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Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Creative Types > Worldwide Leading Contemporary Fiction Stars
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Contemporary Fiction Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Contemporary Fiction Stars - International Leading Contemporary Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Science Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Fantasy Stars - Worldwide Leading Kids Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Historical Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Super Hero Stars - Worldwide Leading Dramatization Stars - Worldwide Leading Factual Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the Contemporary Fiction 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 ($700,868,363 in 2015), Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol ($694,713,230 in 2011), Mission: Impossible 2 ($549,588,516 in 2000), Mission: Impossible ($457,697,994 in 1996), Rain Man ($412,800,000 in 1988), Mission: Impossible III ($397,501,348 in 2006), Top Gun ($356,800,601 in 1986), Jerry Maguire ($274,000,000 in 1996), The Firm ($270,340,892 in 1993), Knight and Day ($258,751,370 in 2010) |
2
Vin Diesel
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 14 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Furious 7 ($1,518,722,794 in 2015), The Fate of the Furious ($1,237,466,026 in 2017), Fast and Furious 6 ($789,300,444 in 2013), Fast Five ($630,163,454 in 2011), Fast & Furious ($363,064,265 in 2009), xXx: Return of Xander Cage ($345,114,933 in 2017), xXx ($267,200,000 in 2002), The Fast and the Furious ($206,512,310 in 2001), The Pacifier ($198,006,880 in 2005), A Man Apart ($43,797,731 in 2003) |
3
Sylvester Stallone
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 38 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Expendables 2 ($311,979,256 in 2012), Rambo: First Blood Part II ($300,400,000 in 1985), Rocky IV ($300,373,716 in 1985), The Expendables ($268,268,174 in 2010), Cliffhanger ($255,000,000 in 1993), Rocky ($225,000,000 in 1976), The Expendables 3 ($209,461,378 in 2014), Rocky 2 ($200,182,160 in 1979), Rambo III ($188,715,611 in 1988), Creed ($173,567,581 in 2015) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Cruise | $6,004,806,940 | 24 | $250,200,289 |
| 2 | Vin Diesel | $5,628,122,474 | 12 | $469,010,206 |
| 3 | Sylvester Stallone | $3,990,258,610 | 36 | $110,840,517 |
| 4 | Dwayne Johnson | $3,876,113,684 | 14 | $276,865,263 |
| 5 | Paul Walker | $3,865,739,702 | 10 | $386,573,970 |
| 6 | Julia Roberts | $3,836,237,465 | 24 | $159,843,228 |
| 7 | Daniel Craig | $3,496,549,824 | 8 | $437,068,728 |
| 8 | Bruce Willis | $3,425,211,895 | 39 | $87,825,946 |
| 9 | Matt Damon | $3,336,658,737 | 17 | $196,274,043 |
| 10 | Robert De Niro | $3,324,665,597 | 44 | $75,560,582 |
| 11 | Jason Statham | $3,262,806,554 | 25 | $130,512,262 |
| 12 | Nicolas Cage | $3,208,734,756 | 49 | $65,484,383 |
| 13 | Sandra Bullock | $3,132,840,451 | 22 | $142,401,839 |
| 14 | George Clooney | $3,132,132,606 | 17 | $184,243,094 |
| 15 | Tom Hanks | $3,085,056,712 | 20 | $154,252,836 |
| 16 | Brad Pitt | $2,981,685,013 | 18 | $165,649,167 |
| 17 | Ben Stiller | $2,930,115,188 | 24 | $122,088,133 |
| 18 | John Travolta | $2,921,661,823 | 33 | $88,535,207 |
| 19 | Adam Sandler | $2,877,612,329 | 22 | $130,800,560 |
| 20 | Morgan Freeman | $2,727,915,991 | 22 | $123,996,181 |
| 21 | Jim Carrey | $2,646,104,814 | 15 | $176,406,988 |
| 22 | Harrison Ford | $2,631,882,469 | 21 | $125,327,737 |
| 23 | Mel Gibson | $2,630,507,622 | 19 | $138,447,770 |
| 24 | Cameron Diaz | $2,618,621,311 | 20 | $130,931,066 |
| 25 | Liam Neeson | $2,530,901,335 | 20 | $126,545,067 |
| 26 | Channing Tatum | $2,502,653,428 | 16 | $156,415,839 |
| 27 | Denzel Washington | $2,497,511,781 | 26 | $96,058,145 |
| 28 | Michelle Rodriguez | $2,460,624,821 | 8 | $307,578,103 |
| 29 | Bradley Cooper | $2,416,114,216 | 16 | $151,007,139 |
| 30 | Eddie Murphy | $2,396,575,075 | 21 | $114,122,623 |
| 31 | Michael Douglas | $2,310,280,045 | 27 | $85,565,928 |
| 32 | Mark Wahlberg | $2,112,155,112 | 18 | $117,341,951 |
| 33 | Pierce Brosnan | $2,089,768,247 | 17 | $122,927,544 |
