The rankings come from Quigley Publishing Co.'s annual list (since 1932) of top money making stars, 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.
Bing Crosby
(1947 films: Welcome Stranger, The Road to Rio)
2.
Betty Grable
(1947 films: Mother Wore Tights, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Bog)
3.
Ingrid Bergman
4.
Gary Cooper
(1947 film: Unconqured)
5.
Humphrey Bogart
(1947 films: Dead Reckoning, The Two Mrs. Carrolls, Dark Passage)
6.
Bob Hope
(1947 film: The Road to Rio, Where There's Life, My Favorite Brunette)
7.
Clark Gable
(1947 film:
The Hucksters)
8.
Gregory Peck
(1947 films:The Paradine Case, Gentleman's Agreement, The Macomber Affair)
9.
Claudette Colbert
(1947 Film: The Egg and I)
10.
Alan Ladd
(1947 films: Calcutta, Wild Harvest)
