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Top Live Action Stars at the International Box Office
See also: Top International Leading Stars - Top International Supporting Stars - Top Domestic Live Action Stars - Top Worldwide Live Action Stars - Top International Above the Line Stars - Top International Below the Line Stars - Top International Cameo Stars - Top International Stars
This chart contains the top 100 box office stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the movies a star has had a live action acting role in over their lifetime.
Roles in animated movies are excluded from the calculations in this chart, as are voice-only roles in live action films, and cameos.
1
Samuel L. Jackson
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 55 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($1,889,869,781 in 2019), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($936,311,111 in 2015), The Avengers ($891,742,301 in 2012), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($741,575,437 in 2019), Captain Marvel ($702,746,255 in 2019), Jurassic Park ($643,049,687 in 1993), Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace ($552,500,000 in 1999), Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith ($468,728,300 in 2005), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($454,654,931 in 2014), Kong: Skull Island ($393,019,247 in 2017) |
2
Robert Downey, Jr.
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 29 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($1,889,869,781 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($1,369,544,272 in 2018), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($936,311,111 in 2015), The Avengers ($891,742,301 in 2012), Iron Man 3 ($806,400,000 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($743,815,237 in 2016), Oppenheimer ($646,286,044 in 2023), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($544,070,151 in 2017), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ($348,815,025 in 2011), Iron Man 2 ($308,723,058 in 2010) |
3
Zoe Saldana
| Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 19 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,138,484,377 in 2009), Avengers: Endgame ($1,889,869,781 in 2019), Avatar: The Way of Water ($1,633,438,619 in 2022), Avengers: Infinity War ($1,369,544,272 in 2018), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ($486,472,929 in 2023), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($479,274,862 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy ($437,168,283 in 2014), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($348,900,000 in 2003), Star Trek Into Darkness ($238,602,923 in 2013), Star Trek Beyond ($176,825,368 in 2016) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel L. Jackson | $12,350,696,081 | 115 | $107,397,357 |
| 2 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $9,718,723,990 | 65 | $149,518,831 |
| 3 | Zoe Saldana | $9,713,029,652 | 45 | $215,845,103 |
| 4 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $9,100,975,435 | 39 | $233,358,344 |
| 5 | Warwick Davis | $8,823,282,302 | 22 | $401,058,286 |
| 6 | Chris Pratt | $8,380,563,595 | 31 | $270,340,761 |
| 7 | Andy Serkis | $8,374,834,225 | 32 | $261,713,570 |
| 8 | Scarlett Johansson | $8,343,496,247 | 47 | $177,521,197 |
| 9 | Dwayne Johnson | $8,144,197,286 | 42 | $193,909,459 |
| 10 | Chris Hemsworth | $7,815,589,927 | 29 | $269,503,101 |
| 11 | Paul Bettany | $7,743,420,128 | 32 | $241,981,879 |
| 12 | Jeremy Renner | $7,633,552,790 | 31 | $246,243,638 |
| 13 | Don Cheadle | $7,559,865,043 | 47 | $160,848,192 |
| 14 | Michelle Rodriguez | $7,518,930,353 | 34 | $221,145,010 |
| 15 | Tom Cruise | $7,320,239,339 | 47 | $155,749,773 |
| 16 | Chris Evans | $7,288,124,485 | 36 | $202,447,902 |
| 17 | Mark Ruffalo | $7,237,995,925 | 48 | $150,791,582 |
| 18 | Stellan Skarsgård | $7,131,733,809 | 59 | $120,876,844 |
| 19 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $7,062,634,892 | 45 | $156,947,442 |
| 20 | Vin Diesel | $7,031,708,082 | 29 | $242,472,692 |
| 21 | Benedict Wong | $6,937,405,534 | 22 | $315,336,615 |
| 22 | Tom Holland | $6,883,128,762 | 17 | $404,889,927 |
| 23 | Dave Bautista | $6,820,441,506 | 32 | $213,138,797 |
| 24 | Cate Blanchett | $6,780,784,116 | 51 | $132,956,551 |
| 25 | Jon Favreau | $6,779,942,209 | 34 | $199,410,065 |
| 26 | Gary Oldman | $6,709,023,415 | 55 | $121,982,244 |
| 27 | Tyrese Gibson | $6,649,939,993 | 33 | $201,513,333 |
| 28 | Ralph Fiennes | $6,624,146,132 | 53 | $124,983,889 |
| 29 | Johnny Depp | $6,565,901,465 | 60 | $109,431,691 |
