Movie star

A movie star (also known as a film star or cinema star) is an actor who is famous for their starring, or leading, roles in movies.^[1]^[2] The term is used for performers who are marketable stars as they become popular household names and whose names are used to promote movies, for example in trailers and posters.^[3] The most prominent movie stars are known in the industry as bankable stars.

^ Albert, S (1998). "Movie Stars and the Distribution of Financially Successful Films in the Motion Picture Industry". Journal of Cultural Economics. 22 (4): 249–270. doi:10.1023/A:1007511817441. S2CID 152723609.
^ Albert, S (1999). "Movie Stars and the Distribution of Financially Successful Films in the Motion Picture Industry". Journal of Cultural Economics. 23 (4): 325–329. doi:10.1023/A:1007584017128. S2CID 189870045.
^ Shugan, S (2005). Moul, C (ed.). A Concise Handbook of Movie Industry Economics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[1] Albert, S (1998). "Movie Stars and the Distribution of Financially Successful Films in the Motion Picture Industry". Journal of Cultural Economics. 22 (4): 249–270. doi:10.1023/A:1007511817441. S2CID 152723609.

[2] Albert, S (1999). "Movie Stars and the Distribution of Financially Successful Films in the Motion Picture Industry". Journal of Cultural Economics. 23 (4): 325–329. doi:10.1023/A:1007584017128. S2CID 189870045.

[3] Shugan, S (2005). Moul, C (ed.). A Concise Handbook of Movie Industry Economics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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