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Soundwave said:
Nymeria said:

We don't live in an age where stars carry big blockbuster movies the way they did previously.  It's more about the property they are in.  

1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens BV $936,660,090 4,134 $247,966,675 4,134 12/18 -
2 Jurassic World Uni. $652,270,625 4,291 $208,806,270 4,274 6/12 11/19
3 Avengers: Age of Ultron BV $459,005,868 4,276 $191,271,109 4,276 5/1 10/8
4 Inside Out BV $356,461,711 4,158 $90,440,272 3,946 6/19 12/10
5 Furious 7 Uni. $353,007,020 4,022 $147,187,040 4,004 4/3 7/24
6 Minions Uni. $336,045,770 4,311 $115,718,405 4,301 7/10 12/17
7 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 LGF $281,723,902 4,175 $102,665,981 4,175 11/20 2/25
8 The Martian Fox $228,433,663 3,854 $54,308,575 3,831 10/2 3/17
9 Cinderella (2015) BV $201,151,353 3,848 $67,877,361 3,845 3/13 9/17
10 Spectre Sony $200,074,609 3,929 $70,403,148 3,929 11/6 4/7

Actors do contribute, but when I look at this list I don't see how actors were the number one reason these were the highest grossing films last year.

Yeah the days of Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Will Smith, Tom Hanks, etc. being able to carry movies on their back are kinda over. The age of the "movie star" at least for now has kinda faded.

Even Dwayne Johnson is past $5m and very close to $6m, largely in part due to Fast and Furious.

Edit: In fact since Jlaw has been doing movies (2008) the movies that had her in it has made $5b. Since 2008 Dwayne Johnson movies made $5.145b.