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Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Drama Movies


See also: Domestic Leading Drama Stars - International Leading Drama Stars - Worldwide Leading Adventure Stars - Worldwide Leading Action Stars - Worldwide Leading Comedy Stars - Worldwide Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - Worldwide Leading Horror Stars - Worldwide Leading Romantic Comedy Stars - Worldwide Leading Musical Stars

This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the Drama 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
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 23 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Titanic ($2,223,048,786 in 1997), Catch Me if You Can ($355,612,291 in 2002), The Great Gatsby ($353,497,733 in 2013), The Departed ($289,660,619 in 2006), The Aviator ($208,370,892 in 2004), Gangs of New York ($183,124,621 in 2002), Romeo+Juliet ($147,542,381 in 1996), J. Edgar ($84,606,030 in 2011), Revolutionary Road ($79,604,820 in 2008), The Beach ($39,778,599 in 2000)

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Tom Hanks
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 49 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Forrest Gump ($679,835,137 in 1994), Saving Private Ryan ($485,035,085 in 1998), Catch Me if You Can ($355,612,291 in 2002), Apollo 13 ($335,802,271 in 1995), The Green Mile ($290,701,374 in 1999), Sully ($238,524,556 in 2016), Captain Phillips ($220,648,184 in 2013), The Terminal ($218,673,959 in 2004), Philadelphia ($201,324,422 in 1993), Road to Perdition ($183,354,514 in 2002)

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Robert Pattinson
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 22 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 ($829,724,737 in 2012), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($706,102,828 in 2010), The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($687,557,727 in 2009), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 ($684,436,752 in 2011), Twilight ($402,278,564 in 2008), Water for Elephants ($116,809,717 in 2011), Remember Me ($56,506,120 in 2010), Bel Ami ($6,165,119 in 2012), Life ($5,536,354 in 2015), Good Time ($4,144,128 in 2017)

