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Top International Leading Stars for Comedy Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Comedy Stars - International Leading Adventure Stars - International Leading Action Stars - International Leading Drama Stars - International Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - International Leading Horror Stars - International Leading Romantic Comedy Stars - International Leading Musical Stars - Worldwide Leading Comedy Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the Comedy 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.
1
Will Ferrell
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 35 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Barbie ($810,900,000 in 2023), Daddy’s Home ($91,147,852 in 2015), Daddy’s Home 2 ($76,771,333 in 2017), Bewitched ($67,846,147 in 2005), The Other Guys ($51,716,492 in 2010), Elf ($46,812,848 in 2003), Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues ($44,833,047 in 2013), Step Brothers ($27,638,849 in 2008), Blades of Glory ($27,000,000 in 2007), Zoolander 2 ($26,500,000 in 2016) |
2
Jim Carrey
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 28 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Bruce Almighty ($241,763,613 in 2003), The Mask ($231,700,000 in 1994), Mr. Poppers’s Penguins ($121,400,000 in 2011), Liar Liar ($121,300,000 in 1997), Dumb & Dumber ($119,224,626 in 1994), Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls ($104,039,937 in 1995), Dumb and Dumber To ($70,345,582 in 2014), Me, Myself & Irene ($58,700,000 in 2000), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ($38,034,860 in 2004), Ace Ventura: Pet Detective ($35,000,000 in 1994) |
3
Eddie Murphy
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 47 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Doctor Dolittle ($150,000,000 in 1998), The Nutty Professor ($145,000,000 in 1996), Beverly Hills Cop II ($123,000,000 in 1987), Beverly Hills Cop ($81,539,522 in 1984), Beverly Hills Cop III ($76,594,077 in 1994), Tower Heist ($72,376,376 in 2011), Norbit ($63,300,000 in 2007), Dr. Dolittle 2 ($63,151,000 in 2001), Daddy Day Care ($60,136,806 in 2003), Nutty Professor II: The Klumps ($43,000,000 in 2000) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Ferrell | $1,443,186,573 | 33 | $43,732,926 |
| 2 | Jim Carrey | $1,167,339,914 | 13 | $89,795,378 |
| 3 | Eddie Murphy | $1,045,883,337 | 29 | $36,064,943 |
| 4 | Robert De Niro | $1,027,889,553 | 20 | $51,394,478 |
| 5 | Kate McKinnon | $1,017,324,640 | 4 | $254,331,160 |
| 6 | Margot Robbie | $967,623,772 | 5 | $193,524,754 |
| 7 | Ben Stiller | $943,174,881 | 18 | $52,398,605 |
| 8 | Zach Galifianakis | $932,506,677 | 11 | $84,773,334 |
| 9 | Owen Wilson | $922,837,231 | 22 | $41,947,147 |
| 10 | Michael Cera | $894,368,410 | 10 | $89,436,841 |
| 11 | Adam Sandler | $887,786,452 | 27 | $32,880,980 |
| 12 | Bradley Cooper | $870,369,834 | 6 | $145,061,639 |
| 13 | Chow Yun-Fat | $868,303,276 | 5 | $173,660,655 |
| 14 | Ed Helms | $867,375,954 | 18 | $48,187,553 |
| 15 | Issa Rae | $819,247,436 | 4 | $204,811,859 |
| 16 | America Ferrera | $816,272,858 | 5 | $163,254,572 |
| 17 | Ryan Gosling | $816,220,639 | 2 | $408,110,320 |
| 18 | Connor Swindells | $810,900,000 | 1 | $810,900,000 |
| 19 | Sharon Rooney | $810,900,000 | 1 | $810,900,000 |
| 20 | Ana Kayne | $810,900,000 | 1 | $810,900,000 |
| 21 | Scott Evans | $810,900,000 | 1 | $810,900,000 |
| 22 | Ritu Arya | $810,900,000 | 1 | $810,900,000 |
| 23 | Ariana Greenblatt | $810,900,000 | 1 | $810,900,000 |
| 24 | Kingsley Ben-Adir | $810,900,000 | 1 | $810,900,000 |
| 25 | Hari Nef | $810,900,000 | 1 | $810,900,000 |
| 26 | Emerald Fennell | $810,900,000 | 1 | $810,900,000 |
| 27 | Dua Lipa | $810,900,000 | 1 | $810,900,000 |
| 28 | Ncuti Gatwa | $810,900,000 | 1 | $810,900,000 |
| 29 | Emma Mackey | $810,900,000 | 1 | $810,900,000 |
| 30 | Jamie Demetriou | $810,900,000 | 1 | $810,900,000 |
| 31 | Nicola Coughlan | $810,900,000 | 1 | $810,900,000 |
| 32 | Alexandra Shipp | $810,900,000 | 1 | $810,900,000 |
| 33 | Simu Liu | $810,900,000 | 1 | $810,900,000 |
| 34 | Anne Hathaway | $753,735,017 | 11 | $68,521,365 |
