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Top Live Action Stars at the Worldwide Box Office


See also: Top Worldwide Leading Stars - Top Worldwide Supporting Stars - Top Domestic Live Action Stars - Top International Live Action Stars - Top Worldwide Above the Line Stars - Top Worldwide Below the Line Stars - Top Worldwide Cameo Stars - Top Worldwide Stars

This chart contains the top 100 box office stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the movies a star has had a live action acting role in over their lifetime.

Roles in animated movies are excluded from the calculations in this chart, as are voice-only roles in live action films, and cameos.

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Samuel L. Jackson
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 55 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,788,912,285 in 2019), The Avengers ($1,515,100,211 in 2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($1,132,107,522 in 2019), Captain Marvel ($1,129,576,094 in 2019), Jurassic Park ($1,058,454,230 in 1993), Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace ($1,027,044,677 in 1999), 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)

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Robert Downey, Jr.
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 29 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,788,912,285 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754 in 2018), The Avengers ($1,515,100,211 in 2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Iron Man 3 ($1,215,392,272 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($1,151,899,586 in 2016), Oppenheimer ($964,670,001 in 2023), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($878,271,291 in 2017), Iron Man 2 ($621,156,389 in 2010), Iron Man ($585,171,547 in 2008)

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Zoe Saldana
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 17 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,923,706,026 in 2009), Avengers: Endgame ($2,788,912,285 in 2019), Avatar: The Way of Water ($2,317,514,386 in 2022), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754 in 2018), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($869,087,963 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ($845,468,744 in 2023), Guardians of the Galaxy ($770,882,395 in 2014), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($654,310,819 in 2003), Star Trek Into Darkness ($467,381,584 in 2013), Star Trek ($386,839,614 in 2009)

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Complete List

Rank Name Worldwide
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Samuel L. Jackson $21,040,011,967 115 $182,956,626
2 Robert Downey, Jr. $16,036,726,903 65 $246,718,875
3 Zoe Saldana $15,346,304,647 43 $356,890,806
4 Warwick Davis $14,562,122,953 22 $661,914,680
5 Benedict Cumberbatch $14,168,763,859 39 $363,301,637
6 Andy Serkis $13,796,897,059 31 $445,061,195
7 Chris Pratt $13,521,701,525 30 $450,723,384
8 Scarlett Johansson $13,242,907,919 46 $287,889,303
9 Chris Hemsworth $12,443,189,114 29 $429,075,487
10 Dwayne Johnson $12,423,220,492 42 $295,790,964
11 Don Cheadle $12,408,355,780 47 $264,007,570
12 Tom Cruise $12,354,696,920 47 $262,865,892
13 Paul Bettany $12,183,650,138 31 $393,020,972
14 Jeremy Renner $11,937,622,001 31 $385,084,581
15 Gwyneth Paltrow $11,861,071,438 45 $263,579,365
16 Jon Favreau $11,624,576,101 34 $341,899,297
17 Chris Evans $11,576,257,207 36 $321,562,700
18 Mark Ruffalo $11,506,303,080 48 $239,714,648
19 Stellan Skarsgård $11,121,531,996 59 $188,500,542
20 Gary Oldman $10,860,881,179 55 $197,470,567
21 Benedict Wong $10,860,316,646 22 $493,650,757
22 Tom Holland $10,629,880,778 17 $625,287,105
23 Cate Blanchett $10,538,008,035 50 $210,760,161
24 Paul Rudd $10,456,551,868 52 $201,087,536
25 Dave Bautista $10,429,660,770 31 $336,440,670
26 Johnny Depp $10,393,389,231 60 $173,223,154
27 Michelle Rodriguez $10,354,454,254 34 $304,542,772
28 Karen Gillan $10,201,074,050 24 $425,044,752
29 Vin Diesel $10,153,010,795 29 $350,103,821
30 Anthony Mackie $10,148,334,437 54 $187,932,119
31 Marisa Tomei $10,065,433,582 58 $173,541,958
32 Harrison Ford $10,003,224,524 47 $212,834,564
33 Idris Elba $9,947,395,082 45 $221,053,224
34 Morgan Freeman $9,892,441,360 90 $109,916,015
35 Tyrese Gibson $9,760,474,493 32 $305,014,828
36 J.K. Simmons $9,658,417,922 81 $119,239,727
37 Emma Watson $9,624,956,668 17 $566,173,922
38 Ralph Fiennes $9,589,008,900 53 $180,924,696
39 Helena Bonham Carter $9,526,213,608 43 $221,539,851
40 Orlando Bloom $9,508,507,709 31 $306,726,055
41 Julie Walters $9,435,424,016 28 $336,979,429
42 Tom Hiddleston $9,345,264,867 19 $491,856,046
43 Robbie Coltrane $9,335,754,515 34 $274,581,015
44 Josh Brolin $9,278,732,379 45 $206,194,053
45 Alan Rickman $9,269,386,154 34 $272,629,005
46 Willem Dafoe $9,239,307,693 97 $95,250,595
47 Woody Harrelson $9,140,484,730 82 $111,469,326
48 Simon Pegg $9,097,992,624 37 $245,891,693
49 Will Smith $9,001,852,511 36 $250,051,459
50 Elizabeth Olsen $8,960,313,893 21 $426,681,614
51 Natalie Portman $8,930,253,373 48 $186,046,945
52 William Hurt $8,888,174,209 62 $143,357,649
53 Jacob Batalon $8,873,174,086 12 $739,431,174
54 Ian McKellen $8,764,495,702 33 $265,590,779
55 Maggie Smith $8,647,371,359 48 $180,153,570
56 Daniel Radcliffe $8,515,436,589 25 $340,617,464
57 Domhnall Gleeson $8,454,924,257 25 $338,196,970
58 Matt Damon $8,443,128,871 61 $138,411,949
59 Tom Felton $8,397,808,552 27 $311,029,946
60 Sigourney Weaver $8,322,735,840 59 $141,063,319
61 Stanley Tucci $8,212,056,298 78 $105,282,773
62 Luke Evans $8,211,489,736 30 $273,716,325
63 Tom Hanks $8,153,804,993 59 $138,200,085
64 Liam Neeson $8,014,153,677 86 $93,187,833
65 Sebastian Stan $8,003,239,367 28 $285,829,977
66 Giovanni Ribisi $7,987,680,545 44 $181,538,194
67 Pom Klementieff $7,936,039,785 11 $721,458,162
68 Elizabeth Banks $7,913,954,339 52 $152,191,430
69 Michael Caine $7,902,953,883 78 $101,319,922
70 Jason Statham $7,880,788,683 44 $179,108,834
71 Michael Gambon $7,870,503,515 45 $174,900,078
72 Letitia Wright $7,856,110,767 15 $523,740,718
73 Matthew Lewis $7,849,526,715 11 $713,593,338
74 Toby Jones $7,843,450,710 53 $147,989,636
75 Hugo Weaving $7,838,194,465 32 $244,943,577
76 Geraldine Somerville $7,811,971,060 12 $650,997,588
77 Brad Pitt $7,806,449,200 51 $153,067,631
78 Josh Herdman $7,725,478,462 9 $858,386,496
79 Rupert Grint $7,700,725,078 15 $513,381,672
80 Chadwick Boseman $7,677,935,197 12 $639,827,933
81 James Phelps $7,662,836,057 9 $851,426,229
82 Oliver Phelps $7,662,836,057 9 $851,426,229
83 Devon Murray $7,654,390,378 10 $765,439,038
84 Bonnie Wright $7,640,268,450 9 $848,918,717
85 Angela Bassett $7,534,082,245 43 $175,211,215
86 Djimon Hounsou $7,506,059,257 38 $197,527,875
87 Judy Greer $7,490,344,859 69 $108,555,723
88 Mark Williams $7,483,358,965 14 $534,525,640
89 Bryce Dallas Howard $7,426,209,848 21 $353,629,040
90 Leonardo DiCaprio $7,400,847,365 34 $217,671,981
91 Michael Papajohn $7,397,352,575 41 $180,423,234
92 Lupita Nyong'o $7,348,094,022 13 $565,238,002
93 Winston Duke $7,284,742,928 9 $809,415,881
94 Helen Mirren $7,264,854,421 60 $121,080,907
95 Carrie Fisher $7,217,128,107 35 $206,203,660
96 Jeff Goldblum $7,212,122,584 55 $131,129,502
97 Hayley Atwell $7,211,052,012 17 $424,179,530
98 Martin Klebba $7,202,063,634 40 $180,051,591
99 Brendan Gleeson $7,152,651,398 55 $130,048,207
100 Judi Dench $7,125,663,219 48 $148,451,317

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.

Image attributions

Samuel L. Jackson: By pinguino k (originally posted to Flickr as samuel l jackson) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Robert Downey, Jr.: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Zoe Saldana: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons