Tom Cruise: Seventh time lucky!

Superstar Tom Cruise has topped a poll of top money making celebrities after earning a fortune in 2005

Superstar Tom Cruise has topped a poll of top money making celebrities after earning a fortune in 2005.

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Contactmusic.com reports it is the seventh time that Cruise has topped the annual Quigley Publishing Company Top Ten Money-Making Stars poll. And this is the 18th time he has featured on the Top 10.

Johnny Depp followed him at second spot ahead of Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The Quigley Poll is conducted annually since 1932 and is a survey of motion picture exhibitors. It asks them to vote for the 10 stars that generated the most box office revenue in the preceding year for their movies.

When exhibitors were asked to name the Stars of Tomorrow they voted for Jack Black and Dakota Fanning.

The top 10 moneymaking stars of 2005 are:

1. Tom Cruise

2. Johnny Depp

3. Angelina Jolie

4. Brad Pitt

5. Vince Vaughn

6. George Clooney

7. Will Smith

8. Reese Witherspoon

9. Adam Sandler

10.Tom Hanks