IMDb.com Unveils the Year's Top 25 Movie Stars; Johnny Depp Tops IMDb.com 2004 STARmeter — Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, and Angelina Jolie Also Among Top Five

Business Wire, Dec 21, 2004

SEATTLE -- IMDb.com (www.imdb.com), the Earth's biggest movie database, today unveiled the top 25 stars of 2004 as determined by the site's STARmeter(TM), which ranks celebrities' popularity among IMDb.com's more than 22 million monthly visitors. Johnny Depp earned the year's top honors, followed by Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Kiera Knightley, and Angelina Jolie. The full list of the year's top 25 celebrities can be seen at www.imdb.com/starmeter in the site's "Road to the Oscars" section.

Available through IMDb.com's subscription service, IMDbPro.com (www.imbdpro.com), the STARmeter ranks celebrities' weekly popularity based on the actual search behavior of the more than 22 million industry professionals and film enthusiasts that use IMDb.com each month. The STARmeter does not reflect box-office performance or critical assessments. The list of the year's top 25 celebrities is an aggregate of 2004's weekly STARmeter rankings.

"The STARmeter is one of the most popular features among IMDbPro subscribers," said Keith Simanton, managing editor, IMDb.com. "It helps entertainment professionals easily track and gauge the popularity of the more than 1.6 million cast and crew members in IMDb.com's database every week. Our subscribers tell us it's extremely valuable as they are making business and creative decisions, such as casting."

To view the complete list and photos of the year's top 25 celebrities, as well as begin tracking the hottest stars leading up to the Oscars, visit www.imdb.com/starmeter.

About IMDbPro.com

IMDbPro.com is an online subscription service designed to meet the information needs of entertainment and industry professionals, created in response to the overwhelming demand of industry professionals, including directors and casting directors. IMDbPro.com features contact information for over 51,000 names and more than 9,800 companies; international, domestic and daily box-office numbers; news from the "Hollywood Reporter," and much more. With subscriptions ranging from $12.95 a month to $99.95 for a full year, IMDbPro.com is one of the lowest-priced entertainment industry resources available. For more detailed information, visit www.imdbpro.com.

About IMDb.com

Launced in 1990, the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com) is the Web's most comprehensive and authoritative source of information on movies and the film industry. The site offers a searchable database of almost 426,000 movies and entertainment programs -- from the birth of motion pictures in 1891 and to future releases scheduled for 2006 -- and 1.6 million cast and crew members. Site features include cast lists, quotes, trivia, reviews, box-office data, celebrity biographics, photographs, coverage of film festivals and major events, and streaming trailers. IMDb.com has been listed on "Time Magazine's" "Ten Essential Web sites," and named the "the industry standard" by "L.A. Magazine." It has also recognized with "best movie site" awards from Yahoo!, "Forbes," "Internet Life," and "Parade" magazine. IMDb.com is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon.com (www.amazon.com).