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Top Domestic Leading Stars for Dramatization Movies


See also: Domestic Leading Contemporary Fiction Stars - Domestic Leading Science Fiction Stars - Domestic Leading Kids Fiction Stars - Domestic Leading Historical Fiction Stars - Domestic Leading Super Hero Stars - Domestic Leading Fantasy Stars - Domestic Leading Factual Stars - International Leading Dramatization Stars - Worldwide Leading Dramatization Stars

This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative domestic box office of all the Dramatization movies a star has had a leading role in over their lifetime.

Roles in animated movies and other voice-only roles are included in the calculations in this chart.

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Tom Hanks
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 49 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Apollo 13 ($173,772,767 in 1995), Catch Me if You Can ($164,606,800 in 2002), Sully ($125,070,033 in 2016), Captain Phillips ($107,136,417 in 2013), Saving Mr. Banks ($83,299,761 in 2013), The Post ($81,903,458 in 2017), The Terminal ($77,073,959 in 2004), Charlie Wilson’s War ($66,661,095 in 2007), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood ($61,696,436 in 2019), Greyhound ($0 in 2020)

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Leonardo DiCaprio
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 23 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Revenant ($183,637,894 in 2015), Catch Me if You Can ($164,606,800 in 2002), Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood ($142,502,728 in 2019), The Wolf of Wall Street ($116,949,183 in 2013), The Aviator ($102,608,827 in 2004), J. Edgar ($37,306,030 in 2011), The Basketball Diaries ($2,381,087 in 1995), Total Eclipse ($339,889 in 1995), The Crowded Room ($0 in 2016)

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James Caviezel
Best known as an Actor based on credits in that role in 36 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Passion of the Christ ($370,782,930 in 2004), Sound of Freedom ($184,178,046 in 2023), The Thin Red Line ($36,400,491 in 1998), Paul, Apostle of Christ ($17,547,999 in 2018), Madison ($517,262 in 2005), Savannah ($36,746 in 2013)

