Box Office Star Records > International > Genres > International Leading Drama Stars
Top International Leading Stars for Drama Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Drama Stars - International Leading Adventure Stars - International Leading Action Stars - International Leading Comedy Stars - International Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - International Leading Horror Stars - International Leading Romantic Comedy Stars - International Leading Musical Stars - Worldwide Leading Drama Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the Drama 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
Leonardo DiCaprio
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 23 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Titanic ($1,548,588,773 in 1997), The Great Gatsby ($208,657,314 in 2013), Catch Me if You Can ($191,005,491 in 2002), The Departed ($157,276,304 in 2006), The Aviator ($105,762,065 in 2004), Gangs of New York ($105,394,121 in 2002), Romeo+Juliet ($101,203,653 in 1996), Revolutionary Road ($56,653,480 in 2008), J. Edgar ($47,300,000 in 2011), The Basketball Diaries ($41,929 in 1995) |
2
Robert Pattinson
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 23 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 ($537,400,000 in 2012), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($404,614,315 in 2010), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 ($400,884,811 in 2011), The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($390,932,913 in 2009), Twilight ($209,505,915 in 2008), Water for Elephants ($58,100,000 in 2011), Remember Me ($37,437,880 in 2010), Bel Ami ($6,044,657 in 2012), Life ($5,536,354 in 2015), Good Time ($2,110,757 in 2017) |
3
Kristen Stewart
| Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 27 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 ($537,400,000 in 2012), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($404,614,315 in 2010), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 ($400,884,811 in 2011), The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($390,932,913 in 2009), Twilight ($209,505,915 in 2008), Café Society ($33,245,087 in 2016), Spencer ($9,460,226 in 2021), On the Road ($8,592,474 in 2012), Equals ($2,091,101 in 2016), The Runaways ($1,704,959 in 2010) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $2,521,883,130 | 15 | $168,125,542 |
| 2 | Robert Pattinson | $2,053,308,050 | 12 | $171,109,004 |
| 3 | Kristen Stewart | $2,000,403,205 | 19 | $105,284,379 |
| 4 | Tom Hanks | $1,954,057,950 | 19 | $102,845,155 |
| 5 | Taylor Lautner | $1,943,337,954 | 6 | $323,889,659 |
| 6 | Kate Winslet | $1,895,365,056 | 19 | $99,756,056 |
| 7 | Shen Teng | $1,843,902,233 | 3 | $614,634,078 |
| 8 | Jackson Yee | $1,236,141,358 | 5 | $247,228,272 |
| 9 | Matt Damon | $1,082,383,371 | 18 | $60,132,410 |
| 10 | Brad Pitt | $1,082,120,895 | 18 | $60,117,828 |
| 11 | Jia Ling | $986,435,780 | 2 | $493,217,890 |
| 12 | Dakota Johnson | $985,151,924 | 11 | $89,559,266 |
| 13 | Jamie Dornan | $984,923,867 | 7 | $140,703,410 |
| 14 | Lei Jiayin | $919,195,407 | 2 | $459,597,704 |
| 15 | Zhang Xiaofei | $870,535,517 | 2 | $435,267,759 |
| 16 | Russell Crowe | $766,393,213 | 15 | $51,092,881 |
| 17 | Julia Roberts | $725,268,029 | 9 | $80,585,337 |
| 18 | Meryl Streep | $690,877,707 | 28 | $24,674,204 |
| 19 | Cillian Murphy | $686,569,493 | 8 | $85,821,187 |
| 20 | Rami Malek | $669,521,317 | 4 | $167,380,329 |
| 21 | Dongyu Zhou | $663,710,226 | 5 | $132,742,045 |
| 22 | Christian Bale | $637,388,144 | 14 | $45,527,725 |
| 23 | Johnny Depp | $625,032,253 | 20 | $31,251,613 |
| 24 | Cate Blanchett | $622,086,155 | 14 | $44,434,725 |
| 25 | Bradley Cooper | $611,813,836 | 11 | $55,619,440 |
| 26 | Xu Zheng | $592,936,987 | 4 | $148,234,247 |
| 27 | Demi Moore | $584,318,987 | 12 | $48,693,249 |
| 28 | Yi Zhang | $581,641,120 | 1 | $581,641,120 |
| 29 | Yue Yunpeng | $581,641,120 | 1 | $581,641,120 |
| 30 | Zhang Hanyu | $568,720,700 | 3 | $189,573,567 |
| 31 | Robert Redford | $560,514,064 | 15 | $37,367,604 |
| 32 | George Clooney | $550,071,365 | 9 | $61,119,041 |
| 33 | Sylvester Stallone | $547,924,004 | 9 | $60,880,445 |
