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Top Domestic Leading Stars for Thriller/Suspense Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Adventure Stars - Domestic Leading Action Stars - Domestic Leading Comedy Stars - Domestic Leading Drama Stars - Domestic Leading Horror Stars - Domestic Leading Romantic Comedy Stars - Domestic Leading Musical Stars - International Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - Worldwide Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative domestic box office of all the Thriller/Suspense 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
Matt Damon
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 39 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Bourne Ultimatum ($227,471,070 in 2007), Ocean’s Eleven ($183,417,150 in 2001), The Bourne Supremacy ($176,087,450 in 2004), The Bourne Identity ($121,468,960 in 2002), The Talented Mr. Ripley ($81,292,135 in 1999), Contagion ($75,658,097 in 2011), The Adjustment Bureau ($62,495,645 in 2011), The King of Oil ($0 in ) |
2
Denzel Washington
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 47 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Safe House ($126,181,630 in 2012), The Pelican Brief ($100,768,056 in 1993), Inside Man ($88,634,237 in 2006), Man on Fire ($77,906,816 in 2004), Training Day ($76,261,036 in 2001), John Q. ($71,026,631 in 2002), The Bone Collector ($66,488,090 in 1999), The Manchurian Candidate ($65,948,711 in 2004), Déjà Vu ($64,038,616 in 2006), Out of Time ($41,083,108 in 2003) |
3
Morgan Freeman
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 38 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Now You See Me ($117,723,989 in 2013), Se7en ($100,908,157 in 1995), Olympus Has Fallen ($98,927,592 in 2013), Along Came a Spider ($74,058,698 in 2001), Angel Has Fallen ($69,030,436 in 2019), Outbreak ($67,823,573 in 1995), Now You See Me 2 ($65,075,540 in 2016), London Has Fallen ($62,524,260 in 2016), Kiss the Girls ($60,527,873 in 1997), High Crimes ($41,543,207 in 2002) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Damon | $927,890,507 | 8 | $115,986,313 |
| 2 | Denzel Washington | $846,239,198 | 15 | $56,415,947 |
| 3 | Morgan Freeman | $780,638,791 | 17 | $45,919,929 |
| 4 | Bruce Willis | $731,385,112 | 16 | $45,711,570 |
| 5 | Ben Affleck | $729,176,696 | 12 | $60,764,725 |
| 6 | Michael Douglas | $673,602,938 | 15 | $44,906,863 |
| 7 | Brad Pitt | $669,866,087 | 10 | $66,986,609 |
| 8 | Harrison Ford | $659,720,473 | 8 | $82,465,059 |
| 9 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $603,573,011 | 4 | $150,893,253 |
| 10 | George Clooney | $584,952,926 | 5 | $116,990,585 |
| 11 | Joaquin Phoenix | $507,949,118 | 3 | $169,316,373 |
| 12 | Liam Neeson | $499,889,034 | 14 | $35,706,360 |
| 13 | Samuel L. Jackson | $441,003,494 | 16 | $27,562,718 |
| 14 | Tom Cruise | $422,134,315 | 4 | $105,533,579 |
| 15 | Sandra Bullock | $404,441,911 | 5 | $80,888,382 |
| 16 | Mel Gibson | $387,105,602 | 12 | $32,258,800 |
| 17 | Mark Wahlberg | $353,915,741 | 10 | $35,391,574 |
| 18 | Gerard Butler | $353,307,635 | 10 | $35,330,764 |
| 19 | Angelina Jolie | $344,781,369 | 8 | $43,097,671 |
| 20 | Julia Roberts | $342,835,087 | 8 | $42,854,386 |
| 21 | Robert De Niro | $326,885,421 | 12 | $27,240,452 |
| 22 | Richard Gere | $317,508,764 | 13 | $24,423,751 |
| 23 | Jodie Foster | $317,151,533 | 6 | $52,858,589 |
| 24 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | $313,938,129 | 3 | $104,646,043 |
| 25 | Maggie Grace | $305,297,965 | 5 | $61,059,593 |
| 26 | Elliot Page | $293,662,683 | 1 | $293,662,683 |
| 27 | Haley Joel Osment | $293,506,292 | 2 | $146,753,146 |
| 28 | Robert Shaw | $286,481,270 | 2 | $143,240,635 |
| 29 | Richard Dreyfuss | $286,481,270 | 5 | $57,296,254 |
| 30 | Roy Scheider | $286,481,270 | 1 | $286,481,270 |
| 31 | Clint Eastwood | $282,997,421 | 6 | $47,166,237 |
| 32 | Kurt Russell | $278,700,925 | 7 | $39,814,418 |
| 33 | Jamie Foxx | $275,096,109 | 6 | $45,849,352 |
| 34 | Clive Owen | $269,393,899 | 10 | $26,939,390 |
| 35 | Daisy Edgar-Jones | $267,762,265 | 2 | $133,881,133 |
| 36 | Glen Powell | $267,762,265 | 5 | $53,552,453 |
| 37 | Anthony Ramos | $267,762,265 | 2 | $133,881,133 |
| 38 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $263,519,481 | 12 | $21,959,957 |
| 39 | Tom Hanks | $260,531,018 | 4 | $65,132,755 |
| 40 | Will Smith | $256,393,010 | 6 | $42,732,168 |
| 41 | Al Pacino | $255,415,908 | 9 | $28,379,545 |
| 42 | Blake Lively | $253,835,186 | 8 | $31,729,398 |
| 43 | Laurence Fishburne | $251,166,983 | 11 | $22,833,362 |
| 44 | John Travolta | $242,056,866 | 13 | $18,619,759 |
| 45 | Jeremy Renner | $241,641,837 | 4 | $60,410,459 |
| 46 | Wesley Snipes | $240,989,008 | 8 | $30,123,626 |
| 47 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $238,195,809 | 4 | $59,548,952 |
| 48 | Andy Garcia | $236,432,810 | 7 | $33,776,116 |
| 49 | Sharon Stone | $235,506,822 | 6 | $39,251,137 |
| 50 | Kevin Spacey | $234,801,758 | 7 | $33,543,108 |
| 51 | James Caviezel | $233,213,740 | 4 | $58,303,435 |
| 52 | Dennis Quaid | $229,760,147 | 11 | $20,887,286 |
| 53 | Pierce Brosnan | $225,891,367 | 12 | $18,824,281 |
| 54 | Jon Hamm | $222,870,465 | 5 | $44,574,093 |
| 55 | Woody Harrelson | $221,991,622 | 7 | $31,713,089 |
| 56 | Dave Franco | $221,383,155 | 4 | $55,345,789 |
| 57 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $218,165,778 | 4 | $54,541,445 |
| 58 | John Goodman | $214,066,817 | 3 | $71,355,606 |
| 59 | Nicole Kidman | $210,175,548 | 14 | $15,012,539 |
| 60 | Johnny Depp | $207,623,900 | 8 | $25,952,988 |
| 61 | Mark Ruffalo | $201,007,607 | 4 | $50,251,902 |
| 62 | Jude Law | $194,343,487 | 10 | $19,434,349 |
| 63 | Nicolas Cage | $191,912,976 | 19 | $10,100,683 |
| 64 | Rosamund Pike | $187,701,924 | 10 | $18,770,192 |
| 65 | Shia LaBeouf | $187,392,159 | 5 | $37,478,432 |
| 66 | Emily Blunt | $184,779,973 | 3 | $61,593,324 |
| 67 | Aaron Eckhart | $184,132,472 | 14 | $13,152,319 |
| 68 | Michael Caine | $183,142,424 | 7 | $26,163,203 |
| 69 | Jesse Eisenberg | $183,071,284 | 7 | $26,153,041 |
| 70 | Sean Connery | $180,561,088 | 3 | $60,187,029 |
| 71 | Ryan Reynolds | $170,190,943 | 5 | $34,038,189 |
| 72 | Benicio del Toro | $168,316,213 | 5 | $33,663,243 |
| 73 | Anthony Hopkins | $166,337,097 | 12 | $13,861,425 |
| 74 | Noomi Rapace | $166,173,012 | 13 | $12,782,539 |
| 75 | Edward Norton | $164,025,304 | 2 | $82,012,652 |
| 76 | Aaron Taylor-Johnson | $163,158,123 | 4 | $40,789,531 |
| 77 | Natalie Portman | $159,787,533 | 3 | $53,262,511 |
| 78 | Dean-Charles Chapman | $159,227,644 | 1 | $159,227,644 |
| 79 | George MacKay | $159,227,644 | 2 | $79,613,822 |
| 80 | Glenn Close | $156,645,693 | 1 | $156,645,693 |
| 81 | Bryce Dallas Howard | $156,482,689 | 2 | $78,241,345 |
| 82 | Michael Ealy | $156,468,028 | 4 | $39,117,007 |
| 83 | John Cusack | $156,275,691 | 18 | $8,681,983 |
| 84 | Nick Nolte | $154,218,045 | 5 | $30,843,609 |
| 85 | Jennifer Lopez | $154,080,884 | 9 | $17,120,098 |
| 86 | Demi Moore | $153,240,553 | 4 | $38,310,138 |
| 87 | Idris Elba | $152,799,631 | 7 | $21,828,519 |
| 88 | Brian Tyree Henry | $152,479,371 | 3 | $50,826,457 |
| 89 | Bryan Cranston | $151,479,282 | 3 | $50,493,094 |
| 90 | Dustin Hoffman | $151,157,166 | 6 | $25,192,861 |
| 91 | Ethan Hawke | $150,220,125 | 10 | $15,022,013 |
| 92 | Tommy Lee Jones | $149,948,814 | 3 | $49,982,938 |
| 93 | Kevin Costner | $149,641,334 | 6 | $24,940,222 |
| 94 | Rooney Mara | $146,026,657 | 3 | $48,675,552 |
| 95 | Alan Arkin | $145,761,548 | 2 | $72,880,774 |
| 96 | Margot Robbie | $142,624,189 | 4 | $35,656,047 |
| 97 | Rebecca Hall | $141,724,522 | 3 | $47,241,507 |
| 98 | Jessica Chastain | $141,514,189 | 6 | $23,585,698 |
| 99 | Sharlto Copley | $140,763,190 | 2 | $70,381,595 |
| 100 | Rebecca De Mornay | $140,193,951 | 5 | $28,038,790 |
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
Matt Damon: By nicolas genin from Paris, France [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Denzel Washington: Falkenauge at the German language Wikipedia [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Morgan Freeman: By David Sifry (David Sifry's flickr account) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
