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Top International Leading Stars for Based on Play Movies


See also: Domestic Leading Based on Play Stars - International Leading Original Screenplay Stars - International Leading Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Stars - International Leading Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Stars - International Leading Based on Real Life Events Stars - International Leading Based on TV Stars - International Leading Remake Stars - International Leading Based on Factual Book/Article Stars - International Leading Spin-Off Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on Play Stars

This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the Based on Play 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
Shen Teng
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 2 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Xia Luo Te Fan Nao ($212,660,552 in 2015)

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Meg Ryan
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 27 films.
Top films contributed to this record: You’ve Got Mail ($134,978,505 in 1998), Prelude to a Kiss ($2,690,961 in 1992), What Happens Later ($35,693 in 2023)

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Tom Hanks
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 49 films.
Top films contributed to this record: You’ve Got Mail ($134,978,505 in 1998)

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Complete List

Rank Name International
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Shen Teng $212,660,552 1 $212,660,552
2 Meg Ryan $137,705,159 3 $45,901,720
3 Tom Hanks $134,978,505 1 $134,978,505
4 Nia Vardalos $133,451,826 1 $133,451,826
5 John Corbett $133,451,826 1 $133,451,826
6 Mi Yang $106,590,000 1 $106,590,000
7 Chao Deng $106,590,000 1 $106,590,000
8 Kate Winslet $103,596,121 3 $34,532,040
9 Claire Danes $101,207,119 2 $50,603,560
10 Leonardo DiCaprio $101,203,653 2 $50,601,827
11 Julia Roberts $95,160,780 2 $47,580,390
12 Tom Cruise $95,159,822 1 $95,159,822
13 Demi Moore $95,159,822 2 $47,579,911
14 Jack Nicholson $95,159,822 1 $95,159,822
15 James McAvoy $93,770,307 1 $93,770,307
16 Clive Owen $82,160,780 2 $41,080,390
17 Natalie Portman $82,160,780 1 $82,160,780
18 Jude Law $82,160,780 1 $82,160,780
19 Gong Li $70,337,656 1 $70,337,656
20 Chow Yun-Fat $70,337,656 1 $70,337,656
21 Maggie Smith $70,089,906 2 $35,044,953
22 Johnny Depp $67,973,060 2 $33,986,530
23 Blayne Weaver $61,432,424 1 $61,432,424
24 Billy Connolly $37,790,578 1 $37,790,578
25 Pauline Collins $37,790,578 1 $37,790,578
26 Tom Courtenay $37,790,578 1 $37,790,578
27 Alex A. Hibbert $37,040,175 1 $37,040,175
28 Trevante Rhodes $37,040,175 1 $37,040,175
29 Ashton Sanders $37,040,175 1 $37,040,175
30 George Clooney $36,773,391 1 $36,773,391
31 Ryan Gosling $36,773,391 1 $36,773,391
32 Brendan Fraser $36,591,041 1 $36,591,041
33 John C. Reilly $35,565,407 2 $17,782,704
34 Christoph Waltz $35,565,407 1 $35,565,407
35 Jodie Foster $35,565,407 3 $11,855,136
36 Olivia Colman $34,306,163 1 $34,306,163
37 Anthony Hopkins $34,306,163 2 $17,153,082
38 Meryl Streep $32,744,631 5 $6,548,926
39 Judith Godreche $32,533,743 1 $32,533,743
40 Fabrice Luchini $32,533,743 1 $32,533,743
41 Karin Viard $32,533,743 1 $32,533,743
42 Catherine Deneuve $32,533,743 1 $32,533,743
43 Jérémie Renier $32,533,743 1 $32,533,743
44 Gerard Depardieu $32,533,743 1 $32,533,743
45 Alex Jennings $32,299,328 1 $32,299,328
46 Viola Davis $26,344,608 3 $8,781,536
47 Amanda Bynes $22,616,587 2 $11,308,294
48 Monhamed Fellag $21,448,091 1 $21,448,091
49 Alexandra Breckenridge $21,390,449 1 $21,390,449
50 Robert Hoffman $21,390,449 1 $21,390,449
51 Laura Ramsey $21,390,449 1 $21,390,449
52 Channing Tatum $21,390,449 1 $21,390,449
53 Marion Cotillard $21,116,527 2 $10,558,264
54 Michael Fassbender $21,099,048 2 $10,549,524
55 Philip Seymour Hoffman $19,744,631 2 $9,872,316
56 Amy Adams $19,744,631 1 $19,744,631
57 Colin Firth $19,107,095 2 $9,553,548
58 Paresh Rawal $18,602,281 1 $18,602,281
59 Jessica Biel $17,880,957 1 $17,880,957
60 Kristin Scott Thomas $17,880,957 1 $17,880,957
61 Benjamin Barnes $17,880,957 1 $17,880,957
62 Sam Shepard $13,000,000 1 $13,000,000
63 Dermot Mulroney $13,000,000 1 $13,000,000
64 Benedict Cumberbatch $13,000,000 1 $13,000,000
65 Ewan McGregor $13,000,000 1 $13,000,000
66 Julianne Nicholson $13,000,000 1 $13,000,000
67 Margo Martindale $13,000,000 1 $13,000,000
68 Abigail Breslin $13,000,000 1 $13,000,000
69 Misty Upham $13,000,000 1 $13,000,000
70 Chris Cooper $13,000,000 1 $13,000,000
71 Juliette Lewis $13,000,000 1 $13,000,000
72 Isla Fisher $12,655,080 2 $6,327,540
73 Rebel Wilson $12,130,631 1 $12,130,631
74 Kirsten Dunst $12,130,631 2 $6,065,316
75 Lizzy Caplan $12,130,631 1 $12,130,631
76 Renée Adorée $11,000,000 1 $11,000,000
77 John Gilbert $11,000,000 1 $11,000,000
78 Frances de la Tour $10,717,702 1 $10,717,702
79 Richard Griffiths $10,717,702 1 $10,717,702
80 Quvenzhané Wallis $10,469,386 1 $10,469,386
81 Frank Langella $9,830,914 1 $9,830,914
82 Michael Sheen $9,830,914 1 $9,830,914
83 Christopher Walken $9,772,672 2 $4,886,336
84 Melissa Desormeaux-Poulin $9,160,352 1 $9,160,352
85 Lea Seydoux $9,122,927 1 $9,122,927
86 Vincent Cassel $9,122,927 1 $9,122,927
87 Nathalie Baye $9,122,927 1 $9,122,927
88 Gaspard Ulliel $9,122,927 1 $9,122,927
89 Viggo Mortensen $9,105,448 2 $4,552,724
90 Keira Knightley $9,105,448 1 $9,105,448
91 Stanley Tucci $8,939,655 1 $8,939,655
92 Calista Flockhart $8,939,655 1 $8,939,655
93 Kevin Kline $8,939,655 1 $8,939,655
94 Michelle Pfeiffer $8,939,655 3 $2,979,885
95 Rupert Everett $8,939,655 1 $8,939,655
96 Matthew Broderick $8,500,000 1 $8,500,000
97 Denzel Washington $6,776,225 2 $3,388,113
98 Samantha Morton $5,477,453 2 $2,738,727
99 Claude Brasseur $5,319,528 1 $5,319,528
100 Noemie Schmidt $5,319,528 1 $5,319,528

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

Meg Ryan: By David Shankbone (David Shankbone) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Tom Hanks: By Yeoman 1st Class Donna Lou Morgan [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons