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Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Lifetime Acting > Top Worldwide Above the Line Stars
Top Above the Line Stars at the Wordwide Box Office
See also: Top Worldwide Leading Stars - Top Worldwide Supporting Stars - Top Worldwide Live Action Stars - Top Domestic Above the Line Stars - Top International Above the Line Stars - Top Worldwide Below the Line Stars - Top Worldwide Cameo Stars - Top Worldwide Stars
The figures in this chart represent the total amount of worldwide revenue generated by all the movies a star has had an above-the-line role in over their lifetime.
Above-the-line credits are the names that appear one by one on the screen during the opening (or sometimes closing) credits for a film.
Roles in animated movies are included in the calculations in this chart.
1
Andy Serkis
| Best known as a Supporting Actor based on credits in that role in 15 films, with $9,629,837,438 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #6) |
| Top films contributed to this record: Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens ($2,058,662,225 in 2015), Black Panther ($1,346,636,994 in 2018), Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi ($1,318,092,040 in 2017), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($1,141,403,341 in 2003), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ($1,017,003,568 in 2012), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ($934,699,645 in 2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ($887,210,985 in 2001), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ($710,644,566 in 2014), King Kong ($550,517,357 in 2005), War for the Planet of the Apes ($490,280,162 in 2017) |
2
Samuel L. Jackson
| Best known as a Supporting Actor based on credits in that role in 51 films, with $8,567,907,863 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #9) |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,408,218,722 in 2015), Jurassic Park ($1,038,812,584 in 1993), Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith ($848,998,877 in 2005), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($714,401,889 in 2014), Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones ($656,695,615 in 2002), The Incredibles ($614,726,752 in 2004), Kong: Skull Island ($561,089,941 in 2017), Django Unchained ($449,948,323 in 2012), Kingsman: The Secret Service ($404,561,724 in 2015), Die Hard: With a Vengeance ($366,101,666 in 1995) |
3
Vin Diesel
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 16 films, with $4,513,210,831 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #25) |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Infinity War ($2,011,043,406 in 2018), Furious 7 ($1,518,722,794 in 2015), The Fate of the Furious ($1,237,466,026 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($862,889,714 in 2017), Fast and Furious 6 ($789,300,444 in 2013), Guardians of the Galaxy ($771,051,335 in 2014), Fast Five ($630,163,454 in 2011), Saving Private Ryan ($485,035,085 in 1998), Fast & Furious ($363,064,265 in 2009), xXx: Return of Xander Cage ($345,053,084 in 2017) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Serkis | $11,479,595,958 | 20 | $573,979,798 |
