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Feature Films Starring Latter-day Saint Actors
Comparison of Box Office Receipts

(Dollar amounts are NOT adjusted for inflation.)




Some Films Starring Latter-day Saint Actors

Realistically, this particular list is only relevant for relatively recent years -- since about 1980. The biggest problem is that we don't have box office data for most older films. Thus, most films which starred Latter-day Saints who were headliners--bonafide movie stars--aren't listed here. This list doesn't include most films starring Terry Moore (such as "Come Back, Little Sheba", "Mighty Joe Young", etc.); Dean Jagger ("Executive Suite", "Twelve O'Clock High"); Laraine Day ("The Third Voice", "Without Honor"); Johnny Whitaker ("Tom Sawyer", "The Biscuit Eater"); Rhonda Fleming ("A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"), Rockne Tarkington ("Samson"), Hazel Dawn, Edwina Booth, and others. Marie Windsor, for example ("The Killing", "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy") received first, second, or third billing in 21 films during the 1940s and 1950s, but we do not have box office data for any of them.

Also, some actors listed here are not active churchgoers. Matthew Modine (who briefly attended Brigham Young University) and Eliza Dushku have both spoken with journalists about their Latter-day Saint background, and while both speak positively of their earlier years and their active family members, neither are presently known to be churchgoers. Jewel is another entertainer who still considers herself spiritual, but is not a churchgoer. Yet she has written about her Mormon ethnicity in her published poetry, and mentioned it in interviews. Roseanne was an active Latter-day Saint for many years as a child and teenager, but now identifies herself as a practicing Jew -- the faith she was born into.

On the other hand, Richard Dutcher, Danny Kamekona, Klinton Spilsbury, Paul Walker and Corbin Allred have all served full-time missions for the Church. (TV child star Johnny Whitaker also served a full-time mission for the Church. He is not listed below because we do not have box office figures for the films in which he had a lead role.) Al Harrington is probably best known to Latter-day Saint audiences as "Amaron" in the Church-produced film "The Testaments of One Fold and One Shepherd" (which plays in the Joseph Smith Building). He was also the star of "The Light of the World" production shown during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Eckhart is a graduate of Brigham Young University. Academy Award-winning actor Dean Jagger was a convert to the Church, and donated his awards, theatrical files, correspondence and five volumes of scrapbooks to the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU. His obituary was published in the Church News. Billy Barty (also a convert) was a very active Church member, as were many of the other actors listed here. Nearly all of the Latter-day Saint actors cast in lead roles in Latter-day Saint-themed films are active members. Wilford Brimley (3rd billed actor in "Brigham City") is one exception.

Based on box office figures, it seems that film audiences don't care whether or not actors are Latter-day Saints, Catholics, Jews, or whatever. We wouldn't say that actors never experience prejudice from filmmakers, casting agents, and executives (based on age, sex, race, religion, politics, etc.). But the moviegoing public seems generally unconcerned about the religious affiliation or background of actors when deciding what movies they choose to see.

Billing: In this list we have only listed films in which the Latter-day Saint actor was a headliner, somebody listed on the marquee, movie poster or the front of the video/DVD case. The number in the "Billing" column usually refers to the actor's billing on the movie poster. (Note that IMDb credits are often not listed in correct billing order.) "1" means top billing, the first actor's name listed. "2" means second billing, etc. Films are not listed here for which an actor was not a headliner. For example, only films in which Paul Walker is a headliner are listed here, and included in the total box office figures in the next table. Although Walker had a significant role in Pleasantville (1998, $40.568 million U.S. box office gross), he was not a headliner, and that film is not listed on this page. A great place to view movie posters is MovieGoods.com.

Film TitleActor(s)BillingYearU.S.
Box Office
Gross
BudgetRank
for
Year
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Moroni Olsen 4 1937 $185,000,000 $1,488,000 1
True Lies Eliza Dushku 7 1994 146,282,411 100,000,000 3
The Fast and the Furious Paul Walker 1 2001 144,512,310 38,000,000 14
2 Fast 2 Furious Paul Walker 1 2003 127,083,765 76,000,000 14
Erin Brockovich Aaron Eckhart 3 2000 125,548,685 51,000,000 13
Mulan Donny Osmond 5 1998 120,620,254 70,000,000 13
The Karate Kid II Danny Kamekona 4 1986 115,103,979 4
The Notebook Ryan Gosling 1 2004 81,001,787 54,000,000
We Were Soldiers Keri Russell 6 2002 78,120,196 75,000,000 33
Cocoon Wilford Brimley 2 1985 76,113,124 5
Any Given Sunday Matthew Modine
Aaron Eckhart
7
10
1999 75,530,832 62,000,000 28
Bring It On Eliza Dushku 2 2000 68,353,550 10,000,000 37
In & Out Wilford Brimley 5 1997 63,826,569 35,000,000 23
She's All That Paul Walker 4 1999 63,465,522 10,000,000 38
Willow Billy Barty 4 1988 57,269,863 16
In Search of Noah's Ark Vern Adix 1 1977 55,734,000 10
Paycheck Aaron Eckhart 2 2003 53,789,313 85,000,000 103
Varsity Blues Paul Walker 3 1999 52,894,169 16,000,000 45
Home on the Range Roseanne 1 2004 50,026,353 110,000,000
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory Katherine Heigl 3 1995 50,024,083 60,000,000 35
The Natural Wilford Brimley 5 1984 47,951,979 28,000,000 15
Look Who's Talking Too Roseanne 4 1990 47,789,072 25
Final Destination 2 A.J. Cook 2 2003 46,752,141 58
Full Metal Jacket Matthew Modine 1 1987 46,341,085 30,000,000 23
The Tigger Movie Ken Sansom 3 2000 45,542,421 20,000,000 54
Napoleon Dynamite Jon Heder
Aaron Ruell
1
3
2004 44,540,956 400,000
West Side Story Russ Tamblyn 3 1961 43,656,822 2
Transporter 2 Matthew Modine 5 2005 36,495,152 32,000,000
Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D Dana Kimmell 1 1982 36,200,000 4,000,000 19
The Robe Dean Jagger 6 1953 36,000,000 5,000,000
The Skulls Paul Walker 2 2000 35,046,320 15,000,000 70
Bride of Chucky Katherine Heigl 3 1998 32,404,188 25,000,000 62
Murder by Numbers Ryan Gosling
R.D. Call
2
6
2002 31,874,869 80
The Core Aaron Eckhart 1 2003 31,111,260 85,000,000 83
Tender Mercies Wilford Brimley 4 1983 § 30,471,098
The Champ Rick Schroder 3 1979 30,441,738 21
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Eliza Dushku 7 2001 30,059,386 22,000,000 78
White Christmas Dean Jagger 5 1954 30,000,000
Pacific Heights Matthew Modine 2 1990 29,381,000 42
The New Guy Eliza Dushku 3 2002 28,972,187 88
High Road to China Wilford Brimley 4 1983 28,400,000 25
Memphis Belle Matthew Modine 1 1990 27,441,000 36
The Missing Aaron Eckhart 6 2003 26,900,336 65,000,000 93
Peyton Place Russ Tamblyn
Terry Moore
5
6
1957 25,600,000 2
My Father the Hero Katherine Heigl 2 1994 25,479,000 52
Nurse Betty Aaron Eckhart 5 2000 25,167,270 24,000,000 89
Beyond and Back Vern Adix 1 1978 23,784,000 16
Piglet's Big Movie Ken Sansom 3 2003 23,024,988 95
City by the Sea Eliza Dushku 4 2002 22,433,915 60,000,000 101
My Fellow Americans Wilford Brimley 5 1996 22,331,846 72
Joy Ride Paul Walker 2 2001 21,973,182 23,000,000 99
Married to the Mob Matthew Modine 2 1988 21,486,757 43
Valentine Katherine Heigl 4 2001 20,384,136 10,000,000 89
The Pledge Aaron Eckhart 2 2001 19,733,089 45,000,000 101
Timeline Paul Walker 1 2003 19,480,739 105,000,000 109
Cocoon: The Return Wilford Brimley 2 1988 18,924,000 61
The Upside of Anger Keri Russell 5 2005 18,761,993 13,200,000 33
Pooh's Heffalump Movie Ken Sansom 5 2005 18,098,433 20,000,000
