In 1990, 1991 and 1997,
People magazine rated him among the 50 most
beautiful people in
the world. In 1995,
Empire magazine ranked him among the 100 sexiest
stars in film history. Two years later, it ranked him among the top 5
movie stars of all
time. In 2002 and 2003, he was rated by
Premiere among the top
20 in its annual
Power 100
list.
In 2006,
Premiere magazine established Cruise as Hollywood's most powerful
actor, as Cruise came in at number 13 on the magazines 2006
Power list, being the highest
ranked actor.
On 16
June 2006,
Forbes magazine published 'The
Celebrity 100', a
list of the most powerful
celebrities, in which Cruise came top. The
List was generated using a combination of income (between June 2005 and June 2006), web references by
Google, press clips compiled by LexisNexis, television and
radio mentions (by Factiva), and the number of times a
celebrity appeared on the cover of 26 major consumer magazines.
As of
August 2006, "a
USA Today/
Gallup poll in which half of those surveyed registered an "unfavorable" opinion of the
actor" was cited as a reason in addition to "unacceptable behavior" for Paramount's non-renewal of their production contract with
Tom.