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Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Historical Fiction Movies


See also: Domestic Leading Historical Fiction Stars - International Leading Historical Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Contemporary Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Science Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Kids Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Super Hero Stars - Worldwide Leading Fantasy Stars - Worldwide Leading Dramatization Stars - Worldwide Leading Factual Stars

This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the Historical Fiction 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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Johnny Depp photo
Johnny Depp
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 41 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($1,066,179,725 in 2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($1,045,713,802 in 2011), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($960,996,492 in 2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ($794,861,794 in 2017), Murder on the Orient Express ($351,767,147 in 2017), The Lone Ranger ($260,002,115 in 2013), Sleepy Hollow ($207,068,340 in 1999), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ($153,329,844 in 2007), Chocolat ($152,500,343 in 2000), Finding Neverland ($115,036,108 in 2004)

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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 ($2,223,048,786 in 1997), Django Unchained ($449,841,566 in 2012), The Great Gatsby ($353,497,733 in 2013), Shutter Island ($299,461,782 in 2010), Gangs of New York ($183,124,621 in 2002), Blood Diamond ($171,377,916 in 2006), Killers of the Flower Moon ($156,582,148 in 2023), Revolutionary Road ($79,604,820 in 2008), The Man in the Iron Mask ($56,968,169 in 1998), This Boy's Life ($4,104,962 in 1993)

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Geoffrey Rush
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 14 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($1,045,713,802 in 2011), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($960,996,492 in 2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ($794,861,794 in 2017), The Book Thief ($76,086,711 in 2013), The Warrior's Way ($8,514,325 in 2010), The Eye of the Storm ($2,226,888 in 2012)

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Complete List

Rank Name Worldwide
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Johnny Depp $5,218,506,885 17 $306,970,993
2 Leonardo DiCaprio $3,977,612,503 10 $397,761,250
3 Geoffrey Rush $2,888,400,012 6 $481,400,002
4 Orlando Bloom $2,868,881,108 5 $573,776,222
5 Harrison Ford $2,472,352,571 9 $274,705,841
6 Kate Winslet $2,462,810,249 8 $307,851,281
7 Keira Knightley $2,440,959,586 8 $305,119,948
8 Russell Crowe $2,063,206,535 9 $229,245,171
9 Tom Hanks $2,054,919,496 10 $205,491,950
10 Brad Pitt $1,882,219,584 12 $156,851,632
11 Jude Law $1,853,719,362 11 $168,519,942
12 Cate Blanchett $1,696,660,717 9 $188,517,857
13 Matt Damon $1,541,282,145 10 $154,128,215
14 Penélope Cruz $1,472,585,435 4 $368,146,359
15 Willem Dafoe $1,355,724,484 14 $96,837,463
16 Karen Allen $1,177,105,138 3 $392,368,379
17 Tom Cruise $1,176,182,043 6 $196,030,341
18 Bill Nighy $1,147,496,328 6 $191,249,388
19 Robert Downey, Jr. $1,083,421,909 8 $135,427,739
20 Hugh Jackman $1,054,931,174 4 $263,732,794
21 Shia LaBeouf $1,053,472,175 4 $263,368,044
22 Nicole Kidman $1,046,322,723 13 $80,486,363
23 Ian McShane $1,045,713,802 2 $522,856,901
24 Javier Bardem $989,974,965 3 $329,991,655
25 Jack Davenport $960,996,492 1 $960,996,492
26 Helena Bonham Carter $950,151,230 13 $73,088,556
27 Kevin Costner $916,608,931 6 $152,768,155
28 Christoph Waltz $906,569,391 4 $226,642,348
29 John Goodman $893,193,482 5 $178,638,696
30 John Rhys-Davies $856,989,614 4 $214,247,404
31 Mel Gibson $824,093,038 9 $91,565,893
32 Diane Kruger $807,091,538 4 $201,772,885
33 Rosie O'Donnell $806,691,819 2 $403,345,910
34 Sean Connery $802,033,218 4 $200,508,305
35 Ray Winstone $794,635,779 2 $397,317,890
36 Antonio Banderas $756,737,312 3 $252,245,771
37 Rachel McAdams $754,779,795 3 $251,593,265
38 Donnie Yen $740,053,036 9 $82,228,115
39 Christian Bale $731,756,057 13 $56,288,927
40 Ralph Fiennes $713,895,832 11 $64,899,621
41 Bill Skarsgård $703,607,676 3 $234,535,892
42 Jaeden Lieberher $701,012,746 1 $701,012,746
43 Jamie Foxx $690,671,928 3 $230,223,976
44 Meryl Streep $685,511,988 10 $68,551,199
45 Catherine Zeta-Jones $681,945,881 3 $227,315,294
46 Annabelle Wallis $666,811,432 2 $333,405,716
47 Yi Zhang $634,631,282 1 $634,631,282
48 Lei Jiayin $634,631,282 1 $634,631,282
49 Shen Teng $634,631,282 1 $634,631,282
50 Yue Yunpeng $634,631,282 1 $634,631,282
51 Jackson Yee $634,631,282 1 $634,631,282
52 Joel Edgerton $625,583,591 3 $208,527,864
53 Robert Redford $623,824,018 8 $77,978,002
54 Suraj Sharma $619,310,368 1 $619,310,368
55 Gerard Butler $610,468,694 3 $203,489,565
56 Richard Gere $608,603,550 6 $101,433,925
57 Kenneth Branagh $602,988,244 4 $150,747,061
58 John Travolta $593,812,445 5 $118,762,489
59 Renée Zellweger $580,010,438 6 $96,668,406
60 Eva Green $572,808,309 6 $95,468,052
61 Kevin Kline $571,740,980 3 $190,580,327
62 Anthony Hopkins $570,570,727 6 $95,095,121
63 Eric Bana $568,617,769 6 $94,769,628
64 Clint Eastwood $559,419,476 19 $29,443,130
65 Armie Hammer $544,121,542 6 $90,686,924
66 Mads Mikkelsen $543,370,903 5 $108,674,181
67 Ken Watanabe $540,184,495 3 $180,061,498
68 Noomi Rapace $536,636,570 4 $134,159,143
69 Jared Harris $535,663,443 1 $535,663,443
70 Glenn Close $530,462,923 5 $106,092,585
71 Amanda Seyfried $522,071,009 2 $261,035,505
72 Josh Brolin $506,295,916 5 $101,259,183
73 Judi Dench $505,263,375 5 $101,052,675
74 Eddie Redmayne $502,807,415 2 $251,403,708
75 Margot Robbie $496,971,501 6 $82,828,584
76 Daniel Day-Lewis $489,708,486 8 $61,213,561
77 Tobey Maguire $487,719,591 4 $121,929,898
78 Tom Sizemore $485,035,085 3 $161,678,362
79 Edward Burns $485,035,085 1 $485,035,085
80 Michael Byrne $474,171,806 1 $474,171,806
81 Denholm Elliott $474,171,806 1 $474,171,806
82 Alison Doody $474,171,806 1 $474,171,806
83 Emma Stone $472,448,575 3 $157,482,858
84 Minnie Driver $472,343,296 5 $94,468,659
85 Emily Blunt $471,015,072 4 $117,753,768
86 Saoirse Ronan $468,224,202 5 $93,644,840
87 Jackie Chan $464,446,530 7 $66,349,504
88 Toby Jones $462,990,364 2 $231,495,182
89 Zhang Ziyi $460,698,939 5 $92,139,788
90 Michelle Pfeiffer $460,513,220 6 $76,752,203
91 Al Pacino $458,526,740 6 $76,421,123
92 Koyuki Kato $456,810,575 1 $456,810,575
93 George Clooney $454,465,455 6 $75,744,243
94 Paul Newman $452,980,154 5 $90,596,031
95 Steve Carell $448,300,670 4 $112,075,168
96 Tony Goldwyn $448,191,819 1 $448,191,819
97 Lance Henriksen $448,191,819 3 $149,397,273
98 Wayne Knight $448,191,819 1 $448,191,819
99 Hugh Bonneville $446,098,883 3 $148,699,628
100 Denzel Washington $439,580,884 6 $73,263,481

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.

Image attributions

Johnny Depp: By Arnold WellsUploaded by MyCanon (Johnny Depp) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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