Masters of the Universe Billy Barty 4 1987 17,336,000 22,000,000 66
Just Like Heaven Jon Heder 6 2005 16,408,718
Legend Billy Barty 6 1985 15,502,000 60
Wrong Turn Eliza Dushku 1 2003 15,417,771 15,000,000 117
She-Devil Roseanne 2 1995 15,351,421 75
The Nude Bomb Rhonda Fleming 3 1980 14,662,035 44
Private School Matthew Modine 3 1983 14,049,000 38
The Nun's Story Dean Jagger 5 1959 14,000,000 3,500,000
Out Cold A.J. Cook 2 2001 13,903,262 11,000,000 111
The Thing Wilford Brimley 2 1982 13,782,000 10,000,000 66
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Wilford Brimley 3 1985 13,600,000 54
The Legend of the Lone Ranger Klinton Spilsbury 1 1981 13,400,000 18,000,000 33
Vision Quest Matthew Modine 1 1985 13,000,000 48
Come Blow Your Horn Dan Blocker 6 1963 12,705,882 10
Bye Bye, Love Matthew Modine
Eliza Dushku
1
6
1995 12,073,560 106
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Rhonda Fleming 3 1957 11,750,000
Gross Anatomy Matthew Modine 1 1989 11,604,000 56
The Big Parade John Gilbert 1 1925 11,000,000 245,000 1
Cutthroat Island Matthew Modine 2 1995 11,000,000 92,000,000 116
Since You Went Away Robert Walker 6 1944 10,735,968 2,400,000 3
The High and the Mighty Laraine Day 3 1954 10,400,000
Elmer Gantry Dean Jagger 3 1960 10,400,000 3,000,000
Disorderlies Anthony Geary 6 1987 10,348,437
Father of the Bride Moroni Olsen
Russ Tamblyn
7
9
1950 10,135,000
Possession Aaron Eckhart 2 2002 10,103,647 25,000,000 146
King Kong Fay Wray 1 1933 10,000,000 1
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Robert Walker 2 1944 9,746,954 4
Le Divorce Matthew Modine 8 2003 9,074,550 129
White Fang II: Myth of the White Wolf Al Harrington 3 1994 8,878,000 101
Suspect Zero Aaron Eckhart 1 2004 8,712,564 27,000,000
Under the Rainbow Billy Barty 5 1981 8,500,000 20,000,000 43
Country Wilford Brimley 3 1984 8,400,000 65
10 to Midnight Wilford Brimley 6 1983 7,100,000 88
Strangers on a Train Robert Walker 3 1951 7,000,000 1,200,000
Los Muertos, la carne y el diablo Patricia Wright 2 1974 § 6,734,827
Till the Clouds Roll by Robert Walker 7 1947 6,724,000 2,841,000
Twelve O'Clock High Dean Jagger 5 1949 6,450,000
Short Cuts Matthew Modine 4 1993 6,110,000 105
Wind Matthew Modine 1 1992 5,519,000 85
The Hotel New Hampshire Wilford Brimley 5 1984 5,100,000 79
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Russ Tamblyn 4 1954 5,000,000
Harry and Son Wilford Brimley 4 1984 4,900,000 81
Your Friends and Neighbors Aaron Eckhart 2 1998 4,710,749 5,000,000 158
Meet the Deedles Paul Walker 2 1998 4,308,981 24,000,000 161
Making the Grade Gordon Jump 3 1984 4,100,000 85
Mrs. Soffel Matthew Modine 3 1984 4,000,000 87
Fluke Matthew Modine 1 1995 3,987,000 147
Benji: Off the Leash! Nick Whitaker
Chris Kendrick
Duane Stephens
Neal Barth
Christy Summerhays
1
2
4
5
8
2004 3,816,912
Soul Survivors Eliza Dushku 3 2001 3,100,650 14,000,000 161
Las Flores del miedo Patricia Wright 2 1973 § 3,088,350
In The Company of Men Aaron Eckhart 1 1997 2,883,661 250,000 160
The Clock Robert Walker 2 1945 2,783,000 1,324,000
Brigham Young - Frontiersman Dean Jagger 3 1940 2,500,000 2,700,000
God's Army Richard Dutcher
Jacque Gray
Michael Buster
Luis Robledo
John Pentecost
2
3
4
6
8
2000 2,628,829 300,000 172
Riding Giants Jeff Clark 3 2004 2,271,826
Cimarron Russ Tamblyn 5 1960 2,000,000
Easy Come, Easy Go Pat Priest 3 1967 1,950,000
A Home of Our Own Sarah Schaub 4 1993 1,703,000 12,000,000 124
Race the Sun Eliza Dushku 4 1996 1,681,685 189
The Book of Mormon Movie, Vol. 1: The Journey Bryce Chamberlain
Mark Gollaher
Jan Broberg Felt
