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Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Thriller/Suspense Movies


See also: Domestic Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - International Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - Worldwide Leading Adventure Stars - Worldwide Leading Action Stars - Worldwide Leading Comedy Stars - Worldwide Leading Drama 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 Thriller/Suspense 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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Jennifer Lawrence
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 21 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 ($766,575,131 in 2014), The Hunger Games ($677,923,379 in 2012), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 ($646,219,954 in 2015), Passengers ($302,239,672 in 2016), Red Sparrow ($145,951,861 in 2018), mother! ($44,516,999 in 2017)

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Matt Damon
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 37 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Martian ($653,609,107 in 2015), Ocean's Eleven ($450,728,529 in 2001), The Bourne Ultimatum ($444,043,396 in 2007), The Bourne Supremacy ($311,001,124 in 2004), The Bourne Identity ($214,357,371 in 2002), Contagion ($137,203,939 in 2011), The Talented Mr. Ripley ($128,792,130 in 1999), The Adjustment Bureau ($126,931,325 in 2011), The Instigators ($0 in 2024), The King of Oil ($0 in 2019)

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Morgan Freeman
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 38 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Now You See Me ($342,769,200 in 2013), Now You See Me 2 ($328,325,007 in 2016), Se7en ($328,125,643 in 1995), Oblivion ($287,916,633 in 2013), London Has Fallen ($195,194,085 in 2016), Outbreak ($190,023,573 in 1995), Olympus Has Fallen ($172,836,993 in 2013), Angel Has Fallen ($133,345,583 in 2019), Along Came a Spider ($105,159,085 in 2001), High Crimes ($63,781,100 in 2002)