| 2 | Samuel L. Jackson | $10,938,844,972 | 64 | $170,919,453 |
| 3 | Vin Diesel | $10,220,918,080 | 24 | $425,871,587 |
| 4 | Alan Rickman | $10,090,174,701 | 19 | $531,061,826 |
| 5 | Morgan Freeman | $9,777,069,321 | 49 | $199,532,027 |
| 6 | Johnny Depp | $9,742,368,231 | 53 | $183,818,269 |
| 7 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $9,710,561,184 | 51 | $190,403,160 |
| 8 | Emma Watson | $9,478,543,402 | 16 | $592,408,963 |
| 9 | Scarlett Johansson | $9,212,741,127 | 31 | $297,185,198 |
| 10 | Dwayne Johnson | $9,185,543,926 | 26 | $353,290,151 |
| 11 | Idris Elba | $9,082,707,613 | 23 | $394,900,331 |
| 12 | Harrison Ford | $9,013,269,710 | 33 | $273,129,385 |
| 13 | Tom Cruise | $8,901,426,446 | 38 | $234,248,064 |
| 14 | Stanley Tucci | $8,751,660,786 | 36 | $243,101,689 |
| 15 | Zoe Saldana | $8,690,884,186 | 29 | $299,685,662 |
| 16 | Robbie Coltrane | $8,673,316,271 | 13 | $667,178,175 |
| 17 | Cate Blanchett | $8,673,224,836 | 32 | $271,038,276 |
| 18 | Tom Hanks | $8,530,723,991 | 51 | $167,269,098 |
| 19 | Daniel Radcliffe | $8,231,165,051 | 18 | $457,286,947 |
| 20 | Orlando Bloom | $8,230,205,218 | 19 | $433,168,696 |
| 21 | Ralph Fiennes | $8,193,390,245 | 25 | $327,735,610 |
| 22 | Ian McKellen | $8,152,356,363 | 14 | $582,311,169 |
| 23 | Don Cheadle | $8,141,058,629 | 19 | $428,476,770 |
| 24 | Michelle Rodriguez | $8,015,857,381 | 20 | $400,792,869 |
| 25 | Gary Oldman | $7,787,069,874 | 28 | $278,109,638 |
| 26 | Rupert Grint | $7,741,267,319 | 14 | $552,947,666 |
| 27 | Will Smith | $7,726,541,593 | 29 | $266,432,469 |
| 28 | Hugo Weaving | $7,648,526,284 | 20 | $382,426,314 |
| 29 | Helena Bonham Carter | $7,646,701,943 | 35 | $218,477,198 |
| 30 | Bradley Cooper | $7,606,773,168 | 30 | $253,559,106 |
| 31 | Chris Pratt | $7,220,311,990 | 16 | $451,269,499 |
| 32 | Stellan Skarsgård | $7,126,611,261 | 34 | $209,606,214 |
| 33 | Paul Bettany | $7,032,190,840 | 20 | $351,609,542 |
| 34 | Cameron Diaz | $7,022,820,019 | 27 | $260,104,445 |
| 35 | Woody Harrelson | $6,924,258,469 | 38 | $182,217,328 |
| 36 | Liam Neeson | $6,862,314,849 | 41 | $167,373,533 |
| 37 | Elizabeth Banks | $6,804,321,033 | 35 | $194,409,172 |
| 38 | Michael Gambon | $6,703,766,139 | 13 | $515,674,318 |
| 39 | Chris Hemsworth | $6,680,093,369 | 19 | $351,583,862 |
| 40 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $6,631,842,662 | 29 | $228,684,230 |
| 41 | Matt Damon | $6,595,591,851 | 39 | $169,117,740 |
| 42 | Owen Wilson | $6,557,481,780 | 39 | $168,140,558 |
| 43 | Brad Pitt | $6,531,840,249 | 42 | $155,520,006 |
| 44 | Hugh Jackman | $6,494,923,761 | 31 | $209,513,670 |
| 45 | Tom Felton | $6,452,504,262 | 15 | $430,166,951 |
| 46 | Chris Evans | $6,408,518,841 | 19 | $337,290,465 |
| 47 | Anthony Mackie | $6,363,341,406 | 29 | $219,425,566 |
| 48 | Steve Carell | $6,356,342,643 | 28 | $227,012,237 |
| 49 | Bruce Willis | $6,342,018,485 | 43 | $147,488,802 |
| 50 | Mark Ruffalo | $6,335,530,620 | 24 | $263,980,443 |
| 51 | Michael Caine | $6,316,735,742 | 28 | $225,597,705 |
| 52 | Timothy Spall | $6,277,125,222 | 22 | $285,323,874 |
| 53 | Julie Walters | $6,250,064,153 | 15 | $416,670,944 |
| 54 | Brendan Gleeson | $6,231,584,568 | 29 | $214,882,226 |
