The new list of Vulture's most valuable stars in 2014 just came out, and Jennifer tops the list with a rank progress of two compared to last year:
top 3
Jennifer Lawrence
The Girl on Fire
Our new No. 1 is doing everything right.
By every metric by which we measure Most Valuable Stars,
Jennifer Lawrence comes out on top. Her studio ratings, likability level, and tabloid scores are hard to rival, she’s got two enormous franchises in The Hunger Games and X-Men, and she’s been nominated for an Oscar almost every year since her breakthrough performance in Winter’s Bone. She’s said that she wants to take at least 12 months off after wrapping The Hunger Games (though the last film in that series doesn’t come out until 2015), but how long will Hollywood let its biggest, brightest new star rest ?
Robert Downey Jr.
Marvel’s Main Man
He’s willing to stay a superhero for a little while longer
After ruling the Most Valuable Stars list for two years straight, Robert Downey Jr. drops down a spot. Is his Iron Man armor dinged? Not necessarily: Downey still has the sure-to-be record-breaking Avengers: Age of Ultron on the way in 2015, and his willingness to climb aboard 2016’s Captain America 3 means that both Downey and Marvel realize how much that role means to him (and them). For Downey, it may be even more incumbent on him to suit up after his awards-season wannabe, The Judge, came up short this fall
Leonardo DiCaprio
The Drama King
Nobody can sell a prestige picture like Leo.
Were it anyone but Leo, there's no way that Warner Bros. would have financed a period like The Great Gatsby to the tune of $105 million. Were it anyone but Leo, Martin Scorsese might not have gotten away with a theatrical cut of The Wolf of Wall Street that ran a gargantuan three hours. But because both films did star Leonardo DiCaprio — the rare star who can not only get an auteur drama financed but then turn it into a smash hit — studio executives were willing to take the sort of risks that don't come naturally in today's franchise-driven movie world. If DiCaprio didn't consistently seek out challenging films like The Revenant, the one he's currently shooting from director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman), the modern movie landscape would look very different
http://www.vulture.com/2014/10/most-...vie-stars.html