| 30 | Emma Watson | $6,446,710,647 | 17 | $379,218,273 |
| 31 | Anthony Mackie | $6,418,780,413 | 55 | $116,705,098 |
| 32 | Julie Walters | $6,394,463,047 | 28 | $228,373,680 |
| 33 | Orlando Bloom | $6,364,167,242 | 31 | $205,295,717 |
| 34 | Karen Gillan | $6,274,289,426 | 25 | $250,971,577 |
| 35 | Idris Elba | $6,249,735,185 | 45 | $138,883,004 |
| 36 | Helena Bonham Carter | $6,239,276,533 | 43 | $145,099,454 |
| 37 | Robbie Coltrane | $6,198,631,249 | 34 | $182,312,684 |
| 38 | Paul Rudd | $6,182,598,137 | 52 | $118,896,118 |
| 39 | Alan Rickman | $6,165,625,318 | 34 | $181,341,921 |
| 40 | Tom Hiddleston | $6,049,544,837 | 19 | $318,397,097 |
| 41 | Josh Brolin | $5,984,214,378 | 45 | $132,982,542 |
| 42 | Luke Evans | $5,848,675,336 | 30 | $194,955,845 |
| 43 | Elizabeth Olsen | $5,844,589,214 | 21 | $278,313,772 |
| 44 | Marisa Tomei | $5,836,509,280 | 58 | $100,629,470 |
| 45 | Daniel Radcliffe | $5,746,078,764 | 25 | $229,843,151 |
| 46 | Jason Statham | $5,733,633,825 | 44 | $130,309,860 |
| 47 | Ian McKellen | $5,693,207,495 | 33 | $172,521,439 |
| 48 | Jacob Batalon | $5,692,340,504 | 12 | $474,361,709 |
| 49 | Tom Felton | $5,621,337,506 | 27 | $208,197,685 |
| 50 | Simon Pegg | $5,591,942,213 | 37 | $151,133,573 |
| 51 | Maggie Smith | $5,475,022,169 | 48 | $114,062,962 |
| 52 | J.K. Simmons | $5,457,494,701 | 82 | $66,554,813 |
| 53 | Willem Dafoe | $5,416,389,758 | 98 | $55,269,283 |
| 54 | Matthew Lewis | $5,387,100,460 | 11 | $489,736,405 |
| 55 | Natalie Portman | $5,353,670,578 | 48 | $111,534,804 |
| 56 | Will Smith | $5,337,355,564 | 36 | $148,259,877 |
| 57 | Geraldine Somerville | $5,328,012,979 | 12 | $444,001,082 |
| 58 | Josh Herdman | $5,288,472,654 | 9 | $587,608,073 |
| 59 | William Hurt | $5,286,920,001 | 62 | $85,272,903 |
| 60 | Morgan Freeman | $5,259,123,702 | 90 | $58,434,708 |
| 61 | Rupert Grint | $5,258,795,914 | 15 | $350,586,394 |
| 62 | James Phelps | $5,246,527,252 | 9 | $582,947,472 |
| 63 | Oliver Phelps | $5,246,527,252 | 9 | $582,947,472 |
| 64 | Bonnie Wright | $5,234,087,270 | 9 | $581,565,252 |
| 65 | Devon Murray | $5,234,087,270 | 10 | $523,408,727 |
| 66 | Sigourney Weaver | $5,222,815,251 | 59 | $88,522,292 |
| 67 | Giovanni Ribisi | $5,206,668,943 | 45 | $115,703,754 |
| 68 | Sebastian Stan | $5,181,331,492 | 29 | $178,666,603 |
| 69 | Hugo Weaving | $5,150,174,134 | 32 | $160,942,942 |
| 70 | Woody Harrelson | $5,122,602,939 | 83 | $61,718,108 |
| 71 | Michael Gambon | $5,110,614,972 | 45 | $113,569,222 |
| 72 | Mark Williams | $5,072,435,766 | 14 | $362,316,840 |
| 73 | Domhnall Gleeson | $5,047,378,974 | 25 | $201,895,159 |
| 74 | Pom Klementieff | $5,038,236,502 | 11 | $458,021,500 |
| 75 | Sam Worthington | $4,976,847,101 | 41 | $121,386,515 |
| 76 | Letitia Wright | $4,904,449,980 | 15 | $326,963,332 |
| 77 | Judi Dench | $4,860,075,876 | 48 | $101,251,581 |
| 78 | Harrison Ford | $4,832,286,908 | 47 | $102,814,615 |
| 79 | Chadwick Boseman | $4,767,756,031 | 12 | $397,313,003 |
| 80 | Brad Pitt | $4,745,678,086 | 51 | $93,052,511 |
| 81 | Toby Jones | $4,733,973,165 | 53 | $89,320,248 |
| 82 | Hayley Atwell | $4,727,969,502 | 17 | $278,115,853 |
| 83 | Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges | $4,723,996,357 | 20 | $236,199,818 |
| 84 | Gal Gadot | $4,714,349,828 | 20 | $235,717,491 |
| 85 | Djimon Hounsou | $4,713,923,540 | 38 | $124,050,619 |
| 86 | Brendan Gleeson | $4,707,216,085 | 55 | $85,585,747 |
| 87 | David Bradley | $4,701,197,386 | 21 | $223,866,542 |
| 88 | Adrian Rawlins | $4,679,805,460 | 16 | $292,487,841 |
| 89 | Liam Neeson | $4,669,732,152 | 85 | $54,938,025 |
| 90 | Jim Broadbent | $4,659,160,889 | 64 | $72,799,389 |
| 91 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $4,654,459,265 | 34 | $136,895,861 |
| 92 | Timothy Spall | $4,646,275,271 | 51 | $91,103,437 |
| 93 | Matt Damon | $4,622,786,460 | 61 | $75,783,385 |
| 94 | Stanley Tucci | $4,610,157,438 | 78 | $59,104,583 |
| 95 | Matt Gerald | $4,596,851,920 | 12 | $383,070,993 |
| 96 | Alfie Enoch | $4,586,862,596 | 7 | $655,266,085 |
| 97 | Jason Isaacs | $4,573,258,241 | 50 | $91,465,165 |
| 98 | Michael Caine | $4,488,442,845 | 78 | $57,544,139 |
| 99 | Evangeline Lilly | $4,482,419,893 | 13 | $344,801,530 |
| 100 | CCH Pounder | $4,481,999,295 | 16 | $280,124,956 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Samuel L. Jackson: By pinguino k (originally posted to Flickr as samuel l jackson) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Robert Downey, Jr.: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Zoe Saldana: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
