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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.
1
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 ($532,938,302 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 2016) |
2
Tom Hanks
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 49 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 ($238,524,556 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) |
3
Cillian Murphy
| Best known as a Supporting Actor based on credits in that role in 12 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Oppenheimer ($970,506,816 in 2023), In the Heart of the Sea ($89,693,309 in 2015), Anthropoid ($5,264,706 in 2016), The Edge of Love ($3,238,922 in 2009) |
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 | Cillian Murphy | $1,068,703,753 | 4 | $267,175,938 |
| 4 | James Caviezel | $997,386,995 | 6 | $166,231,166 |
| 5 | Christian Bale | $907,086,141 | 7 | $129,583,734 |
| 6 | Bradley Cooper | $906,843,161 | 4 | $226,710,790 |
| 7 | Rami Malek | $886,865,117 | 2 | $443,432,559 |
| 8 | Brad Pitt | $844,528,399 | 6 | $140,754,733 |
| 9 | Russell Crowe | $824,304,861 | 7 | $117,757,837 |
| 10 | Denzel Washington | $798,961,252 | 9 | $88,773,472 |
| 11 | Matt Damon | $729,061,315 | 8 | $91,132,664 |
| 12 | Julia Roberts | $688,142,610 | 3 | $229,380,870 |
| 13 | Kate Beckinsale | $657,698,630 | 3 | $219,232,877 |
| 14 | Kevin Costner | $648,650,990 | 7 | $92,664,427 |
| 15 | Zhang Yi | $646,656,890 | 2 | $323,328,445 |
| 16 | Mark Wahlberg | $619,616,168 | 9 | $68,846,241 |
| 17 | Josh Hartnett | $608,930,938 | 3 | $202,976,979 |
| 18 | Ben Affleck | $585,344,190 | 6 | $97,557,365 |
| 19 | Tom Hardy | $579,304,202 | 5 | $115,860,840 |
| 20 | Margot Robbie | $566,461,207 | 5 | $113,292,241 |
| 21 | Owen Wilson | $558,636,607 | 2 | $279,318,304 |
| 22 | Sienna Miller | $552,226,758 | 3 | $184,075,586 |
| 23 | Michelle Williams | $529,225,993 | 5 | $105,845,199 |
| 24 | Fionn Whitehead | $512,390,011 | 1 | $512,390,011 |
| 25 | Johnny Depp | $489,623,743 | 9 | $54,402,638 |
| 26 | Amy Adams | $485,371,837 | 5 | $97,074,367 |
| 27 | Will Smith | $483,353,715 | 6 | $80,558,953 |
| 28 | Zac Efron | $481,718,795 | 4 | $120,429,699 |
| 29 | Colin Firth | $479,690,103 | 5 | $95,938,021 |
| 30 | Hugh Jackman | $477,442,282 | 4 | $119,360,571 |
| 31 | Robert De Niro | $477,178,711 | 8 | $59,647,339 |
| 32 | Du Chun | $472,648,086 | 1 | $472,648,086 |
| 33 | Ou Hao | $472,648,086 | 1 | $472,648,086 |
| 34 | Li Chen | $472,648,086 | 1 | $472,648,086 |
| 35 | Jiang Wu | $472,648,086 | 1 | $472,648,086 |
| 36 | Qianyuan Wang | $472,648,086 | 1 | $472,648,086 |
| 37 | Helena Bonham Carter | $465,842,245 | 3 | $155,280,748 |
| 38 | Diane Lane | $463,058,352 | 6 | $77,176,392 |
| 39 | Anthony Hopkins | $444,709,703 | 12 | $37,059,142 |
| 40 | Geoffrey Rush | $440,698,780 | 4 | $110,174,695 |
| 41 | Zendaya | $429,054,204 | 1 | $429,054,204 |
| 42 | Rebecca Ferguson | $429,054,204 | 1 | $429,054,204 |
| 43 | George Clooney | $426,420,468 | 2 | $213,210,234 |
| 44 | Val Kilmer | $424,706,376 | 6 | $70,784,396 |
| 45 | Joaquin Phoenix | $410,147,155 | 3 | $136,715,718 |
