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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 Kids Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Super Hero Stars - Worldwide Leading Fantasy 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
Johnny Depp
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 43 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($1,066,179,725 in 2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($1,045,713,802 in 2011), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($960,996,492 in 2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ($794,861,794 in 2017), Murder on the Orient Express ($351,767,147 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) |
2
Leonardo DiCaprio
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 24 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Titanic ($2,223,048,786 in 1997), Django Unchained ($449,841,566 in 2012), The Great Gatsby ($353,497,733 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), Killers of the Flower Moon ($156,432,918 in 2023), 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) |
3
Geoffrey Rush
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 15 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($1,045,713,802 in 2011), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($960,996,492 in 2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ($794,861,794 in 2017), The Book Thief ($76,086,711 in 2013), The Warrior's Way ($8,514,325 in 2010), The Eye of the Storm ($2,226,888 in 2012) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Depp | $5,218,506,885 | 17 | $306,970,993 |
| 2 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $3,977,463,273 | 10 | $397,746,327 |
| 3 | Geoffrey Rush | $2,888,400,012 | 6 | $481,400,002 |
| 4 | Orlando Bloom | $2,869,010,373 | 5 | $573,802,075 |
| 5 | Keira Knightley | $2,573,915,071 | 9 | $285,990,563 |
| 6 | Harrison Ford | $2,474,753,652 | 9 | $274,972,628 |
| 7 | Kate Winslet | $2,462,810,249 | 8 | $307,851,281 |
| 8 | Tom Hanks | $2,106,397,859 | 13 | $162,030,605 |
| 9 | Russell Crowe | $2,067,551,925 | 10 | $206,755,193 |
| 10 | Brad Pitt | $1,881,977,389 | 12 | $156,831,449 |
| 11 | Jude Law | $1,855,750,786 | 11 | $168,704,617 |
| 12 | Cate Blanchett | $1,697,129,712 | 10 | $169,712,971 |
| 13 | Matt Damon | $1,541,282,145 | 11 | $140,116,559 |
| 14 | Penélope Cruz | $1,472,585,435 | 4 | $368,146,359 |
| 15 | Willem Dafoe | $1,363,442,956 | 16 | $85,215,185 |
| 16 | Karen Allen | $1,177,105,138 | 3 | $392,368,379 |
| 17 | Tom Cruise | $1,176,312,421 | 6 | $196,052,070 |
| 18 | Bill Nighy | $1,147,512,770 | 6 | $191,252,128 |
| 19 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $1,083,421,909 | 8 | $135,427,739 |
| 20 | Hugh Jackman | $1,054,931,174 | 5 | $210,986,235 |
| 21 | Shia LaBeouf | $1,053,377,502 | 5 | $210,675,500 |
| 22 | Nicole Kidman | $1,046,322,723 | 13 | $80,486,363 |
| 23 | Ian McShane | $1,045,713,802 | 2 | $522,856,901 |
| 24 | Javier Bardem | $989,974,965 | 3 | $329,991,655 |
| 25 | Jack Davenport | $960,996,492 | 1 | $960,996,492 |
| 26 | Kevin Costner | $955,344,633 | 7 | $136,477,805 |
| 27 | Helena Bonham Carter | $950,643,274 | 13 | $73,126,406 |
| 28 | Christoph Waltz | $906,569,391 | 5 | $181,313,878 |
| 29 | Denzel Washington | $899,961,295 | 7 | $128,565,899 |
| 30 | John Goodman | $893,193,482 | 5 | $178,638,696 |
| 31 | John Rhys-Davies | $859,390,695 | 4 | $214,847,674 |
| 32 | Mel Gibson | $824,093,038 | 9 | $91,565,893 |
| 33 | Sean Connery | $810,033,218 | 5 | $162,006,644 |
| 34 | Diane Kruger | $807,120,422 | 5 | $161,424,084 |
| 35 | Rosie O'Donnell | $806,691,819 | 2 | $403,345,910 |
| 36 | Pedro Pascal | $794,870,020 | 4 | $198,717,505 |
| 37 | Ray Winstone | $794,635,779 | 2 | $397,317,890 |
| 38 | Anthony Hopkins | $788,108,386 | 8 | $98,513,548 |
| 39 | Donnie Yen | $783,086,215 | 10 | $78,308,622 |
| 40 | Antonio Banderas | $759,138,393 | 3 | $253,046,131 |
| 41 | Rachel McAdams | $754,863,427 | 3 | $251,621,142 |
| 42 | Christian Bale | $731,756,057 | 13 | $56,288,927 |
| 43 | Ralph Fiennes | $716,897,884 | 12 | $59,741,490 |
| 44 | Bill Skarsgård | $703,607,676 | 4 | $175,901,919 |
| 45 | Jaeden Lieberher | $701,012,746 | 1 | $701,012,746 |
| 46 | Jamie Foxx | $690,671,928 | 3 | $230,223,976 |
| 47 | Meryl Streep | $685,511,988 | 10 | $68,551,199 |
| 48 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | $681,945,881 | 3 | $227,315,294 |
| 49 | Kenneth Branagh | $679,888,367 | 5 | $135,977,673 |
| 50 | Robert Redford | $673,743,888 | 9 | $74,860,432 |
| 51 | Annabelle Wallis | $666,811,432 | 2 | $333,405,716 |
| 52 | Al Pacino | $641,734,097 | 7 | $91,676,300 |
| 53 | Joel Edgerton | $625,583,591 | 4 | $156,395,898 |
| 54 | Suraj Sharma | $619,310,368 | 1 | $619,310,368 |
| 55 | Hailee Steinfeld | $618,405,060 | 5 | $123,681,012 |
| 56 | Gerard Butler | $610,606,641 | 3 | $203,535,547 |
| 57 | Richard Gere | $609,166,889 | 7 | $87,023,841 |
| 58 | John Travolta | $600,618,675 | 5 | $120,123,735 |
| 59 | Andy Lau | $585,881,746 | 7 | $83,697,392 |
| 60 | Lei Jiayin | $581,641,120 | 1 | $581,641,120 |
| 61 | Shen Teng | $581,641,120 | 1 | $581,641,120 |
| 62 | Yue Yunpeng | $581,641,120 | 1 | $581,641,120 |
| 63 | Jackson Yee | $581,641,120 | 1 | $581,641,120 |
| 64 | Yi Zhang | $581,641,120 | 1 | $581,641,120 |
| 65 | Renée Zellweger | $580,010,438 | 6 | $96,668,406 |
| 66 | Zhang Ziyi | $578,571,499 | 6 | $96,428,583 |
| 67 | Eva Green | $573,549,480 | 6 | $95,591,580 |
| 68 | Kevin Kline | $571,740,980 | 3 | $190,580,327 |
| 69 | Eric Bana | $568,617,769 | 6 | $94,769,628 |
| 70 | Xuan Huang | $561,576,121 | 2 | $280,788,061 |
| 71 | Clint Eastwood | $561,225,996 | 19 | $29,538,210 |
| 72 | Mads Mikkelsen | $546,503,597 | 6 | $91,083,933 |
| 73 | Armie Hammer | $545,555,255 | 6 | $90,925,876 |
| 74 | Ken Watanabe | $540,184,495 | 3 | $180,061,498 |
| 75 | Noomi Rapace | $536,636,570 | 4 | $134,159,143 |
| 76 | Jared Harris | $535,663,443 | 1 | $535,663,443 |
| 77 | Glenn Close | $530,462,923 | 5 | $106,092,585 |
| 78 | Edward Norton | $525,991,848 | 6 | $87,665,308 |
| 79 | Amanda Seyfried | $522,071,009 | 2 | $261,035,505 |
| 80 | Eddie Peng | $513,694,289 | 3 | $171,231,430 |
| 81 | Josh Brolin | $506,366,548 | 5 | $101,273,310 |
| 82 | Judi Dench | $505,263,375 | 5 | $101,052,675 |
| 83 | Eddie Redmayne | $502,807,415 | 2 | $251,403,708 |
| 84 | Jackie Chan | $499,512,629 | 8 | $62,439,079 |
| 85 | Margot Robbie | $496,824,268 | 7 | $70,974,895 |
| 86 | Daniel Day-Lewis | $489,635,205 | 8 | $61,204,401 |
| 87 | Tobey Maguire | $487,719,591 | 4 | $121,929,898 |
| 88 | Tom Sizemore | $485,035,085 | 3 | $161,678,362 |
| 89 | Edward Burns | $485,035,085 | 1 | $485,035,085 |
| 90 | Denholm Elliott | $482,171,806 | 2 | $241,085,903 |
| 91 | Adrien Brody | $475,431,872 | 10 | $47,543,187 |
| 92 | Scarlett Johansson | $475,166,271 | 7 | $67,880,896 |
| 93 | Alison Doody | $474,171,806 | 1 | $474,171,806 |
| 94 | Michael Byrne | $474,171,806 | 1 | $474,171,806 |
| 95 | Emily Blunt | $473,259,602 | 4 | $118,314,901 |
| 96 | Emma Stone | $472,448,575 | 3 | $157,482,858 |
| 97 | Minnie Driver | $472,368,340 | 5 | $94,473,668 |
| 98 | Connie Nielsen | $471,851,018 | 4 | $117,962,755 |
| 99 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $470,513,220 | 7 | $67,216,174 |
| 100 | Saoirse Ronan | $469,630,710 | 7 | $67,090,101 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Johnny Depp: By Arnold WellsUploaded by MyCanon (Johnny Depp) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Leonardo DiCaprio: By Siebbi (Leonardo DiCaprio) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
