Can you name the biggest box office stars since 1932*?

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Source: Quigleys Box Office List
*Since 1932 the International Motion Picture Almanac has conducted a poll of cinemas to assess the top box office draw of each year.
Also try: Top 10 Box Office Stars (2000s)

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Year	Star
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Biggest Box Office Stars Quiz

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	MovieDynamic:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 04:27 GMT		19 points
	Great idea.

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	Koltrane:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 05:11 GMT		14 points
	I was surprised at how few times some of the big names showed up. And Cary Grant, Bruce Willis, Henry Fonda, Burt Lancaster and others weren't there. Very interesting. Nice idea for a quiz.

	Nutty_Pistons:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 05:15 GMT		10 points
	Accept Jimmy Stewart

	Nutty_Pistons:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 05:16 GMT		8 points
	And also, just Dean Martin and just Jerry Lewis should be accepted

	cappy:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 05:37 GMT		20 points
	This is the most popular Glenn Ford has been in decades.

	goofymuffin:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 05:57 GMT		2 points
	I really liked this quiz! I felt there just wasn't enough time, though.

	jessbowen:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 06:02 GMT		10 points
	Interesting how few are women since the 70s. Early movie goes went to see the ladies, modern views want action heroes I guess.

	LevellingUp:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 06:03 GMT		25 points
	Mickey Rooney: the top box office draw from 1939-1941 "Wow! Spanning two decades"

	juviejay:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 06:09 GMT		5 points
	How could I forget about Burtron Neon Reynolds?!

	mungar:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 06:49 GMT		1 point
	Wow, I'm surprised how few people have gotten Sidney Poitier.

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	ruffnerj:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 07:18 GMT		9 points
	The only one I'd never heard of is Emma Dressler. Looked her up. Fascinating. She was in her 60s when she made this list. Only Wayne & Eastwood did it at an older age, and no other woman comes close.

	dummo:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 07:58 GMT		7 points
	How did Jim Carrey win 2003 when he was only in 'Bruce Almighty' that year... Keanu Reeves had both the Matrix sequels released in '03.

	Khazar49:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 11:04 GMT		12 points
	How can one grow up on Sly and Arnie pictures and still forget them completely? On a side note - Cary Grant not being here is probably the most shocking non-answer I found on Sporcle so far. The fact he wasn't the biggest box office star at least in a single year beggars belief.

	GPB:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 12:34 GMT		0 points
	Would be cool if the third column had the relevant movies. I'd be curious but I'm not motivated to look it up. :(

	LateBloom:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 13:20 GMT		7 points
	Wow....no Streep, Brando, Pacino, Deniro, Hoffman, Grant, Tracy, Hepburn...and others. This quiz was a trip...."Will Smith...box office gold"....go figure!

	Endasil:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 13:32 GMT		25 points
	Every 10 years Clint Eastwood rises from the ashes to totally completely dominate the film world.

	BatsInTheBelfry:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 14:14 GMT		11 points
	Well dummo, my guess would be these are more for movies that were credited as hits because of the main star in them. Bruce Almighty was seen as successful because of Jim Carrey, whereas The Matrix sequels were hits because of the effects and entertainment factor. No one really went to those movies to see Reeves' acting. By comparison, this past year Sam Worthington was in Avatar which made more money than both of Bullock's films combined, but no one went to Avatar to see Worthington's performance, whereas The Blind Side and The Proposal were hits because of Bullock's presence in them.

	mellybmel:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 14:32 GMT		6 points
	Very interesting, as others have noted, as much because of who's not there as who is. Mickey Rooney, but not Judy Garland? @Khazar49, I know! No Cary Grant? I had the same reaction. No Clark Gable was surprising to me, too. @ruffnerj, and anyone else who's curious--Marie Dressler's performance in "Dinner at 8" is one of the all-time greats. Jean Harlow, John and Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, and Billie Burke, well known to most of us as Glinda the Good Witch, more than round out the cast.

	skinnyd:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 16:19 GMT		9 points
	I can't believe that there was no Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, Leo Di Caprio, Robert Deniro, Marlon Brando, or Al Pacino.

	icing:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 17:33 GMT		7 points
	Great quiz! Some predictable, some not so much. Surprised not to see Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, Errol Flynn, Marlon Brando, many others from the 40's and 50's. Makes me wonder if some of their films became much more popular after they died than they were during their lifetimes ...

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	MetaphysicalMan:	Aug 7th, 2010 at 18:04 GMT		10 points
	He has zero chance now, but was really surprised that Mel Gibson hadn't made it in the past.

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