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Highest Grossing Stars of 2021 at the Domestic Box Office


See also: Top Domestic 2019 Stars - Top Domestic 2023 Stars - Top Domestic 2024 Stars - Top International 2021 Stars - Top Worldwide 2021 Stars

This list shows the highest grossing stars of 2021 based on the domestic box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 2021 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 2020 Stars Top Domestic 2022 Stars
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Samuel L. Jackson
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 55 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Captain Marvel ($426,829,839 in 2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($390,532,085 in 2019), Glass ($111,048,468 in 2019), The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard ($38,014,727 in 2021), Shaft ($21,360,215 in 2019)

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Tom Holland
Best known as a Lead Ensemble Member Actor based on credits in that role in 9 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($858,373,000 in 2019), Spider-Man: No Way Home ($814,115,070 in 2021), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($390,532,085 in 2019)

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Will Smith
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 31 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Aladdin ($355,559,216 in 2019), Bad Boys For Life ($204,417,855 in 2020), Gemini Man ($48,546,770 in 2019)

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Complete List

Rank Name Star
Score
Movies Average
Billing
1 Samuel L. Jackson 432 6 6.2
2 Tom Holland 334 4 5.5
3 Will Smith 281 4 1.5
4 Margot Robbie 280 4 2.0
5 Dwayne Johnson 268 3 1.0
6 Salma Hayek 247 3 3.3
7 Eiza González 224 3 5.7
8 Scarlett Johansson 222 3 4.7
9 Liam Neeson 215 4 1.5
10 Adam Driver 212 3 2.3
11 Woody Harrelson 210 3 3.7
12 Robert Downey, Jr. 197 2 1.0
13 Florence Pugh 195 4 1.8
14 Brie Larson 195 2 5.0
15 Dave Bautista 195 3 9.7
16 Anya Taylor-Joy 193 3 1.3
17 Karen Gillan 191 2 6.0
18 Paul Rudd 191 2 6.5
19 Gemma Chan 190 2 7.5
20 Josh Brolin 188 2 8.5
21 Lupita Nyong'o 187 2 6.0
22 Chris Evans 186 2 2.0
23 Oscar Isaac 186 2 4.5
24 Zendaya 182 2 5.5
25 Emily Blunt 181 2 1.5
26 Idris Elba 180 3 4.0
27 Daniel Craig 179 2 1.0
28 Ana de Armas 179 2 3.5
29 Henry Golding 178 3 2.3
30 Angelina Jolie 172 2 1.5
31 Finn Wolfhard 172 2 2.0
32 Jamie Lee Curtis 171 2 2.5
33 Lakeith Lee Stanfield 169 2 5.0
34 Colin Farrell 168 2 2.0
35 Vin Diesel 165 2 1.0
36 Chris Hemsworth 165 2 2.5
37 Kevin Hart 165 2 2.5
38 Jack Whitehall 163 2 2.5
39 Michelle Rodriguez 163 2 5.0
40 Michael Peña 161 2 1.5
41 Matt Damon 160 3 1.0
42 Michelle Dockery 159 2 4.5
43 Djimon Hounsou 159 2 6.0
44 Ryan Reynolds 155 2 1.0
45 Keanu Reeves 155 2 1.0
46 Mckenna Grace 155 2 2.0
47 Jason Statham 147 2 1.5
48 Lance Reddick 147 2 5.5
49 Dennis Quaid 146 4 4.5
50 Eliza Scanlen 146 2 6.5
51 Emma Stone 145 2 2.0
52 Nick Jonas 142 2 5.0
53 Lea Seydoux 142 2 5.0
54 Rami Malek 139 2 4.0
55 Zachary Levi 138 2 1.0
56 Daisy Ridley 138 2 3.0
57 Timothée Chalamet 137 2 5.0
58 Keri Russell 135 2 6.5
59 John Cena 134 2 3.0
60 James McAvoy 133 2 1.5
61 Patrick Wilson 133 2 1.5
62 Thomasin McKenzie 133 3 2.7
63 Tom Hanks 130 2 1.0
64 Brad Pitt 127 2 1.5
65 Jesse Plemons 126 2 3.5
66 Toni Collette 125 2 5.0
67 Jared Leto 122 2 4.0
68 Ewan McGregor 120 2 4.5
69 Ed Skrein 118 2 3.0
70 Chadwick Boseman 117 2 16.5
71 Issa Rae 116 2 2.0
72 Ben Affleck 115 2 2.5
73 Rebel Wilson 112 4 3.8
74 Taylor Russell 109 2 1.0
75 Logan Miller 109 2 2.0
76 Abigail Breslin 104 2 3.5
77 Josh Lucas 103 2 2.5
78 Kumail Nanjiani 102 2 1.0
79 Martin Lawrence 100 1 2.0
80 Tyrese Gibson 100 2 2.5
81 David Harbour 100 2 2.5
82 Mark Ruffalo 100 1 3.0
83 Jeremy Renner 100 1 6.0
84 Don Cheadle 100 1 7.0
85 Danai Gurira 100 1 11.0
86 Benedict Wong 100 1 14.0
87 Jon Favreau 100 1 15.0
88 Gwyneth Paltrow 100 1 16.0
89 Evangeline Lilly 100 1 17.0
90 Benedict Cumberbatch 100 1 18.0
91 Chris Pratt 100 1 20.0
92 Sebastian Stan 100 1 22.0
93 Terry Notary 100 1 23.0
94 Anthony Mackie 100 1 24.0
95 Tom Hiddleston 100 1 25.0
96 Letitia Wright 100 1 26.0
97 Pom Klementieff 100 1 28.0
98 Paul Bettany 100 1 29.0
99 Elizabeth Olsen 100 1 30.0
100 Zoe Saldana 100 1 31.0

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

Samuel L. Jackson: By pinguino k (originally posted to Flickr as samuel l jackson) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Tom Holland: Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Will Smith: By Walmart Stores [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons