Robert Downey Jr. really is invincible.
The “Iron Man” actor is Hollywood’s most valuable movie star for a second straight year, according to New York Magazine’s version of Tinseltown algebra.
The magazine considered recent foreign and domestic box-office takes, likability ratings, a poll of studio heads, critics’ reviews, social-media chatter, award nominations and wins, and even “tabloid value” in determining overall value.
“Iron Man 3” has been the No. 1 movie in North America this year, with a domestic haul of more than $409 million.
In “overall Hollywood value,” Downey, 48, was followed by Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Sandra Bullock, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Christian Bale, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks and Johnny Depp.
The 10 most well-liked stars were Hanks, Liam Neeson, Christopher Waltz, Bullock, Washington, Rachel McAdams, Kristen Wiig, Robert De Niro, Lawrence and Smith.
Actors with the most critical acclaim were Bale, Ryan Gosling, Jake Gyllenhaal, DiCaprio and Lawrence.
The five Hollywood stars with the most Twitter mentions, according to New York Magazine, were Justin Timberlake, Zac Efron, Channing Tatum, Kristen Stewart and Smith.