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Highest Grossing Stars of 1989 at the Domestic Box Office


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This list shows the highest grossing stars of 1989 based on the domestic box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 1989 and the two preceeding years (voice-only roles excluded).

The Star Score in this list represent points assigned to each of the leading stars of top 100 (based on domestic box office) movies in the current year and two preceding years. For appearing in the number one movie in a year a star gets 100 points, the number two movie 99 points and so on. This rewards actors for appearing in a number of hit films over the course of three years more than starring in just one monster hit over the same time period.

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Tom Hanks
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 49 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Big ($114,968,774 in 1988), Turner & Hooch ($71,079,915 in 1989), Dragnet ($57,387,000 in 1987), The `Burbs ($35,382,246 in 1989)

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Eddie Murphy
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 43 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Beverly Hills Cop II ($153,665,036 in 1987), Coming to America ($128,152,301 in 1988), Harlem Nights ($60,857,262 in 1989), Eddie Murphy Raw ($50,504,655 in 1987)

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Michelle Pfeiffer
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 31 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Witches of Eastwick ($63,749,955 in 1987), Tequila Sunrise ($39,703,427 in 1988), Dangerous Liaisons ($34,700,000 in 1988), Married to the Mob ($21,486,757 in 1988)

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Complete List

Rank Name Star
Score		 Movies Average
Billing
1 Tom Hanks 393 5 1.4
2 Eddie Murphy 357 4 3.5
3 Michelle Pfeiffer 335 5 5.6
4 Michael Douglas 334 4 3.3
5 John Candy 331 5 3.4
6 Kevin Costner 331 4 7.8
7 Arnold Schwarzenegger 329 4 3.3
8 Danny DeVito 325 4 2.0
9 Steve Martin 322 4 1.0
10 Michael J. Fox 294 5 7.0
11 Tom Cruise 277 3 1.3
12 Mel Gibson 264 3 4.0
13 Rick Moranis 259 3 2.3
14 Sylvester Stallone 257 4 10.0
15 Bette Midler 245 3 1.0
16 Sigourney Weaver 244 3 3.0
17 Steve Guttenberg 234 4 3.5
18 Harrison Ford 234 3 4.0
19 Chevy Chase 234 4 5.5
20 Cher 233 3 7.3
21 Charlie Sheen 229 3 5.3
22 Kurt Russell 214 3 7.3
23 Patrick Swayze 191 3 1.0
24 Danny Glover 190 2 2.0
25 Robin Williams 187 2 5.5
26 Bill Murray 182 2 3.0
27 Billy Crystal 174 2 1.5
28 Susan Sarandon 174 2 6.5
29 Emilio Estevez 172 2 5.5
30 Dennis Quaid 171 5 8.2
31 Bruce Willis 169 2 5.5
32 Lou Diamond Phillips 166 2 2.0
33 Dan Aykroyd 164 2 1.0
34 Keanu Reeves 160 2 3.0
35 Jessica Tandy 158 2 2.0
36 Andrew McCarthy 157 3 7.0
37 Dianne Wiest 156 2 8.0
38 Tom Berenger 155 3 1.3
39 Kathleen Turner 154 2 6.0
40 Dustin Hoffman 153 3 7.0
41 Ted Danson 150 2 2.5
42 Nicolas Cage 150 2 10.0
43 William Hurt 150 2 10.0
44 Timothy Dalton 147 2 2.5
45 Kiefer Sutherland 144 2 4.5
46 Tom Selleck 142 2 1.0
47 Matthew Broderick 137 2 1.0
48 Bubba Smith 135 3 1.3
49 Shelley Long 135 2 1.5
50 Michael Winslow 135 3 2.7
51 David Graf 135 3 3.0
52 Marion Ramsey 135 3 5.3
53 Leslie Easterbrook 135 3 6.7
54 Lance Kinsey 135 3 7.0
55 G.W. Bailey 135 3 9.7
56 George Gaynes 135 3 11.3
57 Robert Downey, Jr. 131 4 2.3
58 Robert De Niro 130 3 0.7
59 James Belushi 116 2 1.0
60 Meg Ryan 115 2 2.0
61 Gene Hackman 102 2 6.0
62 Clint Eastwood 100 2 5.5
63 Bob Hoskins 99 1 1.0
64 Denholm Elliott 99 1 2.0
65 Glenn Close 99 1 2.0
66 Alison Doody 99 1 3.0
67 John Rhys-Davies 99 1 4.0
68 Sean Connery 99 1 6.0
69 Michael Byrne 99 1 8.0
70 Richard Pryor 98 2 1.5
71 John Travolta 97 1 1.0
72 Kirstie Alley 97 1 2.0
73 Thomas Brown 96 1 5.0
74 Jared Rushton 96 1 6.0
75 Amy O'Neill 96 1 7.0
76 Robert Oliveri 96 1 8.0
77 Paul Hogan 95 1 1.0
78 Christopher Lloyd 95 1 2.0
79 Linda Kozlowski 95 1 2.0
80 Daphne Zuniga 94 2 3.5
81 Morgan Freeman 92 1 1.0
82 Spike Lee 92 2 5.5
83 Alec Baldwin 91 1 1.0
84 Geena Davis 91 1 2.0
85 Jennifer Grey 91 1 2.0
86 Tom Hulce 91 1 2.0
87 Martha Plimpton 91 1 4.0
88 Michael Keaton 91 1 6.0
89 Jason Robards, Jr. 91 1 6.0
90 Mary Steenburgen 91 1 7.0
91 Zachary Lavoy 91 1 19.0
92 Erika Rafuls 91 1 27.0
93 Jack Nicholson 90 1 1.0
94 Melanie Griffith 90 1 2.0
95 John Cleese 89 1 1.0
96 Jamie Lee Curtis 89 1 2.0
97 Kevin Kline 89 1 3.0
98 Michael Palin 89 1 4.0
99 Jami Gertz 88 2 2.0
100 Val Kilmer 87 1 1.0

The Average Billing column contains the average billing position of this cast/crew member for the selected films.

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.

Image attributions

Tom Hanks: By Yeoman 1st Class Donna Lou Morgan [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Eddie Murphy: By David Shankbone (flickr) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Michelle Pfeiffer: By Jeremiah Christopher [CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons