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Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Creative Types > Worldwide Leading Historical Fiction Stars
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Historical Fiction Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Historical Fiction Stars - International Leading Historical Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Contemporary Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Science Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Fantasy Stars - Worldwide Leading Kids 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 Historical 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
Leonardo DiCaprio
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 23 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Titanic ($2,208,208,395 in 1997), Django Unchained ($449,948,323 in 2012), The Great Gatsby ($351,040,419 in 2013), Shutter Island ($299,461,782 in 2010), Gangs of New York ($183,124,621 in 2002), Blood Diamond ($171,377,916 in 2006), Revolutionary Road ($79,604,820 in 2008), The Man in the Iron Mask ($56,968,169 in 1998), This Boy's Life ($4,104,962 in 1993) |
2
Johnny Depp
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 37 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($1,066,215,812 in 2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($963,420,425 in 2007), Murder on the Orient Express ($345,924,923 in 2017), The Lone Ranger ($260,002,115 in 2013), Sleepy Hollow ($207,068,340 in 1999), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ($153,329,844 in 2007), Chocolat ($152,500,343 in 2000), Finding Neverland ($115,036,108 in 2004), From Hell ($68,712,365 in 2001), The Rum Diary ($21,544,732 in 2011) |
3
Orlando Bloom
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 14 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($1,066,215,812 in 2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($963,420,425 in 2007), Troy ($484,161,265 in 2004), Kingdom of Heaven ($218,853,353 in 2005), The Three Musketeers ($139,877,913 in 2011) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $3,803,839,407 | 9 | $422,648,823 |
| 2 | Johnny Depp | $3,373,755,748 | 15 | $224,917,050 |
| 3 | Orlando Bloom | $2,872,528,768 | 5 | $574,505,754 |
| 4 | Keira Knightley | $2,435,401,630 | 7 | $347,914,519 |
| 5 | Kate Winslet | $2,429,642,133 | 6 | $404,940,356 |
| 6 | Russell Crowe | $2,073,558,279 | 9 | $230,395,364 |
| 7 | Tom Hanks | $1,697,723,931 | 8 | $212,215,491 |
| 8 | Jude Law | $1,688,919,591 | 8 | $211,114,949 |
| 9 | Matt Damon | $1,541,345,404 | 10 | $154,134,540 |
| 10 | Harrison Ford | $1,499,167,763 | 4 | $374,791,941 |
| 11 | Brad Pitt | $1,490,013,527 | 8 | $186,251,691 |
| 12 | Cate Blanchett | $1,198,858,912 | 6 | $199,809,819 |
| 13 | Karen Allen | $1,177,105,303 | 3 | $392,368,434 |
| 14 | Bill Nighy | $1,119,967,927 | 4 | $279,991,982 |
| 15 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $1,083,421,909 | 8 | $135,427,739 |
| 16 | Hugh Jackman | $1,061,807,774 | 4 | $265,451,944 |
| 17 | Willem Dafoe | $1,058,521,950 | 5 | $211,704,390 |
| 18 | Shia LaBeouf | $1,053,472,125 | 4 | $263,368,031 |
| 19 | Geoffrey Rush | $1,041,734,024 | 3 | $347,244,675 |
| 20 | Nicole Kidman | $991,234,542 | 13 | $76,248,811 |
| 21 | Jack Davenport | $963,420,425 | 1 | $963,420,425 |
| 22 | Helena Bonham Carter | $953,084,835 | 12 | $79,423,736 |
| 23 | Tom Cruise | $952,971,529 | 5 | $190,594,306 |
| 24 | Kevin Costner | $916,600,126 | 5 | $183,320,025 |
| 25 | Christoph Waltz | $906,741,500 | 3 | $302,247,167 |
| 26 | John Goodman | $884,465,730 | 4 | $221,116,433 |
| 27 | Mel Gibson | $822,050,833 | 8 | $102,756,354 |
| 28 | Rosie O'Donnell | $806,691,819 | 2 | $403,345,910 |
| 29 | Diane Kruger | $802,406,189 | 3 | $267,468,730 |
| 30 | Ray Winstone | $794,635,779 | 2 | $397,317,890 |
| 31 | Rachel McAdams | $733,281,603 | 2 | $366,640,802 |
| 32 | Christian Bale | $700,980,668 | 10 | $70,098,067 |
| 33 | Bill Skarsgård | $700,054,158 | 2 | $350,027,079 |
| 34 | Jaeden Lieberher | $697,459,228 | 1 | $697,459,228 |
| 35 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | $681,945,881 | 3 | $227,315,294 |
| 36 | Meryl Streep | $656,453,145 | 9 | $72,939,238 |
| 37 | Tobey Maguire | $633,977,619 | 5 | $126,795,524 |
| 38 | Joel Edgerton | $623,126,277 | 3 | $207,708,759 |
| 39 | Gerard Butler | $608,981,628 | 3 | $202,993,876 |
| 40 | Richard Gere | $608,603,550 | 6 | $101,433,925 |
| 41 | Jamie Foxx | $605,657,018 | 2 | $302,828,509 |
| 42 | Robert Redford | $603,821,605 | 6 | $100,636,934 |
| 43 | John Travolta | $594,066,609 | 4 | $148,516,652 |
| 44 | Renée Zellweger | $580,010,438 | 6 | $96,668,406 |
| 45 | Clint Eastwood | $542,362,836 | 17 | $31,903,696 |
| 46 | Ken Watanabe | $540,184,495 | 3 | $180,061,498 |
| 47 | Noomi Rapace | $535,663,443 | 1 | $535,663,443 |
| 48 | Jared Harris | $535,663,443 | 1 | $535,663,443 |
| 49 | Amanda Seyfried | $528,947,609 | 2 | $264,473,805 |
| 50 | Josh Brolin | $506,294,639 | 5 | $101,258,928 |
| 51 | Eric Bana | $491,338,013 | 5 | $98,267,603 |
| 52 | Tom Sizemore | $485,035,085 | 2 | $242,517,543 |
| 53 | Edward Burns | $485,035,085 | 1 | $485,035,085 |
| 54 | Glenn Close | $482,451,842 | 4 | $120,612,961 |
| 55 | Jackie Chan | $464,137,982 | 6 | $77,356,330 |
| 56 | Donnie Yen | $462,314,187 | 6 | $77,052,365 |
| 57 | Zhang Ziyi | $459,173,531 | 5 | $91,834,706 |
| 58 | Koyuki Kato | $456,810,575 | 1 | $456,810,575 |
| 59 | Al Pacino | $456,375,696 | 6 | $76,062,616 |
| 60 | George Clooney | $454,416,678 | 6 | $75,736,113 |
| 61 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $451,948,644 | 5 | $90,389,729 |
| 62 | Minnie Driver | $448,213,918 | 2 | $224,106,959 |
| 63 | Lance Henriksen | $448,191,819 | 1 | $448,191,819 |
| 64 | Wayne Knight | $448,191,819 | 1 | $448,191,819 |
| 65 | Tony Goldwyn | $448,191,819 | 1 | $448,191,819 |
| 66 | Paul Newman | $445,279,741 | 3 | $148,426,580 |
| 67 | Anne Hathaway | $442,169,052 | 1 | $442,169,052 |
| 68 | Sacha Baron Cohen | $442,169,052 | 1 | $442,169,052 |
| 69 | Denzel Washington | $439,821,071 | 5 | $87,964,214 |
| 70 | Joseph Fiennes | $433,324,126 | 4 | $108,331,032 |
| 71 | Eddie Peng | $428,586,959 | 2 | $214,293,480 |
| 72 | Daniel Day-Lewis | $421,579,437 | 6 | $70,263,240 |
| 73 | Anthony Hopkins | $420,520,516 | 3 | $140,173,505 |
| 74 | Carey Mulligan | $414,868,337 | 4 | $103,717,084 |
| 75 | Armie Hammer | $410,384,425 | 4 | $102,596,106 |
| 76 | Sofia Boutella | $410,333,326 | 1 | $410,333,326 |
| 77 | Annabelle Wallis | $410,333,326 | 1 | $410,333,326 |
| 78 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $408,292,135 | 2 | $204,146,068 |
| 79 | Jeff Bridges | $400,992,270 | 3 | $133,664,090 |
| 80 | Leslie Odom Jr. | $396,290,421 | 2 | $198,145,211 |
| 81 | Steve Carell | $394,824,771 | 3 | $131,608,257 |
| 82 | Judi Dench | $392,929,584 | 3 | $130,976,528 |
| 83 | Andy Lau | $392,299,768 | 4 | $98,074,942 |
| 84 | Clark Gable | $390,525,192 | 1 | $390,525,192 |
| 85 | Vivien Leigh | $390,525,192 | 1 | $390,525,192 |
| 86 | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | $390,500,000 | 1 | $390,500,000 |
| 87 | Morgan Freeman | $387,886,891 | 5 | $77,577,378 |
| 88 | Olivia Newton-John | $387,513,770 | 1 | $387,513,770 |
| 89 | Ralph Fiennes | $386,270,603 | 7 | $55,181,515 |
| 90 | Juliette Binoche | $385,530,394 | 3 | $128,510,131 |
| 91 | Antonio Banderas | $375,175,336 | 2 | $187,587,668 |
| 92 | Gary Oldman | $362,068,146 | 4 | $90,517,037 |
| 93 | Michael Fassbender | $359,110,648 | 5 | $71,822,130 |
| 94 | Rick Moranis | $358,500,000 | 1 | $358,500,000 |
| 95 | Elizabeth Perkins | $358,500,000 | 1 | $358,500,000 |
| 96 | Logan Lerman | $357,151,397 | 4 | $89,287,849 |
| 97 | Elizabeth Debicki | $354,115,053 | 2 | $177,057,527 |
| 98 | Kenneth Branagh | $353,054,593 | 2 | $176,527,297 |
| 99 | Alexander Skarsgård | $351,423,020 | 3 | $117,141,007 |
| 100 | Isla Fisher | $351,040,419 | 1 | $351,040,419 |
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
Johnny Depp: By Arnold WellsUploaded by MyCanon (Johnny Depp) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Orlando Bloom: Georges Biard [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons
