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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.
1
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) |
2
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) |
3
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) |
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