Before revision: 1999 Tom Cruise Mel Gibson Tom Hanks Harrison Ford Jim Carrey Leonardo DiCaprio John Travolta Julia Roberts Robin Williams Brad Pitt 2002 Tom Cruise (100.00) Tom Hanks (100.00) Julia Roberts (100.00) Mel Gibson (98.68) Jim Carrey (98.46) George Clooney (95.18) Russell Crowe (94.74) Harrison Ford (94.74) Jodie Foster (94.30) Brad Pitt (92.98) Bankable Stars, CBS News, Feb. 5, 2002 2006 Tom Cruise Tom Hanks Jim Carrey George Clooney Russell Crowe Johnny Depp Nicole Kidman Jude Law Brad Pitt Marlon Brando Ulmer Scale The list was created by veteran entertainment journalist James Ulmer, who developed a 100-point method to quantify a star's value to a film production, in terms of getting a movie financed and the cameras rolling.
After revision: 1999 Tom Cruise Mel Gibson Tom Hanks Harrison Ford Jim Carrey Leonardo DiCaprio John Travolta Julia Roberts Robin Williams Brad Pitt 2002 Tom Cruise (100.00) Tom Hanks (100.00) Julia Roberts (100.00) Mel Gibson (98.68) Jim Carrey (98.46) George Clooney (95.18) Russell Crowe (94.74) Harrison Ford (94.74) Jodie Foster (94.30) Brad Pitt (92.98) Bankable Stars, CBS News, Feb. 5, 2002 2006 Tom Cruise Tom Hanks Jim Carrey George Clooney Russell Crowe Johnny Depp Nicole Kidman Jude Law Brad Pitt Julia Roberts Ulmer Scale The list was created by veteran entertainment journalist James Ulmer, who developed a 100-point method to quantify a star's value to a film production, in terms of getting a movie financed and the cameras rolling.