| 34 | Kevin Costner | $545,952,679 | 18 | $30,330,704 |
| 35 | Xiaoming Huang | $538,881,839 | 5 | $107,776,368 |
| 36 | Liu Haoran | $524,490,447 | 3 | $174,830,149 |
| 37 | Chao Deng | $522,103,451 | 4 | $130,525,863 |
| 38 | Keira Knightley | $520,905,753 | 15 | $34,727,050 |
| 39 | Lay Zhang | $504,630,207 | 1 | $504,630,207 |
| 40 | Gina Jin | $504,630,207 | 1 | $504,630,207 |
| 41 | Suraj Sharma | $494,323,346 | 1 | $494,323,346 |
| 42 | Nicole Kidman | $479,700,578 | 27 | $17,766,688 |
| 43 | Joel Edgerton | $477,028,636 | 11 | $43,366,240 |
| 44 | Zhang Yi | $475,535,084 | 3 | $158,511,695 |
| 45 | Patrick Swayze | $456,029,265 | 8 | $57,003,658 |
| 46 | Judi Dench | $454,856,973 | 10 | $45,485,697 |
| 47 | Denzel Washington | $454,024,628 | 19 | $23,896,033 |
| 48 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $451,687,489 | 13 | $34,745,191 |
| 49 | Clint Eastwood | $451,140,042 | 11 | $41,012,731 |
| 50 | Josh Gad | $443,824,132 | 5 | $88,764,826 |
| 51 | Zhu Yilong | $433,511,969 | 3 | $144,503,990 |
| 52 | Ma Li | $432,505,902 | 2 | $216,252,951 |
| 53 | Willem Dafoe | $426,614,604 | 25 | $17,064,584 |
| 54 | Helena Bonham Carter | $411,318,315 | 16 | $25,707,395 |
| 55 | Xuan Huang | $397,248,021 | 3 | $132,416,007 |
| 56 | Jack Nicholson | $385,873,222 | 13 | $29,682,556 |
| 57 | Al Pacino | $378,945,192 | 27 | $14,035,007 |
| 58 | Du Jiang | $378,261,643 | 2 | $189,130,822 |
| 59 | Will Smith | $377,162,778 | 10 | $37,716,278 |
| 60 | Colin Firth | $372,928,513 | 15 | $24,861,901 |
| 61 | Li Qin | $371,857,186 | 1 | $371,857,186 |
| 62 | Jude Law | $367,435,624 | 12 | $30,619,635 |
| 63 | Penélope Cruz | $364,949,880 | 11 | $33,177,262 |
| 64 | Marion Cotillard | $363,490,939 | 10 | $36,349,094 |
| 65 | Kristin Scott Thomas | $362,729,819 | 13 | $27,902,294 |
| 66 | Jennifer Lawrence | $361,560,236 | 10 | $36,156,024 |
| 67 | Dev Patel | $361,131,685 | 4 | $90,282,921 |
| 68 | Kenneth Branagh | $354,849,306 | 5 | $70,969,861 |
| 69 | Geoffrey Rush | $354,114,802 | 8 | $44,264,350 |
| 70 | Mel Gibson | $352,144,444 | 15 | $23,476,296 |
| 71 | Stephanie Sheh | $349,753,002 | 1 | $349,753,002 |
| 72 | Ryunosuke Kamiki | $349,753,002 | 1 | $349,753,002 |
| 73 | Michael Sinterniklaas | $349,753,002 | 1 | $349,753,002 |
| 74 | Mone Kamishiraishi | $349,753,002 | 1 | $349,753,002 |
| 75 | Lily James | $341,726,890 | 6 | $56,954,482 |
| 76 | Kevin Spacey | $338,778,843 | 10 | $33,877,884 |
| 77 | Jim Carrey | $338,691,126 | 4 | $84,672,782 |
| 78 | Annette Bening | $326,904,794 | 13 | $25,146,523 |
| 79 | James Caviezel | $321,380,698 | 6 | $53,563,450 |
| 80 | Robert De Niro | $315,580,768 | 32 | $9,861,899 |
| 81 | Lady Gaga | $314,764,564 | 2 | $157,382,282 |
| 82 | Liam Neeson | $314,140,650 | 16 | $19,633,791 |
| 83 | Whitney Houston | $311,992,705 | 4 | $77,998,176 |
| 84 | Nicolas Cage | $309,810,499 | 16 | $19,363,156 |
| 85 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $307,902,532 | 13 | $23,684,810 |
| 86 | Wang Baoqiang | $304,280,699 | 1 | $304,280,699 |
| 87 | Carey Mulligan | $304,230,506 | 12 | $25,352,542 |
| 88 | John Travolta | $302,984,402 | 14 | $21,641,743 |
| 89 | Michael Peña | $300,218,528 | 8 | $37,527,316 |
| 90 | Hwang Jung-min | $299,365,121 | 5 | $59,873,024 |
| 91 | Michael B. Jordan | $299,288,158 | 8 | $37,411,020 |
| 92 | Joaquin Phoenix | $294,661,084 | 10 | $29,466,108 |
| 93 | Tobey Maguire | $286,296,954 | 5 | $57,259,391 |
| 94 | Huang Bo | $286,141,419 | 3 | $95,380,473 |
| 95 | Boran Jing | $283,494,997 | 3 | $94,498,332 |
| 96 | Juliette Binoche | $282,864,360 | 21 | $13,469,731 |
| 97 | Hugh Bonneville | $282,746,419 | 5 | $56,549,284 |
| 98 | Freida Pinto | $279,716,255 | 7 | $39,959,465 |
| 99 | Morgan Freeman | $279,123,447 | 14 | $19,937,389 |
| 100 | Robin Williams | $276,526,705 | 9 | $30,725,189 |
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
Leonardo DiCaprio: By Siebbi (Leonardo DiCaprio) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Robert Pattinson: Georges Biard [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Kristen Stewart: By lukeford.net [CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons
