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Top International Leading Stars for Drama Movies


See also: Domestic Leading Drama Stars - International Leading Adventure Stars - International Leading Action Stars - International Leading Comedy Stars - International Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - International Leading Horror Stars - International Leading Romantic Comedy Stars - International Leading Musical Stars - Worldwide Leading Drama Stars

This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the Drama 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.

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Leonardo DiCaprio
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 23 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Titanic ($1,548,588,773 in 1997), The Great Gatsby ($208,657,314 in 2013), Catch Me if You Can ($191,005,491 in 2002), The Departed ($157,276,304 in 2006), The Aviator ($105,762,065 in 2004), Gangs of New York ($105,394,121 in 2002), Romeo+Juliet ($101,203,653 in 1996), Revolutionary Road ($56,653,480 in 2008), J. Edgar ($47,300,000 in 2011), The Basketball Diaries ($41,929 in 1995)

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Robert Pattinson
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 22 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 ($537,400,000 in 2012), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($405,571,077 in 2010), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 ($403,149,619 in 2011), The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($390,934,093 in 2009), Twilight ($209,508,710 in 2008), Water for Elephants ($58,100,000 in 2011), Remember Me ($37,437,880 in 2010), Bel Ami ($6,044,657 in 2012), Life ($5,536,354 in 2015), Good Time ($2,117,630 in 2017)

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Kristen Stewart
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 24 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 ($537,400,000 in 2012), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($405,571,077 in 2010), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 ($403,149,619 in 2011), The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($390,934,093 in 2009), Twilight ($209,508,710 in 2008), Café Society ($33,245,087 in 2016), Spencer ($9,460,226 in 2021), On the Road ($8,592,474 in 2012), Equals ($2,091,101 in 2016), The Runaways ($1,704,959 in 2010)

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Complete List

Rank Name International
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Leonardo DiCaprio $2,521,883,130 15 $168,125,542
2 Robert Pattinson $2,056,540,468 11 $186,958,224
3 Kristen Stewart $2,003,628,750 18 $111,312,708
4 Tom Hanks $1,997,807,790 19 $105,147,778
5 Taylor Lautner $1,946,563,499 6 $324,427,250
6 Kate Winslet $1,879,617,126 19 $98,927,217
7 Brad Pitt $1,082,441,908 18 $60,135,662
8 Matt Damon $1,081,521,348 18 $60,084,519
9 Jackson Yee $1,067,263,543 3 $355,754,514
10 Jamie Dornan $984,923,867 7 $140,703,410
11 Dakota Johnson $983,154,255 10 $98,315,426
12 Julia Roberts $778,764,681 10 $77,876,468
13 Russell Crowe $762,047,823 14 $54,431,987
14 Meryl Streep $690,877,707 27 $25,588,063
15 Rami Malek $669,521,317 3 $223,173,772
16 Cillian Murphy $666,378,678 5 $133,275,736
17 Christian Bale $637,388,144 14 $45,527,725
18 Yue Yunpeng $634,631,282 1 $634,631,282
19 Shen Teng $634,631,282 1 $634,631,282
20 Yi Zhang $634,631,282 1 $634,631,282
21 Lei Jiayin $634,631,282 1 $634,631,282
22 Johnny Depp $623,535,264 20 $31,176,763
23 Cate Blanchett $621,495,599 13 $47,807,354
24 Bradley Cooper $606,799,126 10 $60,679,913
25 Demi Moore $584,318,498 12 $48,693,208
26 Robert Redford $560,513,373 14 $40,036,670
27 George Clooney $550,071,365 9 $61,119,041
28 Sylvester Stallone $546,699,637 9 $60,744,404
29 Suraj Sharma $494,323,346 1 $494,323,346
30 Nicole Kidman $479,700,578 27 $17,766,688
31 Joel Edgerton $475,890,830 10 $47,589,083
32 Patrick Swayze $456,025,263 8 $57,003,158
33 Judi Dench $454,856,973 10 $45,485,697
34 Denzel Washington $454,024,628 19 $23,896,033
35 Michelle Pfeiffer $451,687,489 13 $34,745,191
36 Al Pacino $451,402,512 26 $17,361,635
37 Xu Zheng $451,176,640 1 $451,176,640
38 Clint Eastwood $447,983,807 10 $44,798,381
39 Josh Gad $443,824,132 5 $88,764,826
40 Du Jiang $438,642,949 2 $219,321,475
41 Zhang Hanyu $432,462,100 2 $216,231,050
42 Li Qin $432,462,100 1 $432,462,100
43 Robert De Niro $431,411,520 30 $14,380,384
44 Keira Knightley $429,523,650 14 $30,680,261
45 Willem Dafoe $426,112,033 23 $18,526,610
46 Helena Bonham Carter $407,878,432 15 $27,191,895
47 Jack Nicholson $385,870,074 13 $29,682,313
48 Colin Firth $372,928,513 15 $24,861,901
49 Will Smith $372,412,382 10 $37,241,238
50 Jude Law $365,925,566 11 $33,265,961
51 Penélope Cruz $364,989,084 10 $36,498,908
52 Marion Cotillard $363,490,939 10 $36,349,094
53 Kristin Scott Thomas $362,301,314 12 $30,191,776
54 Dev Patel $361,131,685 4 $90,282,921
55 Geoffrey Rush $354,114,802 8 $44,264,350
56 Mel Gibson $352,144,444 15 $23,476,296
57 Mone Kamishiraishi $342,641,011 1 $342,641,011
58 Stephanie Sheh $342,641,011 1 $342,641,011
59 Ryunosuke Kamiki $342,641,011 1 $342,641,011
60 Michael Sinterniklaas $342,641,011 1 $342,641,011
61 Lily James $341,325,608 4 $85,331,402
62 Kevin Spacey $338,778,843 9 $37,642,094
63 Jim Carrey $338,691,126 4 $84,672,782
64 Kenneth Branagh $338,055,892 4 $84,513,973
65 Annette Bening $326,904,794 13 $25,146,523
66 James Caviezel $321,380,698 6 $53,563,450
67 Liam Neeson $312,646,403 16 $19,540,400
68 Lady Gaga $310,049,854 2 $155,024,927
69 Nicolas Cage $309,046,619 15 $20,603,108
70 Jake Gyllenhaal $307,902,532 13 $23,684,810
71 Carey Mulligan $304,230,506 12 $25,352,542
72 Ewan McGregor $303,308,367 12 $25,275,697
73 John Travolta $302,984,434 14 $21,641,745
74 Michael Peña $297,106,273 8 $37,138,284
75 Michael B. Jordan $295,857,062 8 $36,982,133
76 Joaquin Phoenix $294,784,588 10 $29,478,459
77 Tobey Maguire $286,296,954 5 $57,259,391
78 Freida Pinto $279,716,255 7 $39,959,465
79 Morgan Freeman $278,829,465 15 $18,588,631
80 Juliette Binoche $277,654,887 20 $13,882,744
81 Robin Williams $276,526,705 9 $30,725,189
82 Tom Sizemore $270,363,785 4 $67,590,946
83 Edward Burns $269,457,984 4 $67,364,496
84 Ben Whishaw $261,351,768 8 $32,668,971
85 Daniel Day-Lewis $260,246,139 12 $21,687,178
86 Kevin Costner $258,248,073 17 $15,191,063
87 Leslie Odom Jr. $254,217,990 5 $50,843,598
88 Richard Dreyfuss $250,700,000 5 $50,140,000
89 Daisy Ridley $249,309,830 4 $62,327,458
90 Shia LaBeouf $246,972,720 13 $18,997,902
91 Richard Gere $244,690,640 18 $13,593,924
92 Rachel McAdams $244,652,913 10 $24,465,291
93 Madhur Mittal $242,494,724 1 $242,494,724
94 Ralph Fiennes $239,184,788 10 $23,918,479
95 Sandra Bullock $236,962,396 9 $26,329,155
96 Naomi Watts $236,200,010 18 $13,122,223
97 Dongyu Zhou $232,723,586 2 $116,361,793
98 Woody Harrelson $232,691,671 15 $15,512,778
99 Ryan Gosling $232,338,776 10 $23,233,878
100 Cameron Diaz $227,953,482 7 $32,564,783

The International Market is defined as all territories excluding 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

Leonardo DiCaprio: By Siebbi (Leonardo DiCaprio) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Robert Pattinson: Georges Biard [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Kristen Stewart: By lukeford.net [CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons