| 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
| 1. Sylvester Stallone | 1. Burt Reynolds | 1. Burt Reynolds |
| 2. Barbra Steisand | 2. John Travolta | 2. Clint Eastwood |
| 3. Clint Eastwood | 3. Richard Dreyfuss | 3. Jane Fonda |
| 4. Burt Reynolds | 4. Warren Beatty | 4. Woody Allen |
| 5. Robert Redford | 5. Clint Eastwood | 5. Barbra Streisand |
| 6. Woody Allen | 6. Woody Allen | 6. Sylvester Stallone |
| 7. Mel Brooks | 7. Diane Keaton | 7. John Travolta |
| 8. Al Pacino | 8. Jane Fonda | 8. Jill Clayburgh |
| 9. Diane Keaton | 9. Peter Sellers | 9. Roger Moore |
| 10. Robert DeNiro | 10. Barbra Steisand | 10. Mel Brooks |
| 1980 | 1981 | 1982 |
| 1. Burt Reynolds | 1. Burt Reynolds | 1. Burt Reynolds |
| 2. Robert Redford | 2. Clint Eastwood | 2. Clint Eastwood |
| 3. Clint Eastwood | 3. Dudley Moore | 3. Sylvester Stallone |
| 4. Jane Fonda | 4. Dolly Parton | 4. Dudley Moore |
| 5. Dustin Hoffman | 5. Jane Fonda | 5. Richard Pryor |
| 6. John Travolta | 6. Harrison Ford | 6. Dolly Parton |
| 7. Sally Field | 7. Alan Alda | 7. Jane Fonda |
| 8. Sissy Spacek | 8. Bo Derek | 8. Richard Gere |
| 9. Barbra Streisand | 9. Goldie Hawn | 9. Paul Newman |
| 10. Steve Martin | 10. Bill Murray | 10. Harrison Ford |
| 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
| 1. Clint Eastwood | 1. Clint Eastwood | 1. Sylvester Stallone |
| 2. Eddie Murphy | 2. Bill Murray | 2. Eddie Murphy |
| 3. Sylvester Stallone | 3. Harrison Ford | 3. Clint Eastwood |
| 4. Burt Reynolds | 4. Eddie Murphy | 4. Michael J. Fox |
| 5. John Travolta | 5. Sally Field | 5. Chevy Chase |
| 6. Dustin Hoffman | 6. Burt Reynolds | 6. Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 7. Harrison Ford | 7. Robert Redford | 7. Chuck Norris |
| 8. Richard Gere | 8. Prince | 8. Harrison Ford |
| 9. Chevy Chase | 9. Dan Aykroyd | 9. Michael Douglas |
| 10. Tom Cruise | 10. Meryl Streep | 10. Meryl Streep |
| 1986 | 1987 | 1988 |
| 1. Tom Cruise | 1. Eddie Murphy | 1. Tom Cruise |
| 2. Eddie Murphy | 2. Michael Douglas | 2. Eddie Murphy |
| 3. Paul Hogan | 3. Michael J. Fox | 3. Tom Hanks |
| 4. Rodney Dangerfield | 4. Arnold Schwarzenegger | 4. Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 5. Bette Midler | 5. Paul Hogan | 5. Paul Hogan |
| 6. Sylvester Stallone | 6. Tom Cruise | 6. Danny De Vito |
| 7. Clint Eastwood | 7. Glenn Close | 7. Bette Midler |
| 8. Whoopi Goldberg | 8. Sylvester Stallone | 8. Robin Williams |
| 9. Kathleen Turner | 9. Cher | 9. Tom Selleck |
| 10. Paul Newman | 10. Mel Gibson | 10. Dustin Hoffman |
| 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| 1. Jack Nicholson | 1. Arnold Schwarzenegger | 1. Kevin Costner |
| 2. Tom Cruise | 2. Julia Roberts | 2. Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 3. Robin Williams | 3. Bruce Willis | 3. Robin Williams |
| 4. Michael Douglas | 4. Tom Cruise | 4. Julia Roberts |
| 5. Tom Hanks | 5. Mel Gibson | 5. Macaulay Culkin |
| 6. Michael J. Fox | 6. Kevin Costner | 6. Jodie Foster |
| 7. Eddie Murphy | 7. Patrick Swayze | 7. Billy Crystal |
| 8. Mel Gibson | 8. Sean Connery | 8. Dustin Hoffman |
| 9. Sean Connery | 9. Harrison Ford | 9. Robert DeNiro |
| 10. Kathleen Turner | 10. Richard Gere | 10. Mel Gibson |
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
| 1. Tom Cruise | 1. Clint Eastwood | 1. Tom Hanks |
