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Top Domestic Leading Stars for Thriller/Suspense Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Adventure Stars - Domestic Leading Action Stars - Domestic Leading Comedy Stars - Domestic Leading Drama Stars - Domestic Leading Horror Stars - Domestic Leading Romantic Comedy Stars - Domestic Leading Musical Stars - International Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - Worldwide Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative domestic box office of all the Thriller/Suspense movies a star has had a leading role in over their lifetime.
Roles in animated movies and other voice-only roles are included in the calculations in this chart.
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 21 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: The Hunger Games ($408,010,692 in 2012), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 ($337,135,885 in 2014), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 ($281,723,902 in 2015), Passengers ($100,014,699 in 2016), Red Sparrow ($46,874,505 in 2018), mother! ($17,800,004 in 2017) |
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 37 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: The Martian ($228,433,663 in 2015), The Bourne Ultimatum ($227,471,070 in 2007), Ocean's Eleven ($183,417,150 in 2001), The Bourne Supremacy ($176,087,450 in 2004), The Bourne Identity ($121,468,960 in 2002), The Talented Mr. Ripley ($81,292,135 in 1999), Contagion ($75,658,097 in 2011), The Adjustment Bureau ($62,495,645 in 2011), The Instigators ($0 in 2024), The King of Oil ($0 in 2019) |
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 38 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: Now You See Me ($117,723,989 in 2013), Se7en ($100,125,643 in 1995), Olympus Has Fallen ($98,927,592 in 2013), Oblivion ($89,107,235 in 2013), Along Came a Spider ($74,058,698 in 2001), Angel Has Fallen ($69,030,436 in 2019), Outbreak ($67,823,573 in 1995), Now You See Me 2 ($65,075,540 in 2016), London Has Fallen ($62,524,260 in 2016), Kiss the Girls ($60,527,873 in 1997) |
Complete List
Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jennifer Lawrence | $1,191,559,687 | 6 | $198,593,281 |
2 | Matt Damon | $1,156,324,170 | 10 | $115,632,417 |
3 | Morgan Freeman | $868,963,512 | 17 | $51,115,501 |
4 | Denzel Washington | $844,739,198 | 15 | $56,315,947 |
5 | Bruce Willis | $731,385,112 | 16 | $45,711,570 |
6 | Michael Douglas | $673,602,938 | 15 | $44,906,863 |
7 | Brad Pitt | $669,083,573 | 11 | $60,825,779 |
8 | Ben Affleck | $663,653,330 | 10 | $66,365,333 |
9 | Harrison Ford | $659,627,568 | 8 | $82,453,446 |
10 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $602,486,523 | 4 | $150,621,631 |
11 | George Clooney | $584,952,926 | 6 | $97,492,154 |
12 | Tom Cruise | $511,241,550 | 5 | $102,248,310 |
13 | Liam Neeson | $497,629,021 | 14 | $35,544,930 |
14 | Tom Hanks | $478,067,156 | 5 | $95,613,431 |
15 | Joaquin Phoenix | $449,648,831 | 3 | $149,882,944 |
16 | Samuel L. Jackson | $441,003,494 | 16 | $27,562,718 |
17 | Sandra Bullock | $404,441,911 | 5 | $80,888,382 |
18 | Mel Gibson | $387,105,602 | 11 | $35,191,418 |
19 | Gerard Butler | $353,307,635 | 9 | $39,256,404 |
20 | Angelina Jolie | $344,781,369 | 7 | $49,254,481 |
21 | Julia Roberts | $339,678,281 | 6 | $56,613,047 |
22 | Robert De Niro | $326,885,421 | 11 | $29,716,856 |
23 | Mark Wahlberg | $324,132,214 | 9 | $36,014,690 |
24 | Richard Gere | $317,508,764 | 13 | $24,423,751 |
25 | Jodie Foster | $317,151,533 | 6 | $52,858,589 |
26 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | $312,851,641 | 3 | $104,283,880 |
27 | Maggie Grace | $305,297,965 | 4 | $76,324,491 |
28 | Haley Joel Osment | $293,506,292 | 2 | $146,753,146 |
29 | Elliot Page | $292,576,195 | 1 | $292,576,195 |
30 | Kurt Russell | $278,700,925 | 7 | $39,814,418 |
31 | Jamie Foxx | $275,096,109 | 6 | $45,849,352 |
32 | Kevin Costner | $271,648,074 | 7 | $38,806,868 |
33 | Clive Owen | $268,599,808 | 8 | $33,574,976 |
34 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $263,519,481 | 11 | $23,956,316 |
35 | Will Smith | $256,393,010 | 5 | $51,278,602 |
