Hope for #8 and Paul Newman was #10.

Perhaps reflecting shorter careers in Hollywood than men, no women made it into the Top Ten but Doris Day #11,Julia Roberts #13, Betty Grable #15, Elizabeth Taylor #23 and Shirley Temple #25 were in the Top Twenty Five.

    The complete list is:

               QP All Time Weighted
     Position  Top Ten Stars            Score
     1         John Wayne               172
     2         Clint Eastwood           165
     3         Tom Cruise               133.5
     4         Bing Crosby              111
     5         Gary Cooper              106.5
     6         Clark Gable              95
     7         Burt Reynolds            90
     8         Tom Hanks (Tie)          83
               Bob Hope (Tie)           83
     10        Paul Newman              76
     11        Doris Day                72
     12        Rock Hudson              69
     13        Julia Roberts            68
     14        Eddie Murphy             67
     15        Betty Grable             66
     16        Cary Grant               62
     17        Abbott & Costello        57
     18        Harrison Ford (Tie)      56
               James Stewart (Tie)      56
     20        Mel Gibson               55.5
     21        Robert Redford           55
     22        Arnold Schwarzenegger    53
     23        Elizabeth Taylor         52
     24        Sylvester Stallone       50
     25        Jim Carrey (Tie)         49
               Shirley Temple (Tie)     49
Quigley Publishing Company was founded in 1915 and has published the International Motion Picture Almanac

annually since 1929 and the International Television & Video Almanac since 1955. Historical data on the Top Ten

Money- Making Star Poll dating back to 1932 is available on our web site: http://www.quigleypublishing.com

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