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Complete List

Rank Name Worldwide
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Leonardo DiCaprio $3,984,517,944 15 $265,634,530
2 Tom Hanks $3,836,045,025 18 $213,113,613
3 Robert Pattinson $3,500,002,494 11 $318,182,045
4 Kristen Stewart $3,393,424,714 18 $188,523,595
5 Taylor Lautner $3,310,100,608 6 $551,683,435
6 Kate Winslet $2,734,713,198 19 $143,932,274
7 Matt Damon $2,205,475,545 18 $122,526,419
8 Brad Pitt $1,820,039,176 18 $101,113,288
9 Meryl Streep $1,449,212,618 27 $53,674,541
10 Dakota Johnson $1,429,420,543 10 $142,942,054
11 Bradley Cooper $1,416,473,419 10 $141,647,342
12 Julia Roberts $1,409,309,043 10 $140,930,904
13 Jamie Dornan $1,375,396,812 7 $196,485,259
14 Russell Crowe $1,351,189,749 14 $96,513,554
15 Al Pacino $1,322,782,232 26 $50,876,240
16 Denzel Washington $1,291,742,682 19 $67,986,457
17 Johnny Depp $1,231,727,278 20 $61,586,364
18 Demi Moore $1,191,874,200 12 $99,322,850
19 Sylvester Stallone $1,160,857,421 9 $128,984,158
20 George Clooney $1,119,845,402 9 $124,427,267
21 Christian Bale $1,114,754,141 14 $79,625,296
22 Robert De Niro $1,107,016,886 30 $36,900,563
23 Robert Redford $1,093,806,845 14 $78,129,060
24 Jackson Yee $1,069,185,200 3 $356,395,067
25 Clint Eastwood $1,009,903,836 10 $100,990,384
26 Cillian Murphy $996,280,742 5 $199,256,148
27 Cate Blanchett $983,468,507 13 $75,651,424
28 Kevin Costner $955,163,372 17 $56,186,081
29 Jack Nicholson $954,026,053 13 $73,386,619
30 Nicole Kidman $892,702,243 27 $33,063,046
31 Rami Malek $889,173,652 3 $296,391,217
32 Michelle Pfeiffer $864,886,776 13 $66,529,752
33 Joel Edgerton $822,627,467 10 $82,262,747
34 Willem Dafoe $813,516,182 23 $35,370,269
35 Patrick Swayze $806,314,987 8 $100,789,373
36 Sandra Bullock $792,097,542 9 $88,010,838
37 John Travolta $782,084,403 14 $55,863,172
38 Robin Williams $781,660,688 9 $86,851,188
39 Will Smith $781,189,864 10 $78,118,986
40 James Caviezel $776,794,089 6 $129,465,682
41 Tom Cruise $754,746,772 10 $75,474,677
42 Mel Gibson $752,330,010 14 $53,737,858
43 Daniel Day-Lewis $752,231,058 12 $62,685,922
44 Michael B. Jordan $736,234,821 8 $92,029,353
45 Morgan Freeman $726,890,543 15 $48,459,370
46 Helena Bonham Carter $681,627,502 15 $45,441,833
47 Jude Law $674,331,201 11 $61,302,836
48 Jim Carrey $664,541,867 4 $166,135,467
49 Richard Dreyfuss $659,784,548 5 $131,956,910
50 Judi Dench $659,518,377 10 $65,951,838
51 Keira Knightley $645,344,034 14 $46,096,002
52 Josh Gad $643,806,595 5 $128,761,319
53 Diane Lane $642,757,987 11 $58,432,544
54 Tobey Maguire $639,942,901 5 $127,988,580
55 Rachel McAdams $636,945,567 10 $63,694,557
56 Yue Yunpeng $634,631,282 1 $634,631,282
57 Shen Teng $634,631,282 1 $634,631,282
58 Yi Zhang $634,631,282 1 $634,631,282
59 Lei Jiayin $634,631,282 1 $634,631,282
60 Suraj Sharma $619,310,368 1 $619,310,368
61 Matthew McConaughey $604,893,974 11 $54,990,361
62 Nicolas Cage $604,821,842 15 $40,321,456
63 Richard Gere $591,893,984 18 $32,882,999
64 Kevin Spacey $584,955,105 9 $64,995,012
65 Jake Gyllenhaal $580,183,218 13 $44,629,478
66 Lady Gaga $579,148,294 2 $289,574,147
67 Annette Bening $575,854,555 13 $44,296,504
68 Sienna Miller $574,326,909 8 $71,790,864
69 Kristin Scott Thomas $562,765,370 12 $46,897,114
70 Octavia Spencer $561,616,357 4 $140,404,089
71 Dev Patel $559,956,103 4 $139,989,026
72 Kirsten Dunst $556,434,516 9 $61,826,057
73 Lily James $543,185,933 4 $135,796,483
74 Michael Peña $535,936,966 8 $66,992,121
75 Liam Neeson $535,877,758 16 $33,492,360
76 Joaquin Phoenix $531,655,595 10 $53,165,560
77 Penélope Cruz $531,055,929 10 $53,105,593
78 Colin Firth $528,293,572 15 $35,219,571
79 Marion Cotillard $525,061,869 10 $52,506,187
80 Dustin Hoffman $520,799,097 14 $37,199,936
81 Geoffrey Rush $515,153,132 8 $64,394,142
82 Ryan Gosling $504,770,604 10 $50,477,060
83 Susan Sarandon $501,630,837 22 $22,801,402
84 Amy Adams $498,228,119 8 $62,278,515
85 Edward Burns $498,055,778 4 $124,513,945
86 Kenneth Branagh $492,212,699 4 $123,053,175
87 Carey Mulligan $489,579,525 12 $40,798,294
88 Reese Witherspoon $489,536,830 9 $54,392,981
89 Tom Sizemore $486,720,283 4 $121,680,071
90 Viola Davis $486,108,894 9 $54,012,099
91 Channing Tatum $483,309,137 7 $69,044,162
92 Cameron Diaz $466,554,905 7 $66,650,701
93 Forest Whitaker $462,401,934 14 $33,028,710
94 Juliette Binoche $460,286,296 20 $23,014,315
95 Ben Affleck $458,265,372 16 $28,641,586
96 Jodie Foster $451,309,951 12 $37,609,163
97 Xu Zheng $451,183,392 1 $451,183,392
98 Hugh Bonneville $446,372,454 4 $111,593,114
99 Shia LaBeouf $444,455,072 13 $34,188,852
100 Toni Collette $441,036,619 8 $55,129,577

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

Robert Pattinson: Georges Biard [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons