*Will Smith has been voted the Top Money-Making Star of 2008 in Quigley Publishing Company's 77th Annual Poll and is the second African American to win since Sidney Poitier was first in 1968.
Smith, whose 2008 slate included "Hancock" and "Seven Pounds," placed second to Johnny Depp last year. This is Smith's eighth appearance in the Quigley Poll since 1997, when he placed fourth.
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.
There were four newcomers to the poll this year: Robert Downey, Jr., Christian Bale, Shia LaBeouf and Daniel Craig. Robert Downey, Jr., who starred in "Iron Man" and "Tropic Thunder," finished second in the voting followed by Christian Bale in third ("The Dark Knight") and Shia LaBeouf, who was one of the "Stars of Tomorrow" last year, was fourth. ("Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," "New York, I Love You" and "Eagle Eye").
Harrison Ford ("Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull") was fifth and Adam Sandler ("You Don't Mess with the Zohan" and "Bedtime Stories") was sixth. The rest of the Top Ten in order were: Reese Witherspoon #7 ("Four Christmases"), George Clooney #8 ("Leatherheads" and "Burn After Reading,"), Angelina Jolie #9 ("Kung Fu Panda" - voice, "Changeling" and "Wanted") and Daniel Craig ("Quantum of Solace" and "Defiance") was tenth. Ford has placed in the poll 13 times with one win and Clooney has been in the poll six times to date.