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Complete List

Rank Name Worldwide
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Jennifer Lawrence $2,583,426,996 6 $430,571,166
2 Matt Damon $2,466,666,921 10 $246,666,692
3 Morgan Freeman $2,264,812,472 17 $133,224,263
4 Brad Pitt $1,796,408,619 11 $163,309,874
5 Tom Hanks $1,686,211,699 5 $337,242,340
6 Bruce Willis $1,684,004,272 16 $105,250,267
7 Leonardo DiCaprio $1,621,238,785 4 $405,309,696
8 Denzel Washington $1,484,301,234 15 $98,953,416
9 Michael Douglas $1,421,565,740 15 $94,771,049
10 Harrison Ford $1,402,388,028 8 $175,298,504
11 George Clooney $1,389,494,037 6 $231,582,340
12 Joaquin Phoenix $1,321,726,880 3 $440,575,627
13 Ben Affleck $1,226,222,100 10 $122,622,210
14 Tom Cruise $1,182,287,040 5 $236,457,408
15 Liam Neeson $1,015,290,235 14 $72,520,731
16 Sandra Bullock $935,969,563 5 $187,193,913
17 Angelina Jolie $933,005,937 7 $133,286,562
18 Gerard Butler $924,034,516 9 $102,670,502
19 Joseph Gordon-Levitt $857,186,771 3 $285,728,924
20 Elliot Page $825,793,570 1 $825,793,570
21 Samuel L. Jackson $818,566,824 16 $51,160,427
22 Audrey Tautou $767,820,459 1 $767,820,459
23 Dave Franco $756,678,152 4 $189,169,538
24 Woody Harrelson $704,443,083 6 $117,407,181
25 Mark Ruffalo $691,635,875 3 $230,545,292
26 Haley Joel Osment $682,658,869 2 $341,329,435
27 Jodie Foster $679,608,867 6 $113,268,145
28 Michael Caine $676,515,525 8 $84,564,441
29 Mel Gibson $676,323,196 11 $61,483,927
30 Jesse Eisenberg $672,758,541 7 $96,108,363
31 Maggie Grace $671,914,352 4 $167,978,588
32 Noomi Rapace $659,025,478 11 $59,911,407
33 Robert De Niro $639,693,232 11 $58,153,930
34 Julia Roberts $631,822,633 6 $105,303,772
35 Mark Wahlberg $620,014,249 9 $68,890,472
36 Johnny Depp $619,748,188 7 $88,535,455
37 Richard Gere $607,720,864 13 $46,747,759
38 Jamie Foxx $606,408,782 6 $101,068,130
39 Sharon Stone $593,050,621 6 $98,841,770
40 Kevin Costner $588,091,370 7 $84,013,053
41 Will Smith $585,532,684 5 $117,106,537
42 Jake Gyllenhaal $579,583,231 11 $52,689,385
43 Clive Owen $537,104,004 8 $67,138,001
44 Andy Garcia $491,067,790 6 $81,844,632
45 Jeremy Renner $484,564,485 4 $121,141,121
46 Al Pacino $459,354,498 8 $57,419,312
47 Blake Lively $458,102,519 8 $57,262,815
48 Pierce Brosnan $448,546,086 11 $40,776,917
49 Kevin Spacey $443,095,731 6 $73,849,289
50 Natalie Portman $419,622,599 3 $139,874,200
51 Jon Hamm $418,726,982 5 $83,745,396
52 Nicolas Cage $418,726,673 17 $24,630,981
53 Aaron Eckhart $417,280,948 11 $37,934,632
54 Whitney Houston $411,006,740 1 $411,006,740
55 Rosamund Pike $409,195,536 7 $58,456,505
56 Kurt Russell $408,051,302 7 $58,293,043
57 Dean-Charles Chapman $389,140,440 1 $389,140,440
58 George MacKay $389,140,440 2 $194,570,220
59 Emily Blunt $385,473,721 3 $128,491,240
60 Margot Robbie $378,216,894 4 $94,554,224
61 Famke Janssen $377,875,214 4 $94,468,804
62 Ryan Reynolds $365,365,437 5 $73,073,087
63 Anthony Hopkins $360,255,899 10 $36,025,590
64 Daniel Radcliffe $359,799,250 3 $119,933,083
65 John Travolta $359,725,328 12 $29,977,111
66 Aaron Taylor-Johnson $357,942,396 4 $89,485,599
67 Laurence Fishburne $357,576,677 11 $32,506,971
68 Ryan Gosling $351,959,197 5 $70,391,839
69 Russell Crowe $351,619,374 8 $43,952,422
70 Michelle Pfeiffer $351,395,416 4 $87,848,854
71 Gwyneth Paltrow $347,241,646 4 $86,810,412
72 John Goodman $344,790,389 3 $114,930,130
73 Rooney Mara $343,653,881 3 $114,551,294
74 Mélanie Laurent $342,769,200 3 $114,256,400
75 Isla Fisher $342,769,200 1 $342,769,200
76 Jude Law $342,424,420 7 $48,917,774
77 Dennis Quaid $336,635,663 10 $33,663,566
78 Dave Bautista $330,928,386 6 $55,154,731
79 Lizzy Caplan $330,685,007 2 $165,342,504
80 Bryce Dallas Howard $330,426,803 2 $165,213,402
81 Jay Chou $328,325,007 1 $328,325,007
82 Brian Tyree Henry $327,836,290 3 $109,278,763
83 Nicole Kidman $326,954,439 12 $27,246,203
84 Benicio del Toro $325,305,590 5 $65,061,118
85 Nick Nolte $323,376,826 4 $80,844,207
86 James Caviezel $322,767,286 4 $80,691,822
87 Clint Eastwood $322,311,701 5 $64,462,340
88 Shia LaBeouf $320,230,269 4 $80,057,567
89 Glenn Close $320,099,997 1 $320,099,997
90 Edward Norton $319,997,511 2 $159,998,756
91 Catherine Zeta-Jones $315,557,115 3 $105,185,705
92 Rene Russo $314,327,837 2 $157,163,919
93 Chris Pratt $302,239,672 1 $302,239,672
94 James McAvoy $302,202,827 4 $75,550,707
95 Demi Moore $299,938,257 4 $74,984,564
96 Chris Evans $291,897,376 6 $48,649,563
97 Amanda Seyfried $288,717,024 5 $57,743,405
98 Jared Leto $287,543,981 2 $143,771,991
99 Dustin Hoffman $286,457,166 5 $57,291,433
100 Eiza González $279,632,134 5 $55,926,427

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.

Image attributions

Jennifer Lawrence: By Jennifer_Lawrence_at_the_83rd_Academy_Awards.jpg: Mingle MediaTV derivative work: Tabercil (Jennifer_Lawrence_at_the_83rd_Academy_Awards.jpg) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org)], via Wikimedia Commons

Matt Damon: By nicolas genin from Paris, France [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Morgan Freeman: By David Sifry (David Sifry's flickr account) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons