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Top Grossing Actors on BOM

Postby Kyle » Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:38 am

I found a chart on Box Office Mojo that lists the actors in descending order for the total amount their credited movies have earned. As an example, without giving any information away, the top actor on the list has a total gross of over $5 billion. Let's do this

Here's the rules:

1- Post up with an actor that you think has the highest amount of total domestic gross box office listed for them on Box Office Mojo. I don't know how accurate these numbers are. I'm just going with the BOM database here- which is fairly comprehensive. Also, on this list, Box Office Mojo states: "Cameo/voice work and movies without grosses omitted" from the total. Take this with a grain of salt. I see actors on this list that seem to have large animated movies included in their total. Also remember also that BOM doesn't have data on a lot of movies prior to the 80s.

2- After you make a post, you can't change your guess. You can only guess again AFTER I HAVE TOLD YOU IF YOU ARE RIGHT AND HAVE AWARDED POINTS. Thus, if you make a guess- please don't guess again until I've acknowledged your guess.

3- Your guess must be done off the top of your head. No research. No googling. No referring to Imdb. Obviously, no referring to Box Office Mojo. Just use your brain. This game is on the honor's system. But if you cheat, please understand that you're just ruining the game for everyone. There's nothing at stake. We're just all trying to have fun.

4- Points are awarded only for the top 50 actors, in reverse order of their place on the list. Thus, 1 point for the 50th actor. 50 points for the top actor. The listing is determined by Box Office Mojo. If you think BOM has made a mistake- that's too bad.

I will try to periodically update this first post with all the guesses, points awarded and standings.

ACTORS:
1- Samuel L. Jackson
2- Harrison Ford
3- Tom Hanks
4- Morgan Freeman
5- Robert Downey Jr.
6- Eddie Murphy
7- Stanley Tucci
8- Tom Cruise
9- Scarlett Johansson
10- Ian McKellen
11- Johnny Depp
12- Anthony Daniels
13- Michael Caine
14- Gary Oldman
15- Robin Williams
16- Robert DeNiro
17- Emma Watson
18- Will Smith
19- Bruce Willis
20-
21- Matt Damon
22-
23- Orlando Bloom
24- Liam Neeson
25-
26- Ralph Fiennes
27- Andy Serkis
28-
29-
30-
31- Helena Bonham Carter
32-
33-
34- Dwayne Johnson
35-
36-
37-
38-
39-
40-
41- Adam Sandler
42-
43-
44-
45-
46-
47-
48-
49-
50-

RESULTS:
Bluedevyl- 257
zombie- 181
buckett- 165
Mike- 106
Zen- 72
poorpete- 69 (heh, heh)
Ronster- 65
Phoebe- 55
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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

Postby Zombie » Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:42 am

Well... Not sure if his 3d technology mapping counts as "voice over", but Andy Serkis has to be pretty high if that counts.
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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

Postby buckett » Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:43 am

I'll kick it off with Harrison Ford.
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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

Postby Mike » Mon Jul 10, 2017 12:03 pm

Samuel L Jackson
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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

Postby Zen » Mon Jul 10, 2017 12:19 pm

A couple points of order...

1. Are we using Actor to mean Male Actor in this instance? (That was my presumption, but I wanted to verify that.)

2. Are the numbers at all adjusted for inflation or are old movies counted with old money?

That said:

Will Smith
[s]Given the answers... (Oh... we don't have strike-out text here?)

Natalie Portman[/s]

Oh, alright...
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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

Postby Bluedevyl » Mon Jul 10, 2017 1:50 pm

Tom Hanks
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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

Postby Kyle » Mon Jul 10, 2017 4:28 pm

Is poorpete not playing? I'm waiting to see if any stragglers want to participate before I go to the next round.
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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

Postby poorpete » Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:23 am

I know SLJ is number one, let's see

Andy Serkis

Just kidding. I mean I totally saw this already chosen, and am not an idiot who missed the guess, but will totally skip this round for other reasons :-)
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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

Postby Mike » Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:40 am

All I know is my food tastes better when I take my food-tastes-better pill.
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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

Postby Zen » Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:40 am

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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

Postby Mike » Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:44 am

I thought of that too. Does mo-cap count?

Does "no voice work" mean Mike Myers gets zero credit for the Shrek franchise? Cuz Shrek is his biggest thing... he's the star and people know it's him. Shrek should count, but we'll have to abide by whatever BOM tells us.
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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

Postby Kyle » Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:53 am

Zen- the rules state that after you make your post, you can't change your guess. You're going to have to stick with Will Smith for this round.

poorpete- Zombie already guessed Andy Serkis.

zombie- Andy Serkis- 27th (24 pts)
buckett- Harrison Ford- 2nd (49 pts)
Mike- Samuel L. Jackson- 1st (50 pts)
Zen- Will Smith- 18th (33 pts)
Bluedevyl- Tom Hanks- 3rd (48 pts)
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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

Postby Mike » Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:57 am

Robert Downey Jr
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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

Postby Zen » Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:58 am

Natalie Portman
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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

Postby Zombie » Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:44 am

Johnny Depp
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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

Postby buckett » Tue Jul 11, 2017 11:35 am

Emma Watson
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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

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Re: Top Grossing Actors on BOM

Postby Mike » Tue Jul 11, 2017 11:41 am

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