12/20/2010

40 Years Ago - Top 10 Box Office Stars of 1970 (USA)


The rankings come from Quigley Publishing Co.'s annual list (since 1932) of top money making stars in the USA, which based on a poll of hundreds of theater executives. The list does not rank stars only on how much cash their films made, but on what theater owners say about who attracts audiences on their star power alone.

1. Paul Newman


2. Clint Eastwood

3. Steve McQueen


4. John Wayne

P.S. - Read a review of the new True Grit movie
from the blog We Are Movie Geeks

5. Elliott Gould



6. Dustin Hoffman

P.S. - Back on big screen this weekend in Little Fockers! (official movie website)

7. Lee Marvin



8. Jack Lemmon

9. Barbra Streisand



P.S. - Back on big screen this weekend in Little Fockers! (official movie website)
10. Walter Matthau

1932| 1933| 1934| 1935| 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 |
1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 |
1947 | 1948| 1949 | 1950 |



3 comments:

  1. I love 'em all. Especially the Duke and Lee Marvin, McQueen and Eastwood. Really a great decade for the movies. Thank you!

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  2. Hi Clint! Thanks for stopping by! Merry Christmas and all the best this holiday season. - Tom

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  3. fortunatly, the Great Clint is still on the top. With every new movie he becomes greater to me. I always cry watching "million dollar baby" and "Gran Torino". Besides, I wish Dustin Hoffman appeared more often in the films lately, but I suppose that he is to retire, like Gene Hackman and Sean Connery.

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