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Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Musical Movies


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

This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the Musical 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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Josh Gad
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 9 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Frozen II ($1,451,653,316 in 2019), Frozen ($1,274,545,858 in 2013), Beauty and the Beast ($1,268,697,483 in 2017)

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Idina Menzel
Best known as a Supporting Actor based on credits in that role in 5 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Frozen II ($1,451,653,316 in 2019), Frozen ($1,274,545,858 in 2013)

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Kristen Bell
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 13 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Frozen II ($1,451,653,316 in 2019), Frozen ($1,274,545,858 in 2013), Molly and the Moon ($0 in )

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Complete List

Rank Name Worldwide
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Josh Gad $3,994,896,657 3 $1,331,632,219
2 Idina Menzel $2,726,199,174 2 $1,363,099,587
3 Kristen Bell $2,726,199,174 3 $908,733,058
4 Meryl Streep $1,546,949,800 5 $309,389,960
5 Ewan McGregor $1,447,897,019 2 $723,948,510
6 Amanda Seyfried $1,420,733,029 3 $473,577,676
7 Ian McKellen $1,344,021,429 2 $672,010,715
8 Julie Walters $1,334,341,609 3 $444,780,536
9 Colin Firth $1,334,341,609 3 $444,780,536
10 Alan Tudyk $1,274,545,858 1 $1,274,545,858
11 Santino Fontana $1,274,545,858 1 $1,274,545,858
12 Jonathan Groff $1,274,545,858 2 $637,272,929
13 Audra McDonald $1,268,697,891 2 $634,348,946
14 Emma Thompson $1,268,697,483 1 $1,268,697,483
15 Dan Stevens $1,268,697,483 1 $1,268,697,483
16 Luke Evans $1,268,697,483 1 $1,268,697,483
17 Stanley Tucci $1,268,697,483 1 $1,268,697,483
18 Kevin Kline $1,268,697,483 1 $1,268,697,483
19 Gugu Mbatha-Raw $1,268,697,483 1 $1,268,697,483
20 Emma Watson $1,268,697,483 1 $1,268,697,483
21 Reese Witherspoon $1,035,598,770 2 $517,799,385
22 Taron Egerton $1,035,598,770 3 $345,199,590
23 Tori Kelly $1,035,598,770 2 $517,799,385
24 Scarlett Johansson $1,035,598,770 2 $517,799,385
25 Matthew McConaughey $1,035,598,770 2 $517,799,385
26 Dominic Cooper $985,440,577 2 $492,720,289
27 Stellan Skarsgård $985,440,577 2 $492,720,289
28 Christine Baranski $985,440,577 3 $328,480,192
29 Pierce Brosnan $985,440,577 2 $492,720,289
30 Hugh Jackman $864,346,656 2 $432,173,328
31 Benjamin Bratt $796,514,370 2 $398,257,185
32 Anthony Gonzalez $796,514,370 1 $796,514,370
33 Gael Garcia Bernal $796,514,370 1 $796,514,370
34 Zac Efron $703,447,084 2 $351,723,542
35 Timothée Chalamet $631,329,178 1 $631,329,178
36 Seth MacFarlane $631,064,182 1 $631,064,182
37 John C. Reilly $631,064,182 1 $631,064,182
38 John Travolta $590,295,178 2 $295,147,589
39 Helena Bonham Carter $588,622,296 2 $294,311,148
40 Elijah Wood $542,956,777 2 $271,478,389
41 Cher $489,728,055 2 $244,864,028
42 Julie Andrews $450,369,342 5 $90,073,868
43 Paige O'Hara $438,656,843 1 $438,656,843
44 Robby Benson $438,656,843 1 $438,656,843
45 Sacha Baron Cohen $435,292,452 1 $435,292,452
46 Russell Crowe $435,292,452 1 $435,292,452
47 Anne Hathaway $435,292,452 2 $217,646,226
48 Eddie Redmayne $435,292,452 1 $435,292,452
49 Emma Stone $433,850,071 1 $433,850,071
50 Ryan Gosling $433,850,071 1 $433,850,071
51 Zendaya $429,054,204 1 $429,054,204
52 Rebecca Ferguson $429,054,204 1 $429,054,204
53 Michelle Williams $429,054,204 1 $429,054,204
54 Olivia Newton-John $410,234,928 2 $205,117,464
55 Halsey $404,534,588 1 $404,534,588
56 Letitia Wright $404,534,588 1 $404,534,588
57 Nick Kroll $404,534,588 1 $404,534,588
58 Eric Andre $404,534,588 1 $404,534,588
59 Pharrell Williams $404,534,588 1 $404,534,588
60 Bono $404,534,588 1 $404,534,588
61 Jeremy Irvine $399,175,380 1 $399,175,380
62 Lily James $399,175,380 1 $399,175,380
63 Hugh Skinner $399,175,380 1 $399,175,380
64 Jessica Keenan Wynn $399,175,380 1 $399,175,380
65 Josh Dylan $399,175,380 1 $399,175,380
66 Alexa Davies $399,175,380 1 $399,175,380
67 Andy Garcia $399,175,380 1 $399,175,380
68 Catherine Zeta-Jones $367,802,477 2 $183,901,239
69 Emily Blunt $348,901,032 1 $348,901,032
70 Lin-Manuel Miranda $348,901,032 2 $174,450,516
71 Renée Zellweger $306,770,545 1 $306,770,545
72 Richard Gere $306,770,545 1 $306,770,545
73 Jamie Foxx $295,449,975 2 $147,724,988
74 Ashley Tisdale $281,312,848 2 $140,656,424
75 Lucas Grabeel $274,394,260 2 $137,197,130
76 Vanessa Hudgens $274,392,880 1 $274,392,880
77 Corbin Bleu $274,392,880 1 $274,392,880
78 Monique Coleman $274,392,880 1 $274,392,880
79 Ilene Woods $263,591,415 1 $263,591,415
80 Nicole Kidman $236,375,629 3 $78,791,876
81 Phil Harris $197,518,526 2 $98,759,263
82 Adriana Caselotti $187,171,725 1 $187,171,725
83 Beyoncé Knowles $155,620,350 2 $77,810,175
84 Gerard Butler $153,770,052 1 $153,770,052
85 Emmy Rossum $153,770,052 1 $153,770,052
86 Johnny Depp $153,329,844 1 $153,329,844
87 Madonna $151,947,179 1 $151,947,179
88 Bruce Reitherman $141,843,000 1 $141,843,000
89 Quvenzhané Wallis $139,829,625 1 $139,829,625
90 Meg Ryan $139,801,096 1 $139,801,096
91 Judi Dench $132,308,165 2 $66,154,083
92 Dick Van Dyke $115,426,327 3 $38,475,442
93 Corey Hawkins $111,163,520 2 $55,581,760
94 Winslow Fegley $107,192,068 1 $107,192,068
95 Shawn Mendes $107,192,068 1 $107,192,068
96 Steve Martin $105,465,633 3 $35,155,211
97 Avantika $104,404,248 1 $104,404,248
98 Tim Meadows $104,404,248 1 $104,404,248
99 Angourie Rice $104,404,248 1 $104,404,248
100 Bebe Wood $104,404,248 1 $104,404,248

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.

Image attributions

Josh Gad: By Voice Chasers [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Kristen Bell: By Magicland9 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons