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Top Live Action Stars at the International Box Office
See also: Top International Leading Stars - Top International Supporting Stars - Top Domestic Live Action Stars - Top Worldwide Live Action Stars - Top International Above the Line Stars - Top International Below the Line Stars - Top International Cameo Stars - Top International Stars
This chart contains the top 100 box office stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the movies a star has had a live action acting role in over their lifetime.
Roles in animated movies are excluded from the calculations in this chart, as are voice-only roles in live action films, and cameos.
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), The Avengers ($891,742,301 in 2012), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($741,575,437 in 2019), Captain Marvel ($702,746,255 in 2019), Jurassic Park ($643,049,687 in 1993), Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace ($552,500,000 in 1999), 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) |
2
Robert Downey, Jr.
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 29 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($1,930,539,285 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($1,369,544,272 in 2018), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($936,311,111 in 2015), The Avengers ($891,742,301 in 2012), Iron Man 3 ($806,400,000 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($743,815,237 in 2016), Oppenheimer ($640,644,276 in 2023), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($544,070,151 in 2017), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ($348,815,025 in 2011), Iron Man 2 ($308,723,058 in 2010) |
3
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) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel L. Jackson | $12,391,168,609 | 115 | $107,749,292 |
| 2 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $9,753,751,726 | 65 | $150,057,719 |
| 3 | Zoe Saldana | $9,753,699,156 | 45 | $216,748,870 |
| 4 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $9,140,841,385 | 39 | $234,380,548 |
| 5 | Warwick Davis | $8,823,700,437 | 22 | $401,077,293 |
| 6 | Chris Pratt | $8,421,233,099 | 31 | $271,652,681 |
| 7 | Scarlett Johansson | $8,384,137,914 | 47 | $178,385,913 |
| 8 | Andy Serkis | $8,374,834,225 | 31 | $270,155,943 |
| 9 | Dwayne Johnson | $8,144,196,117 | 42 | $193,909,431 |
| 10 | Chris Hemsworth | $7,823,747,415 | 29 | $269,784,394 |
| 11 | Paul Bettany | $7,784,089,632 | 32 | $243,252,801 |
| 12 | Jeremy Renner | $7,674,222,294 | 31 | $247,555,558 |
| 13 | Don Cheadle | $7,600,534,547 | 47 | $161,713,501 |
| 14 | Michelle Rodriguez | $7,518,929,626 | 34 | $221,144,989 |
| 15 | Chris Evans | $7,328,793,989 | 36 | $203,577,611 |
| 16 | Tom Cruise | $7,322,635,278 | 47 | $155,800,751 |
| 17 | Mark Ruffalo | $7,279,179,679 | 48 | $151,649,577 |
| 18 | Stellan Skarsgård | $7,114,994,902 | 59 | $120,593,134 |
| 19 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $7,103,304,396 | 45 | $157,851,209 |
| 20 | Vin Diesel | $7,031,707,355 | 29 | $242,472,667 |
| 21 | Benedict Wong | $6,978,075,038 | 22 | $317,185,229 |
| 22 | Tom Holland | $6,923,798,266 | 17 | $407,282,251 |
| 23 | Dave Bautista | $6,844,142,574 | 32 | $213,879,455 |
| 24 | Jon Favreau | $6,820,611,713 | 34 | $200,606,227 |
| 25 | Cate Blanchett | $6,773,611,410 | 50 | $135,472,228 |
| 26 | Gary Oldman | $6,695,168,063 | 55 | $121,730,328 |
| 27 | Tyrese Gibson | $6,649,833,071 | 33 | $201,510,093 |
| 28 | Ralph Fiennes | $6,624,582,585 | 53 | $124,992,124 |
| 29 | Johnny Depp | $6,565,691,372 | 60 | $109,428,190 |
| 30 | Anthony Mackie | $6,459,449,917 | 54 | $119,619,443 |
| 31 | Emma Watson | $6,447,147,100 | 17 | $379,243,947 |
| 32 | Julie Walters | $6,394,894,210 | 28 | $228,389,079 |
| 33 | Orlando Bloom | $6,364,167,242 | 31 | $205,295,717 |
| 34 | Karen Gillan | $6,313,990,516 | 24 | $263,082,938 |
| 35 | Idris Elba | $6,249,735,185 | 45 | $138,883,004 |
| 36 | Helena Bonham Carter | $6,238,960,552 | 43 | $145,092,106 |
