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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 90 $4,954,899,301   $55,054,437
2   Samuel L. Jackson 78 $4,458,983,764   $57,166,459
3   Tom Hanks 42 $3,984,506,514   $94,869,203
4   Harrison Ford 37 $3,630,449,689   $98,120,262
5   Eddie Murphy 35 $3,470,117,873   $99,146,225
6   Tom Cruise 34 $3,274,235,332   $96,301,039
7   John Ratzenberger 30 $3,271,378,140   $109,045,938
8   James Earl Jones 47 $3,230,757,319   $68,739,517
9   Robin Williams 53 $3,172,347,650   $59,855,616
10   Morgan Freeman 49 $3,138,301,600   $64,046,971
11   Bruce Willis 59 $3,045,317,743   $51,615,555
12   Mickie McGowan 25 $2,974,665,105   $118,986,604
13   Jack Angel 27 $2,902,886,249   $107,514,306
14   Phil Proctor 28 $2,829,389,521   $101,049,626
15   Jon Voight 38 $2,578,040,677   $67,843,176
16   Stan Lee 14 $2,577,447,890   $184,103,421
17   Frank Oz 24 $2,562,233,313   $106,759,721
18   Hugo Weaving 18 $2,546,869,520   $141,492,751
19   Will Smith 20 $2,542,908,988   $127,145,449
20   Warwick Davis 15 $2,537,492,781   $169,166,185
21   John Cleese 39 $2,536,607,027   $65,041,206
22   John Travolta 41 $2,534,791,508   $61,824,183
23   Sherry Lynn 24 $2,506,090,154   $104,420,423
24   Owen Wilson 30 $2,466,427,094   $82,214,236
25   Willem Dafoe 48 $2,441,323,905   $50,860,915
26   Clint Howard 45 $2,432,935,264   $54,065,228
27   Ben Stiller 39 $2,424,434,955   $62,164,999
28   Orlando Bloom 13 $2,390,308,637   $183,869,895
29   Kenny Baker 14 $2,384,448,917   $170,317,780
30   Gary Oldman 28 $2,377,813,840   $84,921,923
31   Jim Cummings 28 $2,369,735,319   $84,633,404
32   Cameron Diaz 27 $2,347,417,895   $86,941,404
33   Julia Roberts 35 $2,332,460,154   $66,641,719
34   Jim Carrey 27 $2,321,805,368   $85,992,791
35   Mel Gibson 36 $2,316,665,138   $64,351,809
36   Matt Damon 38 $2,301,495,697   $60,565,676
37   Robert De Niro 59 $2,290,711,245   $38,825,614
38   Gene Hackman 61 $2,258,223,307   $37,020,054
39   Johnny Depp 41 $2,252,123,865   $54,929,850
40   Dan Aykroyd 53 $2,242,055,761   $42,302,939
41   Dustin Hoffman 38 $2,226,462,732   $58,591,125
42   Anthony Daniels 8 $2,226,166,672   $278,270,834
43   Ian McKellen 31 $2,200,818,226   $70,994,136
44   Maggie Smith 31 $2,195,339,886   $70,817,416
45   Kathy Bates 48 $2,193,142,409   $45,690,467
46   Robbie Coltrane 30 $2,192,308,908   $73,076,964
47   Bill Farmer 18 $2,151,221,073   $119,512,282
48   Debi Derryberry 19 $2,125,991,078   $111,894,267
49   Chris Ellis 31 $2,113,938,471   $68,191,564
50   William Fichtner 29 $2,108,867,516   $72,719,570
51   Steve Buscemi 65 $2,087,976,554   $32,122,716
52   Liam Neeson 42 $2,081,644,855   $49,562,973
53   Danny De Vito 49 $2,077,278,197   $42,393,433
54   Bill Paxton 41 $2,074,292,455   $50,592,499
55   Nicolas Cage 47 $2,063,874,016   $43,912,213
56   Michael Papajohn 27 $2,059,808,072   $76,289,188
57   Martin Klebba 16 $2,059,096,438   $128,693,527
58   Christopher Walken 61 $2,043,563,822   $33,501,046
59   James Cromwell 35 $2,039,338,138   $58,266,804
60   Alec Baldwin 49 $2,038,355,248   $41,599,087
61   Michael Clarke Duncan 29 $2,029,614,154   $69,986,695
62   Alan Rickman 27 $2,018,406,485   $74,755,796
63   Elijah Wood 28 $2,016,576,332   $72,020,583
64   Tommy Lee Jones 37 $2,002,994,706   $54,134,992
65   Christopher Lee 25 $1,997,529,825   $79,901,193
66   Jack Black 35 $1,991,092,738   $56,888,364
67   Larry King 28 $1,977,485,700   $70,624,489
68   J.K. Simmons 28 $1,956,413,349   $69,871,905
69   Jack Nicholson 36 $1,942,131,084   $53,948,086
70   Cate Blanchett 28 $1,917,682,088   $68,488,646
71   Elizabeth Banks 23 $1,915,274,699   $83,272,813
72   Rance Howard 43 $1,907,040,662   $44,349,783
73   Carrie Fisher 31 $1,905,001,221   $61,451,652
74   Drew Barrymore 37 $1,895,252,936   $51,223,052
75   Rob Schneider 28 $1,885,118,560   $67,325,663
76   Brad Pitt 35 $1,879,894,363   $53,711,268
77   Keith David 50 $1,879,494,109   $37,589,882
78   Richard Griffiths 26 $1,867,427,713   $71,824,143
79   Arnold Schwarzenegger 27 $1,863,355,032   $69,013,149
80   Mike Myers 14 $1,860,372,062   $132,883,719
81   Kirsten Dunst 29 $1,849,322,902   $63,769,755
82   Michael Caine 48 $1,842,794,552   $38,391,553
83   Robert Duvall 54 $1,829,082,264   $33,871,894
84   Stephen Root 34 $1,829,045,182   $53,795,447
85   Paul Giamatti 35 $1,822,045,601   $52,058,446
86   Philip Baker Hall 39 $1,812,197,300   $46,466,597
87   Geoffrey Rush 24 $1,811,426,754   $75,476,115
88   Sylvester Stallone 38 $1,808,976,568   $47,604,647
89   Greg Ellis 11 $1,808,774,672   $164,434,061
90   Laurence Fishburne 42 $1,802,949,844   $42,927,377
91   Whoopi Goldberg 46 $1,800,253,561   $39,135,947
92   John Rhys-Davies 22 $1,799,050,602   $81,775,027
93   Keanu Reeves 37 $1,797,403,558   $48,578,475
94   John Goodman 54 $1,788,386,844   $33,118,275
95   Bill Nunn 33 $1,787,368,727   $54,162,689
96   Ewan McGregor 31 $1,786,858,719   $57,640,604
97   Cheech Marin 38 $1,783,581,731   $46,936,361
98   Anthony Hopkins 46 $1,782,202,178   $38,743,526
99   Adam Sandler 26 $1,774,821,457   $68,262,364
100   Danny Glover 44 $1,763,214,305   $40,073,052

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