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TLK Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Bradley Cooper is not a true A-lister as he has not consistently carried movies on his name alone. However, he is one of the most in-demand actors in Hollywood because he has a very high name recognition and is considered likeable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 Co-starring in three Hangover comedies with a bunch of other B-list comedians doesnot make you an A-list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Co-starring in three Hangover comedies with a bunch of other B-list comedians doesnot make you an A-list. lol at your overview of Bradley Cooper's career of the last three years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 (edited) Bradley Cooper is on his way to be an A-lister in the industry but he's still considered a B-lister for GA. It's because his face is plastered everywhere in the spotlight right now, everyone thinks he has made it to the A-list. He's hot just like Channing Tatum who is everywhere but not A-list worthy. If he is still relevant 5/10 years from now in a leading male role without abysmal flops on his resume, yeah I'll consider him a definite A-lister. Basically, Cooper is emulating what Matthew McConaughey is now finally blossoming into. Unless if you're considering Shia Ladouche is an A-lister because he was Spielberg's pet and got his number (until Shia shitted in his face). Edited May 13, 2013 by dashrendar44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Bradley Cooper could have got his chance to enter the A-list with that Mars Uncle project but that one had been put on hold since WB dont have much confidence on his star power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 Revenge of the Over-40 Actress: 10 A-Listers Whose Clout (and Salaries) Are Skyrocketing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 What about Directors? Spielberg's adjusted gross list is amazing: http://boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Director&id=stevenspielberg.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 Actresses with most 100M+ movies (leading role): 1. Cameron Diaz 11 2. Julia Roberts 11 3. Emma Watson 8 4. Helena Bonham Carter 8 5. Anne Hathaway 8 6. Cate Blanchett 7 7. Angelina Jolie 7 8. Sandra Bullock 6 9. Jennifer Aniston 6 10. Kristen Stewart 6 11. Halle Berry 6 12. Natalie Portman 5 13. Gwyneth Paltrow 5 14. Meryl Streep 5 15. Kirsten Dunst 5 Drew Barrymore 5 Liv Tyler 5 Amy Adams 5 Ashley Greene 5 SB and JA both got one this year. Hope Bullock can get to 7 with Gravity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 By 2016, Jlaw will have 8 of them : 4 THG, 3 X Men, SLP & maybe 9 if American Hustle breaks out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 By 2016, Jlaw will have 8 of them : 4 THG, 3 X Men, SLP & maybe 9 if American Hustle breaks out. Two X MEN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 So now folks like Rose Byrne, Kate Hudson, Linda Cardellini, James Marsden and Paul Bettany are A-listers ?? http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rose-byrne-kate-hudson-a-625391 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 Hollywood's Tale of Two A-Lists: Why Chris Hemsworth Will Never Make Robert Downey Jr. Money http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-chris-hemsworth-wont-make-625390 A new generation of actors may have taken Hollywood by storm, heading up prestigious directors' lists and proving they can topline major films (think Benedict Cumberbatch, JenniferLawrence, Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth), but none has yet earned in the double-digit millions for one-off movies like their older counterparts. In the increasingly constrained studio world, all are being signed to deals in the low-seven figures, often with contracts locking them up for multiple pictures. Instead, those mega-salaries are going to such tested stars asRobert Downey Jr., Denzel Washington, Will Smith,Adam Sandler and Johnny Depp. (Although even they can't command the type of backend that superstars of yore once collected -- i.e., 20 percent of "first-dollar gross.") Hence, Denzel Washington earned $20 million for 2 Guns, while his younger co-star, MarkWahlberg, earned about half that fee. Yet both are trusted by distributors to bring in an audience where it matters most: the foreign market, where few younger stars have proved their mettle. (Wahlberg will start catching up to Washington with the next Transformers, one of the biggest international successes in recent years, for which he'll be paid in the $16 million to $18 million range.) Joining Washington in the $20 million club are such middle-aged (or close to) men as LeonardoDiCaprio and Will Smith (though even Smith only took about half that for the disappointing After Earth, which was toplined by his son). Both have been making films for decades and have shown their ability to weather a flop or two. Similarly, Daniel Craig might enter the $20 million club when he reteams