Top 200 Movie Stars Statistically Speaking

black-and-white-photography-collage-of-old-movie-starsThis UMR pages takes a look at the Top 200 Movie Stars Statistically Speaking.  So how did we end up with this massive table?  Well let me tell you.  Recently we finished a 5 year project on the AFI Top 50 Screen Legends. The AFI Top 50 screen legends were movie stars that started making movies before 1950.  Many times while working on those pages we thought…”Wonder who would be the AFI Screen Legends for actors that started making movies after 1950?”  

So we came up with the idea of creating our own Top 50 Screen Legends 1950-2010.   It did not take too long to realize that picking the best actors and actresses over the last 60 years was going to be very challenging.  On the actor side we identified 47 very solid candidates and on the actress side we identified 29 solid candidates.  So we were faced with the problem off coming up with a way to select the Top 25 actors and actresses.  So using our massive movie database that is filled with almost a million  movie stats, we created the following table.  Basically the movie stars got points for each successful movie that they appeared in. To us..a movie is successful when it either makes money at the box office, receives good reviews by critcs and audiences or wins some major movie awards.

When running the reports that retrieved all of these stats….it brought along the classic stars too.  At first we were going to delete the classic stars from the table…..but eventually we realized that since this is a table of stats we should include both the classic and current stars.  So we will eventually be posting our Top 50 Screen Legends 1950-2010..but until then we thought this was interesting enough to post.

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Top 200 Movie Stars Statistically Speaking

