1. Eddie Murphy
2. Adam Sandler
3. Bill Murray
Murphy and Sandler are the guys where I felt like people were going to their movies cause they were in them. Bill Murray was in a handful of great popular movies, but I don't know if I'd put Ghostbusters success on him as much as Murphy in BHC. It makes perfect sense that with populist audiences they'd find Sandler's slapstick easier to appreciate than Murray's style of comedy. Likewise I think Myers got fortunate with some good skit type ideas like Wayne's World and Austin Powers but when he was in a bad project the floor was low. I'd make the same argument for Ferrell as Sandler but his movies just weren't that huge, like Anchorman despite being one of Ferrell's iconic movies was still only as big as Murphy's Daddy Day Care.
Murphy is my clear #1 overall, the guy was a titan at the box office. First off Beverly Hills Cop was as big as Ghostbusters and had the more popular sequel (both are like Top Gun Maverick in inflated box office).He dripped off a bunch of other hits like 48 Hours (and forgotten Another 48 Hrs was as big), Trading Places, Coming to America, etc. and moderate successes like Harlem Nights, Boomerang, Bowfinger. Then, he has a kids movie type phase where is also huge, just with a lot of movies that we don't like as much. Like Dr Doolittle and Nutty Professor were actually as big as Wayne's World and both had successful sequels, stuff like Haunted Mansion and Daddy Day Care were solid enough mid hits. And of course, he ripped off animated roles in Shrek, Shrek 2 and Mulan. He also came as close to winning an Oscar as Murray albeit in supporting. Overall he was cooking at the box office for like 20 years which is not really that bad for longevity. And even to this day if all these guys released a movie on Netflix, I think it'd go Sandler, Ferrell then Murphy for biggest draws.