Rank these 5 Movie Stars based on their popularity and relevance in Hollywood

[CodeBreaker]

Rank these 5 Movie Stars based on their popularity and relevance in Hollywood, not currently but their career as a whole.

Johnny Depp
Brad Pitt
Leonardo DiCaprio
Will Smith
Tom Cruise

 

[BisexualMMA]

5. Johnny Depp

 

[Pliny Pete]

Theyre all ranked below Tom Hanks

 

[PlayswellwithLawnDarts]

Tom versatility
Leo ditto
Will $$$
Depp ???
Pitt remember fight club?

 

[PlayswellwithLawnDarts]

Theyre all ranked below Tom Hanks

I see your Tom Hanks; but still wish to punch Colin Hanks squarely upon the face.
I beg your pardon.

 

[CodeBreaker]

Tom versatility
Leo ditto
Will $$$
Depp ???
Pitt remember fight club?

How is Tom and versatility in the same sentence when all he does are action movies? lol

 

[Pliny Pete]

I see your Tom Hanks; but still wish to punch Colin Hanks squarely upon the face.
I beg your pardon.

Orange County was really good though

 

[PlayswellwithLawnDarts]

How is Tom and versatility in the same sentence when all he does are action movies? lol

He’s entering his Machida Era don’t question it

 

[CodeBreaker]

5. Johnny Depp

you don't like Depp?

 

[BisexualMMA]

you don't like Depp?

I'm not making any judgments personally. But I wouldn't say his "stock" is at an all time high. Everyone is tired of seeing him in makeup, he looks like Keith Richards lately and he is fending off accusations about his personal life and behavior.

 

[Pliny Pete]

Depp in Black Mass was so fuckin weird with that vampire makeup

 

[CodeBreaker]

I'm not making any judgments personally. But I wouldn't say his "stock" is at an all time high. Everyone is tired of seeing him in makeup, he looks like Keith Richards lately and he is fending off accusations about his personal life and behavior.

I honestly see him ahead of Will Smith

 

[BisexualMMA]

I honestly see him ahead of Will Smith

I don't at this point in time. I think Will Smith still brings some cache to a movie. Depp is almost a deterrent at the moment.

 

[CodeBreaker]

I don't at this point in time. I think Will Smith still brings some cache to a movie. Depp is almost a deterrent at the moment.

So how do you rank the other 4

 

[smooth assassin]

Cruise 1
DiCaprio 2
Pitt 3
Depp t4
Smith t4

 

[Madmick]

Rank these 5 Movie Stars based on their popularity and relevance in Hollywood, not currently but their career as a whole.

Johnny Depp
Brad Pitt
Leonardo DiCaprio
Will Smith
Tom Cruise

Ranking for now, and not their whole careers, because it's more interesting:

1. Leonardo DiCaprio
2. Tom Cruise
3. Johnny Depp
4. Will Smith
5. Brad Pitt

Brad is disinterested. Apart from Deadshot Will seems more preoccupied with his kids. Depp was one of the least profitable actors in 2017, I think the biggest marquee money loser in the world, but you can't be the biggest turd floating in the bowl, and be labeled insignificant. Cruise is still churning out blockbusters, and DiCaprio is sort of the de facto King of Hollywood, right now.

The MCU has been killing the leveraging power of stars. That peak is in the past. Now, franchises like the MCU (or GoT) matter more to carrying a marquee than a name, and if an actor/actress thinks any identity in that universe is indispensable, look no further than Terence Howard and Edward Norton (or Ed Skrein). Only a few of these stars have real leverage, like Downey Jr. and Chris Hemsworth, and that leverage only applies within the MCU. Outside it, studios know that you can't expect a major return just because a particular name happens to be attached to a project. That used to be how it worked.

*Edit* Depp would have been the bottom star in 2015. That was the year of Black Mass. I recall that from the article. Meanwhile, Chris Evans had the best ROI of any major star that year in relation to his salary.

 

[BisexualMMA]

So how do you rank the other 4

As to their movies "making noise" and having the potential for "big things."

Leo
Tom
Brad
Will

 

[minute bull]

Cruise. Dicaprio. Smith. Depp. Pitt.

 

[Sir Galahad]

Depp is old and ugly now.

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[CodeBreaker]

Depp is old and ugly now.

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I'm asking about their career as a whole.