| 37 | Robbie Coltrane | $6,199,067,702 | 34 | $182,325,521 |
| 38 | Paul Rudd | $6,198,527,641 | 52 | $119,202,455 |
| 39 | Alan Rickman | $6,166,061,771 | 34 | $181,354,758 |
| 40 | Tom Hiddleston | $6,090,222,850 | 19 | $320,538,045 |
| 41 | Josh Brolin | $6,008,123,326 | 45 | $133,513,852 |
| 42 | Elizabeth Olsen | $5,885,258,718 | 21 | $280,250,415 |
| 43 | Marisa Tomei | $5,877,178,784 | 58 | $101,330,669 |
| 44 | Luke Evans | $5,848,703,006 | 30 | $194,956,767 |
| 45 | Daniel Radcliffe | $5,746,515,217 | 25 | $229,860,609 |
| 46 | Jason Statham | $5,733,649,114 | 44 | $130,310,207 |
| 47 | Jacob Batalon | $5,713,010,008 | 12 | $476,084,167 |
| 48 | Ian McKellen | $5,693,207,495 | 33 | $172,521,439 |
| 49 | Tom Felton | $5,621,773,959 | 27 | $208,213,850 |
| 50 | Simon Pegg | $5,591,942,213 | 37 | $151,133,573 |
| 51 | Maggie Smith | $5,475,264,329 | 48 | $114,068,007 |
| 52 | J.K. Simmons | $5,457,514,661 | 82 | $66,555,057 |
| 53 | Willem Dafoe | $5,416,898,469 | 98 | $55,274,474 |
| 54 | Natalie Portman | $5,394,328,709 | 48 | $112,381,848 |
| 55 | Matthew Lewis | $5,387,536,913 | 11 | $489,776,083 |
| 56 | Will Smith | $5,337,355,564 | 36 | $148,259,877 |
| 57 | Geraldine Somerville | $5,328,449,432 | 12 | $444,037,453 |
| 58 | William Hurt | $5,327,586,702 | 62 | $85,928,818 |
| 59 | Josh Herdman | $5,288,909,107 | 9 | $587,656,567 |
| 60 | Rupert Grint | $5,259,232,367 | 15 | $350,615,491 |
| 61 | Morgan Freeman | $5,250,406,905 | 90 | $58,337,855 |
| 62 | James Phelps | $5,246,963,705 | 9 | $582,995,967 |
| 63 | Oliver Phelps | $5,246,963,705 | 9 | $582,995,967 |
| 64 | Bonnie Wright | $5,234,523,723 | 9 | $581,613,747 |
| 65 | Devon Murray | $5,234,523,723 | 10 | $523,452,372 |
| 66 | Sigourney Weaver | $5,222,815,251 | 59 | $88,522,292 |
| 67 | Sebastian Stan | $5,222,000,996 | 28 | $186,500,036 |
| 68 | Giovanni Ribisi | $5,206,668,943 | 44 | $118,333,385 |
| 69 | Hugo Weaving | $5,150,174,134 | 32 | $160,942,942 |
| 70 | Woody Harrelson | $5,122,630,609 | 82 | $62,471,105 |
| 71 | Michael Gambon | $5,111,051,425 | 45 | $113,578,921 |
| 72 | Pom Klementieff | $5,078,906,006 | 11 | $461,718,728 |
| 73 | Mark Williams | $5,072,872,219 | 14 | $362,348,016 |
| 74 | Domhnall Gleeson | $5,047,815,427 | 25 | $201,912,617 |
| 75 | Sam Worthington | $4,976,776,586 | 40 | $124,419,415 |
| 76 | Letitia Wright | $4,945,119,484 | 15 | $329,674,632 |
| 77 | Judi Dench | $4,859,988,491 | 48 | $101,249,760 |
| 78 | Harrison Ford | $4,829,524,627 | 47 | $102,755,843 |
| 79 | Chadwick Boseman | $4,808,425,535 | 12 | $400,702,128 |
| 80 | Hayley Atwell | $4,768,639,006 | 17 | $280,508,177 |
| 81 | Brad Pitt | $4,745,678,086 | 51 | $93,052,511 |
| 82 | Toby Jones | $4,731,613,057 | 53 | $89,275,718 |
| 83 | Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges | $4,723,995,630 | 20 | $236,199,782 |
| 84 | Gal Gadot | $4,714,348,659 | 20 | $235,717,433 |
| 85 | Djimon Hounsou | $4,713,923,540 | 38 | $124,050,619 |
| 86 | Brendan Gleeson | $4,707,581,494 | 55 | $85,592,391 |
| 87 | David Bradley | $4,701,439,546 | 21 | $223,878,074 |
| 88 | Helen Mirren | $4,700,255,492 | 60 | $78,337,592 |
| 89 | Adrian Rawlins | $4,679,489,479 | 16 | $292,468,092 |
| 90 | Liam Neeson | $4,669,732,152 | 85 | $54,938,025 |
| 91 | Jim Broadbent | $4,659,403,049 | 63 | $73,958,779 |
| 92 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $4,654,546,118 | 34 | $136,898,415 |
| 93 | Timothy Spall | $4,642,366,483 | 51 | $91,026,794 |
| 94 | Matt Damon | $4,617,137,043 | 61 | $75,690,771 |
| 95 | Stanley Tucci | $4,610,157,438 | 78 | $59,104,583 |
| 96 | Matt Gerald | $4,596,851,920 | 12 | $383,070,993 |
| 97 | Alfie Enoch | $4,587,104,756 | 7 | $655,300,679 |
| 98 | Jason Isaacs | $4,573,554,682 | 49 | $93,337,851 |
| 99 | Evangeline Lilly | $4,523,089,397 | 13 | $347,929,954 |
| 100 | CCH Pounder | $4,481,999,295 | 16 | $280,124,956 |
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
Robert Downey, Jr.: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Zoe Saldana: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
