The Numbers - Box Office Data, Movie Stars, Idle Speculation
Shop at Amazon.com!

Buy Posters at AllPosters.com
Thursday, September 2, 2010

Notes

  1. This chart is not adjusted for inflation. The figures represent the total amount of US revenue generated by all the movies a star has appeared in over their lifetime.
  2. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.

See also: Stars with Most $100m Movies - Stars with Highest Average Gross


All Time Top 100 Stars at the Box Office
    Name Movies Total Box Office   Average
1   Frank Welker 93 $5,724,519,102   $61,553,969
2   Samuel L. Jackson 82 $4,891,376,808   $59,650,937
3   Tom Hanks 43 $4,398,115,658   $102,281,759
4   John Ratzenberger 31 $3,713,557,716   $119,792,184
5   Eddie Murphy 36 $3,709,856,657   $103,051,574
6   Harrison Ford 38 $3,642,932,430   $95,866,643
7   Tom Cruise 35 $3,353,191,708   $95,805,477
8   Jack Angel 28 $3,308,612,249   $118,164,723
9   Robin Williams 56 $3,234,326,195   $57,755,825
10   James Earl Jones 47 $3,230,999,119   $68,744,662
11   Morgan Freeman 50 $3,175,792,964   $63,515,859
12   Bruce Willis 61 $3,128,770,996   $51,291,328
13   Mickie McGowan 25 $3,011,117,406   $120,444,696
14   Warwick Davis 16 $2,839,451,978   $177,465,749
15   Phil Proctor 28 $2,829,389,517   $101,049,626
16   John Cleese 41 $2,816,854,877   $68,703,777
17   Hugo Weaving 19 $2,771,590,720   $145,873,196
18   Cameron Diaz 30 $2,707,010,658   $90,233,689
19   Johnny Depp 44 $2,685,256,117   $61,028,548
20   Alan Rickman 30 $2,654,906,154   $88,496,872
21   Gary Oldman 31 $2,652,698,822   $85,570,930
22   Stan Lee 14 $2,577,739,328   $184,124,238
23   Frank Oz 24 $2,562,233,313   $106,759,721
24   Kathy Bates 50 $2,561,897,494   $51,237,950
25   Will Smith 20 $2,542,908,988   $127,145,449
26   Owen Wilson 32 $2,533,080,787   $79,158,775
27   Maggie Smith 33 $2,515,290,368   $76,220,920
28   Willem Dafoe 52 $2,506,875,302   $48,209,140
29   Sherry Lynn 24 $2,506,090,154   $104,420,423
30   Robbie Coltrane 31 $2,494,625,833   $80,471,801
31   Jim Cummings 29 $2,474,109,426   $85,314,118
32   Jim Carrey 28 $2,472,471,924   $88,302,569
33   Julia Roberts 36 $2,442,945,808   $67,859,606
34   Ben Stiller 41 $2,440,759,244   $59,530,713
35   John Travolta 43 $2,437,161,414   $56,678,172
36   Clint Howard 46 $2,433,225,973   $52,896,217
37   Matt Damon 42 $2,422,447,941   $57,677,332
38   Orlando Bloom 14 $2,391,894,496   $170,849,607
39   Kenny Baker 14 $2,384,448,917   $170,317,780
40   Sigourney Weaver 43 $2,377,499,007   $55,290,675
41   Mel Gibson 37 $2,359,979,028   $63,783,217
42   Liam Neeson 50 $2,340,757,000   $46,815,140
43   Jon Voight 37 $2,338,670,327   $63,207,306
44   Christopher Lee 27 $2,331,723,553   $86,360,132
45   Nicolas Cage 52 $2,313,739,894   $44,494,998
46   Robert De Niro 60 $2,299,920,121   $38,332,002
47   Gene Hackman 61 $2,258,223,307   $37,020,054
48   Dan Aykroyd 53 $2,242,055,761   $42,302,939
49   Dustin Hoffman 38 $2,226,462,732   $58,591,125
50   Anthony Daniels 8 $2,226,166,672   $278,270,834
51   Steve Buscemi 70 $2,223,934,095   $31,770,487
52   Mike Myers 16 $2,219,256,902   $138,703,556
53   William Fichtner 30 $2,207,568,010   $73,585,600
54   Whoopi Goldberg 47 $2,205,979,561   $46,935,735
55   J.K. Simmons 34 $2,205,601,642   $64,870,637
56   Ian McKellen 31 $2,200,851,294   $70,995,203
57   Alec Baldwin 50 $2,181,583,075   $43,631,662
58   Bill Farmer 18 $2,151,221,073   $119,512,282
59   Bonnie Hunt 22 $2,142,142,343   $97,370,107
60   Debi Derryberry 19 $2,125,991,078   $111,894,267
61   Jon Favreau 25 $2,121,000,645   $84,840,026
62   Wallace Shawn 52 $2,120,736,787   $40,783,400
63   Michael Caine 50 $2,115,153,227   $42,303,065
64   Danny De Vito 51 $2,114,272,008   $41,456,314
65   Chris Ellis 31 $2,113,942,881   $68,191,706
66   Julie Andrews 22 $2,096,745,470   $95,306,612
67   James Cromwell 36 $2,077,915,910   $57,719,886
68   Bill Paxton 41 $2,074,292,455   $50,592,499
69   Michael Clarke Duncan 31 $2,070,934,828   $66,804,349
70   Michael Papajohn 28 $2,070,355,189   $73,941,257
71   Martin Klebba 16 $2,059,096,438   $128,693,527
72   Elijah Wood 29 $2,048,515,405   $70,638,462
73   Rob Schneider 29 $2,044,490,566   $70,499,675
74   Christopher Walken 61 $2,043,563,822   $33,501,046
75   Cate Blanchett 30 $2,038,042,217   $67,934,741
76   Keith David 52 $2,017,732,881   $38,802,555
77   Tommy Lee Jones 37 $2,002,994,706   $54,134,992
78   Brad Pitt 36 $2,000,725,413   $55,575,706
79   Jack Black 35 $1,999,141,865   $57,118,339
80   Antonio Banderas 35 $1,992,584,181   $56,930,977
81   Adam Sandler 28 $1,986,048,508   $70,930,304
82   Larry King 28 $1,977,485,700   $70,624,489
83   Danny Glover 46 $1,972,092,458   $42,871,575
84   Tim Allen 20 $1,970,784,127   $98,539,206
85   Chris Rock 31 $1,960,594,384   $63,244,980
86   Jack Nicholson 36 $1,942,131,084   $53,948,086
87   Anthony Anderson 27 $1,930,891,942   $71,514,516
88   R. Lee Ermey 36 $1,923,849,272   $53,440,258
89   Rance Howard 44 $1,917,875,094   $43,588,070
90   Drew Barrymore 39 $1,917,505,175   $49,166,799
91   Carrie Fisher 32 $1,916,970,913   $59,905,341
92   Elizabeth Banks 23 $1,915,274,699   $83,272,813
93   John Goodman 55 $1,892,761,576   $34,413,847
94   Sylvester Stallone 40 $1,892,472,490   $47,311,812
95   Robert Downey, Jr. 51 $1,892,009,191   $37,098,219
96   Robert Duvall 57 $1,880,400,076   $32,989,475
97   Timothy Spall 30 $1,873,236,503   $62,441,217
98   Joan Cusack 41 $1,872,476,605   $45,670,161
99   Laurence Fishburne 44 $1,870,594,642   $42,513,515
100   Michael Keaton 33 $1,868,699,895   $56,627,270

   Next 100