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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
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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 |
|
Bess Flowers |
13 |
$126,759,601 |
|
$9,750,739 |
| 4 |
|
Yul Brynner |
3 |
$112,300,000 |
|
$37,433,333 |
| 5 |
|
Jack Hawkins |
3 |
$107,800,000 |
|
$35,933,333 |
| 6 |
|
Vincent Price |
3 |
$107,300,000 |
|
$35,766,667 |
| 7 |
|
Deborah Kerr |
5 |
$100,372,000 |
|
$20,074,400 |
| 8 |
|
Frank Sinatra |
6 |
$100,150,000 |
|
$16,691,667 |
| 9 |
|
Jean Simmons |
5 |
$96,000,000 |
|
$19,200,000 |
| 10 |
|
Elizabeth Taylor |
4 |
$92,705,324 |
|
$23,176,331 |
| 11 |
|
Edward G. Robinson |
2 |
$91,000,000 |
|
$45,500,000 |
| 12 |
|
Anne Baxter |
2 |
$88,400,000 |
|
$44,200,000 |
| 13 |
|
Gregory Peck |
10 |
$86,365,000 |
|
$8,636,500 |
| 14 |
|
Stephen Boyd |
3 |
$85,400,000 |
|
$28,466,667 |
| 15 |
|
James Stewart |
5 |
$82,592,934 |
|
$16,518,587 |
| 16 |
|
Susan Hayward |
7 |
$82,500,000 |
|
$11,785,714 |
| 17 |
|
Alfred Hitchcock |
8 |
$80,117,934 |
|
$10,014,742 |
| 18 |
|
John Derek |
1 |
$80,000,000 |
|
$80,000,000 |
| 19 |
|
Robert Vaughn |
1 |
$80,000,000 |
|
$80,000,000 |
| 20 |
|
Victor Mature |
4 |
$79,750,000 |
|
$19,937,500 |
| 21 |
|
Burt Lancaster |
6 |
$79,050,000 |
|
$13,175,000 |
| 22 |
|
Joe E. Brown |
3 |
$78,000,000 |
|
$26,000,000 |
| 23 |
|
Ava Gardner |
4 |
$77,000,000 |
|
$19,250,000 |
| 24 |
|
Marilyn Monroe |
10 |
$76,100,000 |
|
$7,610,000 |
| 25 |
|
Dennis Hopper |
3 |
$73,050,000 |
|
$24,350,000 |
| 26 |
|
Hugh Griffith |
1 |
$73,000,000 |
|
$73,000,000 |
| 27 |
|
Sam Jaffe |
1 |
$73,000,000 |
|
$73,000,000 |
| 28 |
|
Bing Crosby |
3 |
$72,500,000 |
|
$24,166,667 |
| 29 |
|
Peter Lorre |
2 |
$70,200,000 |
|
$35,100,000 |
| 30 |
|
Rock Hudson |
4 |
$69,250,000 |
|
$17,312,500 |
| 31 |
|
Tony Curtis |
4 |
$67,200,000 |
|
$16,800,000 |
| 32 |
|
Dean Jagger |
2 |
$66,000,000 |
|
$33,000,000 |
| 33 |
|
Thelma Ritter |
4 |
$65,709,601 |
|
$16,427,400 |
| 34 |
|
Ernest Borgnine |
3 |
$65,500,000 |
|
$21,833,333 |
| 35 |
|
James Mason |
5 |
$63,875,000 |
|
$12,775,000 |
| 36 |
|
Cary Grant |
5 |
$62,075,000 |
|
$12,415,000 |
| 37 |
|
Richard Burton |
2 |
$62,000,000 |
|
$31,000,000 |
| 38 |
|
George E. Stone |
2 |
$61,000,000 |
|
$30,500,000 |
| 39 |
|
Grace Kelly |
5 |
$56,809,601 |
|
$11,361,920 |
| 40 |
|
Charles Coburn |
2 |
$54,000,000 |
|
$27,000,000 |
| 41 |
|
John Wayne |
6 |
$53,000,000 |
|
$8,833,333 |
| 42 |
|
Marlon Brando |
4 |
$52,900,000 |
|
$13,225,000 |
| 43 |
|
Melville Cooper |
2 |
$52,135,000 |
|
$26,067,500 |
| 44 |
|
Lana Turner |
3 |
$51,600,000 |
|
$17,200,000 |
| 45 |
|
Cesar Romero |
2 |
$51,000,000 |
|
$25,500,000 |
| 46 |
|
Fred MacMurray |
2 |
$50,800,000 |
|
$25,400,000 |
| 47 |
|
David Niven |
2 |
$49,400,000 |
|
$24,700,000 |
| 48 |
|
Shirley MacLaine |
2 |
$49,000,000 |
|
$24,500,000 |
| 49 |
|
Red Skelton |
3 |
$47,400,000 |
|
$15,800,000 |
| 50 |
|
Jack Lemmon |
2 |
$46,200,000 |
|
