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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 Supporting Actor based on credits in that role in 51 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Avengers ($623,279,547 in 2012), Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace ($474,544,677 in 1999), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($459,005,868 in 2015), Jurassic Park ($395,708,305 in 1993), Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith ($380,270,577 in 2005), Iron Man 2 ($312,433,331 in 2010), Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones ($310,676,740 in 2002), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($259,746,958 in 2014), Captain America: The First Avenger ($176,654,505 in 2011), Kong: Skull Island ($168,052,812 in 2017) |
2
Warwick Davis
| Best known as a Supporting Actor based on credits in that role in 17 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 ($532,177,324 in 2016), Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace ($474,544,677 in 1999), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II ($381,011,219 in 2011), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($317,575,550 in 2001), Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi ($309,205,079 in 1983), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($301,959,197 in 2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I ($295,983,305 in 2010), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($292,004,738 in 2007) |
3
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: Infinity War ($676,024,817 in 2018), 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) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel L. Jackson | $6,620,365,203 | 103 | $64,275,390 |
| 2 | Warwick Davis | $5,714,129,075 | 22 | $259,733,140 |
| 3 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $5,023,237,632 | 62 | $81,019,962 |
| 4 | Andy Serkis | $5,020,919,852 | 28 | $179,318,566 |
| 5 | Harrison Ford | $4,922,864,073 | 43 | $114,485,211 |
| 6 | Morgan Freeman | $4,464,636,535 | 78 | $57,238,930 |
| 7 | Elizabeth Banks | $3,942,000,575 | 47 | $83,872,353 |
| 8 | Tom Cruise | $3,919,403,587 | 44 | $89,077,354 |
| 9 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $3,896,525,014 | 44 | $88,557,387 |
| 10 | Don Cheadle | $3,876,065,340 | 42 | $92,287,270 |
| 11 | Gary Oldman | $3,866,084,742 | 49 | $78,899,689 |
| 12 | Scarlett Johansson | $3,752,352,391 | 42 | $89,341,724 |
| 13 | Tom Hanks | $3,718,225,741 | 53 | $70,155,203 |
| 14 | Cate Blanchett | $3,659,955,646 | 47 | $77,871,397 |
| 15 | Johnny Depp | $3,649,919,441 | 57 | $64,033,674 |
| 16 | Zoe Saldana | $3,648,166,656 | 37 | $98,599,099 |
| 17 | Stanley Tucci | $3,538,689,175 | 67 | $52,816,256 |
| 18 | Paul Bettany | $3,536,471,733 | 29 | $121,947,301 |
| 19 | Matt Damon | $3,492,654,653 | 56 | $62,368,833 |
| 20 | Dwayne Johnson | $3,438,637,061 | 35 | $98,246,773 |
| 21 | Woody Harrelson | $3,437,975,239 | 68 | $50,558,459 |
| 22 | Jeremy Renner | $3,398,840,655 | 27 | $125,882,987 |
| 23 | Michael Caine | $3,363,659,597 | 66 | $50,964,539 |
| 24 | Michael Papajohn | $3,359,353,925 | 36 | $93,315,387 |
| 25 | Stellan Skarsgård | $3,348,739,801 | 50 | $66,974,796 |
| 26 | Chris Hemsworth | $3,316,782,370 | 21 | $157,942,018 |
| 27 | Carrie Fisher | $3,299,733,674 | 31 | $106,443,022 |
| 28 | Helena Bonham Carter | $3,263,819,220 | 39 | $83,687,672 |
| 29 | Robin Williams | $3,262,981,354 | 62 | $52,628,732 |
| 30 | Chris Evans | $3,219,517,136 | 29 | $111,017,832 |
| 31 | Liam Neeson | $3,130,220,275 | 69 | $45,365,511 |
| 32 | Robbie Coltrane | $3,121,015,963 | 34 | $91,794,587 |
| 33 | Simon Pegg | $3,112,523,777 | 29 | $107,328,406 |
| 34 | Donald Sutherland | $3,110,499,662 | 70 | $44,435,709 |
| 35 | Orlando Bloom | $3,098,652,618 | 24 | $129,110,526 |
| 36 | Mark Ruffalo | $3,095,487,728 | 41 | $75,499,701 |
| 37 | Alan Rickman | $3,082,253,617 | 34 | $90,654,518 |
| 38 | Idris Elba | $3,054,538,001 | 34 | $89,839,353 |
| 39 | Emma Watson | $3,054,042,763 | 16 | $190,877,673 |
| 40 | Chris Pratt | $3,045,660,818 | 21 | $145,031,468 |
| 41 | Will Smith | $3,040,834,772 | 29 | $104,856,371 |
| 42 | Paul Rudd | $3,032,148,813 | 46 | $65,916,279 |
| 43 | Ian McKellen | $3,024,715,561 | 30 | $100,823,852 |
| 44 | Maggie Smith | $3,020,408,570 | 41 | $73,668,502 |
| 45 | Peter Mayhew | $3,013,589,230 | 8 | $376,698,654 |
| 46 | Owen Wilson | $3,003,048,435 | 45 | $66,734,410 |
| 47 | Bruce Willis | $2,971,910,539 | 71 | $41,857,895 |
| 48 | Robert De Niro | $2,926,780,347 | 87 | $33,641,153 |
| 49 | Martin Klebba | $2,906,805,312 | 39 | $74,533,470 |
| 50 | Mark Wahlberg | $2,901,929,493 | 47 | $61,743,181 |
| 51 | Toby Jones | $2,873,186,079 | 44 | $65,299,684 |
| 52 | Laurence Fishburne | $2,841,966,871 | 60 | $47,366,115 |
| 53 | J.K. Simmons | $2,835,812,146 | 60 | $47,263,536 |
| 54 | Domhnall Gleeson | $2,829,589,193 | 19 | $148,925,747 |
| 55 | Mark Hamill | $2,827,209,054 | 17 | $166,306,415 |
| 56 | Tommy Lee Jones | $2,819,873,777 | 52 | $54,228,342 |
| 57 | Vin Diesel | $2,789,323,534 | 27 | $103,308,279 |
| 58 | Anthony Mackie | $2,781,918,663 | 41 | $67,851,675 |
| 59 | Forest Whitaker | $2,773,169,851 | 66 | $42,017,725 |
| 60 | Tom Felton | $2,760,304,455 | 21 | $131,443,069 |
| 61 | Julia Roberts | $2,755,071,604 | 42 | $65,596,943 |
| 62 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $2,735,854,911 | 25 | $109,434,196 |
| 63 | Jon Favreau | $2,733,197,675 | 31 | $88,167,667 |
| 64 | Julie Walters | $2,726,665,085 | 27 | $100,987,596 |
| 65 | Michael Gambon | $2,719,913,457 | 43 | $63,253,801 |
| 66 | Tyrese Gibson | $2,695,595,709 | 19 | $141,873,458 |
| 67 | Paul Giamatti | $2,695,365,355 | 57 | $47,287,111 |
| 68 | Ralph Fiennes | $2,678,075,733 | 39 | $68,668,609 |
| 69 | Clint Howard | $2,671,771,932 | 48 | $55,661,915 |
| 70 | Hugo Weaving | $2,667,620,937 | 27 | $98,800,775 |
| 71 | Hugh Jackman | $2,650,058,192 | 29 | $91,381,317 |
| 72 | Daniel Radcliffe | $2,647,906,493 | 21 | $126,090,785 |
| 73 | Brad Pitt | $2,642,424,331 | 43 | $61,451,729 |
| 74 | Ben Affleck | $2,595,957,351 | 44 | $58,999,031 |
| 75 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | $2,582,347,120 | 47 | $54,943,556 |
| 76 | Anthony Hopkins | $2,579,367,764 | 62 | $41,602,706 |
| 77 | William Fichtner | $2,565,725,665 | 43 | $59,668,039 |
| 78 | Dan Aykroyd | $2,547,884,024 | 58 | $43,929,035 |
| 79 | Jennifer Lawrence | $2,533,548,806 | 23 | $110,154,296 |
| 80 | Willem Dafoe | $2,522,550,962 | 75 | $33,634,013 |
| 81 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $2,520,547,249 | 32 | $78,767,102 |
| 82 | Bryce Dallas Howard | $2,516,287,137 | 19 | $132,436,165 |
| 83 | Chris Ellis | $2,495,956,864 | 36 | $69,332,135 |
| 84 | William Hurt | $2,483,628,247 | 56 | $44,350,504 |
| 85 | John Goodman | $2,481,469,073 | 66 | $37,598,016 |
| 86 | Jason Isaacs | $2,450,017,510 | 37 | $66,216,689 |
| 87 | Matthew Lewis | $2,446,318,952 | 10 | $244,631,895 |
| 88 | Sylvester Stallone | $2,445,979,998 | 51 | $47,960,392 |
| 89 | Richard Griffiths | $2,441,757,338 | 30 | $81,391,911 |
| 90 | Jeff Goldblum | $2,435,575,401 | 51 | $47,756,380 |
| 91 | Geraldine Somerville | $2,431,378,982 | 11 | $221,034,453 |
| 92 | Brendan Gleeson | $2,422,254,462 | 48 | $50,463,635 |
| 93 | Eddie Murphy | $2,416,091,396 | 36 | $67,113,650 |
| 94 | James Cromwell | $2,414,610,330 | 42 | $57,490,722 |
| 95 | Lupita Nyong'o | $2,414,033,001 | 9 | $268,225,889 |
| 96 | Sigourney Weaver | $2,404,532,152 | 53 | $45,368,531 |
| 97 | Devon Murray | $2,404,195,805 | 10 | $240,419,581 |
| 98 | Bill Paxton | $2,399,637,636 | 50 | $47,992,753 |
| 99 | Denzel Washington | $2,397,118,419 | 49 | $48,920,784 |
| 100 | Mark Williams | $2,395,125,981 | 14 | $171,080,427 |
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
Warwick Davis: By Official Star Wars Blog (2007 Disney Weekends #4: Warwick Davis) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Robert Downey, Jr.: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
