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Tuesday, February 9, 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 91 $4,988,216,122   $54,815,562
2   Samuel L. Jackson 79 $4,478,559,140   $56,690,622
3   Tom Hanks 42 $3,990,479,956   $95,011,428
4   Harrison Ford 38 $3,642,382,689   $95,852,176
5   Eddie Murphy 35 $3,471,802,867   $99,194,368
6   John Ratzenberger 30 $3,307,831,716   $110,261,057
7   Tom Cruise 34 $3,276,175,512   $96,358,103
8   Robin Williams 56 $3,233,202,909   $57,735,766
9   James Earl Jones 47 $3,230,999,119   $68,744,662
10   Morgan Freeman 50 $3,174,848,282   $63,496,966
11   Bruce Willis 60 $3,083,895,515   $51,398,259
12   Mickie McGowan 25 $3,011,117,406   $120,444,696
13   Jack Angel 27 $2,902,886,249   $107,514,306
14   Warwick Davis 16 $2,839,451,978   $177,465,749
15   Phil Proctor 28 $2,829,389,517   $101,049,626
16   Hugo Weaving 18 $2,709,611,040   $150,533,947
17   Gary Oldman 31 $2,638,967,521   $85,127,985
18   John Travolta 43 $2,601,330,583   $60,496,060
19   John Cleese 40 $2,577,865,472   $64,446,637
20   Stan Lee 14 $2,577,448,401   $184,103,457
21   Frank Oz 24 $2,562,233,313   $106,759,721
22   Will Smith 20 $2,542,908,988   $127,145,449
23   Willem Dafoe 52 $2,506,094,686   $48,194,129
24   Sherry Lynn 24 $2,506,090,154   $104,420,423
25   Owen Wilson 31 $2,499,043,675   $80,614,312
26   Maggie Smith 32 $2,497,299,083   $78,040,596
27   Robbie Coltrane 31 $2,494,625,833   $80,471,801
28   Jim Cummings 29 $2,470,746,319   $85,198,149
29   Jim Carrey 28 $2,468,434,525   $88,158,376
30   Kathy Bates 49 $2,436,981,958   $49,734,326
31   Ben Stiller 40 $2,436,525,074   $60,913,127
32   Clint Howard 45 $2,433,222,579   $54,071,613
33   Cameron Diaz 28 $2,392,970,704   $85,463,239
34   Orlando Bloom 14 $2,391,894,496   $170,849,607
35   Matt Damon 41 $2,386,449,599   $58,206,088
36   Kenny Baker 14 $2,384,448,917   $170,317,780
37   Johnny Depp 42 $2,349,169,469   $55,932,606
38   Mel Gibson 37 $2,345,612,989   $63,394,946
39   Jon Voight 37 $2,338,670,327   $63,207,306
40   Julia Roberts 35 $2,332,460,154   $66,641,719
41   Alan Rickman 28 $2,320,365,682   $82,870,203
42   Robert De Niro 60 $2,299,566,891   $38,326,115
43   Gene Hackman 61 $2,258,223,307   $37,020,054
44   Sigourney Weaver 43 $2,252,917,043   $52,393,420
45   Dan Aykroyd 53 $2,242,055,761   $42,302,939
46   Dustin Hoffman 38 $2,226,462,732   $58,591,125
47   Anthony Daniels 8 $2,226,166,672   $278,270,834
48   Steve Buscemi 69 $2,223,333,287   $32,222,222
49   Nicolas Cage 50 $2,204,542,579   $44,090,852
50   Ian McKellen 31 $2,200,851,294   $70,995,203
51   J.K. Simmons 34 $2,198,383,594   $64,658,341
52   Alec Baldwin 50 $2,176,382,085   $43,527,642
53   Bill Farmer 18 $2,151,221,073   $119,512,282
54   Debi Derryberry 19 $2,125,991,078   $111,894,267
55   Chris Ellis 31 $2,113,938,471   $68,191,564
56   William Fichtner 29 $2,108,867,516   $72,719,570
57   Danny De Vito 50 $2,098,222,931   $41,964,459
58   Liam Neeson 45 $2,096,852,392   $46,596,720
59   James Cromwell 36 $2,077,915,910   $57,719,886
60   Bill Paxton 41 $2,074,292,455   $50,592,499
61   Michael Papajohn 27 $2,059,808,072   $76,289,188
62   Martin Klebba 16 $2,059,096,438   $128,693,527
63   Elijah Wood 29 $2,048,326,226   $70,631,939
64   Christopher Walken 61 $2,043,563,822   $33,501,046
65   Michael Clarke Duncan 30 $2,029,655,584   $67,655,186
66   Keith David 52 $2,014,366,881   $38,737,825
67   Tommy Lee Jones 37 $2,002,994,706   $54,134,992
68   Brad Pitt 36 $2,000,725,413   $55,575,706
69   Jack Black 35 $1,999,141,865   $57,118,339
70   Christopher Lee 25 $1,997,529,825   $79,901,193
71   Mike Myers 15 $1,981,203,112   $132,080,207
72   Larry King 28 $1,977,485,700   $70,624,489
73   Cate Blanchett 30 $1,953,300,704   $65,110,023
74   Jack Nicholson 36 $1,942,131,084   $53,948,086
75   Danny Glover 45 $1,929,031,071   $42,867,357
76   Drew Barrymore 39 $1,917,142,999   $49,157,513
77   Carrie Fisher 32 $1,916,966,503   $59,905,203
78   Elizabeth Banks 23 $1,915,274,699   $83,272,813
79   Rance Howard 43 $1,907,327,977   $44,356,465
80   Anthony Anderson 26 $1,893,401,935   $72,823,151
81   John Goodman 55 $1,889,398,469   $34,352,699
82   Rob Schneider 28 $1,885,118,560   $67,325,663
83   Richard Griffiths 26 $1,867,427,713   $71,824,143
84   Arnold Schwarzenegger 27 $1,863,355,032   $69,013,149
85   Stephen Root 35 $1,863,296,711   $53,237,049
86   Kirsten Dunst 29 $1,849,322,902   $63,769,755
87   Robert Duvall 56 $1,848,107,822   $33,001,925
88   Michael Caine 48 $1,842,814,626   $38,391,971
89   Ewan McGregor 33 $1,836,184,096   $55,641,942
90   Richard Jenkins 46 $1,835,370,687   $39,899,363
91   Adam Sandler 27 $1,826,676,502   $67,654,685
92   Bill Murray 41 $1,826,442,619   $44,547,381
93   Paul Giamatti 37 $1,823,707,276   $49,289,386
94   Laurence Fishburne 43 $1,818,938,720   $42,300,900
95   Greg Ellis 11 $1,818,878,719   $165,352,611
96   John Turturro 54 $1,813,145,636   $33,576,771
97   Philip Baker Hall 40 $1,812,205,922   $45,305,148
98   Geoffrey Rush 24 $1,811,456,386   $75,477,349
99   Sylvester Stallone 39 $1,810,432,307   $46,421,341
100   Jon Favreau 24 $1,808,581,373   $75,357,557

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