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Top International Leading Stars for Thriller/Suspense Movies


See also: Domestic Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - International Leading Adventure Stars - International Leading Action Stars - International Leading Comedy Stars - International Leading Drama Stars - International Leading Horror Stars - International Leading Romantic Comedy Stars - International Leading Musical Stars - Worldwide Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars

This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the Thriller/Suspense 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.

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Morgan Freeman
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 38 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Now You See Me 2 ($263,249,467 in 2016), Se7en ($228,000,000 in 1995), Now You See Me ($225,045,211 in 2013), Oblivion ($198,809,398 in 2013), London Has Fallen ($132,669,825 in 2016), Outbreak ($122,200,000 in 1995), Olympus Has Fallen ($73,909,401 in 2013), Angel Has Fallen ($64,315,147 in 2019), Lucky Number Slevin ($33,000,000 in 2006), Along Came a Spider ($31,100,387 in 2001)

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Jennifer Lawrence
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 21 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 ($429,439,246 in 2014), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 ($364,496,052 in 2015), The Hunger Games ($269,912,687 in 2012), Passengers ($202,224,973 in 2016), Red Sparrow ($99,077,356 in 2018), mother! ($26,716,995 in 2017)

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Matt Damon
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 37 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Martian ($425,175,444 in 2015), Ocean's Eleven ($267,311,379 in 2001), The Bourne Ultimatum ($216,572,326 in 2007), The Bourne Supremacy ($134,913,674 in 2004), The Bourne Identity ($92,888,411 in 2002), The Adjustment Bureau ($64,435,680 in 2011), Contagion ($61,545,842 in 2011), The Talented Mr. Ripley ($47,499,995 in 1999), The Instigators ($0 in 2024), The King of Oil ($0 in 2019)

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Complete List

Rank Name International
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Morgan Freeman $1,395,848,960 17 $82,108,762
2 Jennifer Lawrence $1,391,867,309 6 $231,977,885
3 Matt Damon $1,310,342,751 10 $131,034,275
4 Tom Hanks $1,208,144,543 5 $241,628,909
5 Brad Pitt $1,127,325,046 11 $102,484,095
6 Leonardo DiCaprio $1,018,752,262 4 $254,688,066
7 Bruce Willis $952,619,160 16 $59,538,698
8 Joaquin Phoenix $872,078,049 3 $290,692,683
9 George Clooney $804,541,111 6 $134,090,185
10 Michael Douglas $747,962,802 15 $49,864,187
11 Harrison Ford $742,760,460 8 $92,845,058
12 Tom Cruise $671,045,490 5 $134,209,098
13 Denzel Washington $639,562,036 15 $42,637,469
14 Angelina Jolie $588,224,568 7 $84,032,081
15 Gerard Butler $570,726,881 9 $63,414,098
16 Ben Affleck $562,568,770 10 $56,256,877
17 Audrey Tautou $550,284,321 1 $550,284,321
18 Joseph Gordon-Levitt $544,335,130 3 $181,445,043
19 Dave Franco $535,294,997 4 $133,823,749
20 Elliot Page $533,217,375 1 $533,217,375
21 Sandra Bullock $531,527,652 5 $106,305,530
22 Liam Neeson $517,734,003 14 $36,981,000
23 Woody Harrelson $503,502,641 6 $83,917,107
24 Michael Caine $493,373,101 8 $61,671,638
25 Noomi Rapace $492,852,466 11 $44,804,770
26 Mark Ruffalo $490,628,268 3 $163,542,756
27 Jesse Eisenberg $489,687,257 7 $69,955,322
28 Johnny Depp $412,124,288 7 $58,874,898
29 Haley Joel Osment $389,152,577 2 $194,576,289
30 Samuel L. Jackson $377,563,330 16 $23,597,708
31 Maggie Grace $366,616,387 4 $91,654,097
32 Jodie Foster $362,457,334 6 $60,409,556
33 Sharon Stone $357,543,799 6 $59,590,633
34 Jamie Foxx $331,312,673 6 $55,218,779
35 Will Smith $329,139,674 5 $65,827,935
36 Kevin Costner $316,443,296 7 $45,206,185
37 Jake Gyllenhaal $316,066,764 11 $28,733,342
38 Robert De Niro $312,807,811 11 $28,437,074
39 Mark Wahlberg $295,882,035 9 $32,875,782
40 Julia Roberts $292,144,352 7 $41,734,907
41 Richard Gere $290,212,100 13 $22,324,008
42 Mel Gibson $289,217,594 11 $26,292,509
43 Whitney Houston $289,000,000 1 $289,000,000
44 Daniel Radcliffe $288,948,634 3 $96,316,211
45 Andy Garcia $282,296,858 6 $47,049,476
46 Clive Owen $268,504,196 8 $33,563,025
47 Lizzy Caplan $265,609,467 2 $132,804,734
48 Jay Chou $263,249,467 1 $263,249,467
49 Natalie Portman $260,650,646 3 $86,883,549
50 Pierce Brosnan $244,128,754 11 $22,193,523
51 Jeremy Renner $242,922,648 4 $60,730,662
52 Famke Janssen $238,020,927 4 $59,505,232
53 Margot Robbie $235,592,705 4 $58,898,176
54 Aaron Eckhart $233,148,476 11 $21,195,316
55 Nicolas Cage $231,451,764 17 $13,614,810
56 George MacKay $229,912,796 2 $114,956,398
57 Dean-Charles Chapman $229,912,796 1 $229,912,796
58 Mélanie Laurent $225,045,211 3 $75,015,070
59 Isla Fisher $225,045,211 1 $225,045,211
60 Rosamund Pike $221,512,648 7 $31,644,664
61 Ryan Gosling $220,124,489 5 $44,024,898
62 Russell Crowe $213,763,620 8 $26,720,453
63 Kevin Spacey $207,297,063 6 $34,549,511
64 Blake Lively $204,267,333 8 $25,533,417
65 Al Pacino $203,938,590 8 $25,492,324
66 Chris Pratt $202,224,973 1 $202,224,973
67 Emily Blunt $200,693,748 3 $66,897,916
68 Amanda Seyfried $198,743,470 5 $39,748,694
69 Rooney Mara $197,627,224 3 $65,875,741
70 Dave Bautista $196,717,974 6 $32,786,329
71 Jon Hamm $195,856,517 5 $39,171,303
72 Ryan Reynolds $195,174,494 5 $39,034,899
73 Aaron Taylor-Johnson $194,784,273 4 $48,696,068
74 Anthony Hopkins $193,969,617 10 $19,396,962
75 Chris Evans $193,411,973 6 $32,235,329
76 Ben Foster $189,216,701 3 $63,072,234
77 Sidse Babett Knudsen $188,394,097 3 $62,798,032
78 Talitha Bateman $187,095,849 1 $187,095,849
79 Irrfan Khan $185,483,193 4 $46,370,798
80 Felicity Jones $185,176,063 2 $92,588,032
81 Omar Sy $185,175,793 1 $185,175,793
82 James McAvoy $183,056,690 4 $45,764,173
83 Jared Leto $180,147,076 2 $90,073,538
84 Zhang Yi $177,454,106 1 $177,454,106
85 Liu Hao Cun $177,454,106 1 $177,454,106
86 Yu Hewei $177,454,106 1 $177,454,106
87 Amanda Qin $177,454,106 1 $177,454,106
88 Yawen Zhu $177,454,106 1 $177,454,106
89 Rene Russo $177,200,000 2 $88,600,000
90 Catherine Zeta-Jones $175,975,798 3 $58,658,599
91 Brian Tyree Henry $175,356,919 3 $58,452,306
92 Ana de Armas $175,014,411 7 $25,002,059
93 Bryce Dallas Howard $173,944,114 2 $86,972,057
94 Nick Nolte $170,458,108 4 $42,614,527
95 Justin Timberlake $168,746,054 2 $84,373,027
96 Channing Tatum $166,905,984 3 $55,635,328
97 Sylvia Hoeks $165,754,600 1 $165,754,600
98 Hiroyuki Sanada $163,508,411 2 $81,754,206
99 Glenn Close $163,454,304 1 $163,454,304
100 Daniel Craig $161,931,028 3 $53,977,009

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

Morgan Freeman: By David Sifry (David Sifry's flickr account) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Jennifer Lawrence: By Jennifer_Lawrence_at_the_83rd_Academy_Awards.jpg: Mingle MediaTV derivative work: Tabercil (Jennifer_Lawrence_at_the_83rd_Academy_Awards.jpg) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org)], via Wikimedia Commons

Matt Damon: By nicolas genin from Paris, France [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons