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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 91 $4,987,696,021   $54,809,846
2   Samuel L. Jackson 79 $4,471,194,441   $56,597,398
3   Tom Hanks 42 $3,988,297,459   $94,959,463
4   Harrison Ford 37 $3,630,449,689   $98,120,262
5   Eddie Murphy 35 $3,471,802,867   $99,194,368
6   John Ratzenberger 30 $3,307,805,833   $110,260,194
7   Tom Cruise 34 $3,275,259,438   $96,331,160
8   James Earl Jones 47 $3,230,999,119   $68,744,662
9   Robin Williams 55 $3,184,838,083   $57,906,147
10   Morgan Freeman 49 $3,138,301,600   $64,046,971
11   Bruce Willis 60 $3,083,326,429   $51,388,774
12   Mickie McGowan 25 $3,011,092,798   $120,443,712
13   Jack Angel 27 $2,902,886,249   $107,514,306
14   Warwick Davis 16 $2,839,102,902   $177,443,931
15   Phil Proctor 28 $2,829,389,517   $101,049,626
16   Hugo Weaving 18 $2,709,611,040   $150,533,947
17   Stan Lee 14 $2,577,448,401   $184,103,457
18   Frank Oz 24 $2,562,233,313   $106,759,721
19   John Travolta 41 $2,544,813,189   $62,068,614
20   Will Smith 20 $2,542,908,988   $127,145,449
21   John Cleese 39 $2,536,607,027   $65,041,206
22   Sherry Lynn 24 $2,506,090,154   $104,420,423
23   Maggie Smith 32 $2,496,950,007   $78,029,688
24   Robbie Coltrane 31 $2,494,276,757   $80,460,541
25   Owen Wilson 30 $2,478,515,458   $82,617,182
26   Willem Dafoe 50 $2,453,090,308   $49,061,806
27   Ben Stiller 40 $2,436,525,074   $60,913,127
28   Clint Howard 45 $2,433,190,499   $54,070,900
29   Orlando Bloom 14 $2,391,319,251   $170,808,518
30   Kenny Baker 14 $2,384,448,917   $170,317,780
31   Cameron Diaz 27 $2,377,918,727   $88,071,064
32   Gary Oldman 28 $2,377,813,840   $84,921,923
33   Jim Cummings 28 $2,369,735,319   $84,633,404
34   Matt Damon 40 $2,351,938,977   $58,798,474
35   Johnny Depp 41 $2,342,162,382   $57,125,912
36   Jon Voight 37 $2,338,670,327   $63,207,306
37   Julia Roberts 35 $2,332,460,154   $66,641,719
38   Jim Carrey 27 $2,329,003,734   $86,259,398
39   Alan Rickman 28 $2,320,016,606   $82,857,736
40   Mel Gibson 36 $2,316,665,138   $64,351,809
41   Robert De Niro 59 $2,290,711,245   $38,825,614
42   Gene Hackman 61 $2,258,223,307   $37,020,054
43   Dan Aykroyd 53 $2,242,055,761   $42,302,939
44   Dustin Hoffman 38 $2,226,462,732   $58,591,125
45   Anthony Daniels 8 $2,226,166,672   $278,270,834
46   Steve Buscemi 66 $2,206,695,149   $33,434,775
47   Ian McKellen 31 $2,200,818,226   $70,994,136
48   Kathy Bates 48 $2,195,444,896   $45,738,435
49   Nicolas Cage 49 $2,194,832,636   $44,792,503
50   Bill Farmer 18 $2,151,221,073   $119,512,282
51   Debi Derryberry 19 $2,125,991,078   $111,894,267
52   J.K. Simmons 32 $2,121,630,043   $66,300,939
53   Chris Ellis 31 $2,113,938,471   $68,191,564
54   William Fichtner 29 $2,108,867,516   $72,719,570
55   Liam Neeson 45 $2,099,406,094   $46,653,469
56   James Cromwell 36 $2,077,346,824   $57,704,078
57   Danny De Vito 49 $2,077,278,197   $42,393,433
58   Bill Paxton 41 $2,074,292,455   $50,592,499
59   Alec Baldwin 49 $2,068,847,700   $42,221,382
60   Michael Papajohn 27 $2,059,808,072   $76,289,188
61   Martin Klebba 16 $2,059,096,438   $128,693,527
62   Elijah Wood 29 $2,047,978,912   $70,619,962
63   Christopher Walken 61 $2,043,563,822   $33,501,046
64   Michael Clarke Duncan 29 $2,029,614,154   $69,986,695
65   Tommy Lee Jones 37 $2,002,994,706   $54,134,992
66   Brad Pitt 36 $1,999,490,614   $55,541,406
67   Jack Black 35 $1,999,141,865   $57,118,339
68   Christopher Lee 25 $1,997,529,825   $79,901,193
69   Mike Myers 15 $1,979,968,313   $131,997,888
70   Larry King 28 $1,977,485,700   $70,624,489
71   Jack Nicholson 36 $1,942,131,084   $53,948,086
72   Cate Blanchett 29 $1,935,328,648   $66,735,471
73   Carrie Fisher 32 $1,916,963,899   $59,905,122
74   Elizabeth Banks 23 $1,915,274,699   $83,272,813
75   Keith David 51 $1,912,989,319   $37,509,594
76   Drew Barrymore 38 $1,907,932,121   $50,208,740
77   Rance Howard 43 $1,907,295,897   $44,355,719
78   Anthony Anderson 26 $1,893,401,935   $72,823,151
79   Rob Schneider 28 $1,885,118,560   $67,325,663
80   Richard Griffiths 26 $1,867,427,713   $71,824,143
81   Arnold Schwarzenegger 27 $1,863,355,032   $69,013,149
82   Kirsten Dunst 29 $1,849,322,902   $63,769,755
83   Michael Caine 48 $1,842,814,626   $38,391,971
84   Stephen Root 34 $1,830,868,516   $53,849,074
85   Robert Duvall 54 $1,829,082,264   $33,871,894
86   Adam Sandler 27 $1,826,676,502   $67,654,685
87   Paul Giamatti 36 $1,822,945,250   $50,637,368
88   Greg Ellis 11 $1,818,878,719   $165,352,611
89   John Turturro 54 $1,813,145,636   $33,576,771
90   Philip Baker Hall 39 $1,812,197,300   $46,466,597
91   Geoffrey Rush 24 $1,811,454,689   $75,477,279
92   Sylvester Stallone 39 $1,810,432,307   $46,421,341
93   Devon Murray 9 $1,804,565,046   $200,507,227
94   Laurence Fishburne 42 $1,802,949,844   $42,927,377
95   Bill Murray 40 $1,802,271,880   $45,056,797
96   Whoopi Goldberg 46 $1,800,253,561   $39,135,947
97   John Rhys-Davies 22 $1,799,050,602   $81,775,027
98   Ewan McGregor 32 $1,798,739,886   $56,210,621
99   Keanu Reeves 37 $1,797,403,558   $48,578,475
100   Jonathan Pryce 33 $1,790,733,743   $54,264,659

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