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Complete List

Rank Name Domestic
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Tom Hanks $941,220,726 10 $94,122,073
2 Leonardo DiCaprio $750,332,438 9 $83,370,271
3 James Caviezel $609,463,474 6 $101,577,246
4 Bradley Cooper $556,676,060 4 $139,169,015
5 Denzel Washington $510,348,940 9 $56,705,438
6 Christian Bale $510,298,333 7 $72,899,762
7 Mark Wahlberg $433,162,979 9 $48,129,220
8 Kevin Costner $420,382,260 7 $60,054,609
9 Russell Crowe $411,531,945 7 $58,790,278
10 Matt Damon $387,279,708 8 $48,409,964
11 Cillian Murphy $357,880,188 4 $89,470,047
12 Brad Pitt $356,704,399 6 $59,450,733
13 Sienna Miller $351,821,096 3 $117,273,699
14 Julia Roberts $324,632,589 3 $108,210,863
15 Josh Hartnett $307,178,600 3 $102,392,867
16 Amy Adams $306,033,778 5 $61,206,756
17 Diane Lane $304,940,347 6 $50,823,391
18 Kate Beckinsale $301,148,682 3 $100,382,894
19 Robert De Niro $285,040,301 8 $35,630,038
20 Ben Affleck $276,280,157 6 $46,046,693
21 Owen Wilson $275,576,560 2 $137,788,280
22 Johnny Depp $271,707,304 9 $30,189,700
23 Sandra Bullock $271,592,036 3 $90,530,679
24 Will Smith $270,440,168 6 $45,073,361
25 Kurt Russell $250,954,580 6 $41,825,763
26 Margot Robbie $244,011,903 5 $48,802,381
27 Mike Myers $222,797,248 2 $111,398,624
28 Daniel Day-Lewis $221,346,188 3 $73,782,063
29 George Clooney $219,018,925 2 $109,509,463
30 Rami Malek $218,639,235 2 $109,319,618
31 Heather Graham $217,289,180 4 $54,322,295
32 Michelle Williams $216,795,444 5 $43,359,089
33 Zac Efron $209,952,002 4 $52,488,001
34 Jennifer Lawrence $206,549,688 5 $41,309,938
35 Tom Cruise $204,451,527 3 $68,150,509
36 Al Pacino $198,683,774 6 $33,113,962
37 Meryl Streep $196,651,244 8 $24,581,406
38 Hugh Jackman $192,123,742 4 $48,030,936
39 Fionn Whitehead $190,068,280 1 $190,068,280
40 Tom Hardy $185,615,867 5 $37,123,173
41 Kirsten Dunst $185,569,758 2 $92,784,879
42 Dennis Quaid $183,470,799 12 $15,289,233
43 William Fichtner $182,618,434 1 $182,618,434
44 Joaquin Phoenix $182,485,482 3 $60,828,494
45 Janelle Monáe $180,370,807 2 $90,185,404
46 Taraji P. Henson $179,962,903 3 $59,987,634
47 Jason Mitchell $177,987,924 2 $88,993,962
48 Val Kilmer $174,346,982 6 $29,057,830
49 Zendaya $174,340,174 1 $174,340,174
50 Rebecca Ferguson $174,340,174 1 $174,340,174
51 Dustin Hoffman $172,618,847 5 $34,523,769
52 Jim Parsons $170,991,290 3 $56,997,097
53 Octavia Spencer $169,607,287 1 $169,607,287
54 Benedict Cumberbatch $169,547,098 6 $28,257,850
55 Aldis Hodge $165,574,605 2 $82,787,303
56 Forest Whitaker $165,176,686 6 $27,529,448
57 Jaden Smith $162,586,036 1 $162,586,036
58 Corey Hawkins $161,197,785 1 $161,197,785
59 Neil Brown, Jr. $161,197,785 1 $161,197,785
60 O'Shea Jackson, Jr. $161,197,785 1 $161,197,785
61 Mel Gibson $159,398,430 4 $39,849,608
62 Reese Witherspoon $157,399,758 2 $78,699,879
63 Morgan Freeman $153,990,735 3 $51,330,245
64 Chris Cooper $153,278,734 2 $76,639,367
65 Jeremy Renner $152,693,310 4 $38,173,328
66 Cate Blanchett $151,518,620 4 $37,879,655
67 Austin Butler $151,416,153 1 $151,416,153
68 Liam Neeson $150,590,596 5 $30,118,119
69 Jeff Bridges $148,847,205 3 $49,615,735
70 Jennifer Lopez $148,302,430 3 $49,434,143
71 Anthony Hopkins $148,139,948 11 $13,467,268
72 Clint Eastwood $146,804,407 2 $73,402,204
73 Helena Bonham Carter $145,641,914 3 $48,547,305
74 Colin Firth $144,596,932 5 $28,919,386
75 Jessica Chastain $144,408,301 7 $20,629,757
76 Jake Gyllenhaal $143,421,023 6 $23,903,504
77 Jennifer Aniston $143,153,751 1 $143,153,751
78 Harrison Ford $142,671,920 3 $47,557,307
79 Geoffrey Rush $139,345,267 4 $34,836,317
80 Matthew McConaughey $139,061,074 4 $34,765,269
81 Chadwick Boseman $135,641,807 4 $33,910,452
82 Woody Harrelson $133,213,875 7 $19,030,554
83 Helen Mirren $132,878,197 8 $16,609,775
84 Adam Driver $132,488,889 6 $22,081,482
85 Daveed Diggs $132,422,809 1 $132,422,809
86 Izabela Vidovic $132,422,809 1 $132,422,809
87 Jacob Tremblay $132,422,809 1 $132,422,809
88 Mandy Patinkin $132,422,809 1 $132,422,809
89 Bryan Cranston $131,530,046 4 $32,882,512
90 Robert Redford $131,488,511 5 $26,297,702
91 Charlton Heston $128,620,591 2 $64,310,296
92 Sean Penn $124,208,051 6 $20,701,342
93 Derek Luke $123,477,521 4 $30,869,380
94 Emma Thompson $122,775,548 4 $30,693,887
95 Tobey Maguire $122,714,162 2 $61,357,081
96 Michael Peña $121,851,293 4 $30,462,823
97 Elizabeth Banks $120,790,624 3 $40,263,541
98 Ming-Na $120,620,254 1 $120,620,254
99 Viola Davis $119,788,236 3 $39,929,412
100 Nick Nolte $117,256,082 5 $23,451,216

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of 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

Tom Hanks: By Yeoman 1st Class Donna Lou Morgan [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Leonardo DiCaprio: By Siebbi (Leonardo DiCaprio) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

James Caviezel: By Ewen Roberts [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons