I've always generally liked him, but Tom Cruise was a big movie star. He is not anymore. Excluding Mission Impossible, you have to go back to 2005 to find a legit hit movie he was the lead in. His bug budget tentpole this year grossed $89 million domestically, which was nowhere near it's production budget let alone the associated distribution/marketing costs, and puts it at #42 for the last year. Not exactly burning up the theaters. He was a big movie star when his movies were grossing double that in nominal dollars 20+ years ago.