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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.

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Jennifer Lawrence
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 21 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Hunger Games ($408,010,692 in 2012), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 ($337,135,885 in 2014), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 ($281,723,902 in 2015), Passengers ($100,014,699 in 2016), Red Sparrow ($46,874,505 in 2018), mother! ($17,800,004 in 2017)

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Matt Damon
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 37 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Martian ($228,433,663 in 2015), 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 Instigators ($0 in 2024), The King of Oil ($0 in 2019)

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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 ($100,125,643 in 1995), Olympus Has Fallen ($98,927,592 in 2013), Oblivion ($89,107,235 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)

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Complete List

Rank Name Domestic
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Jennifer Lawrence $1,191,559,687 6 $198,593,281
2 Matt Damon $1,156,324,170 10 $115,632,417
3 Morgan Freeman $868,963,512 17 $51,115,501
4 Denzel Washington $844,739,198 15 $56,315,947
5 Bruce Willis $731,385,112 16 $45,711,570
6 Michael Douglas $673,602,938 15 $44,906,863
7 Brad Pitt $669,083,573 11 $60,825,779
8 Ben Affleck $663,653,330 10 $66,365,333
9 Harrison Ford $659,627,568 8 $82,453,446
10 Leonardo DiCaprio $602,486,523 4 $150,621,631
11 George Clooney $584,952,926 6 $97,492,154
12 Tom Cruise $511,241,550 5 $102,248,310
13 Liam Neeson $497,629,021 14 $35,544,930
14 Tom Hanks $478,067,156 5 $95,613,431
15 Joaquin Phoenix $449,648,831 3 $149,882,944
16 Samuel L. Jackson $441,003,494 16 $27,562,718
17 Sandra Bullock $404,441,911 5 $80,888,382
18 Mel Gibson $387,105,602 11 $35,191,418
19 Gerard Butler $353,307,635 9 $39,256,404
20 Angelina Jolie $344,781,369 7 $49,254,481
21 Julia Roberts $339,678,281 7 $48,525,469
22 Robert De Niro $326,885,421 11 $29,716,856
23 Mark Wahlberg $324,132,214 9 $36,014,690
24 Richard Gere $317,508,764 13 $24,423,751
25 Jodie Foster $317,151,533 6 $52,858,589
26 Joseph Gordon-Levitt $312,851,641 3 $104,283,880
27 Maggie Grace $305,297,965 4 $76,324,491
28 Haley Joel Osment $293,506,292 2 $146,753,146
29 Elliot Page $292,576,195 1 $292,576,195
30 Kurt Russell $278,700,925 7 $39,814,418
31 Jamie Foxx $275,096,109 6 $45,849,352
32 Kevin Costner $271,648,074 7 $38,806,868
33 Clive Owen $268,599,808 8 $33,574,976
34 Jake Gyllenhaal $263,519,481 11 $23,956,316
35 Will Smith $256,393,010 5 $51,278,602
36 Al Pacino $255,415,908 8 $31,926,989
37 Blake Lively $253,835,186 8 $31,729,398
38 John Travolta $242,056,866 12 $20,171,406
39 Jeremy Renner $241,641,837 4 $60,410,459
40 Wesley Snipes $240,989,008 8 $30,123,626
41 Gwyneth Paltrow $238,195,809 4 $59,548,952
42 Clint Eastwood $237,211,701 5 $47,442,340
43 Kevin Spacey $235,798,668 6 $39,299,778
44 Sharon Stone $235,506,822 6 $39,251,137
45 James Caviezel $233,213,740 4 $58,303,435
46 Dennis Quaid $229,711,248 10 $22,971,125
47 Jon Hamm $222,870,465 5 $44,574,093
48 Dave Franco $221,383,155 4 $55,345,789
49 Michelle Pfeiffer $218,165,778 4 $54,541,445
50 Audrey Tautou $217,536,138 1 $217,536,138
51 John Goodman $214,066,817 3 $71,355,606
52 Laurence Fishburne $209,671,609 11 $19,061,055
53 Andy Garcia $208,770,932 6 $34,795,155
54 Johnny Depp $207,623,900 7 $29,660,557
55 Pierce Brosnan $204,417,332 11 $18,583,394
56 Mark Ruffalo $201,007,607 3 $67,002,536
57 Woody Harrelson $200,940,442 6 $33,490,074
58 Jude Law $190,737,786 7 $27,248,255
59 Lupita Nyong'o $189,655,035 2 $94,827,518
60 Rosamund Pike $187,701,924 7 $26,814,561
61 Shia LaBeouf $187,392,159 4 $46,848,040
62 Nicolas Cage $187,274,909 17 $11,016,171
63 Emily Blunt $184,779,973 3 $61,593,324
64 Aaron Eckhart $184,132,472 11 $16,739,316
65 Michael Caine $183,142,424 8 $22,892,803
66 Jesse Eisenberg $183,071,284 7 $26,153,041
67 Sean Connery $180,561,088 3 $60,187,029
68 Nicole Kidman $171,423,751 12 $14,285,313
69 Ryan Reynolds $170,190,943 5 $34,038,189
70 Benicio del Toro $168,316,213 5 $33,663,243
71 Anthony Hopkins $166,286,282 10 $16,628,628
72 Noomi Rapace $166,173,012 11 $15,106,637
73 Edward Norton $164,025,304 2 $82,012,652
74 Aaron Taylor-Johnson $163,158,123 4 $40,789,531
75 George MacKay $159,227,644 2 $79,613,822
76 Dean-Charles Chapman $159,227,644 1 $159,227,644
77 Natalie Portman $158,971,953 3 $52,990,651
78 Glenn Close $156,645,693 1 $156,645,693
79 Bryce Dallas Howard $156,482,689 2 $78,241,345
80 Michael Ealy $156,468,028 4 $39,117,007
81 John Cusack $156,275,691 17 $9,192,688
82 Jennifer Lopez $154,080,884 8 $19,260,111
83 Demi Moore $153,240,553 4 $38,310,138
84 Nick Nolte $152,918,718 4 $38,229,680
85 Idris Elba $152,799,631 6 $25,466,605
86 Brian Tyree Henry $152,479,371 3 $50,826,457
87 Bryan Cranston $151,479,282 3 $50,493,094
88 Dustin Hoffman $151,157,166 5 $30,231,433
89 Ethan Hawke $150,220,125 10 $15,022,013
90 Tommy Lee Jones $149,948,814 3 $49,982,938
91 Rooney Mara $146,026,657 3 $48,675,552
92 Alan Arkin $145,761,548 2 $72,880,774
93 Margot Robbie $142,624,189 4 $35,656,047
94 Rebecca Hall $141,724,522 3 $47,241,507
95 Jessica Chastain $141,514,189 6 $23,585,698
96 Rebecca De Mornay $140,188,947 5 $28,037,789
97 Famke Janssen $139,854,287 4 $34,963,572
98 Catherine Zeta-Jones $139,581,317 3 $46,527,106
99 Russell Crowe $138,093,901 8 $17,261,738
100 Rene Russo $137,127,837 2 $68,563,919

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

Jennifer Lawrence: By Jennifer_Lawrence_at_the_83rd_Academy_Awards.jpg: Mingle MediaTV derivative work: Tabercil (Jennifer_Lawrence_at_the_83rd_Academy_Awards.jpg) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org)], via Wikimedia Commons

Matt Damon: By nicolas genin from Paris, France [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Morgan Freeman: By David Sifry (David Sifry's flickr account) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons