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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 Kids Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Historical Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Super Hero Stars - Worldwide Leading Fantasy 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.

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Leonardo DiCaprio photo
Leonardo DiCaprio
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 24 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Revenant ($532,938,302 in 2015), The Wolf of Wall Street ($389,816,136 in 2013), Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood ($377,426,903 in 2019), 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 ($2,423,016 in 1995), Total Eclipse ($339,889 in 1995), The Crowded Room ($0 in )

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Tom Hanks
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 50 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Catch Me if You Can ($355,612,291 in 2002), Apollo 13 ($335,802,271 in 1995), Sully ($243,870,033 in 2016), Captain Phillips ($220,648,184 in 2013), The Terminal ($218,673,959 in 2004), The Post ($179,769,457 in 2017), Charlie Wilson’s War ($119,512,771 in 2007), Saving Mr. Banks ($114,962,525 in 2013), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood ($68,590,003 in 2019), Greyhound ($0 in 2020)

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Wu Jing
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 4 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Battle at Lake Changjin ($808,407,908 in 2021), Water Gate Bridge (长津湖之水门桥) ($515,456,809 in 2022), Pan Deng Zhe ($174,008,804 in 2019), Jin gang chuan ($167,007,608 in 2020)

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Complete List

Rank Name Worldwide
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Leonardo DiCaprio $1,951,533,459 9 $216,837,051
2 Tom Hanks $1,852,096,017 10 $185,209,602
3 Wu Jing $1,664,881,129 4 $416,220,282
4 Cillian Murphy $1,079,392,346 4 $269,848,087
5 James Caviezel $997,384,855 7 $142,483,551
6 Zhang Yi $996,945,965 4 $249,236,491
7 Bradley Cooper $907,143,161 4 $226,785,790
8 Christian Bale $907,086,141 7 $129,583,734
9 Rami Malek $886,865,117 3 $295,621,706
10 Brad Pitt $844,528,399 6 $140,754,733
11 Russell Crowe $824,304,861 8 $103,038,108
12 Denzel Washington $798,961,252 9 $88,773,472
13 Matt Damon $729,923,338 8 $91,240,417
14 Julia Roberts $687,497,634 3 $229,165,878
15 Kate Beckinsale $657,698,630 4 $164,424,658
16 Kevin Costner $647,433,307 7 $92,490,472
17 Mark Wahlberg $625,570,315 9 $69,507,813
18 Josh Hartnett $608,930,938 3 $202,976,979
19 Ben Affleck $586,206,213 6 $97,701,036
20 Tom Hardy $579,304,202 5 $115,860,840
21 Margot Robbie $566,461,207 5 $113,292,241
22 Owen Wilson $557,991,631 2 $278,995,816
23 Sienna Miller $552,526,758 3 $184,175,586
24 Michelle Williams $528,958,104 5 $105,791,621
25 Fionn Whitehead $509,736,928 1 $509,736,928
26 Johnny Depp $491,118,251 9 $54,568,695
27 Robert De Niro $486,758,226 9 $54,084,247
28 Amy Adams $485,371,837 5 $97,074,367
29 Will Smith $484,897,183 6 $80,816,197
30 Zac Efron $484,789,399 4 $121,197,350
31 Colin Firth $479,690,103 5 $95,938,021
