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Top Live Action Stars at the Worldwide Box Office
See also: Top Worldwide Leading Stars - Top Worldwide Supporting Stars - Top Domestic Live Action Stars - Top International Live Action Stars - Top Worldwide Above the Line Stars - Top Worldwide Below the Line Stars - Top Worldwide Cameo Stars - Top Worldwide Stars
This chart contains the top 100 box office stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the movies a star has had a live action acting role in over their lifetime.
Roles in animated movies are excluded from the calculations in this chart, as are voice-only roles in live action films, and cameos.
1
Samuel L. Jackson
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 55 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,788,912,285 in 2019), The Avengers ($1,515,100,211 in 2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($1,132,107,522 in 2019), Captain Marvel ($1,129,576,094 in 2019), Jurassic Park ($1,058,454,230 in 1993), Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace ($1,027,044,677 in 1999), Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith ($848,998,877 in 2005), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($714,401,889 in 2014), Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones ($656,695,615 in 2002) |
2
Robert Downey, Jr.
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 29 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,788,912,285 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754 in 2018), The Avengers ($1,515,100,211 in 2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Iron Man 3 ($1,215,392,272 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($1,151,899,586 in 2016), Oppenheimer ($973,636,326 in 2023), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($878,271,291 in 2017), Iron Man 2 ($621,156,389 in 2010), Iron Man ($585,171,547 in 2008) |
3
Zoe Saldana
| Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 19 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,923,706,026 in 2009), Avengers: Endgame ($2,788,912,285 in 2019), Avatar: The Way of Water ($2,317,514,386 in 2022), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754 in 2018), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($869,087,963 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ($845,468,744 in 2023), Guardians of the Galaxy ($770,882,395 in 2014), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($654,310,819 in 2003), Star Trek Into Darkness ($467,381,584 in 2013), Star Trek ($386,839,614 in 2009) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel L. Jackson | $21,041,001,664 | 115 | $182,965,232 |
| 2 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $16,046,002,715 | 65 | $246,861,580 |
| 3 | Zoe Saldana | $15,346,341,629 | 45 | $341,029,814 |
| 4 | Warwick Davis | $14,548,268,639 | 22 | $661,284,938 |
| 5 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $14,168,847,446 | 39 | $363,303,781 |
| 6 | Andy Serkis | $13,796,897,059 | 31 | $445,061,195 |
| 7 | Chris Pratt | $13,521,701,525 | 31 | $436,183,920 |
| 8 | Scarlett Johansson | $13,242,907,919 | 47 | $281,763,998 |
| 9 | Chris Hemsworth | $12,443,189,114 | 29 | $429,075,487 |
| 10 | Dwayne Johnson | $12,423,184,998 | 42 | $295,790,119 |
| 11 | Don Cheadle | $12,408,355,780 | 47 | $264,007,570 |
| 12 | Tom Cruise | $12,353,849,995 | 47 | $262,847,872 |
| 13 | Paul Bettany | $12,183,650,138 | 32 | $380,739,067 |
| 14 | Jeremy Renner | $11,937,622,001 | 31 | $385,084,581 |
| 15 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $11,861,071,438 | 45 | $263,579,365 |
| 16 | Jon Favreau | $11,624,576,101 | 34 | $341,899,297 |
| 17 | Chris Evans | $11,576,257,207 | 36 | $321,562,700 |
| 18 | Mark Ruffalo | $11,505,775,557 | 48 | $239,703,657 |
| 19 | Stellan Skarsgård | $11,323,597,753 | 59 | $191,925,386 |
| 20 | Gary Oldman | $10,867,329,755 | 55 | $197,587,814 |
| 21 | Benedict Wong | $10,860,316,646 | 22 | $493,650,757 |
| 22 | Paul Rudd | $10,632,873,801 | 52 | $204,478,342 |
| 23 | Dave Bautista | $10,631,726,527 | 32 | $332,241,454 |
| 24 | Tom Holland | $10,629,880,778 | 17 | $625,287,105 |
| 25 | Cate Blanchett | $10,538,008,035 | 50 | $210,760,161 |
| 26 | Johnny Depp | $10,393,553,935 | 60 | $173,225,899 |
| 27 | Michelle Rodriguez | $10,354,418,760 | 34 | $304,541,728 |
| 28 | Karen Gillan | $10,202,433,744 | 24 | $425,101,406 |
| 29 | Vin Diesel | $10,152,975,301 | 29 | $350,102,597 |
| 30 | Anthony Mackie | $10,148,334,437 | 54 | $187,932,119 |
| 31 | Marisa Tomei | $10,065,433,582 | 58 | $173,541,958 |
| 32 | Harrison Ford | $10,003,071,204 | 47 | $212,831,302 |
| 33 | Idris Elba | $9,947,395,082 | 45 | $221,053,224 |
| 34 | Morgan Freeman | $9,892,434,240 | 90 | $109,915,936 |
| 35 | Tyrese Gibson | $9,760,438,999 | 33 | $295,770,879 |
| 36 | J.K. Simmons | $9,659,814,060 | 82 | $117,802,610 |
| 37 | Emma Watson | $9,611,097,090 | 17 | $565,358,652 |
| 38 | Ralph Fiennes | $9,578,505,468 | 53 | $180,726,518 |
| 39 | Helena Bonham Carter | $9,517,330,408 | 43 | $221,333,265 |
| 40 | Orlando Bloom | $9,508,520,763 | 31 | $306,726,476 |
| 41 | Josh Brolin | $9,480,798,136 | 45 | $210,684,403 |
| 42 | Julie Walters | $9,418,269,906 | 28 | $336,366,782 |
| 43 | Tom Hiddleston | $9,345,256,358 | 19 | $491,855,598 |
| 44 | Robbie Coltrane | $9,321,894,937 | 34 | $274,173,381 |
| 45 | Alan Rickman | $9,255,526,576 | 34 | $272,221,370 |
| 46 | Willem Dafoe | $9,240,270,611 | 98 | $94,288,476 |
| 47 | Woody Harrelson | $9,140,457,060 | 82 | $111,468,989 |
| 48 | Simon Pegg | $9,097,992,624 | 37 | $245,891,693 |
| 49 | Will Smith | $9,001,852,511 | 36 | $250,051,459 |
| 50 | Elizabeth Olsen | $8,960,313,893 | 21 | $426,681,614 |
| 51 | Natalie Portman | $8,931,199,785 | 48 | $186,066,662 |
| 52 | William Hurt | $8,888,174,215 | 62 | $143,357,649 |
| 53 | Jacob Batalon | $8,873,174,086 | 12 | $739,431,174 |
| 54 | Ian McKellen | $8,764,495,702 | 33 | $265,590,779 |
| 55 | Maggie Smith | $8,641,187,977 | 48 | $180,024,750 |
| 56 | Daniel Radcliffe | $8,501,577,011 | 25 | $340,063,080 |
| 57 | Matt Damon | $8,452,998,485 | 61 | $138,573,746 |
| 58 | Domhnall Gleeson | $8,446,601,815 | 25 | $337,864,073 |
| 59 | Tom Felton | $8,383,948,974 | 27 | $310,516,629 |
| 60 | Sigourney Weaver | $8,322,735,894 | 59 | $141,063,320 |
| 61 | Stanley Tucci | $8,212,056,298 | 78 | $105,282,773 |
| 62 | Luke Evans | $8,211,462,066 | 30 | $273,715,402 |
| 63 | Tom Hanks | $8,153,804,993 | 60 | $135,896,750 |
| 64 | Liam Neeson | $8,016,807,762 | 85 | $94,315,385 |
| 65 | Sebastian Stan | $8,003,239,367 | 28 | $285,829,977 |
| 66 | Giovanni Ribisi | $7,987,680,545 | 44 | $181,538,194 |
| 67 | Pom Klementieff | $7,936,039,785 | 11 | $721,458,162 |
| 68 | Elizabeth Banks | $7,915,444,398 | 52 | $152,220,085 |
| 69 | Jason Statham | $7,907,288,664 | 44 | $179,711,106 |
| 70 | Michael Caine | $7,904,405,241 | 78 | $101,338,529 |
| 71 | Michael Gambon | $7,856,658,105 | 45 | $174,592,402 |
| 72 | Letitia Wright | $7,856,110,767 | 15 | $523,740,718 |
| 73 | Hugo Weaving | $7,838,215,919 | 32 | $244,944,247 |
| 74 | Matthew Lewis | $7,835,667,137 | 11 | $712,333,376 |
| 75 | Toby Jones | $7,835,621,194 | 53 | $147,841,909 |
| 76 | Brad Pitt | $7,806,449,200 | 51 | $153,067,631 |
| 77 | Geraldine Somerville | $7,798,111,482 | 12 | $649,842,624 |
| 78 | Josh Herdman | $7,711,618,884 | 9 | $856,846,543 |
| 79 | Rupert Grint | $7,686,865,500 | 15 | $512,457,700 |
| 80 | Chadwick Boseman | $7,677,935,197 | 12 | $639,827,933 |
| 81 | James Phelps | $7,648,976,479 | 9 | $849,886,275 |
| 82 | Oliver Phelps | $7,648,976,479 | 9 | $849,886,275 |
| 83 | Devon Murray | $7,640,530,800 | 10 | $764,053,080 |
| 84 | Bonnie Wright | $7,626,408,872 | 9 | $847,378,764 |
| 85 | Angela Bassett | $7,534,128,367 | 43 | $175,212,288 |
| 86 | Djimon Hounsou | $7,506,059,257 | 38 | $197,527,875 |
| 87 | Judy Greer | $7,490,344,859 | 69 | $108,555,723 |
| 88 | Mark Williams | $7,469,513,555 | 14 | $533,536,683 |
| 89 | Bryce Dallas Howard | $7,427,099,764 | 21 | $353,671,417 |
| 90 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $7,400,767,554 | 34 | $217,669,634 |
| 91 | Michael Papajohn | $7,399,775,494 | 41 | $180,482,329 |
| 92 | Lupita Nyong'o | $7,348,094,022 | 13 | $565,238,002 |
| 93 | Winston Duke | $7,284,742,928 | 9 | $809,415,881 |
| 94 | Carrie Fisher | $7,217,128,782 | 35 | $206,203,679 |
| 95 | Jeff Goldblum | $7,212,122,584 | 55 | $131,129,502 |
| 96 | Hayley Atwell | $7,211,052,012 | 17 | $424,179,530 |
| 97 | Martin Klebba | $7,202,063,634 | 40 | $180,051,591 |
| 98 | Brendan Gleeson | $7,142,390,126 | 55 | $129,861,639 |
| 99 | Judi Dench | $7,125,663,585 | 48 | $148,451,325 |
| 100 | Danai Gurira | $7,121,351,618 | 9 | $791,261,291 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Samuel L. Jackson: By pinguino k (originally posted to Flickr as samuel l jackson) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Robert Downey, Jr.: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Zoe Saldana: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