| 55 | Maggie Smith | $6,221,194,609 | 23 | $270,486,722 |
| 56 | Christopher Lee | $6,191,566,985 | 14 | $442,254,785 |
| 57 | Anthony Daniels | $6,167,371,596 | 6 | $1,027,895,266 |
| 58 | Tyrese Gibson | $6,148,142,703 | 12 | $512,345,225 |
| 59 | Lupita Nyong'o | $5,877,517,168 | 8 | $734,689,646 |
| 60 | Ewan McGregor | $5,856,255,480 | 31 | $188,911,467 |
| 61 | Jennifer Lawrence | $5,769,665,597 | 21 | $274,745,981 |
| 62 | Mark Wahlberg | $5,760,751,398 | 35 | $164,592,897 |
| 63 | Ben Stiller | $5,691,683,502 | 29 | $196,264,948 |
| 64 | Kristen Wiig | $5,690,015,711 | 24 | $237,083,988 |
| 65 | Jeremy Renner | $5,463,053,370 | 17 | $321,356,081 |
| 66 | John Cleese | $5,421,018,419 | 15 | $361,401,228 |
| 67 | J.K. Simmons | $5,376,261,022 | 33 | $162,917,001 |
| 68 | Carrie Fisher | $5,371,486,858 | 8 | $671,435,857 |
| 69 | Mark Hamill | $5,290,755,532 | 11 | $480,977,776 |
| 70 | John Ratzenberger | $5,233,799,258 | 12 | $436,149,938 |
| 71 | Ben Affleck | $5,217,323,420 | 29 | $179,907,704 |
| 72 | Julie Andrews | $5,207,523,952 | 11 | $473,411,268 |
| 73 | David Thewlis | $5,203,338,591 | 23 | $226,232,113 |
| 74 | Robert De Niro | $5,141,266,097 | 52 | $98,870,502 |
| 75 | Emma Thompson | $5,114,590,740 | 20 | $255,729,537 |
| 76 | Sebastian Stan | $5,110,774,449 | 12 | $425,897,871 |
| 77 | Anthony Hopkins | $5,092,010,509 | 30 | $169,733,684 |
| 78 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $5,073,143,341 | 17 | $298,420,197 |
| 79 | Alan Tudyk | $5,050,935,380 | 16 | $315,683,461 |
| 80 | Anne Hathaway | $5,011,923,707 | 21 | $238,663,034 |
| 81 | Simon Pegg | $5,010,374,573 | 18 | $278,354,143 |
| 82 | Sigourney Weaver | $4,978,549,316 | 22 | $226,297,696 |
| 83 | Antonio Banderas | $4,975,779,857 | 32 | $155,493,121 |
| 84 | Bill Nighy | $4,931,324,378 | 19 | $259,543,388 |
| 85 | Dave Bautista | $4,919,100,658 | 14 | $351,364,333 |
| 86 | Oscar Isaac | $4,889,350,152 | 24 | $203,722,923 |
| 87 | Jeff Goldblum | $4,874,162,219 | 20 | $243,708,111 |
| 88 | Robin Williams | $4,866,276,064 | 28 | $173,795,574 |
| 89 | Ian Holm | $4,829,070,400 | 11 | $439,006,400 |
| 90 | Chadwick Boseman | $4,815,307,841 | 8 | $601,913,480 |
| 91 | Tommy Lee Jones | $4,797,891,109 | 29 | $165,444,521 |
| 92 | Geoffrey Rush | $4,786,969,273 | 17 | $281,586,428 |
| 93 | Giovanni Ribisi | $4,785,247,476 | 20 | $239,262,374 |
| 94 | Angelina Jolie Pitt | $4,780,504,146 | 25 | $191,220,166 |
| 95 | Jason Isaacs | $4,770,538,664 | 14 | $340,752,762 |
| 96 | Karl Urban | $4,769,640,237 | 16 | $298,102,515 |
| 97 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $4,759,505,503 | 14 | $339,964,679 |
| 98 | Warwick Davis | $4,757,849,088 | 7 | $679,692,727 |
| 99 | Willem Dafoe | $4,708,628,686 | 31 | $151,891,248 |
| 100 | Naomie Harris | $4,692,459,359 | 12 | $391,038,280 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Andy Serkis: By https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore Gage Skidmore] [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Samuel L. Jackson: By pinguino k (originally posted to Flickr as samuel l jackson) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Vin Diesel: Andre Luis [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
