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Top Live Action Stars at the Domestic Box Office
See also: Top Domestic Leading Stars - Top Domestic Supporting Stars - Top International Live Action Stars - Top Worldwide 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 live action acting role in over their lifetime.
Roles in animated movies are excluded from the calculations in this chart, as are voice-only roles in live action films, and cameos.
1
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), Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace ($487,574,671 in 1999), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($459,005,868 in 2015), Captain Marvel ($426,829,839 in 2019), Jurassic Park ($415,404,543 in 1993), Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith ($414,378,291 in 2005), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($391,362,492 in 2019), Iron Man 2 ($312,433,331 in 2010), Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones ($310,676,740 in 2002) |
2
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), Oppenheimer ($330,078,895 in 2023), Iron Man ($318,604,126 in 2008), Iron Man 2 ($312,433,331 in 2010) |
3
Warwick Davis
| Best known as a Supporting Actor based on credits in that role in 18 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens ($936,662,225 in 2015), Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi ($620,181,382 in 2017), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ($533,539,991 in 2016), Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace ($487,574,671 in 1999), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II ($382,088,758 in 2011), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($317,871,467 in 2001), Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi ($316,465,003 in 1983), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($302,854,063 in 2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I ($297,414,693 in 2010), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($293,108,509 in 2007) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel L. Jackson | $8,698,725,825 | 118 | $73,718,015 |
| 2 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $6,291,985,456 | 66 | $95,333,113 |
| 3 | Warwick Davis | $5,744,651,384 | 22 | $261,120,517 |
| 4 | Zoe Saldana | $5,592,642,756 | 44 | $127,105,517 |
| 5 | Jon Favreau | $5,445,809,544 | 35 | $155,594,558 |
| 6 | Andy Serkis | $5,430,453,848 | 32 | $169,701,683 |
| 7 | Harrison Ford | $5,382,487,064 | 49 | $109,846,675 |
| 8 | Chris Hemsworth | $5,323,775,103 | 31 | $171,734,681 |
| 9 | Tom Cruise | $5,223,017,146 | 48 | $108,812,857 |
| 10 | Chris Pratt | $5,100,432,426 | 33 | $154,558,558 |
| 11 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $5,047,286,719 | 44 | $114,711,062 |
| 12 | Scarlett Johansson | $5,045,782,226 | 51 | $98,936,906 |
| 13 | Don Cheadle | $4,807,821,233 | 47 | $102,294,069 |
| 14 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $4,758,929,392 | 46 | $103,454,987 |
| 15 | Morgan Freeman | $4,653,903,323 | 92 | $50,585,906 |
| 16 | Paul Rudd | $4,463,078,344 | 56 | $79,697,828 |
| 17 | Paul Bettany | $4,411,797,776 | 32 | $137,868,681 |
| 18 | J.K. Simmons | $4,378,406,647 | 84 | $52,123,889 |
| 19 | Chris Evans | $4,378,121,941 | 39 | $112,259,537 |
| 20 | Dwayne Johnson | $4,375,989,640 | 43 | $101,767,201 |
| 21 | Mark Ruffalo | $4,273,010,741 | 52 | $82,173,283 |
| 22 | Jeremy Renner | $4,263,399,707 | 32 | $133,231,241 |
| 23 | Willem Dafoe | $4,231,794,875 | 105 | $40,302,808 |
| 24 | Stellan Skarsgård | $4,214,545,770 | 60 | $70,242,430 |
| 25 | Marisa Tomei | $4,190,161,506 | 60 | $69,836,025 |
| 26 | Gary Oldman | $4,178,360,122 | 55 | $75,970,184 |
| 27 | Tom Hanks | $4,077,514,278 | 63 | $64,722,449 |
| 28 | Woody Harrelson | $4,059,437,523 | 84 | $48,326,637 |
| 29 | Elizabeth Banks | $4,001,983,597 | 55 | $72,763,338 |
| 30 | Karen Gillan | $3,893,854,957 | 27 | $144,216,850 |
| 31 | Anthony Mackie | $3,891,706,322 | 56 | $69,494,756 |
| 32 | Benedict Wong | $3,882,938,073 | 24 | $161,789,086 |
| 33 | Will Smith | $3,858,070,164 | 37 | $104,272,167 |
| 34 | Matt Damon | $3,837,654,233 | 63 | $60,915,147 |
| 35 | Johnny Depp | $3,828,092,578 | 61 | $62,755,616 |
