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Post by thisguy4000 on Jan 14, 2021 14:38:44 GMT
The first example I can think of is the Hobbit trilogy, where Ian McKellen is billed above Martin Freeman.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jan 14, 2021 14:50:40 GMT
Clark Gable got top billing on Gone With The Wind, where Vivien Leigh was the lead.
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Post by ck100 on Jan 14, 2021 14:51:15 GMT
Michael Keaton didn't get top billing for Batman.
Chris Reeve didn't get top billing for Superman.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Jan 14, 2021 15:00:57 GMT
This tends to happen when someone who was a complete nobody when a film was released becomes huge afterwards. Warwick Davis used to have top billing for "Leprechaun" but after Jennifer Aniston joined "Friends" her name got top billing and the later movies covers feature her on the cover instead of Davis
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2021 15:30:02 GMT
Superman Returns (Top Billing Kevin Spacey)
Man of Steel (Top Billing Russel Crowe)
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jan 14, 2021 16:10:56 GMT
The Godfather - Brando gets top billing but it’s very much Pacino’s movie.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jan 14, 2021 16:14:10 GMT
Apocalypse Now - Brando & Duvall above Sheen.
We're talking Coppola's GF connection with those 2, + Brando surely had top billing as part of any deal.
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Post by ck100 on Jan 14, 2021 16:38:30 GMT
George Clooney didn't get top billing for Batman & Robin.
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Post by hi224 on Jan 14, 2021 17:29:36 GMT
Christoph Waltz- Inglorious Basterds. lets be honest regarding the biling, if Dicaprio were playing the role, he'd be considered a lead.
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Post by mstreepsucks on Jan 14, 2021 17:39:32 GMT
I think space jam counts, cuz bugs bunny gets top billing. But michal jordan is in it also.
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Post by Hurdy Gurdy Man on Jan 14, 2021 17:53:35 GMT
In Fritz Lang's Fury, Sylvia Sidney gets first billing despite it being Spencer Tracy's show all the way.
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Post by brandomarlon2003 on Jan 14, 2021 18:02:25 GMT
Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Harrison Ford as Han Solo gets top billing but he doesn't show up until an hour into the movie. The lead roles were Daisy Ridley and John Boyega.
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Post by brandomarlon2003 on Jan 14, 2021 18:05:35 GMT
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge - John Barrymore gets top billing as Colonel Nielson but he's a supporting role. John Howard as Drummond was the lead role.
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Post by moviemouth on Jan 14, 2021 18:09:03 GMT
 The lead characters are 2 teenage girls, but it makes sense that famous actors got top billing.
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Jan 14, 2021 19:07:30 GMT
Melanie Griffith in Working Girl
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Post by ck100 on Jan 14, 2021 23:43:50 GMT
Stallone and Bautista have only about 10 minutes of screen time in the whole movie. The lead role is played by some Asian dude.  |
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jan 14, 2021 23:53:12 GMT
Superman Returns (Top Billing Kevin Spacey) Man of Steel (Top Billing Russel Crowe) Both incorrect? |
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Post by vegalyra on Jan 15, 2021 0:17:52 GMT
I just watched Operation Crossbow and Sophia Loren gets top billing even though her character is only on screen for about 15 minutes of the run time.  |
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jan 15, 2021 3:04:40 GMT
Christoph Waltz- Inglorious Basterds. lets be honest regarding the biling, if Dicaprio were playing the role, he'd be considered a lead. Maybe not, Leo was 3rd billing for Django.
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Post by hi224 on Jan 15, 2021 5:05:54 GMT
Christoph Waltz- Inglorious Basterds. lets be honest regarding the biling, if Dicaprio were playing the role, he'd be considered a lead. Maybe not, Leo was 3rd billing for Django. while thats true Landa is still a focal point character who we arguably get more perspective from throughout the story then Raine, and Pitts billed above him yet Landa arguably has the more predominant story arc.
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