Cragun Foulger
Jacque Gray
Kirby Heyborne
Michael Flynn
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2003 1,672,730 2,000,000 191
Noel Paul Walker 3 2004 1,515,163
Birdy Matthew Modine 1 1984 1,400,000 95
Saints and Soldiers Corbin Allred
Kirby Heyborne
Lawrence Bagby Jr.
1
3
4
2004 1,310,470 780,000
Blue in the Face Roseanne 8 1995 1,275,999 175
Robot Jox Danny Kamekona 5 1991 1,272,977 10,000,000
The Singles Ward Will Swenson
Connie Young
Daryn Tufts
Kirby Heyborne
Michael J. Birkeland
Wally Joyner
1
2
3
4
5
6
2002 1,250,798 500,000 214
The Best Two Years KC Clyde
Kirby Heyborne
David Nibley
Cameron Hopkin
Scott Christopher
Michael Flynn
1
2
3
4
5
6
2004 1,163,450 400,000
The R.M. Kirby Heyborne
Will Swenson
Britani Bateman
1
2
3
2003 1,111,615 500,000 192
Viva Villa! Fay Wray 3 1934 1,109,000 1,022,000
Brigham City Richard Dutcher
Wilford Brimley
Carrie Morgan
Jongiorgi Enos
Tayva Patch
1
3
4
5
6
2001 905,073 900,000 204
Jack Weyland's Charly Heather Beers
Jeremy Elliott
Adam Johnson
Jackie Winterrose Fullmer
Gary Neilson
Diana Dunkley
Randy King
Lisa McCammon
Bernie Diamond
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
2002 814,666 950,000 230
Ride with the Devil Jewel Kilcher 3 1999 630,779 35,000,000 220
Poolhall Junkies Rick Schroder 5 2003 562,059 4,000,000 218
Jackals Wilford Brimley 4 1986 492,367 117
The Browning Version Matthew Modine 3 1994 464,423 151
The Believer Ryan Gosling 1 2002 406,035 254
Little Secrets Jan Broberg Felt
Rick Macy
Tayva Patch
5
6
8
2002 405,182 2,500,000 255
Pride & Prejudice: A Latter-day Comedy Ben Gourley
Hubbel Palmer
Nicole Hamilton
Carmen Rasmusen
4
7
9
12
2003 372,752 350,000 309
Rumpelstiltskin Billy Barty 2 1987 355,253 136
The United States of Leland Ryan Gosling 2 2004 343,816
Equinox Matthew Modine 1 1992 279,627 156
Orphans Matthew Modine 2 1987 252,430 140
The Real Blonde Matthew Modine 1 1998 247,745 251
The Home Teachers Michael J. Birkeland
Jeff Birk
1
2
2004 196,123 500,000
Beverly Hills Brats Terry Moore 3 1989 192,561 152
Baptists at Our Barbecue Dan Merkley
Heather Beers
1
2
2004 173,306 500,000
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Mick Ronson 2 2002 162,548 308
Mobsters and Mormons Clayton Taylor
Scott Christopher
3
4
2005 145,613 350,000
There Goes My Baby Rick Schroder 2 1994 125,169 10,500,000
Sons of Provo Will Swenson
Kirby Heyborne
Danny Tarasevich
1
2
3
2005 120,488 200,000
Handcart Jaelan Petrie
Stephanie Albach
Chris Kendrick
Shannon Skinner
Gretchen Condie
Joel Bishop
1
2
3
4
5
6
2002 98,666 300,000 333
Diamonds Corbin Allred 3 1999 81,897 305
Out of Step Alison Akin Clark
Jeremy Elliott
Michael Buster
Tayva Patch
Rick Macy
1
2
3
4
5
2002 80,000 700,000 345
Mad About Mambo Keri Russell 2 2000 61,663 349
Date with Death Robert Clarke 3 1959 60,000
A.P.E.X. Adam Lawson 5 1994 49,601 184
Get Bruce Roseanne 5 1999 43,155 332
Eight Days a Week Keri Russell 2 1997 26,347 348
Summer of the Monkeys Wilford Brimley 3 1998 22,500 309
Molly Aaron Eckhart 2 1999 17,396 21,000,000 359
The Work and the Story Nathan Smith Jones
Jennifer Hoskins
Eric Artell
Dan Merkley
Kirby Heyborne
Richard Dutcher
Christopher Miller
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
2003 14,474 120,000 424
The Slaughter Rule Ryan Gosling 1 2003 13,134 410
This Divided State Kay Anderson
Joe Vogel
Jim Bassi
Alex Caldiero
Dennis Potter
Ken Brown
3
4
5
6
7
8
2005 6,500 15,000
Giving It Up (a.k.a. "Casanova Falling") Amy Redford 5 1999 5,000 402
Thursday Aaron Eckhart 2 1998 1,971 336
Into the Blue Paul Walker 1 2005 ?




