Box Office Star Records > Domestic > Per Year Acting > Top Domestic 1981 Stars
Highest Grossing Stars of 1981 at the Domestic Box Office
See also: Top Domestic 2019 Stars - Top Domestic 2020 Stars - Top Domestic 2021 Stars - Top Domestic 2022 Stars - Top Domestic 2023 Stars - Top Domestic 2024 Stars
This list shows the highest grossing stars of 1981 based on the domestic box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 1981 and the two preceeding years (voice-only roles excluded).
The Star Score in this list represent points assigned to each of the leading stars of top 100 (based on domestic box office) movies in the current year and two preceding years. For appearing in the number one movie in a year a star gets 100 points, the number two movie 99 points and so on. This rewards actors for appearing in a number of hit films over the course of three years more than starring in just one monster hit over the same time period.
| Top Domestic 1980 Stars | Top Domestic 1982 Stars |
| Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 19 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: On Golden Pond ($119,285,432 in 1981), Nine to Five ($103,290,500 in 1980), The Electric Horseman ($42,670,138 in 1979), The China Syndrome ($35,708,042 in 1979) |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 4 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Blues Brothers ($57,229,890 in 1980), 1941 ($34,175,000 in 1979), Neighbors ($29,916,207 in 1981) |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 24 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Caddyshack ($39,846,344 in 1980), Modern Problems ($24,474,312 in 1981), Seems Like Old Times ($23,200,000 in 1980) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Star Score |
Movies | Average Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jane Fonda | 364 | 4 | 1.8 |
| 2 | John Belushi | 295 | 4 | 1.5 |
| 3 | Chevy Chase | 289 | 4 | 7.8 |
| 4 | Clint Eastwood | 263 | 3 | 0.3 |
| 5 | Harrison Ford | 258 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 6 | Dan Aykroyd | 246 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 7 | Meryl Streep | 229 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 8 | Roger Moore | 186 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 9 | Bill Murray | 185 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 10 | Sylvester Stallone | 179 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 11 | Diane Keaton | 178 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 12 | Richard Pryor | 177 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 13 | Robert Redford | 170 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 14 | Goldie Hawn | 170 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 15 | Paul Newman | 159 | 2 | 10.0 |
| 16 | Gene Wilder | 156 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 17 | Martin Sheen | 156 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 18 | Adrienne King | 150 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 19 | Michael Beck | 144 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 20 | Al Pacino | 143 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 21 | William Hurt | 136 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 22 | John Travolta | 132 | 2 | 10.0 |
| 23 | Chuck Norris | 131 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 24 | Jack Nicholson | 127 | 2 | 10.0 |
| 25 | Woody Allen | 123 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 26 | Michael Douglas | 120 | 2 | 6.5 |
| 27 | Robert De Niro | 115 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 28 | David Warner | 114 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 29 | Dennis Quaid | 114 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 30 | Dustin Hoffman | 100 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 31 | Mark Hamill | 100 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 32 | Karen Allen | 100 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 33 | Carrie Fisher | 100 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 34 | James Brolin | 99 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 35 | Katharine Hepburn | 99 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 36 | Henry Fonda | 99 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 37 | Margot Kidder | 99 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 38 | Lily Tomlin | 99 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 39 | Rod Steiger | 99 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 40 | Dolly Parton | 99 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 41 | Doug McKeon | 99 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 42 | Dabney Coleman | 99 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 43 | Christopher Reeve | 98 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 44 | Carl Weathers | 98 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 45 | Julie Hagerty | 97 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 46 | Robert Hays | 97 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 47 | William Shatner | 96 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 48 | Leonard Nimoy | 96 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 49 | DeForest Kelley | 96 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 50 | James Doohan | 96 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 51 | George Takei | 96 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 52 | Nichelle Nichols | 96 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 53 | Walter Koenig | 96 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 54 | Stephen Collins | 96 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 55 | Steve Martin | 94 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 56 | Warren Beatty | 92 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 57 | Tom Skerritt | 92 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 58 | Sigourney Weaver | 92 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 59 | Dudley Moore | 91 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 60 | Bo Derek | 91 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 61 | Robin Williams | 90 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 62 | George Hamilton | 90 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 63 | Susan Saint James | 90 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 64 | Shelley Duvall | 90 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 65 | Michael Caine | 89 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 66 | Cheech Marin | 86 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 67 | George C. Scott | 86 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 68 | Tommy Chong | 86 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 69 | Peter Falk | 85 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 70 | Alan Arkin | 85 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 71 | Burt Reynolds | 84 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 72 | Jill Clayburgh | 84 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 73 | Candice Bergen | 84 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 74 | Harry Crosby | 84 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 75 | Laurie Bartram | 84 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 76 | Mark Nelson | 84 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 77 | Jeannine Taylor | 84 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 78 | Ari Lehman | 84 | 1 | 9.0 |
| 79 | Brooke Shields | 83 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 80 | Roy Scheider | 83 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 81 | Martin Hewitt | 83 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 82 | Kelly Reno | 82 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 83 | Mickey Rooney | 82 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 84 | Barbra Streisand | 81 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 85 | Ryan O'Neal | 81 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 86 | Sam J. Jones | 80 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 87 | Maximilian Schell | 80 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 88 | Anthony Perkins | 80 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 89 | Robert Forster | 80 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 90 | Joseph Bottoms | 80 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 91 | Yvette Mimieux | 80 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 92 | Ernest Borgnine | 80 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 93 | Jack Lemmon | 79 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 94 | John Hurt | 79 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 95 | Jon Voight | 76 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 96 | Faye Dunaway | 76 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 97 | Peter Sellers | 75 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 98 | Charles Grodin | 75 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 99 | Olivia Newton-John | 74 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 100 | James Caan | 74 | 1 | 1.0 |
The Average Billing column contains the average billing position of this cast/crew member for the selected films.
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
Chevy Chase: By Jesse Chang (08 ken and chevy chase) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons
