The readers of the movie website IMDB have spoken, and “The Dark Knight Rises” and its cast were 2012’s most popular film and actors.
Based on total page views, “Dark Knight” stars Tom Hardy (No. 1), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (No. 4) and Christian Bale (No. 5) accounted for three of the Top 10 spots among the past year’s performers, IMDB said Tuesday. “The Hunger Games,” thanks to high rankings for Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, placed two actors in the Top 10.
Director Chris Nolan’s third Batman movie also was voted the year’s top film, with “The Avengers” in second and “The Hunger Games” in third. None of the winter’s most acclaimed movies — including “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Argo” and “Silver Linings Playbook” — made the shortlist for top films.
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The other top stars of 2012 were Lawrence at No 2, Chris Hemsworth at No. 3, Channing Tatum at No. 6, Johnny Depp at No. 7, Emma Stone at No. 8, Hutcherson at No. 9 and Kristen Stewart at No. 10.
Depp, who has been at or close to No. 1 in most IMDB polls, fell to his lowest ranking ever, the website said. Natalie Portman, the top star last year, slipped to No. 37. Robert Pattinson fell from the top spot in 2009 to 33rd place this year, while Tatum moved up from No. 85 a year ago.
IMDB’s top emerging stars, judged as actors who had not previously been ranked in the Top 100 on the site’s Starmeter chart, were (in order) Hemsworth, Rooney Mara, Lena Headey, Tom Hiddleston, Noomi Rapace, Taylor Kitsch, Cobie Smulders, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jim Parsons and Ian Somerhalder.
IMDB calls itself the world’s top movie website, with a combined web and mobile audience of more than 160 million unique monthly visitors. It claims to have an online directory of more than 2 million movies, television shows and entertainment programs and more than 4 million cast and crew members.
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