$23,100,000 |
| 51 |
|
Mercedes McCambridge |
2 |
$46,000,000 |
|
$23,000,000 |
| 52 |
|
Peter Ustinov |
2 |
$45,000,000 |
|
$22,500,000 |
| 53 |
|
Marlene Dietrich |
2 |
$44,237,659 |
|
$22,118,830 |
| 54 |
|
Betty Hutton |
2 |
$44,000,000 |
|
$22,000,000 |
| 55 |
|
Leo G. Carroll |
4 |
$43,410,000 |
|
$10,852,500 |
| 56 |
|
William Holden |
2 |
$43,300,000 |
|
$21,650,000 |
| 57 |
|
Ward Bond |
4 |
$42,800,000 |
|
$10,700,000 |
| 58 |
|
Dick Simmons |
4 |
$42,559,601 |
|
$10,639,900 |
| 59 |
|
Rod Taylor |
2 |
$42,400,000 |
|
$21,200,000 |
| 60 |
|
Bob Hope |
3 |
$42,100,000 |
|
$14,033,333 |
| 61 |
|
Charles Boyer |
1 |
$42,000,000 |
|
$42,000,000 |
| 62 |
|
Buster Keaton |
1 |
$42,000,000 |
|
$42,000,000 |
| 63 |
|
Trevor Howard |
1 |
$42,000,000 |
|
$42,000,000 |
| 64 |
|
John Gielgud |
1 |
$42,000,000 |
|
$42,000,000 |
| 65 |
|
Bud Spencer |
2 |
$41,000,000 |
|
$20,500,000 |
| 66 |
|
Richard Boone |
2 |
$41,000,000 |
|
$20,500,000 |
| 67 |
|
Leo Genn |
2 |
$40,400,000 |
|
$20,200,000 |
| 68 |
|
Kirk Douglas |
2 |
$39,950,000 |
|
$19,975,000 |
| 69 |
|
Kathleen Freeman |
2 |
$39,600,000 |
|
$19,800,000 |
| 70 |
|
Mitzi Gaynor |
2 |
$39,550,000 |
|
$19,775,000 |
| 71 |
|
Walter Pidgeon |
4 |
$39,250,000 |
|
$9,812,500 |
| 72 |
|
Charles Bronson |
3 |
$38,800,000 |
|
$12,933,333 |
| 73 |
|
Sophia Loren |
2 |
$38,750,000 |
|
$19,375,000 |
| 74 |
|
Arthur O'Connell |
3 |
$38,675,000 |
|
$12,891,667 |
| 75 |
|
Lee Van Cleef |
5 |
$38,150,000 |
|
$7,630,000 |
| 76 |
|
Doris Day |
3 |
$38,083,333 |
|
$12,694,444 |
| 77 |
|
Ray Walston |
1 |
$36,800,000 |
|
$36,800,000 |
| 78 |
|
Doug McClure |
1 |
$36,800,000 |
|
$36,800,000 |
| 79 |
|
Harry Shearer |
1 |
$36,000,000 |
|
$36,000,000 |
| 80 |
|
Cornel Wilde |
1 |
$36,000,000 |
|
$36,000,000 |
| 81 |
|
Lawrence Tierney |
1 |
$36,000,000 |
|
$36,000,000 |
| 82 |
|
Henry Fonda |
4 |
$35,700,000 |
|
$8,925,000 |
| 83 |
|
Sal Mineo |
1 |
$35,000,000 |
|
$35,000,000 |
| 84 |
|
James Dean |
1 |
$35,000,000 |
|
$35,000,000 |
| 85 |
|
Keenan Wynn |
5 |
$34,912,659 |
|
$6,982,532 |
| 86 |
|
Gavin MacLeod |
3 |
$33,990,000 |
|
$11,330,000 |
| 87 |
|
Alec Guinness |
1 |
$33,300,000 |
|
$33,300,000 |
| 88 |
|
Harry Carey Jr. |
2 |
$33,200,000 |
|
$16,600,000 |
| 89 |
|
Howard Keel |
5 |
$33,000,000 |
|
$6,600,000 |
| 90 |
|
Humphrey Bogart |
2 |
$32,550,000 |
|
$16,275,000 |
| 91 |
|
Danny Kaye |
2 |
$32,500,000 |
|
$16,250,000 |
| 92 |
|
Rita Moreno |
3 |
$31,900,000 |
|
$10,633,333 |
| 93 |
|
Jennifer Jones |
3 |
$31,875,000 |
|
$10,625,000 |
| 94 |
|
Ricardo Montalban |
2 |
$31,800,000 |
|
$15,900,000 |
| 95 |
|
Raymond Burr |
2 |
$31,059,601 |
|
$15,529,801 |
| 96 |
|
Julie Newmar |
2 |
$31,000,000 |
|
$15,500,000 |
| 97 |
|
Montgomery Clift |
1 |
$30,500,000 |
|
$30,500,000 |
| 98 |
|
Donna Reed |
1 |
$30,500,000 |
|
$30,500,000 |
| 99 |
|
Jack Warden |
2 |
$30,500,000 |
|
$15,250,000 |
| 100 |
|
Robert Taylor |
1 |
$30,000,000 |
|
$30,000,000 |
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Sunday, July 13, 2008