32 Hugh Jackman $477,184,078 5 $95,436,816
33 Helena Bonham Carter $466,692,556 3 $155,564,185
34 Diane Lane $463,058,352 6 $77,176,392
35 Anthony Hopkins $452,851,925 12 $37,737,660
36 Geoffrey Rush $440,698,780 4 $110,174,695
37 Du Chun $436,779,294 1 $436,779,294
38 Ou Hao $436,779,294 1 $436,779,294
39 Li Chen $436,779,294 1 $436,779,294
40 Jiang Wu $436,779,294 1 $436,779,294
41 Qianyuan Wang $436,779,294 1 $436,779,294
42 Zendaya $428,796,000 1 $428,796,000
43 Rebecca Ferguson $428,796,000 1 $428,796,000
44 George Clooney $426,420,468 2 $213,210,234
45 Val Kilmer $424,706,376 6 $70,784,396
46 Joaquin Phoenix $410,147,155 3 $136,715,718
47 Jake Gyllenhaal $410,058,826 6 $68,343,138
48 Tom Cruise $409,503,084 3 $136,501,028
49 Meryl Streep $408,766,480 8 $51,095,810
50 Liam Neeson $400,635,695 5 $80,127,139
51 Cate Blanchett $372,234,980 4 $93,058,745
52 Benedict Cumberbatch $368,543,160 6 $61,423,860
53 Jennifer Lawrence $358,993,002 5 $71,798,600
54 Al Pacino $349,092,037 7 $49,870,291
55 Mel Gibson $335,998,770 5 $67,199,754
56 Viggo Mortensen $334,802,550 3 $111,600,850
57 Sandra Bullock $333,691,805 3 $111,230,602
58 Heather Graham $332,987,587 4 $83,246,897
59 Mike Myers $329,140,650 2 $164,570,325
60 William Fichtner $328,711,434 1 $328,711,434
61 Helen Mirren $327,075,920 8 $40,884,490
62 Mahershala Ali $319,995,019 1 $319,995,019
63 Kurt Russell $318,426,857 6 $53,071,143
64 Daniel Day-Lewis $312,484,496 3 $104,161,499
65 Adam Driver $312,198,015 6 $52,033,003
66 Izabela Vidovic $310,179,620 1 $310,179,620
67 Jacob Tremblay $310,179,620 2 $155,089,810
68 Mandy Patinkin $310,179,620 2 $155,089,810
69 Daveed Diggs $310,179,620 1 $310,179,620
70 Jaden Smith $307,311,093 1 $307,311,093
71 Aamir Khan $305,149,461 1 $305,149,461
72 Ming-Na $303,500,000 1 $303,500,000
73 Dennis Quaid $302,637,514 15 $20,175,834
74 Marion Cotillard $301,412,352 3 $100,470,784
75 Woody Harrelson $292,496,111 8 $36,562,014
76 Kirsten Dunst $289,309,312 2 $144,654,656
77 Sean Penn $288,192,250 6 $48,032,042
78 Austin Butler $288,116,153 2 $144,058,077
79 Dustin Hoffman $286,288,273 5 $57,257,655
80 Morgan Freeman $286,124,947 3 $95,374,982
81 Xiaoming Huang $278,029,530 2 $139,014,765
82 Tom Holland $276,781,119 5 $55,356,224
83 Michael Peña $272,968,054 4 $68,242,014
84 Jeremy Renner $264,663,883 4 $66,165,971
85 Keira Knightley $263,299,474 5 $52,659,895
86 Forest Whitaker $259,703,026 6 $43,283,838
87 Jennifer Aniston $247,812,011 1 $247,812,011
88 Angelina Jolie $246,720,907 4 $61,680,227
89 Taron Egerton $245,364,453 5 $49,072,891
90 Nick Nolte $244,651,102 5 $48,930,220
91 Janelle Monáe $241,532,978 2 $120,766,489
92 Reese Witherspoon $240,168,038 2 $120,084,019
93 Jim Parsons $239,776,989 3 $79,925,663
94 Naomi Watts $239,646,040 7 $34,235,149
95 Jason Clarke $239,445,152 3 $79,815,051
96 Taraji P. Henson $238,865,590 3 $79,621,863
97 Adrien Brody $235,351,839 4 $58,837,960
98 Jesse Eisenberg $228,496,981 3 $76,165,660
99 Octavia Spencer $228,446,841 1 $228,446,841
100 Jason Mitchell $228,216,544 2 $114,108,272

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.

Image attributions

Leonardo DiCaprio: By Siebbi (Leonardo DiCaprio) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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