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Column One – Movies:  Movies in our database that starred the actor or actress
  • Column Two – $100 Million B.O:  Number of $100 million adjusted domestic box office hits the actor or actress appeared in.  Each movie was worth 1 point.  John Wayne had the most and earned 46 points.
  • Column Three – Best Picture:  Number of Best Picture Oscar® nominated movies the actor or actress appeared in.  Nomination was worth 1 point..a win was worth 2 points.  Jack Nicholson led the way with 13 points…7 Best Picture nominees and 3 Best Picture winners.
  • Column Four – 60% Fresh:  Number of movies that earned at least 60% approval rating from critics and audiences.  Each movie was worth 1 point. Orson Welles led the way with 62 points.
  • Column Five – Noms. Wins:  Number of individual Oscar® nominations and wins the actor or actress received.  Nomination worth 3 points…a win worth 5 points.  Meryl Streep was the leader with 63 points.  16 nominations and 3 wins.
  • Column Six – Movie Noms:  Number of Oscar® nominated movies (any category) the actor or actress appeared in.  Nomination was worth 1 point..a win was worth 2 points.  Spencer Tracy was the leader with 42 points….30 movies nominated….12 won.
  • Column Seven – Quigley:  The number of times an actress or actor appeared on the annual Quigley Top 10 box office stars.  Each time equals one point. John Wayne made the list 25 times.
  • Column Eight – Points:  Total of the previous six columns…John Wayne is the leader.
  • Column Nine – Points Per Movie – Column Eight divided by Column One…James Dean has the best average.
RankActorMovies$100 Million B.O.60% FreshNoms WinsMovie nomsQuigleyPts.Pts Per Movie
John Wayne8346551129251712.06
Gary Cooper6837501937181702.50
James Stewart7341561734101672.29
Meryl Streep531438633741643.09
Spencer Tracy5330393142101613.04
Bette Davis792453373341592.01
Paul Newman5625362937141482.64
Jack Nicholson481936422961453.02
Cary Grant583847636111442.48
Clint Eastwood5731421923211432.50
Clark Gable6342461118161412.24
Anthony Quinn812655163001311.62
Bing Crosby5528431130151312.38
Robert DeNiro901647253021301.44
Burt Lancaster672553142721301.94
Gregory Peck532638173721292.43
Humphrey Bogart583150112181282.21
Dustin Hoffman511934253091282.51
Robert Duvall731743233401271.74
Tom Hanks4323262427181272.95
Mickey Rooney623541122861262.03
Henry Fonda83295382701251.51
Jack Lemmon531537283181242.34
Katharine Hepburn431728442711242.88
William Holden662243112961211.83
Gene Hackman761744193021201.58
Lionel Barrymore61295182301201.97
Woody Allen53638372951192.24
Michael Caine891748222701181.33
Laurence Olivier481036322901152.40
Robert Redford462233113371152.50
Marlon Brando371728282551123.03
Walter Brennan412734182801102.68
James Cagney612341112461091.79
Olivia de Havilland 472231192801092.32
Tom Cruise382525923211082.84
Myrna Loy62284802021061.71
Samuel L. Jackson92235132501051.14
James Mason75185292301051.40
Morgan Freeman602335172301051.75
Frank Sinatra55322982461041.89
Harrison Ford482429326131032.15
Orson Welles77146251701021.32
Elizabeth Taylor472218192791022.17
Tyrone Power45332903231012.24
Jane Fonda431628252451012.35
Ingrid Bergman321623272531003.12
Joan Crawford72273511175981.36
Barbara Stanwyck71224712160981.38
Susan Hayward54242917253981.81
Fred Astaire3927323293972.49
Robert Mitchum8525446180961.13
Ginger Rogers5426375203961.78
Claudette Colbert48233611183962.00
Brad Pitt4114309258942.29
Edward G. Robinson6721520170931.39
Charlton Heston6123345250921.51
David Niven5522335250921.67
Richard Burton46152221244922.00
Al Pacino41142526154922.24
Kirk Douglas7116419230901.27
Leonardo DiCaprio25121820219903.60
Martin Scorsese2492326230903.75
Shirley MacLaine49122917231891.82
Denzel Washington43142922149892.07
Bob Hope53293201413881.66
Alfred Hitchcock31202815200882.84
Anthony Hopkins63133214220871.38
Johnny Depp4512299278871.93
Walter Matthau58173711172861.48
Sean Connery5620325217861.54
Susan Sarandon64123617180841.31
Matt Damon4115309204842.05
Errol Flynn5032330151831.66
Robin Williams50171814229831.66
Cate Blanchett3572528190832.37
Richard Widmark6115403210821.34
Jeff Bridges6063020230821.37
Sidney Poitier4617318183821.78
Judy Garland3127286163822.65
Ronald Colman36192914150812.25
Peter O''Toole3572624180812.31
Maureen O''Hara5325330180801.51
Joan Fontaine39172911180792.03
Glenn Ford5814440173781.34
Gene Kelly4021253250781.95
