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Top Domestic Leading Stars for Drama Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Adventure Stars - Domestic Leading Action Stars - Domestic Leading Comedy Stars - Domestic Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - Domestic Leading Horror Stars - Domestic Leading Romantic Comedy Stars - Domestic Leading Musical Stars - International Leading Drama Stars - Worldwide Leading Drama Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative domestic box office of all the Drama 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
Tom Hanks
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 49 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Forrest Gump ($330,151,138 in 1994), Saving Private Ryan ($216,335,085 in 1998), Apollo 13 ($173,772,767 in 1995), Catch Me if You Can ($164,606,800 in 2002), The Green Mile ($136,801,374 in 1999), Sully ($125,070,033 in 2016), Captain Phillips ($107,136,417 in 2013), Road to Perdition ($104,054,514 in 2002), Saving Mr. Banks ($83,299,761 in 2013), The Post ($81,903,458 in 2017) |
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), Catch Me if You Can ($164,606,800 in 2002), The Great Gatsby ($144,840,419 in 2013), The Departed ($132,384,315 in 2006), The Aviator ($102,608,827 in 2004), Gangs of New York ($77,730,500 in 2002), Romeo+Juliet ($46,338,728 in 1996), The Beach ($39,778,599 in 2000), J. Edgar ($37,306,030 in 2011), Revolutionary Road ($22,951,340 in 2008) |
3
Robert Pattinson
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 22 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($300,531,751 in 2010), The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($296,623,634 in 2009), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 ($292,324,737 in 2012), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 ($281,287,133 in 2011), Twilight ($192,769,854 in 2008), Water for Elephants ($58,709,717 in 2011), Remember Me ($19,068,240 in 2010), Good Time ($2,026,498 in 2017), Bel Ami ($120,462 in 2012), Life ($0 in 2015) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Hanks | $1,838,237,235 | 19 | $96,749,328 |
| 2 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $1,462,634,814 | 15 | $97,508,988 |
| 3 | Robert Pattinson | $1,443,462,026 | 11 | $131,223,821 |
| 4 | Kristen Stewart | $1,389,795,964 | 18 | $77,210,887 |
| 5 | Taylor Lautner | $1,363,537,109 | 6 | $227,256,185 |
| 6 | Matt Damon | $1,123,704,014 | 18 | $62,428,001 |
| 7 | Al Pacino | $871,379,990 | 26 | $33,514,615 |
| 8 | Kate Winslet | $855,096,072 | 19 | $45,005,056 |
| 9 | Denzel Washington | $837,718,054 | 19 | $44,090,424 |
| 10 | Bradley Cooper | $809,674,293 | 10 | $80,967,429 |
| 11 | Meryl Streep | $758,334,911 | 27 | $28,086,478 |
| 12 | Brad Pitt | $737,597,268 | 18 | $40,977,626 |
| 13 | Kevin Costner | $696,915,299 | 17 | $40,995,018 |
| 14 | Robert De Niro | $675,605,366 | 30 | $22,520,179 |
| 15 | Julia Roberts | $630,544,362 | 10 | $63,054,436 |
| 16 | Sylvester Stallone | $614,157,784 | 9 | $68,239,754 |
| 17 | Johnny Depp | $608,192,014 | 20 | $30,409,601 |
| 18 | Demi Moore | $607,555,702 | 12 | $50,629,642 |
| 19 | Russell Crowe | $589,141,926 | 14 | $42,081,566 |
| 20 | George Clooney | $569,774,037 | 9 | $63,308,226 |
| 21 | Jack Nicholson | $568,155,979 | 13 | $43,704,306 |
| 22 | Clint Eastwood | $561,920,029 | 10 | $56,192,003 |
| 23 | Sandra Bullock | $555,135,146 | 9 | $61,681,683 |
| 24 | Tom Cruise | $536,779,369 | 10 | $53,677,937 |
| 25 | Robert Redford | $533,293,472 | 14 | $38,092,391 |
| 26 | Robin Williams | $505,133,983 | 9 | $56,125,998 |
| 27 | Daniel Day-Lewis | $491,984,919 | 12 | $40,998,743 |
| 28 | John Travolta | $479,099,969 | 14 | $34,221,426 |
| 29 | Christian Bale | $477,365,997 | 14 | $34,097,571 |
| 30 | James Caviezel | $455,413,391 | 6 | $75,902,232 |
| 31 | Morgan Freeman | $448,061,078 | 15 | $29,870,739 |
| 32 | Dakota Johnson | $446,266,288 | 10 | $44,626,629 |
