This is definitely one of the most successful years for the most highly esteemed black actor in the world today, Denzel Washington as he is the number one on the Top Ten Money-Making Stars of 2012 according to Quigley Publishing Company's 81st Annual Poll of Motion Picture Exhibitors.

Denzel Washington
Anne Hathaway
Hugh Jackman
Mark Wahlberg
Johnny Depp
Daniel Craig
Daniel Day-Lewis
Brad Pitt
Leonardo DiCaprio
Robert Downey, Jr,

Stars of Tomorrow:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Jennifer Lawrence

This is Washington's eighth appearance in the Quigley Poll, and his first win. Exhibitors felt Washington was responsible for more traffic to movie theatres than any other Hollywood star this year based on his performances in "Flight" and "Safe House." Washington is the fourth black American to win the Poll, joining Will Smith (2005), Eddie Murphy (1987) and Sidney Poitier. (1968) In 81 years, eight women have been voted first in the Top Ten a total of sixteen times, with Julie Andrews, Doris Day, Shirley Temple and Marie Dressler winning multiple times.

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