36 | Al Pacino | $255,415,908 | 8 | $31,926,989 |
37 | Blake Lively | $253,835,186 | 8 | $31,729,398 |
38 | John Travolta | $242,056,866 | 12 | $20,171,406 |
39 | Jeremy Renner | $241,641,837 | 4 | $60,410,459 |
40 | Wesley Snipes | $240,989,008 | 8 | $30,123,626 |
41 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $238,195,809 | 4 | $59,548,952 |
42 | Clint Eastwood | $237,211,701 | 5 | $47,442,340 |
43 | Kevin Spacey | $235,798,668 | 6 | $39,299,778 |
44 | Sharon Stone | $235,506,822 | 6 | $39,251,137 |
45 | James Caviezel | $233,213,740 | 4 | $58,303,435 |
46 | Dennis Quaid | $229,711,248 | 10 | $22,971,125 |
47 | Jon Hamm | $222,870,465 | 5 | $44,574,093 |
48 | Dave Franco | $221,383,155 | 4 | $55,345,789 |
49 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $218,165,778 | 4 | $54,541,445 |
50 | Audrey Tautou | $217,536,138 | 1 | $217,536,138 |
51 | John Goodman | $214,066,817 | 3 | $71,355,606 |
52 | Laurence Fishburne | $209,671,609 | 11 | $19,061,055 |
53 | Andy Garcia | $208,770,932 | 6 | $34,795,155 |
54 | Johnny Depp | $207,623,900 | 7 | $29,660,557 |
55 | Pierce Brosnan | $204,417,332 | 11 | $18,583,394 |
56 | Mark Ruffalo | $201,007,607 | 3 | $67,002,536 |
57 | Woody Harrelson | $200,940,442 | 6 | $33,490,074 |
58 | Jude Law | $190,737,786 | 7 | $27,248,255 |
59 | Lupita Nyong'o | $189,655,035 | 2 | $94,827,518 |
60 | Rosamund Pike | $187,701,924 | 7 | $26,814,561 |
61 | Shia LaBeouf | $187,392,159 | 4 | $46,848,040 |
62 | Nicolas Cage | $187,274,909 | 17 | $11,016,171 |
63 | Emily Blunt | $184,779,973 | 3 | $61,593,324 |
64 | Aaron Eckhart | $184,132,472 | 11 | $16,739,316 |
65 | Michael Caine | $183,142,424 | 8 | $22,892,803 |
66 | Jesse Eisenberg | $183,071,284 | 7 | $26,153,041 |
67 | Sean Connery | $180,561,088 | 3 | $60,187,029 |
68 | Nicole Kidman | $171,423,751 | 12 | $14,285,313 |
69 | Ryan Reynolds | $170,190,943 | 5 | $34,038,189 |
70 | Benicio del Toro | $168,316,213 | 5 | $33,663,243 |
71 | Anthony Hopkins | $166,286,282 | 10 | $16,628,628 |
72 | Noomi Rapace | $166,173,012 | 11 | $15,106,637 |
73 | Edward Norton | $164,025,304 | 2 | $82,012,652 |
74 | Aaron Taylor-Johnson | $163,158,123 | 4 | $40,789,531 |
75 | George MacKay | $159,227,644 | 2 | $79,613,822 |
76 | Dean-Charles Chapman | $159,227,644 | 1 | $159,227,644 |
77 | Natalie Portman | $158,971,953 | 3 | $52,990,651 |
78 | Glenn Close | $156,645,693 | 1 | $156,645,693 |
79 | Bryce Dallas Howard | $156,482,689 | 2 | $78,241,345 |
80 | Michael Ealy | $156,468,028 | 4 | $39,117,007 |
81 | John Cusack | $156,275,691 | 17 | $9,192,688 |
82 | Jennifer Lopez | $154,080,884 | 8 | $19,260,111 |
83 | Demi Moore | $153,240,553 | 4 | $38,310,138 |
84 | Nick Nolte | $152,918,718 | 4 | $38,229,680 |
85 | Idris Elba | $152,799,631 | 6 | $25,466,605 |
86 | Brian Tyree Henry | $152,479,371 | 3 | $50,826,457 |
87 | Bryan Cranston | $151,479,282 | 3 | $50,493,094 |
88 | Dustin Hoffman | $151,157,166 | 5 | $30,231,433 |
89 | Ethan Hawke | $150,220,125 | 10 | $15,022,013 |
90 | Tommy Lee Jones | $149,948,814 | 3 | $49,982,938 |
91 | Rooney Mara | $146,026,657 | 3 | $48,675,552 |
92 | Alan Arkin | $145,761,548 | 2 | $72,880,774 |
93 | Margot Robbie | $142,624,189 | 4 | $35,656,047 |
94 | Rebecca Hall | $141,724,522 | 3 | $47,241,507 |
95 | Jessica Chastain | $141,514,189 | 6 | $23,585,698 |
96 | Rebecca De Mornay | $140,188,947 | 5 | $28,037,789 |
97 | Famke Janssen | $139,854,287 | 4 | $34,963,572 |
98 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | $139,581,317 | 3 | $46,527,106 |
99 | Russell Crowe | $138,093,901 | 8 | $17,261,738 |
100 | Rene Russo | $137,127,837 | 2 | $68,563,919 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Jennifer Lawrence: By Jennifer_Lawrence_at_the_83rd_Academy_Awards.jpg: Mingle MediaTV derivative work: Tabercil (Jennifer_Lawrence_at_the_83rd_Academy_Awards.jpg) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org)], via Wikimedia Commons
Matt Damon: By nicolas genin from Paris, France [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Morgan Freeman: By David Sifry (David Sifry's flickr account) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons