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Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Production Methods > Worldwide Leading Live Action Stars
Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Live Action Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Live Action Stars - International Leading Live Action Stars - Worldwide Leading Animation/Live Action Stars - Worldwide Leading Digital Animation Stars - Worldwide Leading Hand Animation Stars - Worldwide Leading Stop-Motion Animation Stars - Worldwide Leading Rotoscoping Stars - Worldwide Leading Multiple Production Methods Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the Live Action 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.
1
Tom Cruise
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 35 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation ($700,868,363 in 2015), Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol ($694,713,230 in 2011), Mission: Impossible 2 ($549,588,516 in 2000), Mission: Impossible ($457,697,994 in 1996), The Last Samurai ($456,810,575 in 2003), Rain Man ($412,800,000 in 1988), The Mummy ($410,333,326 in 2017), Mission: Impossible III ($397,501,348 in 2006), Edge of Tomorrow ($370,541,256 in 2014), Minority Report ($358,824,714 in 2002) |
2
Johnny Depp
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 36 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($1,066,215,812 in 2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($1,045,663,875 in 2011), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($963,420,425 in 2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ($794,758,876 in 2017), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($634,954,103 in 2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ($475,825,484 in 2005), Murder on the Orient Express ($349,213,586 in 2017), The Tourist ($278,731,369 in 2010), The Lone Ranger ($260,002,115 in 2013), Dark Shadows ($238,202,668 in 2012) |
3
Tom Hanks
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 43 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Da Vinci Code ($767,820,459 in 2006), Forrest Gump ($679,850,637 in 1994), Angels & Demons ($490,875,846 in 2009), Saving Private Ryan ($485,035,085 in 1998), Cast Away ($427,230,516 in 2000), Catch Me if You Can ($355,612,291 in 2002), Apollo 13 ($334,100,000 in 1995), The Green Mile ($290,701,374 in 1999), You've Got Mail ($250,800,000 in 1998), Sully ($238,552,082 in 2016) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Cruise | $8,631,647,179 | 38 | $227,148,610 |
| 2 | Johnny Depp | $7,897,715,204 | 41 | $192,627,200 |
| 3 | Tom Hanks | $7,238,072,253 | 44 | $164,501,642 |
| 4 | Harrison Ford | $7,142,812,476 | 38 | $187,968,749 |
| 5 | Vin Diesel | $6,840,716,967 | 16 | $427,544,810 |
| 6 | Matt Damon | $6,580,192,378 | 36 | $182,783,122 |
| 7 | Dwayne Johnson | $6,142,081,657 | 22 | $279,185,530 |
| 8 | Brad Pitt | $6,013,506,709 | 36 | $167,041,853 |
| 9 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $5,992,511,947 | 24 | $249,687,998 |
| 10 | Hugh Jackman | $5,809,493,369 | 24 | $242,062,224 |
| 11 | Jennifer Lawrence | $5,751,564,474 | 18 | $319,531,360 |
| 12 | Bruce Willis | $5,524,840,605 | 51 | $108,330,208 |
| 13 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $5,168,640,440 | 35 | $147,675,441 |
| 14 | Julia Roberts | $5,141,435,171 | 31 | $165,852,747 |
| 15 | Will Smith | $4,950,603,975 | 21 | $235,743,046 |
| 16 | Ben Affleck | $4,940,570,868 | 32 | $154,392,840 |
| 17 | Robert De Niro | $4,502,367,175 | 66 | $68,217,684 |
| 18 | George Clooney | $4,499,274,047 | 29 | $155,147,381 |
| 19 | Ben Stiller | $4,473,172,516 | 30 | $149,105,751 |
| 20 | Robin Williams | $4,453,029,719 | 35 | $127,229,421 |
| 21 | Bradley Cooper | $4,341,391,995 | 22 | $197,336,000 |
| 22 | Sylvester Stallone | $4,310,644,210 | 39 | $110,529,339 |
| 23 | Jim Carrey | $4,295,594,071 | 27 | $159,096,077 |
| 24 | Scarlett Johansson | $4,233,066,339 | 20 | $211,653,317 |
| 25 | Nicolas Cage | $4,215,608,144 | 66 | $63,872,851 |
| 26 | Christian Bale | $4,161,683,679 | 27 | $154,136,433 |
| 27 | Geoffrey Rush | $4,091,034,762 | 12 | $340,919,564 |
| 28 | Denzel Washington | $4,012,130,021 | 43 | $93,305,349 |
| 29 | Paul Walker | $3,967,586,509 | 13 | $305,198,962 |
| 30 | Keira Knightley | $3,957,834,484 | 19 | $208,307,078 |
| 31 | Sandra Bullock | $3,916,663,148 | 28 | $139,880,827 |
| 32 | Kristen Stewart | $3,896,645,912 | 20 | $194,832,296 |
| 33 | Anthony Hopkins | $3,773,179,548 | 23 | $164,051,285 |
| 34 | Daniel Craig | $3,765,722,944 | 11 | $342,338,449 |
| 35 | Eddie Murphy | $3,753,392,043 | 34 | $110,393,884 |
| 36 | Morgan Freeman | $3,740,365,425 | 32 | $116,886,420 |
| 37 | Mel Gibson | $3,717,685,716 | 32 | $116,177,679 |
| 38 | Taylor Lautner | $3,691,610,056 | 10 | $369,161,006 |
| 39 | John Travolta | $3,663,877,917 | 44 | $83,269,953 |
| 40 | Orlando Bloom | $3,571,673,580 | 13 | $274,744,122 |
| 41 | Adam Sandler | $3,539,674,721 | 29 | $122,057,749 |
| 42 | Samuel L. Jackson | $3,537,373,713 | 47 | $75,263,270 |
| 43 | Robert Pattinson | $3,511,117,673 | 13 | $270,085,975 |
| 44 | Jason Statham | $3,423,134,199 | 29 | $118,039,110 |
| 45 | Russell Crowe | $3,298,224,264 | 27 | $122,156,454 |
| 46 | Meryl Streep | $3,290,268,761 | 42 | $78,339,732 |
| 47 | Keanu Reeves | $3,284,809,286 | 37 | $88,778,629 |
| 48 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | $3,268,794,503 | 27 | $121,066,463 |
| 49 | Kate Winslet | $3,247,701,639 | 21 | $154,652,459 |
| 50 | Kevin Costner | $3,243,919,648 | 37 | $87,673,504 |
| 51 | Mark Hamill | $3,222,893,127 | 7 | $460,413,304 |
| 52 | Carrie Fisher | $3,215,686,907 | 4 | $803,921,727 |
| 53 | Tobey Maguire | $3,199,209,422 | 11 | $290,837,220 |
| 54 | Liam Neeson | $3,156,941,501 | 31 | $101,836,823 |
| 55 | Idris Elba | $3,156,577,019 | 18 | $175,365,390 |
| 56 | Chris Hemsworth | $3,152,788,224 | 15 | $210,185,882 |
| 57 | Cate Blanchett | $3,143,638,642 | 22 | $142,892,666 |
| 58 | Jeremy Renner | $3,061,434,662 | 11 | $278,312,242 |
| 59 | Angelina Jolie Pitt | $3,056,629,551 | 17 | $179,801,738 |
| 60 | Owen Wilson | $3,023,000,273 | 25 | $120,920,011 |
| 61 | Mark Wahlberg | $3,015,781,384 | 28 | $107,706,478 |
| 62 | Chris Pratt | $2,999,857,625 | 7 | $428,551,089 |
| 63 | Chris Evans | $2,989,686,342 | 18 | $166,093,686 |
| 64 | Michael Douglas | $2,889,916,296 | 30 | $96,330,543 |
| 65 | Don Cheadle | $2,871,510,517 | 14 | $205,107,894 |
| 66 | Charlize Theron | $2,842,434,266 | 20 | $142,121,713 |
| 67 | Dustin Hoffman | $2,831,261,269 | 27 | $104,861,528 |
| 68 | Cameron Diaz | $2,828,087,828 | 23 | $122,960,340 |
| 69 | Chris Pine | $2,781,123,928 | 13 | $213,932,610 |
| 70 | Michelle Rodriguez | $2,780,638,339 | 12 | $231,719,862 |
| 71 | Chadwick Boseman | $2,751,764,070 | 6 | $458,627,345 |
| 72 | Nicole Kidman | $2,695,793,748 | 46 | $58,604,212 |
| 73 | Michael Fassbender | $2,676,182,231 | 20 | $133,809,112 |
| 74 | Richard Gere | $2,637,776,042 | 39 | $67,635,283 |
| 75 | Jackie Chan | $2,629,577,728 | 29 | $90,675,094 |
| 76 | Jude Law | $2,624,035,125 | 24 | $109,334,797 |
| 77 | Colin Firth | $2,599,534,219 | 22 | $118,160,646 |
| 78 | Tom Hiddleston | $2,590,941,827 | 9 | $287,882,425 |
| 79 | Henry Cavill | $2,534,481,908 | 6 | $422,413,651 |
| 80 | James McAvoy | $2,528,891,055 | 14 | $180,635,075 |
| 81 | Jamie Foxx | $2,504,768,890 | 19 | $131,829,942 |
| 82 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $2,423,645,307 | 30 | $80,788,177 |
| 83 | Robert Redford | $2,419,817,728 | 26 | $93,069,913 |
| 84 | Gal Gadot | $2,408,702,143 | 5 | $481,740,429 |
| 85 | Channing Tatum | $2,395,822,242 | 20 | $119,791,112 |
| 86 | Javier Bardem | $2,372,422,345 | 14 | $169,458,739 |
| 87 | Colin Farrell | $2,358,473,492 | 23 | $102,542,326 |
| 88 | Martin Freeman | $2,351,550,812 | 6 | $391,925,135 |
| 89 | Will Ferrell | $2,342,697,800 | 26 | $90,103,762 |
| 90 | Jack Nicholson | $2,333,923,681 | 27 | $86,441,618 |
| 91 | Zoe Saldana | $2,322,878,230 | 16 | $145,179,889 |
| 92 | Amy Adams | $2,279,270,402 | 13 | $175,328,492 |
| 93 | Sebastian Stan | $2,276,440,944 | 4 | $569,110,236 |
| 94 | Natalie Portman | $2,264,833,655 | 26 | $87,108,987 |
| 95 | Clint Eastwood | $2,260,418,954 | 46 | $49,139,542 |
| 96 | Jennifer Aniston | $2,232,984,519 | 25 | $89,319,381 |
| 97 | Tommy Lee Jones | $2,214,763,364 | 19 | $116,566,493 |
| 98 | Simon Pegg | $2,203,984,989 | 16 | $137,749,062 |
| 99 | Pierce Brosnan | $2,191,605,671 | 20 | $109,580,284 |
| 100 | Ryan Reynolds | $2,159,027,688 | 22 | $98,137,622 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Tom Cruise: Gage Skidmore [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Johnny Depp: By Arnold WellsUploaded by MyCanon (Johnny Depp) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Tom Hanks: By Yeoman 1st Class Donna Lou Morgan [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
