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Box Office Star Records > International > Production Methods > International Leading Live Action Stars
Top International Leading Stars for Live Action Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Live Action Stars - International Leading Animation/Live Action Stars - International Leading Digital Animation Stars - International Leading Hand Animation Stars - International Leading Stop-Motion Animation Stars - International Leading Rotoscoping Stars - International Leading Multiple Production Methods Stars - Worldwide Leading Live Action Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the Live Action 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
Tom Cruise
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 35 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation ($505,825,986 in 2015), Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol ($485,315,327 in 2011), The Last Samurai ($345,700,000 in 2003), Mission: Impossible 2 ($334,178,627 in 2000), The Mummy ($330,232,201 in 2017), Mission: Impossible ($276,716,108 in 1996), Edge of Tomorrow ($270,335,000 in 2014), Mission: Impossible III ($264,000,000 in 2006), Rain Man ($239,974,565 in 1988), Minority Report ($226,800,000 in 2002) |
2
Johnny Depp
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 37 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($804,600,000 in 2011), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($654,000,000 in 2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($642,900,000 in 2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ($617,535,408 in 2017), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($329,542,879 in 2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ($269,366,408 in 2005), Murder on the Orient Express ($243,098,380 in 2017), The Tourist ($211,100,212 in 2010), The Lone Ranger ($170,700,000 in 2013), Dark Shadows ($158,475,519 in 2012) |
3
Vin Diesel
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 16 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Furious 7 ($1,165,715,774 in 2015), The Fate of the Furious ($1,010,094,473 in 2017), Fast and Furious 6 ($550,620,594 in 2013), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($473,075,361 in 2017), Fast Five ($420,132,129 in 2011), xXx: Return of Xander Cage ($300,154,671 in 2017), Fast & Furious ($208,000,000 in 2009), xXx ($125,270,000 in 2002), The Last Witch Hunter ($103,866,746 in 2015), The Pacifier ($85,000,000 in 2005) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Cruise | $5,148,335,782 | 39 | $132,008,610 |
| 2 | Johnny Depp | $4,995,975,330 | 44 | $113,544,894 |
| 3 | Vin Diesel | $4,647,406,701 | 20 | $232,370,335 |
| 4 | Dwayne Johnson | $4,160,659,830 | 24 | $173,360,826 |
| 5 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $3,794,796,835 | 25 | $151,791,873 |
| 6 | Tom Hanks | $3,755,852,850 | 44 | $85,360,292 |
| 7 | Brad Pitt | $3,740,892,818 | 38 | $98,444,548 |
| 8 | Matt Damon | $3,607,094,575 | 38 | $94,923,541 |
| 9 | Harrison Ford | $3,419,203,524 | 38 | $89,979,040 |
| 10 | Hugh Jackman | $3,376,538,784 | 24 | $140,689,116 |
| 11 | Jennifer Lawrence | $3,223,586,076 | 19 | $169,662,425 |
| 12 | Bruce Willis | $3,120,513,126 | 53 | $58,877,606 |
| 13 | Geoffrey Rush | $2,866,017,757 | 12 | $238,834,813 |
| 14 | Julia Roberts | $2,816,090,898 | 32 | $88,002,841 |
| 15 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $2,805,567,324 | 36 | $77,932,426 |
| 16 | Will Smith | $2,775,121,833 | 23 | $120,657,471 |
| 17 | Daniel Craig | $2,633,048,455 | 11 | $239,368,041 |
| 18 | Paul Walker | $2,617,673,460 | 13 | $201,359,497 |
| 19 | Scarlett Johansson | $2,604,575,606 | 22 | $118,389,800 |
| 20 | Ben Affleck | $2,583,284,502 | 32 | $80,727,641 |
| 21 | Chris Pratt | $2,576,840,847 | 9 | $286,315,650 |
| 22 | Keira Knightley | $2,508,621,943 | 21 | $119,458,188 |
| 23 | George Clooney | $2,454,661,148 | 29 | $84,643,488 |
| 24 | Sylvester Stallone | $2,403,240,752 | 42 | $57,220,018 |
| 25 | Jason Statham | $2,356,586,573 | 31 | $76,018,922 |
| 26 | Anthony Hopkins | $2,308,169,490 | 23 | $100,355,195 |
| 27 | Orlando Bloom | $2,304,686,095 | 14 | $164,620,435 |
| 28 | Kristen Stewart | $2,281,954,938 | 22 | $103,725,224 |
| 29 | Ben Stiller | $2,266,477,303 | 30 | $75,549,243 |
| 30 | Christian Bale | $2,232,649,843 | 28 | $79,737,494 |
| 31 | Kate Winslet | $2,197,907,037 | 22 | $99,904,865 |
| 32 | Robert De Niro | $2,165,230,875 | 65 | $33,311,244 |
| 33 | Taylor Lautner | $2,150,320,454 | 10 | $215,032,045 |
| 34 | Bradley Cooper | $2,140,530,940 | 24 | $89,188,789 |
| 35 | Nicolas Cage | $2,113,599,956 | 69 | $30,631,883 |
| 36 | Robert Pattinson | $2,067,479,939 | 14 | $147,677,139 |
| 37 | Cate Blanchett | $2,059,405,008 | 23 | $89,539,348 |
| 38 | Robin Williams | $2,043,592,449 | 35 | $58,388,356 |
| 39 | Jim Carrey | $2,010,997,197 | 27 | $74,481,378 |
| 40 | Liam Neeson | $1,962,443,544 | 34 | $57,718,928 |
| 41 | Sandra Bullock | $1,951,857,277 | 28 | $69,709,188 |
| 42 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | $1,945,793,540 | 28 | $69,492,626 |
| 43 | Colin Firth | $1,945,435,689 | 22 | $88,428,895 |
| 44 | Morgan Freeman | $1,934,346,633 | 33 | $58,616,565 |
| 45 | Michelle Rodriguez | $1,919,541,248 | 13 | $147,657,019 |
| 46 | Chris Hemsworth | $1,918,308,288 | 16 | $119,894,268 |
| 47 | Russell Crowe | $1,915,217,978 | 27 | $70,933,999 |
| 48 | Angelina Jolie Pitt | $1,905,738,609 | 18 | $105,874,367 |
| 49 | Idris Elba | $1,902,484,008 | 18 | $105,693,556 |
| 50 | Jeremy Renner | $1,898,624,592 | 12 | $158,218,716 |
| 51 | Charlize Theron | $1,861,783,748 | 22 | $84,626,534 |
| 52 | Mel Gibson | $1,854,627,329 | 32 | $57,957,104 |
| 53 | Michael Fassbender | $1,825,872,654 | 21 | $86,946,317 |
| 54 | Samuel L. Jackson | $1,815,949,864 | 49 | $37,060,201 |
| 55 | Chris Evans | $1,803,882,725 | 19 | $94,941,196 |
| 56 | Meryl Streep | $1,791,771,445 | 42 | $42,661,225 |
| 57 | Keanu Reeves | $1,789,733,788 | 41 | $43,652,044 |
| 58 | Javier Bardem | $1,747,414,441 | 16 | $109,213,403 |
| 59 | Tobey Maguire | $1,690,523,517 | 11 | $153,683,956 |
| 60 | Tom Hiddleston | $1,686,169,649 | 9 | $187,352,183 |
| 61 | Denzel Washington | $1,670,681,530 | 44 | $37,970,035 |
| 62 | Don Cheadle | $1,648,671,688 | 14 | $117,762,263 |
| 63 | Cameron Diaz | $1,631,905,949 | 22 | $74,177,543 |
| 64 | James McAvoy | $1,631,239,872 | 15 | $108,749,325 |
| 65 | Jackie Chan | $1,561,245,577 | 30 | $52,041,519 |
| 66 | Henry Cavill | $1,551,367,566 | 7 | $221,623,938 |
| 67 | Carrie Fisher | $1,530,910,658 | 4 | $382,727,665 |
| 68 | Mark Hamill | $1,530,910,658 | 8 | $191,363,832 |
| 69 | Pierce Brosnan | $1,514,177,279 | 21 | $72,103,680 |
| 70 | Michael Douglas | $1,511,844,039 | 31 | $48,769,163 |
| 71 | Ryan Reynolds | $1,511,821,430 | 23 | $65,731,367 |
| 72 | Jude Law | $1,506,710,970 | 26 | $57,950,422 |
| 73 | Colin Farrell | $1,505,447,959 | 23 | $65,454,259 |
| 74 | John Travolta | $1,502,618,833 | 46 | $32,665,627 |
| 75 | Owen Wilson | $1,502,330,166 | 25 | $60,093,207 |
| 76 | Chadwick Boseman | $1,499,912,034 | 7 | $214,273,148 |
| 77 | Nicole Kidman | $1,480,773,694 | 47 | $31,505,823 |
| 78 | Eddie Murphy | $1,440,666,603 | 35 | $41,161,903 |
| 79 | Kevin Costner | $1,438,843,280 | 37 | $38,887,656 |
| 80 | Gal Gadot | $1,411,625,294 | 6 | $235,270,882 |
| 81 | Sebastian Stan | $1,408,590,348 | 4 | $352,147,587 |
| 82 | Penélope Cruz | $1,382,325,791 | 15 | $92,155,053 |
| 83 | Martin Freeman | $1,370,347,982 | 6 | $228,391,330 |
| 84 | Natalie Portman | $1,341,336,977 | 26 | $51,589,884 |
| 85 | Chris Pine | $1,337,314,063 | 13 | $102,870,313 |
| 86 | Mark Ruffalo | $1,313,299,156 | 15 | $87,553,277 |
| 87 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $1,310,819,373 | 31 | $42,284,496 |
| 88 | Adam Sandler | $1,309,330,439 | 30 | $43,644,348 |
| 89 | Richard Gere | $1,308,905,344 | 39 | $33,561,675 |
| 90 | Rachel McAdams | $1,257,762,559 | 18 | $69,875,698 |
| 91 | Jamie Foxx | $1,254,296,412 | 19 | $66,015,601 |
| 92 | Helena Bonham Carter | $1,249,194,748 | 20 | $62,459,737 |
| 93 | Jet Li | $1,244,951,430 | 10 | $124,495,143 |
| 94 | Simon Pegg | $1,239,346,781 | 18 | $68,852,599 |
| 95 | Milla Jovovich | $1,233,092,985 | 16 | $77,068,312 |
| 96 | Mark Wahlberg | $1,231,471,001 | 30 | $41,049,033 |
| 97 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | $1,218,837,991 | 19 | $64,149,368 |
| 98 | John Cusack | $1,212,684,582 | 51 | $23,778,129 |
| 99 | Channing Tatum | $1,209,160,503 | 22 | $54,961,841 |
| 100 | Paul Bettany | $1,208,618,817 | 10 | $120,861,882 |
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
Tom Cruise: Gage Skidmore [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Johnny Depp: By Arnold WellsUploaded by MyCanon (Johnny Depp) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Vin Diesel: Andre Luis [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
