Post by RhodoraO on Mar 10, 2017 3:53:08 GMT
IN 2012, Vulture came up with an exclusive formula that weighs such factors as box office, media coverage, reviews, and a Hollywood value dictated by a tribunal of studio execs to create the following ranking of the top 100. And, since stardom today has many definitions – is it box office or public fascination? – you can make your own list, too, by adjusting the importance of the star stats.
Vulture describes this system with much more detail over here: www.vulture.com/2012/07/most-valuable-stars-methodology.html
Vulture would continue this custom annually for the next 3 years. They didn't do it last year (2016) but I do hope they revise it from this year because it was very interesting.
Bale's listing from The Most Valuable Star of 2012:
Christian Bale
THE TORTURED SUPERHERO
Far from just Batman, he’s consistent at the box office and the art house.
He’s a talented, unselfish masochist happy to do whatever it takes for a performance, whether it involves dropping weight, losing hair, or shouting at a Terminator: Salvation crew member loud enough to give Mel Gibson an earache. For the $1.5 billion (and counting, as of The Dark Knight Rises release) success of Christopher Nolan’s Batman movies, many credit the franchise’s villains. But without Bale’s portrayal of Bruce Wayne as an unsympathetic, psychologically wrecked antihero, The Dark Knight might not seem half as dark (or interesting). And Bale is a box-office draw even outside of his primary franchise: He takes plenty of chances in low-stakes acting showcases (Rescue Dawn, I’m Not There, The Flowers of War) but seldom tanks in anything even remotely commercial (3:10 to Yuma, Public Enemies, Salvation).
He’s so convincing playing crabby Americans that when he accepted his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for 2010’s The Fighter (which grossed $129.2 million worldwide on a budget of $25 million) many were still surprised to learn that he’s actually been Welsh this whole time. With Nolan’s Batman trilogy now complete and nothing more commercial than a pair of Terrence Malick movies on his immediate slate, Bale could plausibly take a break, or retire altogether, from blockbuster-movie-making. But if he feels like coming back, there’s probably a place (and a few franchises) for him.
DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE $97,100,000
OVERSEAS BOX OFFICE $117,000,000
STUDIO VALUE (1-10) 6
LIKABILITY 57%
OSCARS 1 win
CRITICS' SCORE (1-100) 76
MAGAZINE COVERS 4
TABLOID VALUE (1-10) 5
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Apart from an overall Top 100, Vulture provides rankings by key genres and criteria.
Here are Bale's genre & criterion rankings for 2012:
ACTION: #11
DRAMA: #11
COMEDY: Not in Top 100
MOST RESPECTED: #38*
INTERNATIONAL STARS: #25
TABLOID TARGET: #56
STUDIO STAR: #32
* Bale has by far the highest critic score than anyone else in the Top 100 (76/100). His nearest rivals in the critics' score are Clint Eastwood (72/100) and Daniel Day-Lewis (71/100). For this score, Metacritic scores for the actor's films going back till 2008 were considered. That is why his falling on #38 on the MOST RESPECTED list is baffling to me. On the other hand, I found this tidbit in Nine Discoveries to Be Made by Going Deep Within the Most Valuable Stars List:
What critically adored actors are actually bankable?
Here's a test: On the one hand, we'll crank up the Oscars and Critics' Score levers, and on the other, we'll measure only Domestic and Overseas Box Office. How far down do you have to go to find someone who ranks highly on both lists? Not a single star makes both top tens, though Christian Bale (ranked No. 5 on the critical acclaim list and No. 13 on the box-office list) comes closest. Two other stars make both top twenties: Robert Downey Jr. and Angelina Jolie.
Vulture describes this system with much more detail over here: www.vulture.com/2012/07/most-valuable-stars-methodology.html
Vulture would continue this custom annually for the next 3 years. They didn't do it last year (2016) but I do hope they revise it from this year because it was very interesting.
Bale's listing from The Most Valuable Star of 2012:
Christian Bale
THE TORTURED SUPERHERO
Far from just Batman, he’s consistent at the box office and the art house.
He’s a talented, unselfish masochist happy to do whatever it takes for a performance, whether it involves dropping weight, losing hair, or shouting at a Terminator: Salvation crew member loud enough to give Mel Gibson an earache. For the $1.5 billion (and counting, as of The Dark Knight Rises release) success of Christopher Nolan’s Batman movies, many credit the franchise’s villains. But without Bale’s portrayal of Bruce Wayne as an unsympathetic, psychologically wrecked antihero, The Dark Knight might not seem half as dark (or interesting). And Bale is a box-office draw even outside of his primary franchise: He takes plenty of chances in low-stakes acting showcases (Rescue Dawn, I’m Not There, The Flowers of War) but seldom tanks in anything even remotely commercial (3:10 to Yuma, Public Enemies, Salvation).
He’s so convincing playing crabby Americans that when he accepted his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for 2010’s The Fighter (which grossed $129.2 million worldwide on a budget of $25 million) many were still surprised to learn that he’s actually been Welsh this whole time. With Nolan’s Batman trilogy now complete and nothing more commercial than a pair of Terrence Malick movies on his immediate slate, Bale could plausibly take a break, or retire altogether, from blockbuster-movie-making. But if he feels like coming back, there’s probably a place (and a few franchises) for him.
DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE $97,100,000
OVERSEAS BOX OFFICE $117,000,000
STUDIO VALUE (1-10) 6
LIKABILITY 57%
OSCARS 1 win
CRITICS' SCORE (1-100) 76
MAGAZINE COVERS 4
TABLOID VALUE (1-10) 5
__________________________
Apart from an overall Top 100, Vulture provides rankings by key genres and criteria.
Here are Bale's genre & criterion rankings for 2012:
ACTION: #11
DRAMA: #11
COMEDY: Not in Top 100
MOST RESPECTED: #38*
INTERNATIONAL STARS: #25
TABLOID TARGET: #56
STUDIO STAR: #32
* Bale has by far the highest critic score than anyone else in the Top 100 (76/100). His nearest rivals in the critics' score are Clint Eastwood (72/100) and Daniel Day-Lewis (71/100). For this score, Metacritic scores for the actor's films going back till 2008 were considered. That is why his falling on #38 on the MOST RESPECTED list is baffling to me. On the other hand, I found this tidbit in Nine Discoveries to Be Made by Going Deep Within the Most Valuable Stars List:
What critically adored actors are actually bankable?
Here's a test: On the one hand, we'll crank up the Oscars and Critics' Score levers, and on the other, we'll measure only Domestic and Overseas Box Office. How far down do you have to go to find someone who ranks highly on both lists? Not a single star makes both top tens, though Christian Bale (ranked No. 5 on the critical acclaim list and No. 13 on the box-office list) comes closest. Two other stars make both top twenties: Robert Downey Jr. and Angelina Jolie.