Unadjusted Totals

ActorTotal U.S.
Box Office Gross
Number
of Films
in Total
Paul Walker $468,764,988 8
Aaron Eckhart 384,000,000 13
Wilford Brimley 342,320,556 16
Matthew Modine 330,000,000 21
Eliza Dushku 328,375,115 9
Moroni Olsen 195,135,000 2
Katherine Heigl 128,291,407 4
Donny Osmond 120,620,254 1
Danny Kamekona 116,376,956 2
Roseanne 114,486,000 5
Ryan Gosling 113,639,641 5
Billy Barty 98,963,116 5
Keri Russell 96,898,153 4
Dean Jagger 89,350,000 6
Russ Tamblyn 86,391,822 5
Ken Sansom 85,000,000 3
Vern Adix 79,518,000 2
Jon Heder 61,000,000 2
A.J. Cook 60,655,403 2
Aaron Ruell 44,540,956 1
Robert Walker 36,989,842 5
Dana Kimmell 36,200,000 1
R.D. Call 31,874,869 1
Rick Schroder 31,128,966 3
Rhonda Fleming 26,412,035 2
Terry Moore 25,792,561 2
Klinton Spilsbury 13,400,000 1
Dan Blocker 12,705,882 1
Fay Wray 11,109,000 2
John Gilbert 11,000,000 1
Laraine Day 10,400,000 1
Anthony Geary 10,348,437 1
Al Harrington 8,878,000 1
Kirby Heyborne 6,307,336 7
Jacque Gray 4,301,559 2
Gordon Jump 4,100,000 1
Chris Kendrick 3,911,803 2
Nick Whitaker 3,813,137 1
Duane Stephens 3,813,137 1
Neal Barth 3,813,137 1
Christy Summerhays 3,813,137 1
Richard Dutcher 3,548,376 3
Michael Flynn 2,836,180 2
Michael Buster 2,708,829 2
Luis Robledo 2,628,829 1
John Pentecost 2,628,829 1
Will Swenson 2,362,413 3
Jeff Clark 2,271,826 1
Jan Broberg Felt 2,077,912 2
Pat Priest 1,950,000 1
Sarah Schaub 1,703,000 1
Bryce Chamberlain 1,672,730 1
Mark Gollaher 1,672,730 1
Cragun Foulger 1,672,730 1
Michael J. Birkeland 1,446,921 2
Tayva Patch 1,390,255 3
Corbin Allred 1,310,470 2
Lawrence Bagby Jr. 1,310,470 1
Connie Young 1,250,798 1
Daryn Tufts 1,250,798 1
Wally Joyner 1,250,798 1
Scott Christopher 1,179,560 2
KC Clyde 1,163,450 1
David Nibley 1,163,450 1
Cameron Hopkin 1,163,450 1
Britani Bateman 1,111,615 1
Heather Beers 942,086 2
Carrie Morgan 905,073 1
Jongiorgi Enos 905,073 1
Jeremy Elliott 894,666 2
Adam Johnson 814,666 1
Jackie Winterrose Fullmer 814,666 1
Gary Neilson 814,666 1
Diana Dunkley 814,666 1
Randy King 814,666 1
Lisa McCammon 814,666 1
Bernie Diamond 814,666 1
Jewel Kilcher 630,779 1
Rick Macy 485,182 2
Ben Gourley 372,752 1
Hubbel Palmer 372,752 1
Nicole Hamilton 372,752 1
Carmen Rasmusen 372,752 1
Jeff Birk 196,123 1
Mick Ronson 162,548 1
Clayton Taylor 145,613 1
Dan Merkley 141,894 2
Danny Tarasevich 120,488 1
Jaelan Petrie 98,666 1
Stephanie Albach 98,666 1
Shannon Skinner 98,666 1
Gretchen Condie 98,666 1
Joel Bishop 98,666 1
Alison Akin Clark 80,000 1
Robert Clarke 60,000 1
Adam Lawson 49,601 1
Nathan Smith Jones 14,474 1
Jennifer Hoskins 14,474 1
Eric Artell 14,474 1
Christopher Miller 14,474 1
Kay Anderson 6,500 1
Joe Vogel 6,500 1
Jim Bassi 6,500 1
Alex Caldiero 6,500 1
Dennis Potter 6,500 1
Ken Brown 6,500 1
Amy Redford 5,000 1
