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Photos: Celebrity production companies

Celeb: Tom Cruise Company: Cruise/Wagner Productions Select projects: "Death Race," "Shattered Glass," "Mission: Impossible," "Vanilla Sky" and "War of the Worlds"

Celeb: Tom Cruise

Company: Cruise/Wagner Productions

Select projects: “Death Race,” “Shattered Glass,” “Mission: Impossible,” “Vanilla Sky” and “War of the Worlds”

  (Paul Buck / EPA)

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Some big-name actors do more than just star in million-dollar budgets -- they have a stake in production companies of their own. Check out some of the stars who’ve added “production company owner” to their title.

Sandra Bullock | Fortis Films

Celeb: Sandra Bullock

Company: Fortis Films

Select projects: “George Lopez,” “Miss Congeniality,” “Two Weeks Notice” and “All About Steve”

  (Dan Himbrechts / EPA )

Drew Barrymore | Flower Films

Celeb: Drew Barrymore

Company: Flower Films

Select projects: “Never Been Kissed,” “50 First Dates” and “Charlie’s Angels”

  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Brad Pitt | Plan B Entertainment

Celeb: Brad Pitt

Company: Plan B Entertainment

Select projects: “Eat Pray Love,” “World War Z,” “Resurrection” and “The Departed”

  (Charles Sykes / Invision / Associated Press)

Demi Moore | Moving Pictures

Celeb: Demi Moore

Company: Moving Pictures

Select projects: “If Not Love,” “Heroes,” and “G.I. Jane”

  (Markus Schreiber / Associated Press)

Mel Gibson | Icon Productions Inc.

Celeb: Mel Gibson

Company: Icon Productions (co-owned with producer Bruce Davey)

Select projects: “The Passion of the Christ,” “What Women Want,” “Hunger” and “Apocalypto”

  (Pablo Martinez Monzivais / Associated Press)

Bette Midler | All Girl Productions

Celeb: Bette Midler

Company: All Girl Productions

Select projects: “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood,” “Bette,” and “That Old Feeling”

  (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP)

Natalie Portman | Handsomecharlie Productions

Celeb: Natalie Portman

Company: Handsomecharlie Productions

Select projects: “No Strings Attached,” “The Other Woman” and “Eve”

  (Jordan Strauss / Invision / AP)

George Clooney | Maysville Productions

Celeb:George Clooney

Company: Maysville Pictures

Select projects: “Rock Star” and “Fail Safe”

  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Charlize Theron | Denver and Delilah Productions

Celeb: Charlize Theron

Company: Denver and Delilah Productions

Select projects: “Young Adult,” “Sleepwalking,” “East of Havana” and “Monster”

  (Matt Sayles / Invision / Associated Press)

Madonna | Imprint Entertainment

Celeb: Madonna

Company: Imprint Entertainment

Select projects: “Twilight,” “The Stepfather” and “Kid Cannabis”

  (Ian Gavan / Getty Images)

Hilary Swank | 2S Films

Celeb: Hilary Swank

Company: 2S Films (co-owned with producer Molly Smith)

Select projects: “Something Borrowed,” “P.S. I Love You” and “Falling Out Of Fashion”

  (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)

Alicia Silverstone | First Kiss Productions

Celeb: Alicia Silverstone

Company: First Kiss Productions

Select projects: “Queen B” and “Excess Baggage”

  (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

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