| 34 | Angelina Jolie Pitt | $2,079,043,121 | 11 | $189,003,920 |
| 35 | Robin Williams | $2,001,554,525 | 22 | $90,979,751 |
| 36 | Jennifer Aniston | $1,985,172,508 | 24 | $82,715,521 |
| 37 | Meryl Streep | $1,980,513,708 | 21 | $94,310,177 |
| 38 | Richard Gere | $1,957,839,390 | 30 | $65,261,313 |
| 39 | Colin Firth | $1,949,749,462 | 14 | $139,267,819 |
| 40 | Jack Nicholson | $1,947,271,937 | 20 | $97,363,597 |
| 41 | Dustin Hoffman | $1,946,940,194 | 16 | $121,683,762 |
| 42 | Ben Affleck | $1,882,090,754 | 23 | $81,830,033 |
| 43 | Samuel L. Jackson | $1,793,631,727 | 36 | $49,823,104 |
| 44 | Zach Galifianakis | $1,767,251,570 | 8 | $220,906,446 |
| 45 | Jackie Chan | $1,693,078,410 | 18 | $94,059,912 |
| 46 | Keanu Reeves | $1,682,171,621 | 24 | $70,090,484 |
| 47 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | $1,671,267,491 | 14 | $119,376,249 |
| 48 | Jamie Foxx | $1,659,349,582 | 14 | $118,524,970 |
| 49 | Demi Moore | $1,636,079,715 | 17 | $96,239,983 |
| 50 | Will Ferrell | $1,616,111,061 | 18 | $89,783,948 |
| 51 | Vince Vaughn | $1,608,778,697 | 18 | $89,376,594 |
| 52 | Ed Helms | $1,590,503,265 | 11 | $144,591,206 |
| 53 | Tyrese Gibson | $1,583,596,006 | 4 | $395,899,002 |
| 54 | Michael Caine | $1,568,874,594 | 16 | $98,054,662 |
| 55 | Clint Eastwood | $1,500,396,355 | 26 | $57,707,552 |
| 56 | Will Smith | $1,499,986,881 | 11 | $136,362,444 |
| 57 | Charlize Theron | $1,490,019,932 | 9 | $165,557,770 |
| 58 | Steve Martin | $1,482,373,996 | 26 | $57,014,384 |
| 59 | Woody Harrelson | $1,479,220,099 | 14 | $105,658,579 |
| 60 | Jeremy Renner | $1,437,478,222 | 7 | $205,354,032 |
| 61 | Dakota Johnson | $1,427,968,593 | 8 | $178,496,074 |
| 62 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | $1,409,147,355 | 12 | $117,428,946 |
| 63 | Drew Barrymore | $1,404,090,733 | 17 | $82,593,573 |
| 64 | Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges | $1,391,994,571 | 3 | $463,998,190 |
| 65 | Javier Bardem | $1,375,191,492 | 9 | $152,799,055 |
| 66 | Jordana Brewster | $1,358,877,019 | 4 | $339,719,255 |
| 67 | Al Pacino | $1,353,027,398 | 23 | $58,827,278 |
| 68 | Owen Wilson | $1,338,418,706 | 17 | $78,730,512 |
| 69 | Jamie Dornan | $1,323,151,896 | 5 | $264,630,379 |
| 70 | Kevin Costner | $1,258,179,706 | 21 | $59,913,319 |
| 71 | Andy Garcia | $1,245,049,331 | 11 | $113,186,303 |
| 72 | Nathalie Emmanuel | $1,237,466,026 | 1 | $1,237,466,026 |
| 73 | Teri Polo | $1,211,868,390 | 5 | $242,373,678 |
| 74 | Melissa McCarthy | $1,195,139,495 | 10 | $119,513,950 |
| 75 | Reese Witherspoon | $1,183,347,853 | 17 | $69,608,697 |
| 76 | Jason Bateman | $1,177,633,972 | 16 | $73,602,123 |
| 77 | Hugh Grant | $1,176,859,357 | 7 | $168,122,765 |
| 78 | Blythe Danner | $1,165,107,954 | 5 | $233,021,591 |
| 79 | Dennis Quaid | $1,146,051,548 | 25 | $45,842,062 |
| 80 | Gerard Butler | $1,142,856,853 | 13 | $87,912,066 |
| 81 | Kevin James | $1,142,297,219 | 7 | $163,185,317 |
| 82 | Julianne Moore | $1,133,517,577 | 20 | $56,675,879 |
| 83 | Tom Wilkinson | $1,132,204,667 | 7 | $161,743,524 |
| 84 | Jennifer Lopez | $1,129,360,293 | 17 | $66,432,958 |
| 85 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $1,113,197,084 | 19 | $58,589,320 |
| 86 | Diane Keaton | $1,112,422,421 | 25 | $44,496,897 |
| 87 | Anne Hathaway | $1,108,745,264 | 11 | $100,795,024 |
| 88 | Ice Cube | $1,099,943,574 | 19 | $57,891,767 |
| 89 | Zac Efron | $1,092,584,956 | 10 | $109,258,496 |
| 90 | Sarah Jessica Parker | $1,090,136,239 | 6 | $181,689,373 |
| 91 | Jodie Foster | $1,086,191,843 | 15 | $72,412,790 |
| 92 | Danny Glover | $1,066,717,125 | 11 | $96,974,284 |
| 93 | Katherine Heigl | $1,059,470,275 | 14 | $75,676,448 |
| 94 | Meg Ryan | $1,038,001,045 | 16 | $64,875,065 |
| 95 | Ryan Reynolds | $1,035,028,951 | 16 | $64,689,309 |
| 96 | Jonah Hill | $1,028,641,859 | 10 | $102,864,186 |
| 97 | Don Cheadle | $1,023,873,811 | 7 | $146,267,687 |
| 98 | Taylor Lautner | $1,013,201,416 | 5 | $202,640,283 |
| 99 | Mark Ruffalo | $1,012,673,058 | 10 | $101,267,306 |
| 100 | Steve Carell | $1,010,849,282 | 10 | $101,084,928 |
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
Vin Diesel: Andre Luis [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Sylvester Stallone: Georges Biard [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