| 46 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $410,058,826 | 6 | $68,343,138 |
| 47 | Tom Cruise | $409,503,084 | 3 | $136,501,028 |
| 48 | Meryl Streep | $408,766,480 | 8 | $51,095,810 |
| 49 | Liam Neeson | $400,635,695 | 5 | $80,127,139 |
| 50 | Cate Blanchett | $372,234,980 | 4 | $93,058,745 |
| 51 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $367,405,354 | 6 | $61,234,226 |
| 52 | Jennifer Lawrence | $358,993,002 | 5 | $71,798,600 |
| 53 | Al Pacino | $347,023,852 | 6 | $57,837,309 |
| 54 | Mel Gibson | $335,789,940 | 4 | $83,947,485 |
| 55 | Viggo Mortensen | $334,802,550 | 3 | $111,600,850 |
| 56 | Sandra Bullock | $333,691,805 | 3 | $111,230,602 |
| 57 | Heather Graham | $332,987,587 | 4 | $83,246,897 |
| 58 | Mike Myers | $329,140,650 | 2 | $164,570,325 |
| 59 | William Fichtner | $328,711,434 | 1 | $328,711,434 |
| 60 | Helen Mirren | $326,111,600 | 8 | $40,763,950 |
| 61 | Mahershala Ali | $319,995,019 | 1 | $319,995,019 |
| 62 | Kurt Russell | $318,453,048 | 6 | $53,075,508 |
| 63 | Daniel Day-Lewis | $312,484,496 | 3 | $104,161,499 |
| 64 | Adam Driver | $311,920,845 | 6 | $51,986,808 |
| 65 | Daveed Diggs | $310,824,596 | 1 | $310,824,596 |
| 66 | Izabela Vidovic | $310,824,596 | 1 | $310,824,596 |
| 67 | Jacob Tremblay | $310,824,596 | 1 | $310,824,596 |
| 68 | Mandy Patinkin | $310,824,596 | 1 | $310,824,596 |
| 69 | Jaden Smith | $307,311,093 | 1 | $307,311,093 |
| 70 | Aamir Khan | $305,149,461 | 1 | $305,149,461 |
| 71 | Ming-Na | $303,500,000 | 1 | $303,500,000 |
| 72 | Marion Cotillard | $301,345,844 | 3 | $100,448,615 |
| 73 | Kirsten Dunst | $290,526,995 | 2 | $145,263,498 |
| 74 | Sean Penn | $288,192,250 | 6 | $48,032,042 |
| 75 | Dustin Hoffman | $286,288,273 | 5 | $57,257,655 |
| 76 | Austin Butler | $279,938,634 | 1 | $279,938,634 |
| 77 | Morgan Freeman | $278,832,886 | 3 | $92,944,295 |
| 78 | Michael Peña | $272,968,054 | 4 | $68,242,014 |
| 79 | Tom Holland | $272,153,670 | 4 | $68,038,418 |
| 80 | Woody Harrelson | $269,337,134 | 7 | $38,476,733 |
| 81 | Jeremy Renner | $264,663,883 | 4 | $66,165,971 |
| 82 | Keira Knightley | $263,299,474 | 5 | $52,659,895 |
| 83 | Forest Whitaker | $259,703,026 | 6 | $43,283,838 |
| 84 | Dennis Quaid | $256,535,764 | 12 | $21,377,980 |
| 85 | Jennifer Aniston | $247,812,011 | 1 | $247,812,011 |
| 86 | Taron Egerton | $245,364,453 | 5 | $49,072,891 |
| 87 | Nick Nolte | $244,651,102 | 5 | $48,930,220 |
| 88 | Janelle Monáe | $242,750,661 | 2 | $121,375,331 |
| 89 | Jim Parsons | $240,994,672 | 3 | $80,331,557 |
| 90 | Reese Witherspoon | $240,168,038 | 2 | $120,084,019 |
| 91 | Taraji P. Henson | $240,083,273 | 3 | $80,027,758 |
| 92 | Naomi Watts | $239,646,040 | 7 | $34,235,149 |
| 93 | Jason Clarke | $239,445,152 | 3 | $79,815,051 |
| 94 | Adrien Brody | $235,351,883 | 4 | $58,837,971 |
| 95 | Angelina Jolie | $234,759,508 | 3 | $78,253,169 |
| 96 | Octavia Spencer | $229,664,524 | 1 | $229,664,524 |
| 97 | Jesse Eisenberg | $228,496,981 | 3 | $76,165,660 |
| 98 | Jason Mitchell | $228,216,544 | 2 | $114,108,272 |
| 99 | Sam Worthington | $224,534,343 | 3 | $74,844,781 |
| 100 | Ralph Fiennes | $218,626,983 | 5 | $43,725,397 |
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
