Tom Hanks has been voted the Top Money-Making Star of 2004 in Quigley Publishing Company's 72nd Annual Top Ten Money-Making Stars Poll. Hanks, who appeared in three films in 2004, has won the poll five times and has placed in the Top Ten eleven times.

He finished ahead of all time box office champion Tom Cruise, who has appeared on the list seventeen times and has won six times, the most of any actor since 1932.

Tom Cruise finished second to Hanks with his performance in "Collateral." Leonardo DiCaprio who first appeared on the list in 1997, finished in third place. He has held this position twice and a ranking of No. 5 once. Nicholas Cage ranked fourth overall. Surprisingly, this is the first time Cage has been in the Top Ten. Jim Carrey, who won the 2003 Poll slipped to No. 5.
The rest of the Top Ten in order were: Denzel Washington No. 6, Julia Roberts No. 7, Will Smith No. 8, Brad Pitt No. 9 and Adam Sandler No. 10.

Editor: Donald