Weighted Box Office Totals
(Each film's U.S. box office gross is divided by star's billing.)
ActorWeighted U.S.
Box Office Gross
Number
of Films
in Total
Paul Walker $355,238,826 8
Matthew Modine 180,000,000 21
Aaron Eckhart 146,000,000 13
Wilford Brimley 107,143,365 16
Ryan Gosling 97,530,299 5
Eliza Dushku 93,518,337 9
Vern Adix 79,518,000 2
Roseanne 69,817,462 5
Jon Heder 50,000,000 2
Moroni Olsen 47,697,857 2
Katherine Heigl 45,311,624 4
Dana Kimmell 36,200,000 1
A.J. Cook 30,327,702 2
Danny Kamekona 29,030,590 2
Ken Sansom 29,000,000 3
Donny Osmond 24,124,051 1
Billy Barty 23,112,759 5
Russ Tamblyn 22,448,385 5
Dean Jagger 19,300,000 6
Keri Russell 16,802,025 4
Aaron Ruell 14,356,062 1
Klinton Spilsbury 13,400,000 1
Robert Walker 11,348,169 5
John Gilbert 11,000,000 1
Fay Wray 10,369,667 2
Rick Schroder 10,322,242 3
Rhonda Fleming 8,804,012 2
R.D. Call 5,312,478 1
Terry Moore 4,330,854 2
Nick Whitaker 3,813,137 1
Laraine Day 3,466,667 1
Al Harrington 2,959,333 1
Kirby Heyborne 2,612,652 6
Richard Dutcher 2,221,900 3
Dan Blocker 2,117,647 1
Chris Kendrick 1,939,457 2
Will Swenson 1,806,606 3
Anthony Geary 1,724,740 1
Gordon Jump 1,366,667 1
KC Clyde 1,163,450 1
Jacque Gray 1,155,065 2
Corbin Allred 1,121,568 2
Duane Stephens 953,284 1
Heather Beers 878,376 2
Bryce Chamberlain 836,365 1
Neal Barth 762,627 1
Jeff Clark 756,850 1
Michael Buster 683,874 2
Pat Priest 650,000 1
Connie Young 625,399 1
Mark Gollaher 557,577 1
Jan Broberg Felt 499,219 2
Christy Summerhays 476,642 1
Jeremy Elliott 447,333 2
Michael J. Birkeland 446,283 2
Luis Robledo 438,138 1
Sarah Schaub 425,750 1
Daryn Tufts 416,933 1
Michael Flynn 403,000 2
David Nibley 387,817 1
Britani Bateman 370,538 1
Cragun Foulger 334,546 1
John Pentecost 328,604 1
Cameron Hopkin 290,863 1
Lawrence Bagby Jr. 273,567 1
Adam Johnson 271,555 1
Scott Christopher 249,440 2
Carrie Morgan 226,268 1
Tayva Patch 221,493 3
Jewel Kilcher 210,260 1
Wally Joyner 208,466 1
Jackie Winterrose Fullmer 203,667 1
Jongiorgi Enos 181,015 1
Gary Neilson 162,933 1
Diana Dunkley 135,778 1
Dan Merkley 131,039 1
Randy King 116,381 1
Lisa McCammon 101,833 1
Jaelan Petrie 98,666 1
Jeff Birk 98,062 1
Ben Gourley 93,188 1
Bernie Diamond 90,518 1
Rick Macy 83,530 2
Mick Ronson 81,274 1
Alison Akin Clark 80,000 1
Hubbel Palmer 53,250 1
Stephanie Albach 49,333 1
Nicole Hamilton 41,417 1
Carmen Rasmusen 31,063 1
Shannon Skinner 24,667 1
Clayton Taylor 22,648 1
Robert Clarke 20,000 1
Gretchen Condie 19,733 1
Joel Bishop 16,444 1
Nathan Smith Jones 14,474 1
Adam Lawson 9,920 1
Danny Tarasevich 8,451 1
Jennifer Hoskins 7,237 1
Eric Artell 4,825 1
Christopher Miller 2,068 1
Kay Anderson 2,167 1
Joe Vogel 1,625 1
Jim Bassi 1,300 1
Alex Caldiero 1,083 1
Amy Redford 1,000 1
Dennis Potter 929 1
Ken Brown 850 1

