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Notes
- This chart is not adjusted for inflation. The figures are based on the total amount of US revenue generated by the movies a star has appeared in during the 50ties.
- 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 data@the-numbers.com.
1950 Top 100 Stars at the Box Office
| |
|
Name |
Movies |
Total Box Office |
|
Average |
| 1 |
|
Charlton Heston |
5 |
$201,237,659 |
|
$40,247,532 |
| 2 |
|
John Carradine |
4 |
$140,500,000 |
|
$35,125,000 |
| 3 |
|
Michael Ansara |
3 |
$131,000,000 |
|
$43,666,667 |
| 4 |
|
Bess Flowers |
13 |
$126,759,601 |
|
$9,750,739 |
| 5 |
|
Yul Brynner |
3 |
$112,300,000 |
|
$37,433,333 |
| 6 |
|
Jack Hawkins |
3 |
$107,800,000 |
|
$35,933,333 |
| 7 |
|
Vincent Price |
3 |
$107,300,000 |
|
$35,766,667 |
| 8 |
|
Deborah Kerr |
5 |
$100,372,000 |
|
$20,074,400 |
| 9 |
|
Frank Sinatra |
6 |
$100,150,000 |
|
$16,691,667 |
| 10 |
|
Jean Simmons |
5 |
$96,000,000 |
|
$19,200,000 |
| 11 |
|
Elizabeth Taylor |
4 |
$92,705,324 |
|
$23,176,331 |
| 12 |
|
Edward G. Robinson |
2 |
$91,000,000 |
|
$45,500,000 |
| 13 |
|
Anne Baxter |
2 |
$88,400,000 |
|
$44,200,000 |
| 14 |
|
Gregory Peck |
10 |
$86,365,000 |
|
$8,636,500 |
| 15 |
|
Stephen Boyd |
3 |
$85,400,000 |
|
$28,466,667 |
| 16 |
|
James Stewart |
5 |
$82,592,934 |
|
$16,518,587 |
| 17 |
|
Susan Hayward |
7 |
$82,500,000 |
|
$11,785,714 |
| 18 |
|
Alfred Hitchcock |
8 |
$80,117,934 |
|
$10,014,742 |
| 19 |
|
John Derek |
1 |
$80,000,000 |
|
$80,000,000 |
| 20 |
|
Robert Vaughn |
1 |
$80,000,000 |
|
$80,000,000 |
| 21 |
|
Victor Mature |
4 |
$79,750,000 |
|
$19,937,500 |
| 22 |
|
Burt Lancaster |
6 |
$79,050,000 |
|
$13,175,000 |
| 23 |
|
Joe E. Brown |
3 |
$78,000,000 |
|
$26,000,000 |
| 24 |
|
Ava Gardner |
4 |
$77,000,000 |
|
$19,250,000 |
| 25 |
|
Marilyn Monroe |
10 |
$76,100,000 |
|
$7,610,000 |
| 26 |
|
Dennis Hopper |
3 |
$73,050,000 |
|
$24,350,000 |
| 27 |
|
Sam Jaffe |
1 |
$73,000,000 |
|
$73,000,000 |
| 28 |
|
Hugh Griffith |
1 |
$73,000,000 |
|
$73,000,000 |
| 29 |
|
Bing Crosby |
3 |
$72,500,000 |
|
$24,166,667 |
| 30 |
|
Peter Lorre |
2 |
$70,200,000 |
|
$35,100,000 |
| 31 |
|
Rock Hudson |
4 |
$69,250,000 |
|
$17,312,500 |
| 32 |
|
Tony Curtis |
4 |
$67,200,000 |
|
$16,800,000 |
| 33 |
|
Dean Jagger |
2 |
$66,000,000 |
|
$33,000,000 |
| 34 |
|
Thelma Ritter |
4 |
$65,709,601 |
|
$16,427,400 |
| 35 |
|
Ernest Borgnine |
3 |
$65,500,000 |
|
$21,833,333 |
| 36 |
|
James Mason |
5 |
$63,875,000 |
|
$12,775,000 |
| 37 |
|
Cary Grant |
5 |
$62,075,000 |
|
$12,415,000 |
| 38 |
|
Richard Burton |
2 |
$62,000,000 |
|
$31,000,000 |
| 39 |
|
George E. Stone |
2 |
$61,000,000 |
|
$30,500,000 |
| 40 |
|
Grace Kelly |
5 |
$56,809,601 |
|
$11,361,920 |
| 41 |
|
Charles Coburn |
2 |
$54,000,000 |
|
$27,000,000 |
| 42 |
|
John Wayne |
6 |
$53,000,000 |
|
$8,833,333 |
| 43 |
|
Marlon Brando |
4 |
$52,900,000 |
|
$13,225,000 |
| 44 |
|
Melville Cooper |
2 |
$52,135,000 |
|
$26,067,500 |
| 45 |
|
Lana Turner |
3 |
$51,600,000 |
|
$17,200,000 |
| 46 |
|
Cesar Romero |
2 |
$51,000,000 |
|
$25,500,000 |
| 47 |
|
Fred MacMurray |
2 |
$50,800,000 |
|
$25,400,000 |
| 48 |
|
David Niven |
2 |
$49,400,000 |
|
$24,700,000 |
| 49 |
|
Shirley MacLaine |
2 |
$49,000,000 |
|
$24,500,000 |
| 50 |
|
Red Skelton |
3 |
$47,400,000 |
|
$15,800,000 |
| 51 |
|
Jack Lemmon |
2 |
$46,200,000 |
|
$23,100,000 |
| 52 |
|
Mercedes McCambridge |
2 |
$46,000,000 |
|
$23,000,000 |
| 53 |
|
Peter Ustinov |
2 |
$45,000,000 |
|
$22,500,000 |
| 54 |
|
Marlene Dietrich |
2 |
$44,237,659 |
|
$22,118,830 |
| 55 |
|
Betty Hutton |
2 |
$44,000,000 |
|
$22,000,000 |
| 56 |
|
Leo G. Carroll |
4 |
$43,410,000 |
|
$10,852,500 |
| 57 |
|
William Holden |
2 |
$43,300,000 |
|
$21,650,000 |
| 58 |
|
Ward Bond |
4 |
$42,800,000 |
|
$10,700,000 |
| 59 |
|
Dick Simmons |
4 |
$42,559,601 |
|
$10,639,900 |
| 60 |
|
Rod Taylor |
2 |
$42,400,000 |
|
$21,200,000 |
| 61 |
|
Bob Hope |
3 |
$42,100,000 |
|
$14,033,333 |
| 62 |
|
John Gielgud |
1 |
$42,000,000 |
|
$42,000,000 |
| 63 |
|
Trevor Howard |
1 |
$42,000,000 |
|
$42,000,000 |
| 64 |
|
Buster Keaton |
1 |
$42,000,000 |
|
$42,000,000 |
| 65 |
|
Charles Boyer |
1 |
$42,000,000 |
|
$42,000,000 |
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Monday, September 21, 2009