| 2. Mel Gibson | 2. Tom Cruise | 2. Jim Carrey |
| 3. Kevin Costner | 3. Robin Williams | 3. Arnold Schwartzenegger |
| 4. Jack Nicholson | 4. Kevin Costner | 4. Tom Cruise |
| 5. Macaulay Culkin | 5. Harrison Ford | 5. Harrison Ford |
| 6. Whoopi Goldberg | 6. Julia Roberts | 6. Tim Allen |
| 7. Michael Douglas | 7. Tom Hanks | 7. Mel Gibson |
| 8. Clint Eastwood | 8. Mel Gibson | 8. Jodie Foster |
| 9. Steven Seagal | 9. Whoopi Goldberg | 9. Michael Douglas |
| 10. Robin Williams | 10. Sylvester Stallone | 10. Tommy Lee Jones |
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
| 1. Tom Hanks | 1. Tom Cruise | 1. Harrison Ford |
| 2. Jim Carrey | 2. Mel Gibson | 2. Julia Roberts |
| 3. Brad Pitt | 3. John Travolta | 3. Leonardo Di Caprio |
| 4. Harrison Ford | 4. Arnold Schwarzenegger | 4. Will Smith |
| 5. Robin Williams | 5. Sandra Bullock | 5. Tom Cruise |
| 6. Sandra Bullock | 6. Robin Williams | 6. Jack Nicholson |
| 7. Mel Gibson | 7. Sean Connery | 7. Jim Carrey |
| 8. Demi Moore | 8. Harrison Ford | 8. John Travolta |
| 9. John Travolta | 9. Kevin Costner | 9. Robin Williams |
| 10. Kevin Costner Michael Douglas (tie) | 10. Michelle Pfeiffer | 10. Tommy Lee Jones |
| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| 1. Tom Hanks | 1. Julia Roberts | 1. Tom Cruise |
| 2. Jim Carrey | 2. Tom Hanks | 2. Julia Roberts |
| 3. Leonardo Di Caprio | 3. Adam Sandler | 3. George Clooney |
| 4. Robin Williams | 4. Bruce Willis | 4. Eddie Murphy |
| 5. Meg Ryan | 5. Mike Myers | 5. Russell Crowe |
| 6. Mel Gibson | 6. Tom Cruise | 6. Mel Gibson |
| 7. Adam Sandler | 7. Will Smith | 7. Martin Lawrence |
| 8. Eddie Murphy | 8. Mel Gibson | 8. Tom Hanks |
| 9. Cameron Diaz | 9. Meg Ryan | 9. Jim Carrey |
| 10. Julia Roberts | 10. Sandra Bullock | 10. Harrison Ford |
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| 1. Tom Cruise | 1. Tom Hanks | 1. Jim Carrey |
| 2. George Clooney | 2. Tom Cruise | 2. Nicole Kidman |
| 3. Julia Roberts | 3. Mike Myers | 3. Jack Nicholson |
| 4. Russell Crowe | 4. Reese Witherspoon | 4. Tom Cruise |
| 5. Nicole Kidman | 5. Leonardo Di Caprio | 5. Julia Roberts |
| 6. Denzel Washington | 6. Nicole Kidman | 6. Johnny Depp |
| 7. Will Smith | 7. Catherine Zeta-Jones | 7. Russell Crowe |
| 8. Brad Pitt | 8. Denzel Washington | 8. Tom Hanks |
| 9. Ben Affleck | 9. Mel Gibson | 9. Will Ferell |
| 10. Jackie Chan | 10. Vin Diesel | 10. Renee Zellweger |
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| 1. Tom Hanks | 1. Tom Cruise | 1. Johnny Depp |
| 2. Tom Cruise | 2. Johnny Depp | 2. Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 3. Leonardo Di Caprio | 3. Angelina Jolie | 3. Will Smith |
| 4. Nicholas Cage | 4. Brad Pitt | 4. Denzel Washington |
| 5. Jim Carrey | 5. Vince Vaughn | 5. Tom Hanks |
| 6. Denzel Washington | 6. George Clooney | 6. George Clooney |
| 7. Julia Roberts | 7. Will Smith | 7. Will Ferrell |
| 8. Will Smith | 8. Reese Witherspoon | 8. Tom Cruise |
| 9. Brad Pitt | 9. Adam Sandler | 9. Dakota Fanning |
| 10. Adam Sandler | 10. Tom Hanks | 10. Sacha Baron Cohen |
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 1. Johnny Depp | 1. Will Smith | 1. Sandra Bullock |
| 2. Will Smith | 2. Robert Downey, Jr. | 2. Johnny Depp |
| 3. George Clooney | 3. Christian Bale | 3. Matt Damon |
| 4. Matt Damon | 4. Shia La Beouf | 4. George Clooney |
| 5. Denzel Washington | 5. Harrison Ford | 5. Robert Downey Jr. |
| 6. Russell Crowe | 6. Adam Sandler | 6. Tom Hanks |
| 7. Tom Cruise | 7. Reese Witherspoon | 7. Meryl Streep |
| 8. Nicholas Cage | 8. George Clooney | 8. Brad Pitt |
| 9. Will Ferrell | 9. Angelina Jolie | 9. Shia LaBeouf |
| 10. Tom Hanks | 10. Daniel Craig | 10. Denzel Washington |
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| 1. Johnny Depp | 1. Brad Pitt | 1. Denzel Washington |
| 2. Angelina Jolie | 2. George Clooney | 2. Anne Hathaway |
| 3. Robert Downey, Jr. | 3. Johnny Depp | 3. Hugh Jackman |
| 4. Matt Damon | 4. Leonardo DiCaprio | 4. Mark Wahlberg |
| 5. Steve Carell | 5. Matt Damon | 5. Johnny Depp |
| 6. Tom Hanks | 6. Sandra Bullock | 6. Daniel Craig |
| 7. Denzel Washington | 7. Bradley Cooper | 7. Daniel Day-Lewis |
| 8. Leonardo DiCaprio | 8. Robert Downey, Jr. | 8. Brad Pitt |
| 9. George Clooney | 9. Meryl Streep | 9. Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 10. Anne Hathaway | 10. Ben Stiller | 10. Robert Downey, Jr. |
| 2013 | 2014* | 2015 |
| 1. Jennifer Lawrence | 1. Jennifer Lawrence | 1. Chris Pratt |
| 2. Sandra Bullock | 2. Chris Pratt | 2. Vin Diesel |
| 3. Bradley Cooper | 3. Scarlett Johansen | 3. Robert Downey, Jr. |
| 4. Tom Hanks | 4. Mark Wahlberg | 4. Harrison Ford |
| 5. Denzel Washington | 5. Chris Evans | 5. Daniel Craig |
| 6. Leonardo DiCaprio | 6. Emma Stone | 6. Tom Cruise |
| 7. Robert Downey, Jr. | 7. Angelina Jolie | 7. Matt Damon |
| 8. Hugh Jackman | 8. James McAvoy | 8. Jennifer Lawrence |
| 9. Brad Pitt | 9. Michael Fassbender | 9. Dakota Johnson |
| 10. Melissa McCarthy | 10. Hugh Jackman | 10. Lily James |
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| 1. Scarlett Johansen | 1. Vin Diesel | 1. Chris Hemsworth |
| 2. Chris Evans | 2. Dwayne Johnson | 2. Robert Downey, Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansen, Chris Evans (tie) |
| 3. Robert Downey, Jr. | 3. Gal Gadot | 3. Michael B. Jordan |
| 4. Margot Robbie | 4. Emma Watson | 4. Chadwick Boseman |
| 5. Amy Adams | 5. Johnny Depp | 5. Chris Pratt, Dallas Bryce Howard (tie) |
| 6. Ben Affleck | 6. Daisy Ridley | 6. Tom Hardy |
| 7. Henry Cavill | 7. Tom Holland | 7. Tom Cruise |
| 8. Ryan Reynolds | 8. Chris Pratt | 8. Jason Momoa, Amber Heard (tie) |
| 9. Felicity Jones | 9. Chris Hemsworth | 9. Ryan Reynolds |
| 10. Will Smith | 10. John Boyega | 10. Dwayne Johnson |
*2014 - present
Forbes calculates the top 10 by adding each star's grosses for the year, based on the numbers from Box Office Mojo.
1932 - 2013
The Quigley Poll, conducted each year since 1932, is an annual survey of motion picture theatre owners and film buyers, which asks them to vote for the ten stars that they believe generated the most box-office revenue for their theatres during the year. It has been long regarded as one of the most reliable indicators of a Star's real box-office draw because the selections are made by professionals whose livelihood depends on choosing the films and actors that will bring audiences to their theatres. It draws a distinction among stars that happen to appear in hit films and those stars that Exhibitors and film buyers believe actually cause an audience to come to their theatres.
Qugley ceased publication in 2014, and is no longer conducting annual polls.
