Premiere.com Ranks Hollywood's Most Influential Industry Players With 18th Annual Power List

Premiere.com Ranks Hollywood's Most Influential Industry Players With 18th Annual Power List

Fox Film Chairmen-CEOs Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman nab top spot

Will Smith is highest ranked actor at #9

Anglina Jolie is highest ranked actress at #32

NEW YORK, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Premiere.com (Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S.) announces its 18th annual Power List, a ranking of 50 of film's most influential actors, directors, producers, studio executives and agents. Premiere.com editors compile the list based on box office results, news reports and in-depth interviews with participants and experts in the film.

The number one spot is occupied by Fox Film Chairmen-CEOs Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman (#3 last year) who have provided Fox with stable, sharp- minded, and aggressive leadership and a record-breaking string of profitable years. Fox's 2006 hits including The Devil Wears Prada, Borat, and The Simpsons Movie.

Amy Pascal, Cochairman Sony Pictures Entertainment and Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group is the highest ranking female, at #3, a spot she shares with colleague Michael Lynton, Chairman-CEO Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Current Hollywood golden boy Judd Apatow leaps into the ranking, at #13, from previous Power List obscurity with low-budget hits Knocked Up and Superbad.

With genre-proof success, Will Smith is the highest ranking actor at #9 (ranked #14 last year). He excels at action, comedy and even a father-son weepie like the The Pursuit of Happyness, which grossed $302 million worldwide. Other actors rounding out the top 20 include: Johnny Depp, at #14, and Brad Pitt, #15, Tom Hanks #18 and Tom Cruise #20. Matt Damon just missed out, ranking #21. 21-year old actor Shia LaBeouf appearance in the mega-hit Transformers and casting in the upcoming Indiana Jones secured him a spot on the list at #50.

Reflecting the current industry malaise towards actresses, only four actresses made the list (compared to 19 men). Angelina Jolie is the first female thespian to appear coming in at #32. Despite taking supporting roles and making smaller films, Jolie remains as high-profile - and in high demand- as ever. Julia Roberts at #37 just bests Reese Witherspoon #38. Jodie Foster landed at #45 due to the success of The Brave One, which was the first film in 2007 top-lined by an actress to open at number one.

   Premiere.com's 2007 Power List Top Ten    1. JIM GIANOPULOS AND TOM ROTHMAN   TITLE: Chairmen-CEOs, Fox Filmed Entertainment   RANK LAST YEAR: 3    2. RICHARD COOK AND JOHN LASSETER   TITLE: Chairman, the Walt Disney Studios; Chief Creative Officer, Disney   Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios   RANK LAST YEAR: 5; 1    3. MICHAEL LYNTON AND AMY PASCAL   TITLE: Chairman-CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment; Cochairman, Sony   Pictures Entertainment, and Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment   Motion Picture Group   RANK LAST YEAR: 8    4. BARRY MEYER AND ALAN HORN   TITLE: Chairman-CEO and president-COO respectively, Warner Bros.   Entertainment   RANK LAST YEAR: 2    5. RON MEYER, MARC SHMUGER, AND DAVID LINDE   TITLE: President-COO Universal Studios; Chairman and Cochairman   respectively, Universal Pictures   RANK LAST YEAR: 9    6. STEVEN SPIELBERG   TITLE: The Maestro   RANK LAST YEAR: 4    7. DAVID GEFFEN   TITLE: Chairman, DreamWorks SKG   RANK LAST YEAR: 12    8. PHILIPPE DAUMAN AND BRAD GREY   TITLE: President and CEO, Viacom; Chairman and CEO, Paramount Pictures   Corporation   RANK LAST YEAR: Not ranked; 6    9. WILL SMITH   TITLE: He Is Legend   RANK LAST YEAR: 14    10. JERRY BRUCKHEIMER   TITLE: The Swashbuckler   RANK LAST YEAR: 10  

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