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Top Domestic Leading Stars for Super Hero Movies


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This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative domestic box office of all the Super Hero 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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Robert Downey, Jr.
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 30 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), The Avengers ($623,357,910 in 2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($459,005,868 in 2015), Iron Man 3 ($408,992,272 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($408,084,349 in 2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($334,580,976 in 2017), Iron Man ($318,604,126 in 2008), Iron Man 2 ($312,433,331 in 2010)

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Samuel L. Jackson
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 56 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), The Avengers ($623,357,910 in 2012), Incredibles 2 ($608,581,744 in 2018), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($459,005,868 in 2015), Captain Marvel ($426,829,839 in 2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($391,362,492 in 2019), The Incredibles ($261,441,092 in 2004), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($259,746,958 in 2014), Unbreakable ($94,999,143 in 2000), The Marvels ($84,500,223 in 2023)

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Scarlett Johansson
Best known as a Lead Ensemble Member Actress based on credits in that role in 18 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($678,815,482 in 2018), The Avengers ($623,357,910 in 2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($459,005,868 in 2015), Captain America: Civil War ($408,084,349 in 2016), Iron Man 2 ($312,433,331 in 2010), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($259,746,958 in 2014), Black Widow ($183,651,655 in 2021)

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Complete List

Rank Name Domestic
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Robert Downey, Jr. $4,402,247,314 9 $489,138,590
2 Samuel L. Jackson $4,068,198,269 10 $406,819,827
3 Scarlett Johansson $3,783,468,553 8 $472,933,569
4 Chris Hemsworth $3,665,260,143 8 $458,157,518
5 Chris Evans $3,595,959,810 8 $449,494,976
6 Tom Holland $3,077,943,485 6 $512,990,581
7 Mark Ruffalo $2,934,610,549 5 $586,922,110
8 Elizabeth Olsen $2,815,610,306 5 $563,122,061
9 Danai Gurira $2,691,077,108 4 $672,769,277
10 Letitia Wright $2,691,077,108 4 $672,769,277
11 Don Cheadle $2,666,698,434 5 $533,339,687
12 Chadwick Boseman $2,645,332,397 4 $661,333,099
13 Zoe Saldana $2,619,711,510 5 $523,942,302
14 Chris Pratt $2,619,711,510 6 $436,618,585
15 Bradley Cooper $2,619,711,510 5 $523,942,302
16 Dave Bautista $2,619,711,510 6 $436,618,585
17 Sebastian Stan $2,571,581,398 6 $428,596,900
18 Jeremy Renner $2,348,821,127 4 $587,205,282
19 Karen Gillan $2,285,997,398 5 $457,199,480
20 Pom Klementieff $2,285,997,398 4 $571,499,350
21 Tom Hiddleston $2,184,181,963 5 $436,836,393
22 Benedict Cumberbatch $2,181,162,009 4 $545,290,502
23 Benedict Wong $2,181,162,009 4 $545,290,502
24 Hugh Jackman $2,015,996,342 8 $251,999,543
25 Paul Bettany $1,945,272,831 3 $648,424,277
26 Gwyneth Paltrow $1,898,402,729 4 $474,600,682
27 Josh Brolin $1,861,780,217 3 $620,593,406
28 Vin Diesel $1,771,360,297 5 $354,272,059
29 Christian Bale $1,533,365,427 4 $383,341,357
