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Top Domestic Leading Stars for Historical Fiction Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Contemporary Fiction Stars - Domestic Leading Science Fiction Stars - Domestic Leading Kids Fiction Stars - Domestic Leading Super Hero Stars - Domestic Leading Fantasy Stars - Domestic Leading Dramatization Stars - Domestic Leading Factual Stars - International Leading Historical Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Historical Fiction Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative domestic box office of all the Historical Fiction 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.
1
Johnny Depp
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 41 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($423,315,812 in 2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($309,420,425 in 2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($241,071,802 in 2011), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ($172,558,876 in 2017), Murder on the Orient Express ($102,826,543 in 2017), Sleepy Hollow ($101,068,340 in 1999), The Lone Ranger ($89,302,115 in 2013), Chocolat ($71,309,760 in 2000), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ($52,898,073 in 2007), Finding Neverland ($51,676,606 in 2004) |
2
Leonardo DiCaprio
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 23 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Titanic ($674,460,013 in 1997), Django Unchained ($162,805,434 in 2012), The Great Gatsby ($144,840,419 in 2013), Shutter Island ($128,012,934 in 2010), Gangs of New York ($77,730,500 in 2002), Killers of the Flower Moon ($68,026,901 in 2023), Blood Diamond ($57,377,916 in 2006), The Man in the Iron Mask ($56,968,169 in 1998), Revolutionary Road ($22,951,340 in 2008), This Boy's Life ($4,104,962 in 1993) |
3
Harrison Ford
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 36 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($317,101,119 in 2008), Raiders of the Lost Ark ($225,686,079 in 1981), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ($197,171,806 in 1989), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ($179,880,271 in 1984), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny ($174,480,468 in 2023), The Call of the Wild ($62,342,368 in 2020), The Frisco Kid ($12,000,000 in 1979), Force 10 from Navarone ($7,100,000 in 1978), Hanover Street ($3,000,000 in 1979) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Depp | $1,674,499,910 | 17 | $98,499,995 |
| 2 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $1,397,278,588 | 10 | $139,727,859 |
| 3 | Harrison Ford | $1,178,762,111 | 9 | $130,973,568 |
| 4 | Tom Hanks | $1,053,744,296 | 10 | $105,374,430 |
| 5 | Orlando Bloom | $933,811,140 | 5 | $186,762,228 |
| 6 | Keira Knightley | $851,132,298 | 8 | $106,391,537 |
| 7 | Jude Law | $807,504,837 | 11 | $73,409,531 |
| 8 | Russell Crowe | $796,231,296 | 9 | $88,470,144 |
| 9 | Kate Winslet | $762,781,036 | 8 | $95,347,630 |
| 10 | Geoffrey Rush | $750,289,490 | 6 | $125,048,248 |
| 11 | Matt Damon | $696,091,604 | 10 | $69,609,160 |
| 12 | Brad Pitt | $674,701,089 | 12 | $56,225,091 |
| 13 | Cate Blanchett | $671,653,010 | 9 | $74,628,112 |
| 14 | Karen Allen | $547,805,009 | 3 | $182,601,670 |
| 15 | Willem Dafoe | $491,748,926 | 14 | $35,124,923 |
| 16 | Nicole Kidman | $451,403,256 | 13 | $34,723,327 |
| 17 | Robert Redford | $444,707,613 | 8 | $55,588,452 |
| 18 | Kevin Costner | $441,320,138 | 6 | $73,553,356 |
| 19 | Bill Nighy | $441,009,793 | 6 | $73,501,632 |
| 20 | Shia LaBeouf | $440,832,455 | 4 | $110,208,114 |
| 21 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $439,663,998 | 8 | $54,958,000 |
| 22 | Mel Gibson | $430,663,549 | 9 | $47,851,505 |
| 23 | John Goodman | $401,415,688 | 5 | $80,283,138 |
| 24 | Clint Eastwood | $392,992,694 | 19 | $20,683,826 |
| 25 | Tom Cruise | $382,303,936 | 6 | $63,717,323 |
| 26 | Penélope Cruz | $379,102,435 | 4 | $94,775,609 |
| 27 | Paul Newman | $373,677,741 | 5 | $74,735,548 |
| 28 | John Rhys-Davies | $372,888,368 | 4 | $93,222,092 |
| 29 | Hugh Jackman | $372,054,579 | 4 | $93,013,645 |
| 30 | Helena Bonham Carter | $358,847,149 | 13 | $27,603,627 |
| 31 | Sean Connery | $355,243,084 | 4 | $88,810,771 |
| 32 | Renée Zellweger | $340,767,273 | 6 | $56,794,546 |
| 33 | Rachel McAdams | $332,234,854 | 3 | $110,744,951 |
| 34 | Bill Skarsgård | $328,978,983 | 3 | $109,659,661 |
| 35 | Jaeden Lieberher | $328,828,874 | 1 | $328,828,874 |
| 36 | Ray Winstone | $317,127,464 | 2 | $158,563,732 |
| 37 | Antonio Banderas | $313,884,549 | 3 | $104,628,183 |
| 38 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | $310,091,599 | 3 | $103,363,866 |
| 39 | Steve Carell | $309,962,980 | 4 | $77,490,745 |
| 40 | Al Pacino | $309,785,800 | 6 | $51,630,967 |
| 41 | Jack Davenport | $309,420,425 | 1 | $309,420,425 |
| 42 | John Travolta | $304,202,886 | 5 | $60,840,577 |
| 43 | Christoph Waltz | $303,957,941 | 4 | $75,989,485 |
| 44 | Rosie O'Donnell | $301,623,027 | 2 | $150,811,514 |
| 45 | Jamie Foxx | $296,996,018 | 3 | $98,998,673 |
| 46 | Josh Brolin | $294,254,827 | 5 | $58,850,965 |
| 47 | Meryl Streep | $294,113,106 | 10 | $29,411,311 |
| 48 | Richard Gere | $292,306,392 | 6 | $48,717,732 |
| 49 | Denzel Washington | $292,097,750 | 6 | $48,682,958 |
| 50 | Daniel Day-Lewis | $283,707,365 | 8 | $35,463,421 |
| 51 | Will Ferrell | $275,598,526 | 4 | $68,899,632 |
| 52 | Ralph Fiennes | $271,439,176 | 11 | $24,676,289 |
| 53 | Christian Bale | $268,913,661 | 13 | $20,685,666 |
| 54 | Emma Stone | $266,343,331 | 3 | $88,781,110 |
| 55 | Julie Andrews | $265,957,539 | 6 | $44,326,257 |
| 56 | Gerard Butler | $262,590,376 | 3 | $87,530,125 |
| 57 | Morgan Freeman | $262,402,689 | 6 | $43,733,782 |
| 58 | Viola Davis | $260,834,961 | 3 | $86,944,987 |
| 59 | Diane Kruger | $259,753,074 | 4 | $64,938,269 |
| 60 | Robert De Niro | $259,727,519 | 12 | $21,643,960 |
| 61 | Anthony Hopkins | $256,039,614 | 6 | $42,673,269 |
| 62 | Javier Bardem | $251,449,989 | 3 | $83,816,663 |
| 63 | George Clooney | $246,953,134 | 6 | $41,158,856 |
| 64 | Glenn Close | $242,768,945 | 5 | $48,553,789 |
| 65 | Ian McShane | $241,071,802 | 2 | $120,535,901 |
| 66 | Charlie Sheen | $236,387,363 | 4 | $59,096,841 |
| 67 | Tobey Maguire | $231,562,564 | 4 | $57,890,641 |
| 68 | Kevin Kline | $230,016,522 | 3 | $76,672,174 |
| 69 | Hugh Bonneville | $219,027,035 | 3 | $73,009,012 |
| 70 | Tom Sizemore | $216,335,085 | 3 | $72,111,695 |
| 71 | Edward Burns | $216,335,085 | 1 | $216,335,085 |
| 72 | Saoirse Ronan | $215,826,926 | 6 | $35,971,154 |
| 73 | Paul Rudd | $211,821,741 | 4 | $52,955,435 |
| 74 | David Koechner | $211,550,085 | 3 | $70,516,695 |
| 75 | Joel Edgerton | $211,368,725 | 3 | $70,456,242 |
| 76 | Jeff Bridges | $209,587,205 | 3 | $69,862,402 |
| 77 | Clark Gable | $207,852,470 | 2 | $103,926,235 |
| 78 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $202,626,266 | 6 | $33,771,044 |
| 79 | Armie Hammer | $200,241,830 | 6 | $33,373,638 |
| 80 | Bill Murray | $198,780,066 | 5 | $39,756,013 |
| 81 | Joseph Fiennes | $198,761,110 | 4 | $49,690,278 |
| 82 | Vivien Leigh | $198,680,470 | 2 | $99,340,235 |
| 83 | Toby Jones | $198,629,861 | 2 | $99,314,931 |
| 84 | Alison Doody | $197,171,806 | 1 | $197,171,806 |
| 85 | Michael Byrne | $197,171,806 | 1 | $197,171,806 |
| 86 | Denholm Elliott | $197,171,806 | 1 | $197,171,806 |
| 87 | Mads Mikkelsen | $196,448,460 | 5 | $39,289,692 |
| 88 | Kenneth Branagh | $195,429,153 | 4 | $48,857,288 |
| 89 | Minnie Driver | $194,525,081 | 5 | $38,905,016 |
| 90 | Scarlett Johansson | $194,181,817 | 7 | $27,740,260 |
| 91 | Amanda Seyfried | $191,981,105 | 2 | $95,990,553 |
| 92 | Maggie Smith | $189,054,942 | 5 | $37,810,988 |
| 93 | Owen Wilson | $188,868,488 | 5 | $37,773,698 |
| 94 | Tilda Swinton | $188,311,345 | 8 | $23,538,918 |
| 95 | Jessica Tandy | $187,798,126 | 2 | $93,899,063 |
| 96 | Noomi Rapace | $187,343,592 | 4 | $46,835,898 |
| 97 | Jared Harris | $186,848,418 | 1 | $186,848,418 |
| 98 | Margot Robbie | $186,340,109 | 6 | $31,056,685 |
| 99 | Emily Blunt | $184,379,279 | 4 | $46,094,820 |
| 100 | Charlize Theron | $182,537,326 | 5 | $36,507,465 |
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
Johnny Depp: By Arnold WellsUploaded by MyCanon (Johnny Depp) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Leonardo DiCaprio: By Siebbi (Leonardo DiCaprio) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Harrison Ford: Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
