Daniel Radcliffe & Miley Cyrus Top Forbes' List of Hollywood's Most Valuable Young Stars

By Leader Staff. Published on 03/12/2009 - 1:00pm

Forbes' has just released a list of Hollywood's Most Valuable Young Stars, and not surprisingly, topping the list are two of the young entertainment world's most recognizable faces: Daniel Radcliffe and Miley Cyrus. Each has been the face of a hugely popular franchise; Radcliffe as Harry Potter and Cyrus as Hannah Montana.

The list was published as a part of Forbes' recent Star Currency Survey, which evaluated the star power of 1,400 actors in Hollywood. The choices were sent to 157 people working in various parts of the movie industry, who then evaluated the actors on specific factors.

Criteria used included:

The amount of financing that flows to a project is significantly determined by the individual actor’s presence in a film.

The individual actor’s presence in a film guarantees theatrical distribution.

The individual actor’s presence significantly drives the film’s theatrical box-office performance.

If the individual actor’s involvement is essential in securing rights deals for revenue streams, including DVD, pay/free TV, video-on-demand and online/downloading/streaming (when applicable), as well as a project’s ultimate financial performance in those areas.

If the individual actor can attract audiences in any film genre.

If the individual actor can attract other top-line talent based on his or her involvement in a film.

If the individual actor is popular among most demographic groups.

Whether media exposure the individual actor receives (positive or negative) enhances his or her ability to attract financing and audiences to a project.

Those included on the list had to be 19 or younger as of February 10, 2009.

Here's the list of the top 10 of Hollywood's Most Valuable Young Stars:

1. Daniel Radcliffe (age 19)
2. Miley Cyrus (age 16)
3. Dakota Fanning (age 15)
4. Abigail Breslin (age 12)
5. Hayden Panettiere (age 19)
6. Emma Watson (age 18)
7. Freddie Highmore (age 17)
8. Keke Palmer (age 15)
9. Emma Roberts (age 18)
10. Anton Yelchin (age 19)

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