Additional comments

The Fast and the Furious: On 26 June 2001, The Fast and the Furious, with Paul Walker at the very top of the marque, may be the biggest opening weekend for an RM in film history. The film took in $40,089,015 at the box office its opening weekend, making it the Number One film in the country. It left Eddie Murphy's Doctor Dolittle 2, which opened the same day, in the dust: Eddie's comedy grossed just $25,037,039, although it opened on 237 more screens.

Not only was The Fast and the Furious on its way to box office success, it even received an enthusiastic "thumbs up" recommendation from the country's most respected film critic, Roger Ebert.

Mulan: Donny Osmond is actually the fifth-billed cast member in Disney's Mulan (1998). He provides the singing voice for Captain Li Shang, the film's male lead, but he has just one song. Perhaps it is a stretch to call him a headliner/star in the film. Perhaps not.

Peyton Place: Although only fifth billed, Russ Tamblyn is on the movie poster as a headliner, in very large print, on the 2nd line. Terry Moore is sixth-billed, but not actually a headliner.

Any Given Sunday: Although it is unusual for actors with 7th and 10th billing to be listed on official movie posters, Modine and Eckhart are indeed listed on the poster for this star-packed film.

Masters of the Universe: Various databases list Billy Barty with 4th billing. (He played Gwildor.) But the movie poster lists six actors, NOT including Barty: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Courtney Cox, James Tolkan, Christina Pickles, and Meg Foster. A bit of trivia: Another of the film's stars not on the poster: non-LDS actor Robert Duncan McNeill ("Tom Paris" of "Star Trek: Voyager").

Little Secrets: Actually, only the four leads in "Little Secrets" received billing on the poster: non-Latter-day Saint actors Evan Rachel Wood, Michael Angarano, David Gallagher and Vivica A. Fox. But most of the remaining cast, including the supporting actors with the 5th-, 6th- and 8th-billed roles, and most of the other credited cast members are Latter-day Saints. So we have included this film in the actors table, although in the strictest sense it doesn't meet the criteria applied to the other movies listed.

Out of Step: This film clearly has three leads -- Alison Akin Clark, Jeremy Elliott, and Michael Buster -- but their relative billing can potentially be interpreted in different ways. On the actual poster, their names appear at the very top of the poster in a large typeface in the following order: Jeremy Elliott, Alison Akin Clark, Michael Buster. This order is seemingly necessary because this is the order the three leads are pictured in the photo on the poster. In the smaller credits text block at the bottom of the poster their names are listed thus: "MICHAEL BUSTER    JEREMY ELLIOTT and introducing ALISON AKIN CLARK." This is also how their name appear in the opening credits: first Buster, then Elliott, and finally Clark with an "introducing" tag. In the closing credits, however, the order is: Alison Akin Clark, Michael Buster, Jeremy Elliot. In the actual film, Clark is the focus of the entire film, appearing in most scenes. Elliott has the second-largest role, followed by Buster. This third position for Clark's name seems dictated by the traditional formatting of an "and introducing" credit. The placement after the two male leads, who have less screen time, is perhaps more aesthetic, as well as appropriate because Clark had less "marquee" value, because this was her debut. In the table above, the billing has been assigned based on prominence within the film, with Clark 1st, Elliott 2nd, and Buster 3rd. 4th- and 5th-billed actors Tayva Patch and Rick Macy are NOT listed on the poster, but we have listed them in the above table anyway.