| 36 | Carrie Fisher | $3,823,663,140 | 35 | $109,247,518 |
| 37 | Cate Blanchett | $3,817,193,141 | 55 | $69,403,512 |
| 38 | Dave Bautista | $3,798,309,298 | 40 | $94,957,732 |
| 39 | Lupita Nyong'o | $3,711,930,236 | 14 | $265,137,874 |
| 40 | Tom Holland | $3,707,989,220 | 21 | $176,570,915 |
| 41 | Simon Pegg | $3,698,149,965 | 38 | $97,319,736 |
| 42 | Idris Elba | $3,697,711,388 | 47 | $78,674,710 |
| 43 | Stanley Tucci | $3,634,479,515 | 80 | $45,430,994 |
| 44 | Natalie Portman | $3,584,008,784 | 50 | $71,680,176 |
| 45 | William Hurt | $3,561,101,383 | 62 | $57,437,119 |
| 46 | Angela Bassett | $3,533,666,284 | 44 | $80,310,597 |
| 47 | Josh Brolin | $3,477,168,806 | 49 | $70,962,629 |
| 48 | Michael Caine | $3,449,229,916 | 78 | $44,220,896 |
| 49 | Michael Papajohn | $3,443,733,671 | 41 | $83,993,504 |
| 50 | Laurence Fishburne | $3,435,675,998 | 70 | $49,081,086 |
| 51 | Domhnall Gleeson | $3,400,695,554 | 27 | $125,951,687 |
| 52 | Robert De Niro | $3,387,328,244 | 101 | $33,537,903 |
| 53 | Jeff Goldblum | $3,387,319,553 | 56 | $60,487,849 |
| 54 | Mark Hamill | $3,367,795,009 | 20 | $168,389,750 |
| 55 | Liam Neeson | $3,363,081,471 | 87 | $38,656,109 |
| 56 | Hugh Jackman | $3,301,975,786 | 37 | $89,242,589 |
| 57 | Helena Bonham Carter | $3,282,503,044 | 45 | $72,944,512 |
| 58 | Robin Williams | $3,262,981,354 | 64 | $50,984,084 |
| 59 | Tom Hiddleston | $3,261,174,946 | 21 | $155,294,045 |
| 60 | Mark Wahlberg | $3,231,393,260 | 60 | $53,856,554 |
| 61 | Judy Greer | $3,208,992,316 | 71 | $45,197,075 |
| 62 | Jacob Batalon | $3,200,703,644 | 13 | $246,207,973 |
| 63 | Emma Watson | $3,172,714,022 | 18 | $176,261,890 |
| 64 | Maggie Smith | $3,172,187,049 | 48 | $66,087,230 |
| 65 | Brad Pitt | $3,170,918,985 | 55 | $57,653,072 |
| 66 | Donald Sutherland | $3,154,702,802 | 79 | $39,932,947 |
| 67 | Orlando Bloom | $3,152,606,480 | 32 | $98,518,953 |
| 68 | Robbie Coltrane | $3,129,862,041 | 34 | $92,054,766 |
| 69 | Vin Diesel | $3,121,643,633 | 29 | $107,642,884 |
| 70 | Tyrese Gibson | $3,113,512,001 | 34 | $91,573,882 |
| 71 | Owen Wilson | $3,110,076,016 | 54 | $57,594,000 |
| 72 | Toby Jones | $3,106,170,146 | 56 | $55,467,324 |
| 73 | Sigourney Weaver | $3,103,326,117 | 59 | $52,598,748 |
| 74 | Alan Rickman | $3,097,724,291 | 34 | $91,109,538 |
| 75 | Ben Affleck | $3,093,645,146 | 60 | $51,560,752 |
| 76 | Bryce Dallas Howard | $3,091,909,620 | 22 | $140,541,346 |
| 77 | Ian McKellen | $3,079,860,921 | 35 | $87,996,026 |
| 78 | Elizabeth Olsen | $3,075,334,503 | 25 | $123,013,380 |
| 79 | Julie Walters | $3,075,308,400 | 29 | $106,045,117 |
| 80 | Peter Mayhew | $3,056,423,868 | 8 | $382,052,984 |
| 81 | Pom Klementieff | $3,053,719,100 | 13 | $234,901,469 |
| 82 | Ralph Fiennes | $3,048,454,890 | 56 | $54,436,694 |
| 83 | Bruce Willis | $3,033,660,661 | 100 | $30,336,607 |
| 84 | Martin Klebba | $3,032,291,035 | 41 | $73,958,318 |
| 85 | Will Ferrell | $3,015,208,863 | 53 | $56,890,733 |
| 86 | Sylvester Stallone | $2,984,934,818 | 63 | $47,379,918 |
| 87 | Sebastian Stan | $2,975,801,639 | 32 | $92,993,801 |
| 88 | Bradley Cooper | $2,973,698,005 | 38 | $78,255,211 |
| 89 | Winston Duke | $2,959,756,892 | 9 | $328,861,877 |
| 90 | Djimon Hounsou | $2,938,479,662 | 41 | $71,670,236 |
| 91 | Jim Carrey | $2,928,111,743 | 37 | $79,138,155 |
| 92 | Christian Bale | $2,918,295,682 | 50 | $58,365,914 |
| 93 | Letitia Wright | $2,910,991,283 | 15 | $194,066,086 |
| 94 | Tommy Lee Jones | $2,870,583,284 | 57 | $50,361,110 |
| 95 | Chadwick Boseman | $2,869,509,662 | 12 | $239,125,805 |
| 96 | Oscar Isaac | $2,836,892,904 | 36 | $78,802,581 |
| 97 | Michelle Rodriguez | $2,835,489,134 | 34 | $83,396,739 |
| 98 | Paul Giamatti | $2,833,798,270 | 64 | $44,278,098 |
| 99 | Julia Roberts | $2,827,276,110 | 46 | $61,462,524 |
| 100 | Giovanni Ribisi | $2,810,047,304 | 46 | $61,087,985 |
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
Samuel L. Jackson: By pinguino k (originally posted to Flickr as samuel l jackson) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Robert Downey, Jr.: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Warwick Davis: By Official Star Wars Blog (2007 Disney Weekends #4: Warwick Davis) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
