Box Office Star Records > International > Lifetime Acting > Top International Above the Line Stars
Top Above the Line Stars at the International Box Office
See also: Top International Leading Stars - Top International Supporting Stars - Top International Live Action Stars - Top Domestic Above the Line Stars - Top Worldwide Above the Line Stars - Top International Below the Line Stars - Top International Cameo Stars - Top International Stars
The figures in this chart represent the total amount of international revenue generated by all the movies a star has had an above-the-line role in over their lifetime.
Above-the-line credits are the names that appear one by one on the screen during the opening (or sometimes closing) credits for a film.
Roles in animated movies are included in the calculations in this chart.
1
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 ($1,930,539,285 in 2019), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($936,311,111 in 2015), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($741,575,437 in 2019), Captain Marvel ($702,746,255 in 2019), Jurassic Park ($643,049,687 in 1993), Incredibles 2 ($634,223,615 in 2018), Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith ($468,728,300 in 2005), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($454,654,931 in 2014), Kong: Skull Island ($393,019,247 in 2017), The Incredibles ($370,000,000 in 2004) |
2
Zoe Saldana
| Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 19 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,138,484,377 in 2009), Avengers: Endgame ($1,930,539,285 in 2019), Avatar: The Way of Water ($1,633,438,619 in 2022), Avengers: Infinity War ($1,369,544,272 in 2018), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ($486,472,929 in 2023), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($479,274,862 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy ($437,168,283 in 2014), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($348,900,000 in 2003), Star Trek Into Darkness ($238,602,923 in 2013), Star Trek Beyond ($176,825,368 in 2016) |
3
Chris Pratt
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 13 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($1,930,539,285 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($1,369,544,272 in 2018), Jurassic World ($1,017,657,016 in 2015), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($890,603,542 in 2018), The Super Mario Bros. Movie ($786,745,166 in 2023), Jurassic World: Dominion ($627,153,512 in 2022), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ($486,472,929 in 2023), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($479,274,862 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy ($437,168,283 in 2014), Thor: Love and Thunder ($417,671,251 in 2022) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel L. Jackson | $10,769,578,929 | 82 | $131,336,328 |
| 2 | Zoe Saldana | $9,609,316,190 | 39 | $246,392,723 |
| 3 | Chris Pratt | $9,401,235,628 | 29 | $324,180,539 |
| 4 | Vin Diesel | $8,891,615,156 | 32 | $277,862,974 |
| 5 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $8,523,150,501 | 55 | $154,966,373 |
| 6 | Dwayne Johnson | $8,482,119,364 | 38 | $223,213,667 |
| 7 | Scarlett Johansson | $8,320,002,521 | 40 | $208,000,063 |
| 8 | Andy Serkis | $7,920,828,705 | 26 | $304,647,258 |
| 9 | Michelle Rodriguez | $7,433,653,290 | 28 | $265,487,618 |
| 10 | Bradley Cooper | $7,287,946,949 | 37 | $196,971,539 |
| 11 | Tom Holland | $7,117,859,307 | 19 | $374,624,174 |
| 12 | Dave Bautista | $7,082,400,386 | 32 | $221,325,012 |
| 13 | Don Cheadle | $7,071,783,363 | 27 | $261,917,902 |
| 14 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $6,958,423,968 | 28 | $248,515,142 |
| 15 | Idris Elba | $6,916,252,728 | 40 | $172,906,318 |
| 16 | Tom Cruise | $6,886,180,780 | 42 | $163,956,685 |
| 17 | Alan Rickman | $6,831,720,407 | 23 | $297,031,322 |
| 18 | Chris Hemsworth | $6,802,895,519 | 28 | $242,960,554 |
| 19 | Johnny Depp | $6,659,187,546 | 57 | $116,827,852 |
| 20 | Ralph Fiennes | $6,594,363,123 | 43 | $153,357,282 |
| 21 | Paul Bettany | $6,501,393,463 | 25 | $260,055,739 |
| 22 | Emma Watson | $6,446,710,647 | 17 | $379,218,273 |
| 23 | Cate Blanchett | $6,355,555,967 | 41 | $155,013,560 |
| 24 | Karen Gillan | $6,350,733,044 | 24 | $264,613,877 |
| 25 | Chris Evans | $6,292,795,418 | 28 | $224,742,694 |
| 26 | Mark Ruffalo | $6,055,226,194 | 29 | $208,800,903 |
| 27 | Anthony Mackie | $6,045,895,769 | 41 | $147,460,872 |
| 28 | Robbie Coltrane | $6,006,478,235 | 16 | $375,404,890 |
| 29 | Jon Favreau | $5,860,441,554 | 17 | $344,731,856 |
| 30 | Josh Brolin | $5,814,632,746 | 31 | $187,568,798 |
| 31 | Benedict Wong | $5,780,707,333 | 12 | $481,725,611 |
| 32 | Daniel Radcliffe | $5,715,240,590 | 23 | $248,488,721 |
| 33 | Will Smith | $5,657,851,767 | 39 | $145,073,122 |
| 34 | Morgan Freeman | $5,653,996,747 | 65 | $86,984,565 |
| 35 | Orlando Bloom | $5,609,208,844 | 28 | $200,328,887 |
| 36 | Stellan Skarsgård | $5,596,644,942 | 43 | $130,154,534 |
| 37 | Elizabeth Olsen | $5,556,858,718 | 20 | $277,842,936 |
| 38 | Jason Statham | $5,515,578,405 | 31 | $177,921,884 |
| 39 | Stanley Tucci | $5,434,490,423 | 52 | $104,509,431 |
| 40 | Jeremy Renner | $5,374,705,872 | 23 | $233,682,864 |
| 41 | Tyrese Gibson | $5,311,398,078 | 26 | $204,284,541 |
| 42 | Rupert Grint | $5,267,455,936 | 15 | $351,163,729 |
| 43 | Ian McKellen | $5,219,404,884 | 21 | $248,543,090 |
| 44 | Sebastian Stan | $5,217,322,382 | 27 | $193,234,162 |
| 45 | Willem Dafoe | $5,210,344,728 | 60 | $86,839,079 |
| 46 | Tom Hanks | $5,203,748,841 | 60 | $86,729,147 |
| 47 | Sigourney Weaver | $5,099,089,251 | 37 | $137,813,223 |
| 48 | Helena Bonham Carter | $5,068,038,690 | 39 | $129,949,710 |
| 49 | Hugo Weaving | $5,040,139,528 | 26 | $193,851,520 |
| 50 | Tom Hiddleston | $5,024,966,257 | 15 | $334,997,750 |
| 51 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $4,975,121,988 | 21 | $236,910,571 |
| 52 | Harrison Ford | $4,968,947,351 | 38 | $130,761,772 |
| 53 | Sam Worthington | $4,960,771,880 | 36 | $137,799,219 |
| 54 | Gary Oldman | $4,887,327,921 | 36 | $135,759,109 |
| 55 | Chadwick Boseman | $4,808,425,535 | 12 | $400,702,128 |
| 56 | Julie Walters | $4,700,735,980 | 20 | $235,036,799 |
| 57 | Matt Damon | $4,695,883,077 | 51 | $92,076,139 |
| 58 | Pom Klementieff | $4,683,752,934 | 8 | $585,469,117 |
| 59 | Liam Neeson | $4,636,655,507 | 62 | $74,784,766 |
| 60 | Alan Tudyk | $4,633,920,064 | 22 | $210,632,730 |
| 61 | Brad Pitt | $4,598,233,281 | 49 | $93,841,496 |
| 62 | Paul Rudd | $4,535,406,917 | 37 | $122,578,565 |
| 63 | Michael Gambon | $4,519,691,705 | 17 | $265,864,218 |
| 64 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $4,512,958,444 | 31 | $145,579,305 |
| 65 | Timothy Spall | $4,466,594,551 | 30 | $148,886,485 |
| 66 | Keegan-Michael Key | $4,464,763,134 | 29 | $153,957,349 |
| 67 | Simon Pegg | $4,425,382,147 | 29 | $152,599,384 |
| 68 | Jeff Goldblum | $4,409,935,922 | 34 | $129,703,998 |
| 69 | Danai Gurira | $4,349,449,921 | 7 | $621,349,989 |
| 70 | Woody Harrelson | $4,319,567,287 | 58 | $74,475,298 |
| 71 | Tom Felton | $4,315,823,954 | 21 | $205,515,426 |
| 72 | Jack Black | $4,314,366,226 | 33 | $130,738,370 |
| 73 | J.K. Simmons | $4,311,909,843 | 58 | $74,343,273 |
| 74 | Brendan Gleeson | $4,293,821,439 | 38 | $112,995,301 |
| 75 | Kate Winslet | $4,242,878,599 | 33 | $128,572,079 |
| 76 | Lupita Nyong'o | $4,234,109,473 | 14 | $302,436,391 |
| 77 | Steve Carell | $4,224,617,777 | 34 | $124,253,464 |
| 78 | Emma Thompson | $4,198,040,334 | 38 | $110,474,746 |
| 79 | Bruce Willis | $4,194,747,067 | 81 | $51,787,001 |
| 80 | Naomie Harris | $4,186,892,835 | 20 | $209,344,642 |
| 81 | Stephen Lang | $4,185,978,509 | 35 | $119,599,386 |
| 82 | Oscar Isaac | $4,167,411,056 | 33 | $126,285,184 |
| 83 | Maggie Smith | $4,155,382,448 | 33 | $125,920,680 |
| 84 | Antonio Banderas | $4,089,516,564 | 49 | $83,459,522 |
| 85 | Kristen Wiig | $4,086,196,886 | 31 | $131,812,803 |
| 86 | Bryce Dallas Howard | $4,050,188,596 | 16 | $253,136,787 |
| 87 | Cameron Diaz | $4,037,329,710 | 30 | $134,577,657 |
| 88 | Letitia Wright | $4,026,809,719 | 12 | $335,567,477 |
| 89 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | $4,001,181,392 | 29 | $137,971,772 |
| 90 | Charlize Theron | $3,996,235,248 | 36 | $111,006,535 |
| 91 | John Ratzenberger | $3,969,331,881 | 19 | $208,912,204 |
| 92 | Michael Caine | $3,945,462,809 | 46 | $85,770,931 |
| 93 | Hugh Jackman | $3,917,043,685 | 35 | $111,915,534 |
| 94 | Brie Larson | $3,888,130,536 | 21 | $185,149,073 |
| 95 | Alfred Molina | $3,861,913,371 | 29 | $133,169,427 |
| 96 | Christopher Lee | $3,846,064,552 | 27 | $142,446,835 |
| 97 | Kurt Russell | $3,830,038,116 | 28 | $136,787,076 |
| 98 | Evangeline Lilly | $3,821,972,483 | 11 | $347,452,044 |
| 99 | Jude Law | $3,787,467,174 | 39 | $97,114,543 |
| 100 | Ewan McGregor | $3,783,604,368 | 42 | $90,085,818 |
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
Samuel L. Jackson: By pinguino k (originally posted to Flickr as samuel l jackson) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Zoe Saldana: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Chris Pratt: By Mingle Media TV [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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