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: This glam rock classic starring David Bowie and co-starring Latter-day Saint singer/rock musician Mick Ronson was first released in 1973. The box office figures shown above are from the digitally remastered version released theatrically in 2002 by Cowboy Pictures.

City by the Sea: Production budget: $40,000,000. P&A: $20,000,000

The Core: Production budget: $60 million. P&A: $25 million.

Paycheck: Production budget: $60 million. P&A: $25 million.

Timeline: Production budget: $80 million. P&A: $25 million.

The Notebook: Production budget: $29 million. P&A: $25 million.

Joel Bishop: In "Handcart, actor Joel Bishop plays Edward Martin, the leader of the handcart company at the center of the film's story. Bishop was left off of the movie posters, but he received sixth billing on the video/DVD covers. The special edition version released to videos and DVDs had been re-edited, with some additional material added, and the director felt that Bishop deserved to be listed on the cover.

Robert Walker in "Till the Clouds Roll by": Thirteen stars were listed on the movie poster under the heading Starring (Alphabetically) order: June Allyson, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Van Heflin, Lena Horne, Angela Lansbury, Tony Martin, Virginia O'Brien, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra and Robert Walker. Although Walker as listed last, this does not equate to "13th billing." The billing number used in the table above is 7, which is the average of all billings 1 through 13.

This Transporter 2: The official movie poster apparently has no names on it - not the names of any of the actors, nor even the director's name. Modine has the 5th billed role in the opening credits. (Preliminary, based on IMDb.com, must verify this.)

This Divided State: This is a documentary, but the film's director (Steven Greenstreet) provided the following list of "lead characters" who are sufficiently prominent in the film that they would have been poster-billed had this been a regular narrative/fictional film: Michael Moore; Sean Hannity; Kay Anderson; Joe Vogel; Jim Bassi; Alex Caldiero; Dennis Potter; Ken Brown. All of these individuals are Latter-day Saints except for the first two: Michael Moore and Sean Hannity (both Catholics).

Just Like Heaven: Technically, Jon Heder was not actually on the movie poster. Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo were the only cast members to receive poster billing. Heder actually has the 6th billed role in the onscreen closing credits for his supporting role. Heder is the last actor whose name is shown during the opening titles, but his title reads "and Jon Heder," and his name does not share space with another actor, as is the case with most of the other supporting actors, so it is something of a prominent title. Technically, Heder's lack of poster billing could preclude him from being listed on the table above. Yet, Jon Heder was so prominently featured in movie trailers and TV ad campaigns for this movie that unless one actually saw the movie and the credits, it certainly seems as if is the third billed star, even 2nd-billed, or co-equal with Mark Ruffalo in the film. The people responsible for marketing this film found than "Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder" had tremendous name recognition and that promoting his presense in the film would sell tickets. So, although he technically has a smaller role than 3 other supporting actors, only his part was highlighted in TV ads (along with leads Witherspoon and Ruffalo). In Just Like Heaven, Heder's character is a pivotal one, but he really only has 3 major scenes, and two minor scenes. Significantly, he is alone on the screen in the film's very final scene: he gets to deliver the final punchline and serve as the film's final image. With Jon Heder's growing popularity, it would not be surprising if his picture, his name, or both appear on the DVD cover, and on any newly designed posters.

Noel: Paul Walker stars in 3rd billed role in this movie, which was released in only a few theaters in the United States, and U.S. box office gross is not available. Total gross was €1,515,163 euros in Italy.





Web page with box office tables created 25 April 2001. Page 2 split from original page on 13 December 2002. Last modified 23 September 2005.