Box Office Star Records > International > Per Year Acting > Top International 2021 Stars
Highest Grossing Stars of 2021 at the International Box Office
See also: Top Domestic 2021 Stars - Top International 2019 Stars - Top International 2023 Stars - Top International 2024 Stars - Top Worldwide 2021 Stars
This list shows the highest grossing stars of 2021 based on the international box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 2021 and the two preceeding years (voice-only roles excluded).
The Star Score in this list represent points assigned to each of the leading stars of top 100 (based on international box office) movies in the current year and two preceding years. For appearing in the number one movie in a year a star gets 100 points, the number two movie 99 points and so on. This rewards actors for appearing in a number of hit films over the course of three years more than starring in just one monster hit over the same time period.
| Top International 2020 Stars | Top International 2022 Stars |
| 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), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($741,575,437 in 2019), Captain Marvel ($702,746,255 in 2019), Glass ($135,950,571 in 2019) |
| Best known as a Lead Ensemble Member Actor based on credits in that role in 9 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($1,930,539,285 in 2019), Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1,093,721,184 in 2021), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($741,575,437 in 2019) |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 31 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Aladdin ($691,028,297 in 2019), Bad Boys For Life ($220,053,808 in 2020), Gemini Man ($118,051,592 in 2019) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Star Score |
Movies | Average Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel L. Jackson | 366 | 5 | 7.2 |
| 2 | Tom Holland | 297 | 3 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Will Smith | 247 | 4 | 1.5 |
| 4 | Zhang Yi | 245 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 5 | Dwayne Johnson | 241 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 6 | Margot Robbie | 227 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 7 | Scarlett Johansson | 198 | 3 | 4.7 |
| 8 | Brie Larson | 194 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 9 | Josh Brolin | 193 | 2 | 8.5 |
| 10 | Dave Bautista | 193 | 2 | 13.5 |
| 11 | Robert Downey, Jr. | 192 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 12 | Zendaya | 190 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 13 | Karen Gillan | 188 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 14 | Gemma Chan | 184 | 2 | 7.5 |
| 15 | Oscar Isaac | 182 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 16 | Michelle Rodriguez | 177 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 17 | Angelina Jolie | 175 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 18 | Eiza González | 172 | 2 | 7.5 |
| 19 | Idris Elba | 167 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 20 | Chris Hemsworth | 163 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 21 | Chris Evans | 159 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 22 | Daniel Craig | 155 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 23 | Ana de Armas | 155 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 24 | Paul Rudd | 155 | 2 | 6.5 |
| 25 | Tony Jaa | 154 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 26 | Adam Driver | 153 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 27 | Djimon Hounsou | 152 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 28 | Jason Statham | 147 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 29 | Donnie Yen | 144 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 30 | Emily Blunt | 139 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 31 | Woody Harrelson | 135 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 32 | Florence Pugh | 134 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 33 | Keanu Reeves | 132 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 34 | Lei Jiayin | 132 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 35 | Yu Hewei | 129 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 36 | James McAvoy | 122 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 37 | Lupita Nyong'o | 122 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 38 | Zhang Zifeng | 119 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 39 | Nick Jonas | 119 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 40 | Ben Whishaw | 119 | 2 | 7.0 |
| 41 | Mckenna Grace | 116 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 42 | Ed Skrein | 113 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 43 | Lea Seydoux | 112 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 44 | Brad Pitt | 111 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 45 | Michael Peña | 110 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 46 | Timothée Chalamet | 109 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 47 | Colin Farrell | 107 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 48 | Naomi Scott | 107 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 49 | Salma Hayek | 107 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 50 | Patrick Wilson | 105 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 51 | Ryan Reynolds | 103 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 52 | Liam Neeson | 103 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 53 | Keri Russell | 101 | 2 | 6.5 |
| 54 | Ou Hao | 100 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 55 | Jiang Wu | 100 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 56 | Mark Ruffalo | 100 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 57 | Qianyuan Wang | 100 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 58 | Du Chun | 100 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 59 | Jeremy Renner | 100 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 60 | Li Chen | 100 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 61 | Don Cheadle | 100 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 62 | Danai Gurira | 100 | 1 | 11.0 |
| 63 | Benedict Wong | 100 | 1 | 14.0 |
| 64 | Jon Favreau | 100 | 1 | 15.0 |
| 65 | Gwyneth Paltrow | 100 | 1 | 16.0 |
| 66 | Evangeline Lilly | 100 | 1 | 17.0 |
| 67 | Benedict Cumberbatch | 100 | 1 | 18.0 |
| 68 | Chris Pratt | 100 | 1 | 20.0 |
| 69 | Sebastian Stan | 100 | 1 | 22.0 |
| 70 | Terry Notary | 100 | 1 | 23.0 |
| 71 | Anthony Mackie | 100 | 1 | 24.0 |
| 72 | Tom Hiddleston | 100 | 1 | 25.0 |
| 73 | Letitia Wright | 100 | 1 | 26.0 |
| 74 | Pom Klementieff | 100 | 1 | 28.0 |
| 75 | Paul Bettany | 100 | 1 | 29.0 |
| 76 | Elizabeth Olsen | 100 | 1 | 30.0 |
| 77 | Zoe Saldana | 100 | 1 | 31.0 |
| 78 | Chadwick Boseman | 100 | 1 | 32.0 |
| 79 | Wang Baoqiang | 97 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 80 | John David Washington | 97 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 81 | Liu Haoran | 97 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 82 | Robert Pattinson | 97 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 83 | Satoshi Tsumabuki | 97 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 84 | Elizabeth Debicki | 97 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 85 | Michael Caine | 97 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 86 | Kenneth Branagh | 97 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 87 | Jake Gyllenhaal | 97 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 88 | Naomie Harris | 96 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 89 | Rami Malek | 96 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 90 | Joaquin Phoenix | 95 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 91 | Vin Diesel | 95 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 92 | Tyrese Gibson | 95 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 93 | Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges | 95 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 94 | John Cena | 95 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 95 | Nathalie Emmanuel | 95 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 96 | Jordana Brewster | 95 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 97 | Alexander Skarsgård | 94 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 98 | Martin Lawrence | 94 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 99 | Ben Mendelsohn | 94 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 100 | Lee Pace | 94 | 1 | 5.0 |
The Average Billing column contains the average billing position of this cast/crew member for the selected films.
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
Tom Holland: Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Will Smith: By Walmart Stores [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
