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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.
1
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 ($227,999,916 in 1995), Now You See Me ($225,045,211 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), High Crimes ($22,237,893 in 2002) |
2
Brad Pitt
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 37 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Ocean’s Eleven ($267,311,379 in 2001), Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood ($234,924,175 in 2019), Se7en ($227,999,916 in 1995), Bullet Train ($135,166,361 in 2022), The Devil’s Own ($98,014,407 in 1997), Ad Astra ($84,966,456 in 2019), The Counselor ($54,035,619 in 2013), Killing Them Softly ($24,292,902 in 2012), True Romance ($362,293 in 1993), Kalifornia ($0 in 1993) |
3
Joaquin Phoenix
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 18 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Joker ($743,300,000 in 2019), Joker: Folie à Deux ($149,200,000 in 2024), The Village ($143,444,114 in 2004) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgan Freeman | $1,197,039,478 | 17 | $70,414,087 |
| 2 | Brad Pitt | $1,127,073,508 | 10 | $112,707,351 |
| 3 | Joaquin Phoenix | $1,035,944,114 | 3 | $345,314,705 |
| 4 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $1,018,745,586 | 4 | $254,686,397 |
| 5 | Bruce Willis | $952,619,160 | 16 | $59,538,698 |
| 6 | Matt Damon | $885,167,307 | 8 | $110,645,913 |
| 7 | George Clooney | $804,541,111 | 5 | $160,908,222 |
| 8 | Michael Douglas | $747,962,921 | 15 | $49,864,195 |
| 9 | Harrison Ford | $744,105,860 | 8 | $93,013,233 |
| 10 | Tom Hanks | $657,860,222 | 4 | $164,465,056 |
| 11 | Denzel Washington | $640,669,560 | 15 | $42,711,304 |
| 12 | Ben Affleck | $602,834,486 | 12 | $50,236,207 |
| 13 | Angelina Jolie | $589,730,137 | 8 | $73,716,267 |
| 14 | Gerard Butler | $573,331,032 | 10 | $57,333,103 |
| 15 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | $544,328,454 | 3 | $181,442,818 |
| 16 | Dave Franco | $535,294,997 | 4 | $133,823,749 |
| 17 | Elliot Page | $533,210,699 | 1 | $533,210,699 |
| 18 | Sandra Bullock | $531,527,652 | 5 | $106,305,530 |
| 19 | Liam Neeson | $518,216,068 | 14 | $37,015,433 |
| 20 | Woody Harrelson | $505,944,192 | 7 | $72,277,742 |
| 21 | Michael Caine | $493,373,175 | 7 | $70,481,882 |
| 22 | Noomi Rapace | $493,292,204 | 13 | $37,945,554 |
| 23 | Mark Ruffalo | $490,628,268 | 5 | $98,125,654 |
| 24 | Jesse Eisenberg | $489,687,257 | 7 | $69,955,322 |
| 25 | Tom Cruise | $472,236,092 | 4 | $118,059,023 |
| 26 | Ni Ni | $452,339,243 | 1 | $452,339,243 |
| 27 | Janice Man | $452,339,243 | 1 | $452,339,243 |
| 28 | Zhu Yilong | $452,339,243 | 1 | $452,339,243 |
| 29 | Johnny Depp | $412,124,288 | 8 | $51,515,536 |
| 30 | Haley Joel Osment | $389,152,577 | 2 | $194,576,289 |
| 31 | Samuel L. Jackson | $377,716,794 | 16 | $23,607,300 |
| 32 | Maggie Grace | $366,616,387 | 5 | $73,323,277 |
| 33 | Jodie Foster | $362,457,334 | 6 | $60,409,556 |
| 34 | Sharon Stone | $357,543,799 | 6 | $59,590,633 |
| 35 | Jamie Foxx | $331,530,715 | 6 | $55,255,119 |
| 36 | Will Smith | $329,139,674 | 6 | $54,856,612 |
| 37 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $316,066,591 | 12 | $26,338,883 |
| 38 | Mark Wahlberg | $314,775,491 | 10 | $31,477,549 |
| 39 | Robert De Niro | $312,807,811 | 12 | $26,067,318 |
| 40 | Julia Roberts | $295,191,237 | 8 | $36,898,905 |
| 41 | Richard Gere | $290,200,064 | 13 | $22,323,082 |
| 42 | Mel Gibson | $289,217,594 | 12 | $24,101,466 |
| 43 | Daniel Radcliffe | $288,948,634 | 4 | $72,237,159 |
| 44 | Andy Garcia | $282,412,848 | 7 | $40,344,693 |
| 45 | Clive Owen | $269,679,100 | 10 | $26,967,910 |
| 46 | Pierce Brosnan | $266,589,190 | 12 | $22,215,766 |
| 47 | Lizzy Caplan | $265,609,467 | 2 | $132,804,734 |
| 48 | Jay Chou | $263,249,467 | 1 | $263,249,467 |
| 49 | Natalie Portman | $260,623,684 | 3 | $86,874,561 |
| 50 | Jeremy Renner | $242,922,648 | 4 | $60,730,662 |
| 51 | Nicolas Cage | $239,810,038 | 19 | $12,621,581 |
| 52 | Famke Janssen | $238,020,927 | 4 | $59,505,232 |
| 53 | Margot Robbie | $235,592,705 | 4 | $58,898,176 |
| 54 | Aaron Eckhart | $233,167,098 | 14 | $16,654,793 |
| 55 | Mélanie Laurent | $225,045,211 | 3 | $75,015,070 |
| 56 | Isla Fisher | $225,045,211 | 2 | $112,522,606 |
| 57 | Dean-Charles Chapman | $224,482,428 | 1 | $224,482,428 |
| 58 | George MacKay | $224,482,428 | 2 | $112,241,214 |
| 59 | Rosamund Pike | $222,726,538 | 10 | $22,272,654 |
| 60 | Ryan Gosling | $221,469,889 | 4 | $55,367,472 |
| 61 | Aaron Kwok | $219,908,857 | 2 | $109,954,429 |
| 62 | Russell Crowe | $215,488,975 | 8 | $26,936,122 |
| 63 | Richard Dreyfuss | $210,694,631 | 5 | $42,138,926 |
| 64 | Robert Shaw | $210,684,496 | 2 | $105,342,248 |
| 65 | Roy Scheider | $210,684,143 | 1 | $210,684,143 |
| 66 | Nicole Kidman | $208,563,498 | 14 | $14,897,393 |
| 67 | Kevin Spacey | $207,577,196 | 7 | $29,653,885 |
| 68 | Blake Lively | $204,267,333 | 8 | $25,533,417 |
| 69 | Al Pacino | $203,938,830 | 9 | $22,659,870 |
| 70 | Laurence Fishburne | $203,130,861 | 11 | $18,466,442 |
| 71 | Emily Blunt | $200,693,748 | 3 | $66,897,916 |
| 72 | Amanda Seyfried | $198,743,470 | 7 | $28,391,924 |
| 73 | Dave Bautista | $198,143,313 | 7 | $28,306,188 |
| 74 | Rooney Mara | $197,627,224 | 3 | $65,875,741 |
| 75 | Jon Hamm | $196,074,559 | 5 | $39,214,912 |
| 76 | Ryan Reynolds | $195,174,494 | 5 | $39,034,899 |
| 77 | Aaron Taylor-Johnson | $194,784,273 | 4 | $48,696,068 |
| 78 | Anthony Hopkins | $193,969,770 | 12 | $16,164,148 |
| 79 | Chris Evans | $193,411,973 | 6 | $32,235,329 |
| 80 | Channing Tatum | $191,905,984 | 3 | $63,968,661 |
| 81 | Talitha Bateman | $189,700,000 | 1 | $189,700,000 |
| 82 | Ben Foster | $189,342,823 | 4 | $47,335,706 |
| 83 | Sidse Babett Knudsen | $188,573,700 | 4 | $47,143,425 |
| 84 | Chow Yun-Fat | $186,027,770 | 1 | $186,027,770 |
| 85 | Irrfan Khan | $185,483,193 | 4 | $46,370,798 |
| 86 | Felicity Jones | $185,176,063 | 2 | $92,588,032 |
| 87 | Omar Sy | $185,175,793 | 1 | $185,175,793 |
| 88 | James McAvoy | $183,056,690 | 5 | $36,611,338 |
| 89 | Jared Leto | $182,600,000 | 2 | $91,300,000 |
| 90 | Ana de Armas | $178,277,482 | 10 | $17,827,748 |
| 91 | Amanda Qin | $177,454,106 | 1 | $177,454,106 |
| 92 | Yawen Zhu | $177,454,106 | 1 | $177,454,106 |
| 93 | Zhang Yi | $177,454,106 | 1 | $177,454,106 |
| 94 | Liu Hao Cun | $177,454,106 | 1 | $177,454,106 |
| 95 | Yu Hewei | $177,454,106 | 1 | $177,454,106 |
| 96 | Rene Russo | $177,200,000 | 2 | $88,600,000 |
| 97 | Yang Xiao | $176,420,000 | 1 | $176,420,000 |
| 98 | Simon Yam | $176,420,000 | 1 | $176,420,000 |
| 99 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | $175,975,798 | 3 | $58,658,599 |
| 100 | Brian Tyree Henry | $175,356,919 | 3 | $58,452,306 |
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
Brad Pitt: By Blake Nelson Boyd (Blake Nelson Boyd) [GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
