Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks: Most bankable in Hollywood

**moomies** · April 9th, 2006, 04:01 AM

Cruise And Hanks Top New Power List

Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks have topped the latest Ulmer Scale, which annually lists the 10 most bankable actors in Hollywood.
Former columnist James Ulmer, who compiles the hot list every year, insists the Toms have kept the likes of Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and George Clooney off the top because film fans will pay to see them do just about anything.
Ulmer quips, "Tom Hanks could stand on his head and, in Swahili, quote the Koran (Islam's holy book), and someone would pay $100 million for that movie - ditto for Tom Cruise."
Ulmer insists his list is the most definitive way of tracking true star power because he spends 12 months looking at the form of over 1,000 stars.
He scores the stars by surveying dozens of leading film buyers and sellers worldwide.
Cruise tops the list, with Hanks coming in second and Jim Carrey third.
Ulmer's latest list also includes Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe, Jude Law, while Julia Roberts and Kidman are the only actresses gracing the top 10.

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**angelais** · April 9th, 2006, 08:09 AM

Um, Julia Roberts? What was the last movie she was in?

**A*O** · April 9th, 2006, 08:12 AM

Tom Hanks - fair enough.
Tom Cruise ?!?!?! After his recent behaviour I cannot believe anyone would risk employing him again. He must be the showbiz laughingstock.

**darksithbunny** · April 9th, 2006, 08:14 AM

^^Me thinks Tom Cruise won't be with this new movie. Nut.

**Karizma** · April 9th, 2006, 01:09 PM

Tom Crazy is lunatic, weirdo and everything but i am willing to pay money to watch his movies rather than Tom Hanks who is ultra boring and overrated.

**moomies** · April 9th, 2006, 05:50 PM

Yea I don't understand why Hollywood is desperately hanging onto Tom Cruise still. $cientologists must've paid someone off to put Tom up at the top of the scale. $$$ money talks.

**LynnieD** · April 9th, 2006, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by A*O

Tom Hanks - fair enough.
Tom Cruise ?!?!?! After his recent behaviour I cannot believe anyone would risk employing him again. He must be the showbiz laughingstock.

My words exactly. How could any movie studio (not owned/influenced by Scientology) actually WANT Tom Cruise for any kind of film?? He's a joke. Even the average joe on the street thinks he's a fucking tard.....it's over.

Tom Hanks...another story. 'Philadelphia'...I'll say no more....

**SVZ** · April 10th, 2006, 08:00 AM

Tom Cruise was never "great" he can't act, it's just Tom Cruise in different situations.

**dababe** · April 10th, 2006, 08:02 AM

as much as i hate the midget i have to say i have watched almost all his movies including `war of the worlds`, which turned to be boring coz i still cant figure out why the aliens only came to one place.... were tom was!!!!!. i love tom hanks too but that airport movie was wack. my favorite tom hanks perfomance was in the `green mile`, i have watched that movie too many times.....cant wait for The davinci Code too