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Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Creative Types > Worldwide Leading Dramatization Stars
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Dramatization Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Dramatization Stars - International Leading Dramatization Stars - Worldwide 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 Factual Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the Dramatization 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 Hanks
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 44 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Catch Me if You Can ($355,612,291 in 2002), Apollo 13 ($334,100,000 in 1995), Sully ($238,552,082 in 2016), Captain Phillips ($220,648,184 in 2013), The Terminal ($218,673,959 in 2004), The Post ($177,670,352 in 2017), Charlie Wilson's War ($119,512,771 in 2007), Saving Mr. Banks ($114,962,525 in 2013), Apollo 13 (IMAX) ($2,219,202 in 2002), You Are My Friend ($0 in 2019) |
2
Leonardo DiCaprio
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 23 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Revenant ($532,950,503 in 2015), The Wolf of Wall Street ($389,870,414 in 2013), Catch Me if You Can ($355,612,291 in 2002), The Aviator ($208,370,892 in 2004), J. Edgar ($84,606,030 in 2011), The Basketball Diaries ($2,381,087 in 1995), Total Eclipse ($339,889 in 1995), The Crowded Room ($0 in 2016), Devil in the White City ($0 in 2017), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ($0 in 2019) |
3
Bradley Cooper
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 16 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: American Sniper ($547,326,372 in 2014), American Hustle ($257,878,294 in 2013), Joy ($101,134,059 in 2015) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Hanks | $1,781,951,366 | 10 | $178,195,137 |
| 2 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $1,574,131,106 | 10 | $157,413,111 |
| 3 | Bradley Cooper | $906,338,725 | 3 | $302,112,908 |
| 4 | Russell Crowe | $750,940,199 | 5 | $150,188,040 |
| 5 | James Caviezel | $742,632,788 | 4 | $185,658,197 |
| 6 | Julia Roberts | $676,928,702 | 3 | $225,642,901 |
| 7 | Denzel Washington | $661,954,784 | 8 | $82,744,348 |
| 8 | Kate Beckinsale | $657,610,747 | 2 | $328,805,374 |
| 9 | Kevin Costner | $650,785,781 | 6 | $108,464,297 |
| 10 | Christian Bale | $611,821,004 | 6 | $101,970,167 |
| 11 | Tom Hardy | $578,918,412 | 5 | $115,783,682 |
| 12 | Mark Wahlberg | $566,540,665 | 6 | $94,423,444 |
| 13 | Sienna Miller | $552,226,758 | 3 | $184,075,586 |
| 14 | Owen Wilson | $547,422,699 | 2 | $273,711,350 |
| 15 | Fionn Whitehead | $500,516,189 | 1 | $500,516,189 |
| 16 | Michelle Williams | $482,158,904 | 3 | $160,719,635 |
| 17 | Johnny Depp | $479,246,298 | 7 | $68,463,757 |
| 18 | Robert De Niro | $475,900,461 | 7 | $67,985,780 |
| 19 | Hugh Jackman | $473,700,138 | 3 | $157,900,046 |
| 20 | Brad Pitt | $467,101,496 | 6 | $77,850,249 |
| 21 | Colin Firth | $460,384,554 | 3 | $153,461,518 |
| 22 | Josh Hartnett | $449,239,855 | 2 | $224,619,928 |
| 23 | Ben Affleck | $449,239,855 | 1 | $449,239,855 |
| 24 | Helena Bonham Carter | $433,875,453 | 2 | $216,937,727 |
| 25 | Geoffrey Rush | $432,307,589 | 2 | $216,153,795 |
| 26 | Rebecca Ferguson | $428,578,961 | 1 | $428,578,961 |
| 27 | Zendaya | $428,578,961 | 1 | $428,578,961 |
| 28 | Zac Efron | $428,578,961 | 1 | $428,578,961 |
| 29 | George Clooney | $426,420,468 | 2 | $213,210,234 |
| 30 | Diane Lane | $416,961,573 | 4 | $104,240,393 |
| 31 | Tom Cruise | $409,515,262 | 3 | $136,505,087 |
| 32 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $407,664,904 | 6 | $67,944,151 |
| 33 | Liam Neeson | $399,348,658 | 5 | $79,869,732 |
| 34 | Will Smith | $394,995,059 | 2 | $197,497,530 |
| 35 | Meryl Streep | $391,835,144 | 8 | $48,979,393 |
| 36 | Val Kilmer | $386,141,954 | 4 | $96,535,489 |
| 37 | Anthony Hopkins | $384,735,949 | 6 | $64,122,658 |