Doris Day39202831710782.00
William Powell3618299161782.17
Natalie Wood4317269220771.79
Mel Gibson39182251614771.97
Charles Laughton33162511190772.33
George Clooney3492114179762.24
Julianne Moore5673117170751.34
Irene Dunne31132615170752.42
Robert Downey Jr.5413306166721.33
Christian Bale3792711211721.95
Dean Martin513023098711.39
Rock Hudson5013313158711.42
Julia Roberts401716141111701.75
Christopher Walken6114278150691.13
Daniel Day-Lewis1641421211694.31
Jodie Foster35102316142681.94
Norma Shearer20151420113683.40
Vincent Price5115340150671.31
Jerry Lewis4625280212671.46
Lee Marvin4610325135671.46
Betty Grable32212401210672.09
Kate Winslet2931823180672.31
Shirley Temple372033066661.78
Russell Crowe3292011144662.06
Julie Andrews26131911164662.54
Audrey Hepburn24101817170662.75
Eddie Murphy3825133159651.71
Debbie Reynolds3815303142651.71
Lana Turner5022263120641.28
Nicolas Cage5812288122631.09
John Garfield3014266140632.10
James Caan 6115303120621.02
James Coburn5312315140621.17
Bill Murray4713273142621.32
Michael Douglas4212215166621.48
Sylvester Stallone471718888611.30
Liam Neeson579323120601.05
Randolph Scott521730094601.15
Burt Reynolds6617173912590.89
Bruce Willis6218240113580.94
John Travolta461915697581.26
Kevin Costner3610205136581.61
Rita Hayworth3516220190581.66
Bruce Dern568286120571.02
Frances McDormand3232214160571.78
Ava Gardner4016213160561.40
Amy Adams2471715140562.33
Barbra Streisand1913981310562.95
Ben Stiller452029041541.20
Steve McQueen2610183129542.08
James Garner4810273120531.10
Ben Affleck389215121531.39
Sandra Bullock331311897531.61
Mary Pickford312224520531.71
Lauren Bacall3611233150521.44
Marlene Dietrich3013233100521.73
Greta Garbo245241271522.17
Woody Harrelson491126650511.04
Scarlett Johansson398240170511.31
Will Smith241413699512.12
Charles Bronson591226084500.85
Bud Abbott361428008501.39
Dennis Quaid617260130490.80
Montgomery Clift1681112140493.06
Steve Martin431624071481.12
Matthew McConaughey3510205110481.37
Mark Ruffalo3451911100471.38
Angelina Jolie3212138113471.47
Edward Norton24620990471.96
Martin Sheen418210120461.12
Roy Scheider307176120461.53
Lillian Gish311225350451.45
Goldie Hawn2811118132451.61
Anne Hathaway2412108112451.88
John Cusack50628090440.88
Mark Wahlberg361117391441.22
Jim Carrey2916110107441.52
Daniel Craig288170152441.57
Marilyn Monroe231119093441.91
Kurt Russell451124080430.96
Anthony Perkins337223100431.30
Natalie Portman28818880431.54
Jennifer Lawrence168111461432.69
Owen Wilson411417090421.02
Carole Lombard391026330421.08
Bradley Cooper28129972421.50
Vivien Leigh1561110110422.80
Charlize Theron356148110411.17
Sophia Loren345158130411.21
Arnold Schwarzenegger341414067411.21
Hugh Jackman2511143102411.64
Grace Kelly118108121413.73
Keanu Reeves429200100400.95
Steve Carell281117361401.43
Orlando Bloom1910110140392.05
Warren Oates39424080380.97
Tom Hardy205153120381.90
Cameron Diaz341413081371.09
Jessica Chastain16514680372.31
Michael Keaton335143110361.09
Hugh Grant275180100361.33
Joseph Gordon-Levitt33520080351.06
Halle Berry321212560351.09
Elizabeth Banks38922020340.89
Meg Ryan328130103341.06
Jean Harlow22919041341.55
John Candy341116050330.97
Danny Kaye171114080331.94
Adam Sandler32167016300.94
Emily Blunt23417090301.30
Charles Chaplin12712640302.50
Paul Rudd34718030290.85
Elvis Presley33714007280.85
Will Ferrell301114010260.87
Emma Stone20510350261.30
Jason Bateman29812030250.86
Shia LaBeouf21711052251.19
Chris Pratt1659080251.56
Vince Vaughn34911031240.71
Channing Tatum27714030240.89
Zoe Saldana27610070240.89
Leonard Nimoy1198060232.09
Charlie Sheen3369050220.67
Anna Kendrick18312330221.22
Mae West1298022221.83
Marx Brothers18613010201.11
Ryan Reynolds31612010190.61
Chris Evans23611020190.83
Dwayne Johnson24117000180.75
James Dean333650186.00
Jennifer Aniston2989000170.59
Mila Kunis1657030161.00
David Bowie15010020120.80
Milla Jovovich2418020110.46
Emilio Estevez2337010110.48
Kevin Hart182400060.33
And finally a quick note about Bruce Willis.  Willis is one of our Top 3 actors.  When we started thinking about the Top 25 actors of the last 60 years….Bruce making the list seemed possible….but after seeing the stats….not thinking Bruce is going to make.  At least Cary Grant is 2nd on the legends list…and Michael Caine has a good chance to make the new list.  But poor Bruce is going to be falling short whenever we get to that page.
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