You again? These Hollywood actors are now in every movie

Audiences have gone back to the movies this summer after several years of will-they-won’t-they tension.And filmgoers probably have found themselves thinking the exact same thing.No, not “a Coke costs $10?!”They’re going, “You again?”Not that they mind multiple encounters with their favorite stars.

But undeniably, through a strange confluence of factors, the big screen has been dominated by just a handful of top actors this year.I’ve narrowed it down to a fantastic five: Zendaya, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Anne Hathaway and Pedro Pascal.These guys are everywhere.This quintet has practically turned Hollywood into a repertory company, a theater in which one group of performers appear in all the shows.The shared cinematic DNA is dizzying. Hathaway, Holland, Pattinson and Zendaya all memorably acted in Christopher Nolan’s blazing July blockbuster “The Odyssey,” which has surpassed $1 billion at the worldwide box office.The web expanded last weekend with just-married Holland and Zendaya in Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” ($1.3 billion already). Months ago in April, Zendaya and Pattinson dropped jaws with A24’s hot “The Drama” ($132 million) and in December they’ll slap on the sunscreen for “Dune: Part 3” with Timothée “One Flick Per Year” Chalamet — a sure-thing winner.Separately they’re all just as dominant. One of Hathaway’s five movies in 2026 was the biggest comedy of the year, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” ($691 million).Brilliant Pattinson — who could have been a cartoon voice actor had it not been for, well, his jawline — has been on the lips of Oscar pundits as a best actor contender since the trailer dropped this week for his new drama “Primetime,” in which he transforms into “To Catch A Predator” host Chris Hansen.He’s got an impressive four films this year.And while Pascal doesn’t have 2026 IMDB overlap with the others, he carried Baby Yoda and the “Star Wars” franchise...