with director Sam Mendesfor another James Bond thriller -- roughly $3 million more than he received for Skyfall -- and even he is now 45. And like all franchise stars, his fee plummets when he isn't playing Bond, to the $5 million range. When his reps sought a significant pay bump for a Girl With the Dragon Tattoo sequel followingSkyfall, Sony balked, and the project languishes. Proven genre, more than anything else, has become the determining factor in pay for both the established set and rising stars. Jennifer Aniston can earn $5 million -- but only in a comedy --after hitting big unexpectedly with We're the Millers. Rachel McAdams also can earn up to $5 million but solely in her proven genre -- weepy tearjerkers like The Vow. She did not come close to that range for an untitled Cameron Crowe project at Sony. Dwayne Johnson makes $15 million for action films thanks to having three such movies open at No. 1 in the span of two months this year: G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Pain and Gain and Fast & Furious 6. (He'll receive $12 million for his next vehicle, the upcoming Brett Ratner-directed Hercules.) "You will not see him do another Tooth Fairy anytime soon," says a source. "He got in trouble trying to step out of his range." Proven genres notwithstanding, the new-generation A-list has yet to muscle this older generation aside, especially when the elders manage to reinvent themselves as successfully as, say, Sandra Bullock,Sylvester Stallone and Downey. Who in recent years could have seen Bullock taking a role first written for a man in the space drama Gravity, the most-talked-about picture at the Toronto Film Festival? Three and a half decades after Rocky, who could have predicted Stallone creating his own starring material and making $15 million for the next Expendables? And a few years ago, who would have imagined Downey as the lead in not one but two franchises, Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes? Which means that Lawrence, the most meteorically fast-rising of the younger generation, will have to wait until Hunger Games ends -- or until she has proved her bankability in another blockbuster -- to earn the kind of dollars as, say, Cameron Diaz. (Diaz scored a mammoth $42 million payday for the raunchy comedy Bad Teacher, but only because she agreed to a $1 million upfront fee in exchange for a hefty backend.) Lawrence is one of the few women who matter in the new Hollywood, which, despite talk of growing gender equality, remains decidedly male-skewing when it comes to pay. Even with the Oscar appeal of stars like Anne Hathaway and critical acclaim of others like Emma Stone, their paydays are notably less than those of middle-range male actors like Liam Neeson, who can command $10 million to $15 million for a certain kind of action-thriller. And none of the new generation of women stars has even come close to earning what Angelina Jolie will make if she stars in Salt 2 -- an estimated $20 million, cementing her status as the continuous queen of the A-list, 14 years after breaking out in Girl, Interrupted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairo Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 So now folks like Rose Byrne, Kate Hudson, Linda Cardellini, James Marsden and Paul Bettany are A-listers ?? http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rose-byrne-kate-hudson-a-625391 Well, the article talks about those in most demand for tv (who are willing to consider tv and don't have a series already). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 Stars' salary differs a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 (edited) Honestly I think the whole concept of the A-list is idiotic / overrated to begin with. Even if you have a few hits back to back, you’re next film can bomb, or get a limited release. Besides TV on HBO or ShowTime is far more interesting than pretty much anything films are offering these days. The only way you truly can succeed in Hollywood is if your own producer it seems anyway. Edited September 11, 2013 by Boxofficefanatic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Hollywood's Tale of Two A-Lists: Why Chris Hemsworth Will Never Make Robert Downey Jr. Money http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-chris-hemsworth-wont-make-625390 Benedict Cumberatch has yet to carry a movie to box office success (Star Trek: Into Darkness doesn't count). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Two X MEN McAvoy, The Fass, Hoult and Jlaw all signed a 3 pictures deal with Fox when they made First Class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted September 12, 2013 Author Share Posted September 12, 2013 McAvoy, The Fass, Hoult and Jlaw all signed a 3 pictures deal with Fox when they made First Class. Not by 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 How is Denzel paid 20 mill for a film that has the potential to make no more than 100 mill with very little overseas money? Why are studios that stupid? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
