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Top Domestic Leading Stars for Based on Play Movies (Rank 101-200)
See also: Domestic Leading Original Screenplay Stars - Domestic Leading Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Stars - Domestic Leading Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Stars - Domestic Leading Based on Real Life Events Stars - Domestic Leading Based on TV Stars - Domestic Leading Based on Factual Book/Article Stars - Domestic Leading Spin-Off Stars - Domestic Leading Based on Movie Stars - International Leading Based on Play Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on Play Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative domestic box office of all the Based on Play 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.
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Elizabeth Taylor | $33,736,689 | 4 | $8,434,172 |
| 102 | Liam Neeson | $33,592,700 | 1 | $33,592,700 |
| 103 | Amy Adams | $33,446,470 | 1 | $33,446,470 |
| 104 | William Hurt | $31,853,080 | 1 | $31,853,080 |
| 105 | Clint Eastwood | $31,678,778 | 1 | $31,678,778 |
| 106 | James Caan | $30,000,000 | 1 | $30,000,000 |
| 107 | Marsha Mason | $30,000,000 | 1 | $30,000,000 |
| 108 | Lisa Kudrow | $29,235,353 | 1 | $29,235,353 |
| 109 | Mira Sorvino | $29,235,353 | 1 | $29,235,353 |
| 110 | Ellen Burstyn | $28,583,621 | 2 | $14,291,811 |
| 111 | Orson Welles | $28,476,724 | 2 | $14,238,362 |
| 112 | Maggie Smith | $28,409,532 | 2 | $14,204,766 |
| 113 | Wendy Hiller | $28,350,000 | 1 | $28,350,000 |
| 114 | Robert Shaw | $28,350,000 | 1 | $28,350,000 |
| 115 | Leo McKern | $28,350,000 | 1 | $28,350,000 |
| 116 | Susannah York | $28,350,000 | 1 | $28,350,000 |
| 117 | Paul Scofield | $28,350,000 | 1 | $28,350,000 |
| 118 | Alex A. Hibbert | $27,854,931 | 1 | $27,854,931 |
| 119 | Trevante Rhodes | $27,854,931 | 1 | $27,854,931 |
| 120 | Ashton Sanders | $27,854,931 | 1 | $27,854,931 |
| 121 | Robert De Niro | $27,795,137 | 2 | $13,897,569 |
| 122 | Walter Matthau | $27,000,000 | 2 | $13,500,000 |
| 123 | Goldie Hawn | $25,889,208 | 1 | $25,889,208 |
| 124 | Jack Lemmon | $25,725,228 | 2 | $12,862,614 |
| 125 | Sylvester Stallone | $23,562,716 | 1 | $23,562,716 |
| 126 | Toni Braxton | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 127 | Vivica Fox | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 128 | Cedric the Entertainer | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 129 | Darius McCrary | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 130 | LL Cool J | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 131 | Anthony Anderson | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 132 | Jada Pinkett Smith | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 133 | Alan Alda | $23,000,000 | 1 | $23,000,000 |
| 134 | Chris O'Donnell | $21,731,001 | 1 | $21,731,001 |
| 135 | Renée Zellweger | $21,731,001 | 1 | $21,731,001 |
| 136 | Mel Gibson | $20,710,451 | 1 | $20,710,451 |
| 137 | Glenn Close | $20,710,451 | 1 | $20,710,451 |
| 138 | Mildred Natwick | $19,994,515 | 1 | $19,994,515 |
| 139 | Robert Redford | $19,994,515 | 1 | $19,994,515 |
| 140 | Charles Boyer | $19,994,515 | 1 | $19,994,515 |
| 141 | Michael Sheen | $18,622,031 | 1 | $18,622,031 |
| 142 | Frank Langella | $18,622,031 | 1 | $18,622,031 |
| 143 | Tom Courtenay | $18,388,357 | 1 | $18,388,357 |
| 144 | Billy Connolly | $18,388,357 | 1 | $18,388,357 |
| 145 | Pauline Collins | $18,388,357 | 1 | $18,388,357 |
| 146 | Shirley MacLaine | $17,957,265 | 1 | $17,957,265 |
| 147 | John Goodman | $17,760,754 | 2 | $8,880,377 |
| 148 | Don Johnson | $17,760,754 | 1 | $17,760,754 |
| 149 | Melanie Griffith | $17,760,754 | 1 | $17,760,754 |
| 150 | Paul Newman | $17,570,324 | 2 | $8,785,162 |
| 151 | Brendan Fraser | $17,453,440 | 1 | $17,453,440 |
| 152 | Lilo Brancato | $17,239,789 | 1 | $17,239,789 |
| 153 | Chazz Palminteri | $17,239,789 | 1 | $17,239,789 |
| 154 | Michael Caine | $16,968,148 | 2 | $8,484,074 |
| 155 | Calista Flockhart | $16,071,990 | 1 | $16,071,990 |
| 156 | Kevin Kline | $16,071,990 | 1 | $16,071,990 |
| 157 | Rupert Everett | $16,071,990 | 1 | $16,071,990 |
| 158 | Stanley Tucci | $16,071,990 | 1 | $16,071,990 |
| 159 | Doris Day | $15,388,000 | 2 | $7,694,000 |
| 160 | Nigel Hawthorne | $15,122,669 | 1 | $15,122,669 |
| 161 | Julie Walters | $14,688,000 | 1 | $14,688,000 |
| 162 | Farrah Fawcett | $13,418,091 | 1 | $13,418,091 |
| 163 | Ann-Margret | $13,129,412 | 1 | $13,129,412 |
| 164 | Dick Van Dyke | $13,129,412 | 1 | $13,129,412 |
| 165 | Janet Leigh | $13,129,412 | 1 | $13,129,412 |
| 166 | Candice Bergen | $13,000,000 | 1 | $13,000,000 |
| 167 | Jacqueline Bisset | $13,000,000 | 1 | $13,000,000 |
| 168 | Quvenzhané Wallis | $12,795,746 | 1 | $12,795,746 |
| 169 | Jill Clayburgh | $12,000,000 | 1 | $12,000,000 |
| 170 | Jonathan Silverman | $11,957,943 | 1 | $11,957,943 |
| 171 | Christopher Reeve | $11,280,148 | 2 | $5,640,074 |
| 172 | John Gilbert | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 173 | Renée Adorée | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 174 | Humphrey Bogart | $10,805,992 | 1 | $10,805,992 |
| 175 | Ingrid Bergman | $10,805,992 | 1 | $10,805,992 |
| 176 | Jonathan Pryce | $10,768,317 | 2 | $5,384,159 |
| 177 | Alec Baldwin | $10,725,228 | 1 | $10,725,228 |
| 178 | Ed Harris | $10,725,228 | 2 | $5,362,614 |
| 179 | Alan Arkin | $10,725,228 | 1 | $10,725,228 |
| 180 | Sean Penn | $10,555,348 | 1 | $10,555,348 |
| 181 | Alex Jennings | $10,021,175 | 1 | $10,021,175 |
| 182 | Luke Kirby | $9,282,750 | 1 | $9,282,750 |
| 183 | Kathleen Turner | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 184 | Burt Reynolds | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 185 | Robert Morse | $7,988,000 | 1 | $7,988,000 |
| 186 | Rex Harrison | $7,400,000 | 1 | $7,400,000 |
| 187 | Daniel Day-Lewis | $7,352,332 | 1 | $7,352,332 |
| 188 | Mary J. Blige | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 189 | Forest Whitaker | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 190 | Nasir Jones | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 191 | Tyrese Gibson | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 192 | Jennifer Hudson | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 193 | Jacob Latimore | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 194 | Melissa Desormeaux-Poulin | $6,857,096 | 1 | $6,857,096 |
| 195 | Michael Fassbender | $6,812,790 | 2 | $3,406,395 |
| 196 | Chow Yun-Fat | $6,566,773 | 1 | $6,566,773 |
| 197 | Gong Li | $6,566,773 | 1 | $6,566,773 |
| 198 | Sigourney Weaver | $6,525,495 | 2 | $3,262,748 |
| 199 | Stockard Channing | $6,284,090 | 1 | $6,284,090 |
| 200 | Will Smith | $6,284,090 | 1 | $6,284,090 |
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.