| 33 | Diane Lane | $445,444,303 | 11 | $40,494,937 |
| 34 | Michael B. Jordan | $440,377,759 | 8 | $55,047,220 |
| 35 | Matthew McConaughey | $421,386,393 | 11 | $38,307,854 |
| 36 | Octavia Spencer | $418,270,481 | 4 | $104,567,620 |
| 37 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $413,199,287 | 13 | $31,784,561 |
| 38 | Nicole Kidman | $413,001,665 | 27 | $15,296,358 |
| 39 | Richard Dreyfuss | $409,084,548 | 5 | $81,816,910 |
| 40 | Will Smith | $408,777,482 | 10 | $40,877,748 |
| 41 | Mel Gibson | $405,918,153 | 15 | $27,061,210 |
| 42 | Rachel McAdams | $392,292,654 | 10 | $39,229,265 |
| 43 | Jamie Dornan | $390,473,311 | 7 | $55,781,902 |
| 44 | Willem Dafoe | $387,404,149 | 23 | $16,843,659 |
| 45 | Dustin Hoffman | $382,524,528 | 14 | $27,323,181 |
| 46 | Sienna Miller | $362,516,571 | 8 | $45,314,571 |
| 47 | Cate Blanchett | $361,972,908 | 13 | $27,844,070 |
| 48 | Tobey Maguire | $353,645,947 | 5 | $70,729,189 |
| 49 | Patrick Swayze | $350,289,724 | 8 | $43,786,216 |
| 50 | Richard Gere | $347,203,344 | 18 | $19,289,075 |
| 51 | Kirsten Dunst | $346,914,670 | 9 | $38,546,074 |
| 52 | Joel Edgerton | $346,736,637 | 10 | $34,673,664 |
| 53 | Paul Newman | $345,419,103 | 13 | $26,570,700 |
| 54 | Viola Davis | $338,096,022 | 9 | $37,566,225 |
| 55 | Cillian Murphy | $332,474,769 | 5 | $66,494,954 |
| 56 | Jim Carrey | $325,850,741 | 4 | $81,462,685 |
| 57 | Dennis Quaid | $319,726,337 | 20 | $15,986,317 |
| 58 | Jude Law | $308,405,635 | 11 | $28,036,876 |
| 59 | Samuel L. Jackson | $305,270,959 | 17 | $17,957,115 |
| 60 | Harrison Ford | $301,856,286 | 9 | $33,539,587 |
| 61 | Reese Witherspoon | $298,064,682 | 9 | $33,118,298 |
| 62 | Jodie Foster | $296,314,182 | 12 | $24,692,849 |
| 63 | Nicolas Cage | $295,775,223 | 15 | $19,718,348 |
| 64 | Mark Wahlberg | $295,124,024 | 8 | $36,890,503 |
| 65 | Amy Adams | $294,822,773 | 8 | $36,852,847 |
| 66 | Channing Tatum | $293,603,371 | 7 | $41,943,339 |
| 67 | Ben Affleck | $282,067,092 | 16 | $17,629,193 |
| 68 | Susan Sarandon | $280,261,296 | 22 | $12,739,150 |
| 69 | Helena Bonham Carter | $277,324,631 | 15 | $18,488,309 |
| 70 | Ryan Gosling | $272,431,828 | 10 | $27,243,183 |
| 71 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $272,280,686 | 13 | $20,944,668 |
| 72 | Lady Gaga | $269,098,440 | 2 | $134,549,220 |
| 73 | Forest Whitaker | $265,787,283 | 14 | $18,984,806 |
| 74 | Michael Douglas | $261,602,246 | 6 | $43,600,374 |
| 75 | Jeff Bridges | $249,110,762 | 10 | $24,911,076 |
| 76 | Annette Bening | $248,949,761 | 13 | $19,149,982 |
| 77 | Kevin Spacey | $246,176,262 | 9 | $27,352,918 |
| 78 | Meg Ryan | $241,663,647 | 8 | $30,207,956 |
| 79 | Michael Peña | $238,830,693 | 8 | $29,853,837 |
| 80 | Cameron Diaz | $238,601,423 | 7 | $34,085,918 |
| 81 | Emma Stone | $237,949,368 | 4 | $59,487,342 |
| 82 | Joaquin Phoenix | $236,871,007 | 10 | $23,687,101 |
| 83 | Kevin Bacon | $233,652,983 | 7 | $33,378,998 |
| 84 | Winona Ryder | $230,880,645 | 9 | $25,653,405 |
| 85 | Edward Burns | $228,597,794 | 4 | $57,149,449 |
| 86 | Michael Shannon | $223,747,376 | 12 | $18,645,615 |
| 87 | Liam Neeson | $223,231,355 | 16 | $13,951,960 |
| 88 | Rami Malek | $219,652,335 | 3 | $73,217,445 |
| 89 | Toni Collette | $219,600,363 | 8 | $27,450,045 |
| 90 | Hugh Bonneville | $219,027,035 | 4 | $54,756,759 |
| 91 | Tom Sizemore | $216,356,498 | 4 | $54,089,125 |
| 92 | Keira Knightley | $215,820,384 | 14 | $15,415,742 |
| 93 | Saoirse Ronan | $212,992,732 | 8 | $26,624,092 |
| 94 | Bryce Dallas Howard | $211,778,092 | 3 | $70,592,697 |
| 95 | Daniel Craig | $210,161,223 | 6 | $35,026,871 |
| 96 | Clark Gable | $207,852,470 | 2 | $103,926,235 |
| 97 | Judi Dench | $204,661,770 | 10 | $20,466,177 |
| 98 | Don Cheadle | $202,392,741 | 7 | $28,913,249 |
| 99 | Lily James | $201,860,325 | 4 | $50,465,081 |
| 100 | Bruce Willis | $201,336,679 | 8 | $25,167,085 |
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
Robert Pattinson: Georges Biard [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
