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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.

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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