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Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Searchlight Pictures Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Searchlight Pictures Stars - International Leading Searchlight Pictures Stars - Worldwide Leading Walt Disney Stars - Worldwide Leading Warner Bros. Stars - Worldwide Leading Universal Stars - Worldwide Leading Sony Pictures Stars - Worldwide Leading Paramount Pictures Stars - Worldwide Leading 20th Century Fox Stars - Worldwide Leading Lionsgate Stars - Worldwide Leading MGM Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the Searchlight Pictures 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
Emma Stone
| Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 12 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Poor Things ($112,001,694 in 2023), Kinds of Kindness ($0 in 2024) |
2
Frances McDormand
| Best known as a Supporting Actress based on credits in that role in 16 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The French Dispatch ($45,137,404 in 2021), Nomadland ($38,728,987 in 2021) |
3
Nicholas Hoult
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 12 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Menu ($75,820,378 in 2022) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma Stone | $112,001,694 | 2 | $56,000,847 |
| 2 | Frances McDormand | $83,866,391 | 2 | $41,933,196 |
| 3 | Nicholas Hoult | $75,820,378 | 1 | $75,820,378 |
| 4 | Ralph Fiennes | $75,820,378 | 1 | $75,820,378 |
| 5 | Anya Taylor-Joy | $75,820,378 | 1 | $75,820,378 |
| 6 | Adrien Brody | $65,989,079 | 2 | $32,994,540 |
| 7 | Tilda Swinton | $59,768,058 | 2 | $29,884,029 |
| 8 | Brendan Gleeson | $52,344,724 | 1 | $52,344,724 |
| 9 | Colin Farrell | $52,344,724 | 1 | $52,344,724 |
| 10 | Lea Seydoux | $45,137,404 | 1 | $45,137,404 |
| 11 | Owen Wilson | $45,137,404 | 1 | $45,137,404 |
| 12 | Lyna Khoudri | $45,137,404 | 1 | $45,137,404 |
| 13 | Benicio del Toro | $45,137,404 | 1 | $45,137,404 |
| 14 | Mathieu Amalric | $45,137,404 | 1 | $45,137,404 |
| 15 | Stephen Park | $45,137,404 | 1 | $45,137,404 |
| 16 | Jeffrey Wright | $45,137,404 | 1 | $45,137,404 |
| 17 | Bill Murray | $45,137,404 | 1 | $45,137,404 |
| 18 | Timothée Chalamet | $45,137,404 | 1 | $45,137,404 |
| 19 | Cate Blanchett | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
| 20 | Ron Perlman | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
| 21 | Toni Collette | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
| 22 | Richard Jenkins | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
| 23 | Rooney Mara | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
| 24 | David Strathairn | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
| 25 | Mary Steenburgen | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
| 26 | Bradley Cooper | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
| 27 | Willem Dafoe | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
| 28 | Jesse Plemons | $35,680,402 | 1 | $35,680,402 |
| 29 | Jeremy T. Thomas | $35,680,402 | 1 | $35,680,402 |
| 30 | Keri Russell | $35,680,402 | 1 | $35,680,402 |
| 31 | Reece Shearsmith | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
| 32 | Paul Chahidi | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
| 33 | Ruth Wilson | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
| 34 | Sian Clifford | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
| 35 | Sam Rockwell | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
| 36 | Harris Dickinson | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
| 37 | Pippa Bennett-Warner | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
| 38 | Pearl Chanda | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
| 39 | Saoirse Ronan | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
| 40 | Jacob Fortune-Lloyd | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
| 41 | Shirley Henderson | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
| 42 | Charlie Cooper | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
| 43 | David Oyelowo | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
| 44 | Claire Foy | $19,354,636 | 1 | $19,354,636 |
| 45 | Andrew Scott | $19,354,636 | 1 | $19,354,636 |
| 46 | Paul Mescal | $19,354,636 | 1 | $19,354,636 |
| 47 | Jamie Bell | $19,354,636 | 1 | $19,354,636 |
| 48 | Lehi Falepapalangi | $17,917,274 | 1 | $17,917,274 |
| 49 | Kaimana | $17,917,274 | 1 | $17,917,274 |
| 50 | Oscar Kightley | $17,917,274 | 1 | $17,917,274 |
| 51 | Semu Filipo | $17,917,274 | 1 | $17,917,274 |
| 52 | Michael Fassbender | $17,917,274 | 1 | $17,917,274 |
| 53 | David Fane | $17,917,274 | 1 | $17,917,274 |
| 54 | Uli Latukefu | $17,917,274 | 1 | $17,917,274 |
| 55 | Will Arnett | $17,917,274 | 1 | $17,917,274 |
| 56 | Beulah Koale | $17,917,274 | 1 | $17,917,274 |
| 57 | Rachel House | $17,917,274 | 1 | $17,917,274 |
| 58 | Elisabeth Moss | $17,917,274 | 1 | $17,917,274 |
| 59 | Rebecca Hall | $15,493,093 | 1 | $15,493,093 |
| 60 | Morfydd Clark | $14,630,654 | 1 | $14,630,654 |
| 61 | Peter Capaldi | $14,630,654 | 1 | $14,630,654 |
| 62 | Daisy May Cooper | $14,630,654 | 1 | $14,630,654 |
| 63 | Dev Patel | $14,630,654 | 1 | $14,630,654 |
| 64 | Ben Whishaw | $14,630,654 | 1 | $14,630,654 |
| 65 | Rosalind Eleazar | $14,630,654 | 1 | $14,630,654 |
| 66 | Aneurin Barnard | $14,630,654 | 1 | $14,630,654 |
| 67 | Hugh Laurie | $14,630,654 | 1 | $14,630,654 |
| 68 | Emma Thompson | $13,141,633 | 1 | $13,141,633 |
| 69 | Daryl McCormack | $13,141,633 | 1 | $13,141,633 |
| 70 | Olivia Colman | $11,577,891 | 1 | $11,577,891 |
| 71 | Michael Ward | $11,577,891 | 1 | $11,577,891 |
| 72 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | $9,159,383 | 1 | $9,159,383 |
| 73 | Will Ferrell | $9,159,383 | 1 | $9,159,383 |
| 74 | Owen Thiele | $4,643,342 | 1 | $4,643,342 |
| 75 | Nathan Lee Graham | $4,643,342 | 1 | $4,643,342 |
| 76 | Amy Sedaris | $4,643,342 | 1 | $4,643,342 |
| 77 | Jimmy Tatro | $4,643,342 | 1 | $4,643,342 |
| 78 | Ben Platt | $4,643,342 | 1 | $4,643,342 |
| 79 | Alan S. Kim | $4,643,342 | 1 | $4,643,342 |
| 80 | Ayo Edebiri | $4,643,342 | 1 | $4,643,342 |
| 81 | Molly Gordon | $4,643,342 | 1 | $4,643,342 |
| 82 | Patti Harrison | $4,643,342 | 1 | $4,643,342 |
| 83 | Caroline Aaron | $4,643,342 | 1 | $4,643,342 |
| 84 | Noah Galvin | $4,643,342 | 1 | $4,643,342 |
| 85 | Kelvin Harrison Jr | $3,864,206 | 1 | $3,864,206 |
| 86 | Jessica Chastain | $2,707,904 | 1 | $2,707,904 |
| 87 | Devin France | $267,124 | 1 | $267,124 |
| 88 | Yashua Mack | $267,124 | 1 | $267,124 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Emma Stone: Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Frances McDormand: By Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Nicholas Hoult: Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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