30 Paul Rudd $1,469,730,812 4 $367,432,703
31 Evangeline Lilly $1,469,730,812 4 $367,432,703
32 Anthony Mackie $1,466,957,350 3 $488,985,783
33 Ryan Reynolds $1,441,009,474 4 $360,252,369
34 Brie Larson $1,369,703,062 3 $456,567,687
35 Jon Favreau $1,192,953,976 2 $596,476,988
36 Lupita Nyong'o $1,153,888,626 2 $576,944,313
37 Angela Bassett $1,153,888,626 2 $576,944,313
38 Martin Freeman $1,153,888,626 2 $576,944,313
39 Tobey Maguire $1,116,975,264 3 $372,325,088
40 Gal Gadot $1,018,748,933 4 $254,687,233
41 Craig T. Nelson $870,022,836 2 $435,011,418
42 Sarah Vowell $870,022,836 2 $435,011,418
43 Holly Hunter $870,022,836 2 $435,011,418
44 Terry Notary $858,373,000 1 $858,373,000
45 Henry Cavill $850,430,007 3 $283,476,669
46 Patrick Stewart $840,533,407 4 $210,133,352
47 Ian McKellen $840,533,407 4 $210,133,352
48 Idris Elba $758,268,478 5 $151,653,696
49 Michael B. Jordan $756,177,114 2 $378,088,557
50 Natalie Portman $730,649,594 3 $243,549,865
51 Zendaya $725,943,468 2 $362,971,734
52 Anthony Hopkins $702,451,053 3 $234,150,351
53 Forest Whitaker $700,059,566 1 $700,059,566
54 Daniel Kaluuya $700,059,566 1 $700,059,566
55 Andy Serkis $700,059,566 1 $700,059,566
56 Jason Momoa $688,567,328 3 $229,522,443
57 Ben Affleck $661,928,007 3 $220,642,669
58 Tessa Thompson $658,315,119 2 $329,157,560
59 Rachel McAdams $643,973,527 2 $321,986,764
60 Chiwetel Ejiofor $643,973,527 2 $321,986,764
61 Michael Douglas $611,357,812 3 $203,785,937
62 Huck Milner $608,581,744 1 $608,581,744
63 Michael Fassbender $601,618,302 4 $150,404,576
64 Jennifer Lawrence $601,618,302 4 $150,404,576
65 James McAvoy $601,618,302 4 $150,404,576
66 Michelle Pfeiffer $594,135,054 3 $198,045,018
67 Gemma Chan $591,700,103 2 $295,850,052
68 Shameik Moore $571,766,949 2 $285,883,475
69 Hailee Steinfeld $571,766,949 2 $285,883,475
70 Tom Hardy $566,817,656 3 $188,939,219
71 Will Smith $553,046,328 2 $276,523,164
72 Heath Ledger $536,625,724 1 $536,625,724
73 Nicole Kidman $519,252,720 2 $259,626,360
74 Michael Keaton $497,560,381 2 $248,780,191
75 Aaron Taylor-Johnson $484,032,178 2 $242,016,089
76 Colin Farrell $472,156,421 2 $236,078,211
77 Andrew Garfield $466,247,563 2 $233,123,782
78 Margot Robbie $465,075,940 3 $155,025,313
79 Patrick Wilson $459,543,033 2 $229,771,517
80 Chris Pine $459,364,444 2 $229,682,222
81 James Spader $459,005,868 1 $459,005,868
82 Tenoch Huerta $453,829,060 1 $453,829,060
83 Michaela Coel $453,829,060 1 $453,829,060
84 Dominique Thorne $453,829,060 1 $453,829,060
85 Florence Kasumba $453,829,060 1 $453,829,060
86 Winston Duke $453,829,060 1 $453,829,060
87 Kurt Russell $453,752,555 2 $226,876,278
88 Ben Mendelsohn $426,829,839 1 $426,829,839
89 Djimon Hounsou $426,829,839 1 $426,829,839
90 Lashana Lynch $426,829,839 1 $426,829,839
91 Lee Pace $426,829,839 1 $426,829,839
92 Clark Gregg $426,829,839 1 $426,829,839
93 Annette Bening $426,829,839 1 $426,829,839
94 Guy Pearce $419,014,059 2 $209,507,030
95 Michael Stuhlbarg $411,331,607 1 $411,331,607
96 Xochitl Gomez $411,331,607 1 $411,331,607
97 Ben Kingsley $408,992,272 1 $408,992,272
98 Hannah John-Kamen $406,555,844 2 $203,277,922
99 Jared Leto $398,965,584 2 $199,482,792
100 Michael Peña $396,850,903 2 $198,425,452

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

Robert Downey, Jr.: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Samuel L. Jackson: By pinguino k (originally posted to Flickr as samuel l jackson) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Scarlett Johansson: Foto: © JCS / , via Wikimedia Commons