| 38 | Cate Blanchett | $370,961,165 | 5 | $74,192,233 |
| 39 | Jennifer Lawrence | $359,012,353 | 4 | $89,753,088 |
| 40 | Matt Damon | $343,151,649 | 3 | $114,383,883 |
| 41 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $332,765,730 | 4 | $83,191,433 |
| 42 | Sandra Bullock | $331,078,088 | 2 | $165,539,044 |
| 43 | William Fichtner | $328,711,434 | 1 | $328,711,434 |
| 44 | Mel Gibson | $323,703,506 | 2 | $161,851,753 |
| 45 | Kurt Russell | $319,024,953 | 6 | $53,170,826 |
| 46 | Daniel Day-Lewis | $312,484,496 | 3 | $104,161,499 |
| 47 | Heather Graham | $312,389,781 | 2 | $156,194,891 |
| 48 | Mike Myers | $312,383,487 | 1 | $312,383,487 |
| 49 | Jaden Smith | $307,311,093 | 1 | $307,311,093 |
| 50 | Ming-Na | $303,500,000 | 1 | $303,500,000 |
| 51 | Marion Cotillard | $300,894,546 | 2 | $150,447,273 |
| 52 | Mandy Patinkin | $299,610,688 | 1 | $299,610,688 |
| 53 | Daveed Diggs | $299,610,688 | 1 | $299,610,688 |
| 54 | Jacob Tremblay | $299,610,688 | 1 | $299,610,688 |
| 55 | Izabela Vidovic | $299,610,688 | 1 | $299,610,688 |
| 56 | Helen Mirren | $296,591,907 | 6 | $49,431,985 |
| 57 | Kirsten Dunst | $292,663,327 | 2 | $146,331,664 |
| 58 | Aamir Khan | $292,212,172 | 1 | $292,212,172 |
| 59 | Amy Adams | $285,196,166 | 2 | $142,598,083 |
| 60 | Sean Penn | $280,896,213 | 4 | $70,224,053 |
| 61 | Morgan Freeman | $278,832,886 | 3 | $92,944,295 |
| 62 | Michael Peña | $272,968,054 | 3 | $90,989,351 |
| 63 | Jeremy Renner | $264,534,999 | 2 | $132,267,500 |
| 64 | Tom Holland | $260,011,364 | 2 | $130,005,682 |
| 65 | Forest Whitaker | $256,442,162 | 5 | $51,288,432 |
| 66 | Jennifer Aniston | $247,812,011 | 1 | $247,812,011 |
| 67 | Keira Knightley | $245,820,139 | 3 | $81,940,046 |
| 68 | Nick Nolte | $240,295,943 | 4 | $60,073,986 |
| 69 | Reese Witherspoon | $240,168,038 | 2 | $120,084,019 |
| 70 | Jason Clarke | $239,290,303 | 3 | $79,763,434 |
| 71 | Taraji P. Henson | $231,950,856 | 2 | $115,975,428 |
| 72 | Jim Parsons | $231,800,856 | 1 | $231,800,856 |
| 73 | Octavia Spencer | $231,800,856 | 2 | $115,900,428 |
| 74 | Janelle Monáe | $231,800,856 | 1 | $231,800,856 |
| 75 | Jesse Eisenberg | $228,036,478 | 3 | $76,012,159 |
| 76 | Dustin Hoffman | $227,713,427 | 3 | $75,904,476 |
| 77 | Sam Worthington | $224,469,023 | 3 | $74,823,008 |
| 78 | Jason Mitchell | $223,730,254 | 2 | $111,865,127 |
| 79 | Naomi Watts | $221,147,156 | 4 | $55,286,789 |
| 80 | Angelina Jolie Pitt | $215,321,949 | 3 | $71,773,983 |
| 81 | Chris Pine | $214,973,682 | 2 | $107,486,841 |
| 82 | Jessica Chastain | $212,486,223 | 4 | $53,121,556 |
| 83 | Tony Leung Chiu Wai | $208,114,346 | 3 | $69,371,449 |
| 84 | Corey Hawkins | $202,182,981 | 1 | $202,182,981 |
| 85 | Neil Brown, Jr. | $202,182,981 | 1 | $202,182,981 |
| 86 | Aldis Hodge | $202,182,981 | 1 | $202,182,981 |
| 87 | O'Shea Jackson, Jr. | $202,182,981 | 1 | $202,182,981 |
| 88 | Colin Farrell | $193,822,180 | 2 | $96,911,090 |
| 89 | Mark Ruffalo | $188,878,372 | 3 | $62,959,457 |
| 90 | Chris Hemsworth | $188,651,597 | 2 | $94,325,799 |
| 91 | Joaquin Phoenix | $187,707,495 | 2 | $93,853,748 |
| 92 | Meg Ryan | $180,647,935 | 3 | $60,215,978 |
| 93 | Harrison Ford | $179,013,811 | 3 | $59,671,270 |
| 94 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | $170,447,904 | 3 | $56,815,968 |
| 95 | Samuel Joslin | $169,590,606 | 1 | $169,590,606 |
| 96 | Ewan McGregor | $169,590,606 | 1 | $169,590,606 |
| 97 | Jason Patric | $165,600,852 | 1 | $165,600,852 |
| 98 | Nicolas Cage | $165,273,984 | 4 | $41,318,496 |
| 99 | Jack O'Connell | $163,527,824 | 1 | $163,527,824 |
| 100 | Jamie Foxx | $163,345,544 | 2 | $81,672,772 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Tom Hanks: By Yeoman 1st Class Donna Lou Morgan [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Leonardo DiCaprio: By Siebbi (Leonardo DiCaprio) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Bradley Cooper: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
