The biggest Cinema Italiano names

Star power counts what a person led rather than what they appeared in: the gross of the films they were top-billed in or directed, how that run held up, how many there were, how recent, and how audiences rated them. Every figure is a percentile inside Cinema Italiano. 39 people qualify.

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#	Person	Films led	Gross led	Biggest	Star power
1	Paola CortellesiActor	2	$100M	There's Still Tomorrow	94
2	Emanuela FanelliActor	2	$72M	There's Still Tomorrow	90
3	Romana Maggiora VerganoActor	2	$50M	There's Still Tomorrow	86
4	Gennaro NunzianteDirector	2	$84M	Buen Camino	84
5	Valerio MastandreaActor	5	$59M	There's Still Tomorrow	81
6	Edoardo LeoActor	2	$23M	Somebody to Love	80
7	Paolo GenoveseDirector	2	$22M	Somebody to Love	79
8	Luisa RanieriActor	2	$20M	Diamonds	76
9	Pilar FogliatiActor	2	$22M	Somebody to Love	73
10	Jasmine TrincaActor	2	$20M	Diamonds	71
11	Silvio OrlandoActor	3	$19M	Parthenope	69
12	Paolo SorrentinoDirector	3	$11M	Parthenope	63
13	Claudia PandolfiActor	3	$13M	The Boy with Pink Pants	62
14	Nanni MorettiActor	2	$13M	A Brighter Tomorrow	60
15	Elio GermanoActor	5	$10M	Three Goodbyes	59
16	Antonio AlbaneseActor	3	$12M	A World Apart	58
17	Alba RohrwacherActor	2	$9M	La Chimera	58
18	Paolo PierobonActor	3	$8M	Kidnapped	56
19	Silvia D'AmicoActor	2	$8M	The Commander	52
20	Pierfrancesco FavinoActor	2	$8M	The Commander	49
21	Leonardo MalteseActor	2	$6M	Kidnapped	45
22	Michele RiondinoActor	4	$5M	Primavera	45
23	Francesco Di LevaActor	2	$5M	Last Night of Amore	41
24	Fabio De LuigiActor	2	$5M	50 km/h	40
25	Fabrizia SacchiActor	2	$4M	Primavera	39
26	Gabriele MainettiDirector	2	$5M	Freaks Out	36
27	Claudio SantamariaActor	2	$4M	Freaks Out	32
28	Paolo VirzìDirector	2	$4M	Five Seconds	30
29	Galatea BellugiActor	2	$3M	Five Seconds	26
30	Miriam LeoneActor	2	$4M	Diabolik	21
31	Marco ManettiDirector	2	$4M	Diabolik	21
32	Antonio ManettiDirector	2	$4M	Diabolik	21
33	Pietro CastellittoActor	3	$3M	Freaks Out	15
34	Monica BellucciActor	2	$3M	Dry	14
35	Vanessa ScaleraActor	2	$2M	Palazzina LAF	13
36	Rocco PapaleoActor	2	$1M	The Greater Good	13
37	Anna FerzettiActor	2	$1M	The Negotiator	12
38	Teresa SaponangeloActor	2	$902K	The Greater Good	9
39	Toni ServilloActor	2	$237K	The Hand of God	9

The method, in full

How star power is scored

Gross led: Reported gross of the films the person was top-billed in (first 4 cast credits, or director), counted once per film.
Consistency: How those films did as a run, so one giant hit does not paper over a string of flops.
Body of work: How many films they have led; quantity helps but does not dominate.
Momentum: Gross led, discounted by age.
Audience rating: How audiences rated the films they led.

Every signal is a percentile among people who have led at least two Cinema Italiano films. Figures are as reported on TMDB and Wikipedia, and are indicative rather than audited.