Is Sandra Bullock Now the Most Bankable Actress on Earth?
Well, technically, according to industry experts, and current conventional wisdom, there are a few other actresses who...
Oh, forget it: Let's crown Sandra, already.
If you're talking biggest box office for least money down, Natalie Portman and Kristen Stewart are, as of the last Forbes "Bankability" list, still the reigning queens of bang-for-one's-buck. K. Stew, for example, took only about 9 percent of the total earnings of her last film, mega-blockbuster "Breaking Dawn: Part 2."
Will Bullock top the new list? Quite possibly. She's already outpacing the two stars at the top of another list, the Ulmer Scale, which measures star bankability.
"Sandra has been riding an almost unprecedented spike in global star power, thanks to strong role choices and great pairing with other stars," James Ulmer tells me. "She has actually just surpassed Cameron Diaz in her global bankability, and has surged ahead of Julia Roberts, who suffers from not having enough recent films in her portfolio, although 'August: Osage County' will be a test to see if she can bounce back at all."
Oh, forget it: Let's crown Sandra, already.
If you're talking biggest box office for least money down, Natalie Portman and Kristen Stewart are, as of the last Forbes "Bankability" list, still the reigning queens of bang-for-one's-buck. K. Stew, for example, took only about 9 percent of the total earnings of her last film, mega-blockbuster "Breaking Dawn: Part 2."
Will Bullock top the new list? Quite possibly. She's already outpacing the two stars at the top of another list, the Ulmer Scale, which measures star bankability.
"Sandra has been riding an almost unprecedented spike in global star power, thanks to strong role choices and great pairing with other stars," James Ulmer tells me. "She has actually just surpassed Cameron Diaz in her global bankability, and has surged ahead of Julia Roberts, who suffers from not having enough recent films in her portfolio, although 'August: Osage County' will be a test to see if she can bounce back at all."
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