Good Job! Will Smith!

Will Smith is the Hollywood's most valuable actor according to Forbes.com's Star currency Survey. The survey took an exclusive look at what the business side of Hollywood really thinks of more than 1,400 working actors when it comes to ensuring the financial success of film projects.

Smith received a perfect score of 10 in the survey. Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Angelina Jolie, came second with a score of 9.89. Others in the top 20 rank list include Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson and Matt Damon. Forbes conducted the survey Sept. 3, 2008, through Nov. 16, 2008, in conjunction with Erdos & Morgan, a New York-based independent research firm that advised Forbes on the survey, as well as handled the tabulation and ranking of the results. The results were converted into scores ranging from 0 to 10, with 10 being the top. Read about the full procedure here

The main reasons which are believed to have made Will achieve this are the following :

• His films have raked in more than $5.2 billion at the box office worldwide (through Feb. 1, 2009), according to Exhibitor Relations Co. ($2,313,659,825 in North America; $2,925,750,000 internationally.)

• Seven of his live-action films opened consecutively in the No. 1 spot at the North American box office, from "Men in Black II" (2002) through "Hancock" (2008).

• His three top-grossing films alone have pulled in more than $2 billion at the worldwide box office. "Independence Day" (1996) made $816,969,255; "Hancock" (2008) collected $623,586,274 and "Men in Black" (1997) hauled in $589,390,539, Exhibitor Relations Co. figures show.

• He's been nominated for two best actor Oscars for "Ali" (2001) and "The Pursuit of Happyness" (2006).

Courtesy : forbes.com