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Box Office Star Records > Domestic > Lifetime Acting > Top Domestic Leading Stars
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Domestic Box Office
See also: Top International Leading Stars - Top Worldwide Leading Stars - Top Domestic Supporting Stars - Top Domestic Live Action Stars - Top Domestic Above the Line Stars - Top Domestic Below the Line Stars - Top Domestic Cameo Stars - Top Domestic Stars
This chart contains the top 100 box office stars based on the cumulative domestic box office of all the 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 41 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Toy Story 3 ($415,004,880 in 2010), Forrest Gump ($330,151,138 in 1994), Toy Story 2 ($245,852,179 in 1999), Cast Away ($233,632,142 in 2000), The Da Vinci Code ($217,536,138 in 2006), Saving Private Ryan ($216,335,085 in 1998), Toy Story ($191,796,233 in 1995), The Polar Express ($186,493,587 in 2004), Apollo 13 ($172,070,496 in 1995), Catch Me if You Can ($164,606,800 in 2002) |
2
Robert Downey, Jr.
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 29 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Avengers ($623,279,547 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 ($334,201,140 in 2017), Iron Man ($318,604,126 in 2008), Iron Man 2 ($312,433,331 in 2010), Sherlock Holmes ($209,028,679 in 2009), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ($186,848,418 in 2011), Tropic Thunder ($110,515,313 in 2008) |
3
Harrison Ford
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 33 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope ($460,998,007 in 1977), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($317,101,119 in 2008), Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi ($309,205,079 in 1983), Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back ($290,271,960 in 1980), Raiders of the Lost Ark ($225,686,079 in 1981), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ($197,171,806 in 1989), The Fugitive ($183,875,760 in 1993), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ($179,880,271 in 1984), Air Force One ($172,956,409 in 1997), What Lies Beneath ($155,464,351 in 2000) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Hanks | $4,522,526,098 | 46 | $98,315,785 |
| 2 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $3,859,852,419 | 40 | $96,496,310 |
| 3 | Harrison Ford | $3,728,200,434 | 37 | $100,762,174 |
| 4 | Eddie Murphy | $3,583,063,429 | 38 | $94,291,143 |
| 5 | Tom Cruise | $3,483,300,892 | 38 | $91,665,813 |
| 6 | Johnny Depp | $3,481,856,828 | 47 | $74,082,060 |
| 7 | Scarlett Johansson | $3,345,178,007 | 24 | $139,382,417 |
| 8 | Samuel L. Jackson | $3,235,478,338 | 53 | $61,046,761 |
| 9 | Matt Damon | $3,076,618,138 | 38 | $80,963,635 |
| 10 | Emma Watson | $2,938,245,314 | 14 | $209,874,665 |
| 11 | Will Smith | $2,851,134,822 | 25 | $114,045,393 |
| 12 | Ben Stiller | $2,797,049,842 | 33 | $84,759,086 |
| 13 | Bruce Willis | $2,672,667,992 | 53 | $50,427,698 |
| 14 | Steve Carell | $2,658,037,123 | 23 | $115,566,831 |
| 15 | Adam Sandler | $2,650,730,628 | 34 | $77,962,666 |
| 16 | Robin Williams | $2,587,460,319 | 37 | $69,931,360 |
| 17 | Jim Carrey | $2,576,877,356 | 28 | $92,031,334 |
| 18 | Bradley Cooper | $2,533,723,885 | 23 | $110,161,908 |
| 19 | Vin Diesel | $2,524,504,459 | 17 | $148,500,262 |
| 20 | Daniel Radcliffe | $2,524,202,140 | 19 | $132,852,744 |
| 21 | Robert De Niro | $2,516,608,505 | 69 | $36,472,587 |
| 22 | Nicolas Cage | $2,503,790,482 | 70 | $35,768,435 |
| 23 | Jennifer Lawrence | $2,498,960,786 | 18 | $138,831,155 |
| 24 | Hugh Jackman | $2,490,878,652 | 27 | $92,254,765 |
| 25 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $2,490,291,307 | 25 | $99,611,652 |
| 26 | Dwayne Johnson | $2,473,933,238 | 23 | $107,562,315 |
| 27 | Cameron Diaz | $2,466,552,080 | 28 | $88,091,146 |
| 28 | Sandra Bullock | $2,426,651,641 | 29 | $83,677,643 |
| 29 | Ian McKellen | $2,416,229,208 | 14 | $172,587,801 |
| 30 | Zoe Saldana | $2,402,031,796 | 20 | $120,101,590 |
| 31 | Rupert Grint | $2,390,423,881 | 13 | $183,878,760 |
| 32 | Liam Neeson | $2,380,415,994 | 42 | $56,676,571 |
| 33 | Julia Roberts | $2,357,768,537 | 32 | $73,680,267 |
| 34 | Ben Affleck | $2,357,306,375 | 33 | $71,433,527 |
| 35 | Denzel Washington | $2,348,262,797 | 43 | $54,610,763 |
| 36 | Chris Hemsworth | $2,323,734,504 | 16 | $145,233,407 |
| 37 | Brad Pitt | $2,313,194,329 | 38 | $60,873,535 |
| 38 | John Travolta | $2,275,481,866 | 45 | $50,566,264 |
| 39 | Chris Evans | $2,268,089,032 | 20 | $113,404,452 |
| 40 | Jeremy Renner | $2,266,808,192 | 13 | $174,369,861 |
| 41 | Owen Wilson | $2,203,598,600 | 30 | $73,453,287 |
| 42 | Will Ferrell | $2,151,232,760 | 29 | $74,180,440 |
| 43 | Ewan McGregor | $2,142,258,251 | 27 | $79,342,898 |
| 44 | Mark Wahlberg | $2,132,918,648 | 30 | $71,097,288 |
| 45 | Mel Gibson | $2,111,484,427 | 36 | $58,652,345 |
| 46 | Natalie Portman | $2,081,806,265 | 28 | $74,350,224 |
| 47 | George Clooney | $2,066,805,818 | 31 | $66,671,155 |
| 48 | Morgan Freeman | $2,063,833,477 | 34 | $60,700,985 |
| 49 | Mike Myers | $2,057,881,734 | 12 | $171,490,145 |
| 50 | Christian Bale | $1,982,595,957 | 31 | $63,954,708 |
| 51 | Sylvester Stallone | $1,929,576,735 | 39 | $49,476,327 |
| 52 | Shia LaBeouf | $1,899,012,244 | 21 | $90,429,154 |
| 53 | Chris Pratt | $1,826,691,564 | 9 | $202,965,729 |
| 54 | Mark Ruffalo | $1,823,021,249 | 18 | $101,278,958 |
| 55 | Kevin Costner | $1,805,076,368 | 37 | $48,785,848 |
| 56 | Dustin Hoffman | $1,800,861,154 | 30 | $60,028,705 |
| 57 | Keanu Reeves | $1,785,931,296 | 42 | $42,522,174 |
| 58 | Channing Tatum | $1,771,488,797 | 25 | $70,859,552 |
| 59 | Tim Allen | $1,729,555,935 | 18 | $96,086,441 |
| 60 | Meryl Streep | $1,719,664,980 | 45 | $38,214,777 |
| 61 | Mark Hamill | $1,706,072,591 | 9 | $189,563,621 |
| 62 | Clint Eastwood | $1,704,959,371 | 46 | $37,064,334 |
| 63 | Carrie Fisher | $1,679,591,371 | 4 | $419,897,843 |
| 64 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | $1,676,826,646 | 29 | $57,821,608 |
| 65 | Daisy Ridley | $1,659,058,334 | 5 | $331,811,667 |
| 66 | Orlando Bloom | $1,645,755,256 | 15 | $109,717,017 |
| 67 | Kevin Hart | $1,637,008,847 | 17 | $96,294,638 |
| 68 | Don Cheadle | $1,631,906,636 | 16 | $101,994,165 |
| 69 | Adam Driver | $1,627,102,033 | 7 | $232,443,148 |
| 70 | Idris Elba | $1,621,176,726 | 19 | $85,325,091 |
| 71 | Kristen Stewart | $1,614,775,505 | 19 | $84,988,184 |
| 72 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $1,607,471,494 | 17 | $94,557,147 |
| 73 | Steve Martin | $1,603,236,880 | 34 | $47,154,026 |
| 74 | Jack Black | $1,600,176,154 | 21 | $76,198,864 |
| 75 | Michael Douglas | $1,578,329,202 | 32 | $49,322,788 |
| 76 | John Boyega | $1,573,592,864 | 5 | $314,718,573 |
| 77 | Bill Murray | $1,543,818,066 | 31 | $49,800,583 |
| 78 | Taylor Lautner | $1,541,289,602 | 10 | $154,128,960 |
| 79 | Tommy Lee Jones | $1,536,462,833 | 22 | $69,839,220 |
| 80 | Tom Hiddleston | $1,535,647,051 | 11 | $139,604,277 |
| 81 | Tobey Maguire | $1,508,685,905 | 11 | $137,153,264 |
| 82 | Anthony Hopkins | $1,493,834,390 | 24 | $62,243,100 |
| 83 | Reese Witherspoon | $1,490,301,684 | 30 | $49,676,723 |
| 84 | Robert Redford | $1,479,046,352 | 30 | $49,301,545 |
| 85 | Chris Pine | $1,469,810,343 | 14 | $104,986,453 |
| 86 | Ryan Reynolds | $1,450,019,165 | 25 | $58,000,767 |
| 87 | Keira Knightley | $1,449,212,541 | 19 | $76,274,344 |
| 88 | Robert Pattinson | $1,444,556,403 | 15 | $96,303,760 |
| 89 | Jack Nicholson | $1,421,807,264 | 30 | $47,393,575 |
| 90 | Martin Freeman | $1,418,326,921 | 9 | $157,591,880 |
| 91 | Jamie Foxx | $1,397,037,737 | 20 | $69,851,887 |
| 92 | Al Pacino | $1,386,051,746 | 42 | $33,001,232 |
| 93 | Russell Crowe | $1,383,586,153 | 33 | $41,926,853 |
| 94 | Jennifer Aniston | $1,356,297,754 | 28 | $48,439,206 |
| 95 | Paul Walker | $1,349,913,049 | 13 | $103,839,465 |
| 96 | Richard Gere | $1,338,185,349 | 42 | $31,861,556 |
| 97 | Ralph Fiennes | $1,335,239,613 | 15 | $89,015,974 |
| 98 | Josh Gad | $1,333,754,085 | 10 | $133,375,409 |
| 99 | Jude Law | $1,332,361,500 | 27 | $49,346,722 |
| 100 | John Goodman | $1,302,248,979 | 16 | $81,390,561 |
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
Robert Downey, Jr.: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Harrison Ford: Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