| 35 | Mark Wahlberg | $752,347,273 | 9 | $83,594,141 |
| 36 | Seann William Scott | $750,919,265 | 12 | $62,576,605 |
| 37 | Dustin Hoffman | $743,404,548 | 11 | $67,582,232 |
| 38 | Shen Teng | $716,136,025 | 2 | $358,068,013 |
| 39 | Ma Li | $664,261,816 | 4 | $166,065,454 |
| 40 | Wang Baoqiang | $652,610,030 | 2 | $326,305,015 |
| 41 | Huang Bo | $620,874,947 | 6 | $103,479,158 |
| 42 | Alyson Hannigan | $618,963,495 | 5 | $123,792,699 |
| 43 | Jack Black | $616,259,759 | 14 | $44,018,554 |
| 44 | Jason Biggs | $582,428,569 | 8 | $72,803,571 |
| 45 | Thomas Ian Nicholas | $582,365,756 | 4 | $145,591,439 |
| 46 | Eddie Kaye Thomas | $582,365,756 | 4 | $145,591,439 |
| 47 | Justin Bartha | $582,100,000 | 2 | $291,050,000 |
| 48 | Rowan Atkinson | $568,925,328 | 5 | $113,785,066 |
| 49 | Teri Polo | $563,811,974 | 6 | $93,968,662 |
| 50 | Blythe Danner | $563,811,974 | 4 | $140,952,994 |
| 51 | Omar Sy | $556,321,062 | 5 | $111,264,212 |
| 52 | Liu Haoran | $540,316,133 | 2 | $270,158,067 |
| 53 | Awkwafina | $530,575,457 | 7 | $75,796,494 |
| 54 | John Goodman | $524,420,238 | 5 | $104,884,048 |
| 55 | François Cluzet | $520,161,008 | 3 | $173,387,003 |
| 56 | Melissa McCarthy | $510,582,984 | 15 | $34,038,866 |
| 57 | Robin Williams | $488,588,395 | 14 | $34,899,171 |
| 58 | Christian Clavier | $485,075,821 | 7 | $69,296,546 |
| 59 | Sarah Jessica Parker | $477,754,664 | 7 | $68,250,666 |
| 60 | Steve Carell | $477,494,935 | 14 | $34,106,781 |
| 61 | Seth MacFarlane | $473,088,645 | 3 | $157,696,215 |
| 62 | Zac Efron | $467,524,924 | 11 | $42,502,266 |
| 63 | Eugene Levy | $463,469,761 | 10 | $46,346,976 |
| 64 | Lun Ai | $462,622,096 | 3 | $154,207,365 |
| 65 | Kim Cattrall | $461,933,086 | 4 | $115,483,272 |
| 66 | Kristin Davis | $461,933,086 | 2 | $230,966,543 |
| 67 | Cynthia Nixon | $461,933,086 | 2 | $230,966,543 |
| 68 | Mary Ma | $460,303,199 | 1 | $460,303,199 |
| 69 | Ryan Reynolds | $458,567,251 | 13 | $35,274,404 |
| 70 | Mena Suvari | $458,053,971 | 9 | $50,894,886 |
| 71 | Natasha Lyonne | $454,669,498 | 8 | $56,833,687 |
| 72 | Tara Reid | $454,420,149 | 6 | $75,736,692 |
| 73 | Chris Klein | $454,365,756 | 5 | $90,873,151 |
| 74 | Chengpeng Dong (董成鹏) | $452,127,199 | 3 | $150,709,066 |
| 75 | Jennifer Aniston | $441,074,602 | 12 | $36,756,217 |
| 76 | Sandra Bullock | $437,828,928 | 9 | $48,647,659 |
| 77 | Sam Rockwell | $430,029,430 | 12 | $35,835,786 |
| 78 | Vince Vaughn | $429,123,495 | 16 | $26,820,218 |
| 79 | Jia Ling | $427,863,725 | 1 | $427,863,725 |
| 80 | Bill Murray | $426,809,738 | 21 | $20,324,273 |
| 81 | Xu Zheng | $423,941,100 | 2 | $211,970,550 |
| 82 | Kevin James | $415,686,282 | 11 | $37,789,662 |
| 83 | Tom Wilkinson | $410,511,594 | 4 | $102,627,899 |
| 84 | Channing Tatum | $404,882,297 | 11 | $36,807,482 |
| 85 | Barbra Streisand | $404,220,076 | 7 | $57,745,725 |
| 86 | Jonah Hill | $402,197,204 | 13 | $30,938,246 |
| 87 | John Travolta | $394,459,846 | 10 | $39,445,985 |
| 88 | Seth Rogen | $380,247,873 | 16 | $23,765,492 |
| 89 | Macaulay Culkin | $376,327,320 | 4 | $94,081,830 |
| 90 | Daniel Stern | $376,327,010 | 5 | $75,265,402 |
| 91 | Joe Pesci | $376,326,929 | 3 | $125,442,310 |
| 92 | Anna Faris | $369,417,870 | 10 | $36,941,787 |
| 93 | Rose Byrne | $360,415,893 | 10 | $36,041,589 |
| 94 | Heather Graham | $357,356,203 | 6 | $59,559,367 |
| 95 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | $356,113,924 | 5 | $71,222,785 |
| 96 | Sacha Baron Cohen | $353,946,410 | 5 | $70,789,282 |
| 97 | Catherine O'Hara | $350,891,759 | 4 | $87,722,940 |
| 98 | Dan Castellaneta | $343,936,008 | 1 | $343,936,008 |
| 99 | Craig Robinson | $341,837,007 | 8 | $42,729,626 |
| 100 | Elizabeth Perkins | $335,293,641 | 2 | $167,646,821 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding 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
Will Ferrell: By Eva Rinaldi Uploaded by WikiCelebs (Will Ferrell) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Jim Carrey: By Ian Smith from London, England (Flickr) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Eddie Murphy: By David Shankbone (flickr) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
