Bullock brings home the bacon

Sandra Bullock is the queen, or rather king of Hollywood this year.

The actress was voted the Top Money-Making Star of 2009 in Quigley Publishing Company’s 78th Annual Poll of Exhibitors.

Bullock, the star of “The Blind Side,” “All About Steve” and “The Proposal,” is the first female to win since Julia Roberts in 1999.

Guess the public finally forgave her for “Speed 2.”

The Quigley Poll, conducted each year since 1932, is an annual survey of motion picture theatre owners and film buyers.

The poll asks them to choose the ten stars that they believe generated the most box-office revenue for their theatres during the year.

The respondents also chose Taylor Lautner (“New Moon”) and Carey Mulligan (“An Education”) as the Stars of Tomorrow. By my math they got it half right. Not sure Lautner can survive if his fabled six pack turns into a Bud Light keg.

Here’s the official Quigley list:

1. Sandra Bullock
2. Johnny Depp
3. Matt Damon
4. George Clooney
5. Robert Downey Jr.
6. Tom Hanks
7. Meryl Streep
8. Brad Pitt
9. Shia LaBeouf
10. Denzel Washington

(Photo: Sandra Bullock’s smashing 2009 ended with the sleeper hit “The Blind Side.”/Warner Bros.)

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