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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 $4,995,851,225   $55,509,458
2   Samuel L. Jackson 74 $4,349,928,660   $58,782,820
3   Tom Hanks 40 $3,840,607,413   $96,015,185
4   Harrison Ford 36 $3,621,902,998   $100,608,417
5   Eddie Murphy 34 $3,449,560,006   $101,457,647
6   James Earl Jones 46 $3,198,719,471   $69,537,380
7   Tom Cruise 32 $3,077,573,696   $96,174,178
8   Bruce Willis 58 $3,044,221,838   $52,486,583
9   Robin Williams 52 $3,007,088,409   $57,828,623
10   John Ratzenberger 28 $2,978,325,024   $106,368,751
11   Morgan Freeman 49 $2,817,855,367   $57,507,252
12   Phil Proctor 26 $2,756,439,266   $106,016,895
13   Frank Oz 24 $2,562,233,313   $106,759,721
14   Jack Angel 25 $2,553,026,189   $102,121,048
15   Warwick Davis 15 $2,535,512,129   $169,034,142
16   Will Smith 19 $2,441,901,051   $128,521,108
17   Willem Dafoe 48 $2,441,323,905   $50,860,915
18   Clint Howard 43 $2,432,524,714   $56,570,342
19   Jim Cummings 28 $2,410,668,906   $86,095,318
20   John Cleese 36 $2,397,281,338   $66,591,148
21   Orlando Bloom 13 $2,390,308,637   $183,869,895
22   Kenny Baker 14 $2,384,448,917   $170,317,780
23   John Travolta 39 $2,365,307,298   $60,648,905
24   Cameron Diaz 26 $2,323,518,798   $89,366,108
25   Mel Gibson 36 $2,316,665,138   $64,351,809
26   Mickie McGowan 21 $2,309,385,488   $109,970,738
27   Hugo Weaving 17 $2,307,499,170   $135,735,245
28   Matt Damon 37 $2,299,764,032   $62,155,785
29   Julia Roberts 34 $2,291,887,329   $67,408,451
30   Gene Hackman 61 $2,258,223,307   $37,020,054
31   Sherry Lynn 22 $2,251,891,839   $102,358,720
32   Robert De Niro 57 $2,249,868,845   $39,471,383
33   Dan Aykroyd 53 $2,241,975,873   $42,301,432
34   Johnny Depp 40 $2,237,975,120   $55,949,378
35   Jim Carrey 25 $2,212,750,452   $88,510,018
36   Ian McKellen 31 $2,200,794,017   $70,993,355
37   Maggie Smith 31 $2,191,339,886   $70,688,383
38   Anthony Daniels 7 $2,191,005,118   $313,000,731
39   Stan Lee 11 $2,164,680,256   $196,789,114
40   Owen Wilson 28 $2,158,111,651   $77,075,416
41   Dustin Hoffman 36 $2,152,835,782   $59,800,994
42   Robbie Coltrane 27 $2,138,254,171   $79,194,599
43   Chris Ellis 31 $2,113,938,471   $68,191,564
44   Jon Voight 33 $2,085,309,068   $63,191,184
45   Danny De Vito 48 $2,076,738,625   $43,265,388
46   Bill Paxton 41 $2,074,292,455   $50,592,499
47   Steve Buscemi 64 $2,068,408,056   $32,318,876
48   Martin Klebba 16 $2,059,095,386   $128,693,462
49   Christopher Walken 61 $2,043,563,822   $33,501,046
50   Kathy Bates 43 $2,034,365,506   $47,310,826
51   Gary Oldman 27 $2,023,948,878   $74,961,070
52   Elijah Wood 28 $2,016,568,515   $72,020,304
53   James Cromwell 34 $2,013,803,645   $59,229,519
54   Alan Rickman 25 $2,013,788,306   $80,551,532
55   Michael Clarke Duncan 27 $2,011,431,598   $74,497,467
56   Tommy Lee Jones 37 $2,002,994,706   $54,134,992
57   Nicolas Cage 45 $1,968,647,597   $43,747,724
58   Ben Stiller 36 $1,968,412,475   $54,678,124
59   Christopher Lee 24 $1,962,344,062   $81,764,336
60   Michael Papajohn 26 $1,962,099,909   $75,465,381
61   Jack Nicholson 36 $1,942,131,084   $53,948,086
62   Liam Neeson 41 $1,934,669,914   $47,187,071
63   Rance Howard 42 $1,906,661,067   $45,396,692
64   Rob Schneider 28 $1,882,796,133   $67,242,719
65   J.K. Simmons 26 $1,879,321,294   $72,281,588
66   Carrie Fisher 29 $1,877,413,662   $64,738,402
67   Arnold Schwarzenegger 27 $1,863,314,841   $69,011,661
68   Mike Myers 14 $1,855,511,397   $132,536,528
69   Kirsten Dunst 28 $1,846,547,309   $65,948,118
70   Jack Black 33 $1,837,809,088   $55,691,184
71   Alec Baldwin 45 $1,819,995,963   $40,444,355
72   Debi Derryberry 17 $1,816,427,015   $106,848,648
73   Geoffrey Rush 23 $1,811,404,279   $78,756,708
74   Sylvester Stallone 38 $1,808,946,865   $47,603,865
75   Keith David 49 $1,804,985,568   $36,836,440
76   Laurence Fishburne 42 $1,802,949,844   $42,927,377
77   Whoopi Goldberg 46 $1,800,253,561   $39,135,947
78   John Rhys-Davies 22 $1,799,050,602   $81,775,027
79   William Fichtner 29 $1,798,450,034   $62,015,518
80   Philip Baker Hall 38 $1,794,966,009   $47,235,948
81   Bill Nunn 33 $1,787,368,727   $54,162,689
82   Cate Blanchett 27 $1,785,908,749   $66,144,768
83   Anthony Hopkins 46 $1,782,188,388   $38,743,226
84   Paul Giamatti 34 $1,781,467,496   $52,396,103
85   Sean Connery 45 $1,762,748,503   $39,172,189
86   Elizabeth Banks 19 $1,760,506,861   $92,658,256
87   Danny Glover 42 $1,758,509,556   $41,869,275
88   Richard Griffiths 25 $1,757,325,738   $70,293,030
89   Antonio Banderas 33 $1,749,876,317   $53,026,555
90   Tracey Walter 47 $1,748,583,545   $37,203,905
91   John Goodman 52 $1,743,817,650   $33,534,955
92   Bonnie Hunt 21 $1,736,416,343   $82,686,493
93   Keira Knightley 13 $1,720,158,148   $132,319,858
94   Keanu Reeves 36 $1,718,039,773   $47,723,327
95   Ian Holm 37 $1,713,796,921   $46,318,836
96   Bill Murray 37 $1,713,042,791   $46,298,454
97   Wallace Shawn 51 $1,711,783,300   $33,564,378
98   Robert Duvall 53 $1,708,936,224   $32,244,080
99   Drew Barrymore 35 $1,706,802,012   $48,765,772
100   Wayne Knight 18 $1,706,083,078   $94,782,393

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