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Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale Movies


See also: Domestic Leading Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale Stars - International Leading Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale Stars - Worldwide Leading Original Screenplay Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on Real Life Events Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on TV Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on Factual Book/Article Stars - Worldwide Leading Spin-Off Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on Movie Stars

This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 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
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Josh Gad
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 10 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Frozen II ($1,451,653,316 in 2019), Frozen ($1,270,089,468 in 2013), Beauty and the Beast ($1,259,761,686 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 ($1,270,089,468 in 2013)

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Kristen Bell
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 14 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Frozen II ($1,451,653,316 in 2019), Frozen ($1,270,089,468 in 2013)

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Complete List

Rank Name Worldwide
Box Office
Movies Average
1 Josh Gad $3,981,504,470 3 $1,327,168,157
2 Idina Menzel $2,721,742,784 2 $1,360,871,392
3 Kristen Bell $2,721,742,784 2 $1,360,871,392
4 Lü Yanting $1,994,924,639 1 $1,994,924,639
5 Luke Evans $1,471,324,121 2 $735,662,061
6 Ewan McGregor $1,457,449,289 2 $728,724,645
7 Jonathan Groff $1,270,089,468 1 $1,270,089,468
8 Alan Tudyk $1,270,089,468 1 $1,270,089,468
9 Santino Fontana $1,270,089,468 1 $1,270,089,468
10 Ian McKellen $1,259,761,686 1 $1,259,761,686
11 Emma Watson $1,259,761,686 1 $1,259,761,686
12 Audra McDonald $1,259,761,686 1 $1,259,761,686
13 Dan Stevens $1,259,761,686 1 $1,259,761,686
14 Stanley Tucci $1,259,761,686 1 $1,259,761,686
15 Kevin Kline $1,259,761,686 1 $1,259,761,686
16 Gugu Mbatha-Raw $1,259,761,686 1 $1,259,761,686
17 Emma Thompson $1,259,761,686 1 $1,259,761,686
18 Benjamin Bratt $796,397,165 1 $796,397,165
19 Anthony Gonzalez $796,397,165 1 $796,397,165
20 Gael Garcia Bernal $796,397,165 1 $796,397,165
21 Mandy Moore $582,440,151 1 $582,440,151
22 Zachary Levi $582,440,151 1 $582,440,151
23 Jonah Hauer-King $569,626,289 1 $569,626,289
24 Halle Bailey $569,626,289 1 $569,626,289
25 Melissa McCarthy $569,626,289 1 $569,626,289
26 Javier Bardem $569,626,289 1 $569,626,289
27 Charlize Theron $566,171,048 2 $283,085,524
28 Chris Hemsworth $566,171,048 2 $283,085,524
29 Lily James $542,351,353 1 $542,351,353
30 Lea Salonga $504,050,219 1 $504,050,219
31 Scott Weinger $504,050,219 1 $504,050,219
32 Jonathan Freeman $504,050,219 1 $504,050,219
33 Brad Kane $504,050,219 1 $504,050,219
34 Linda Larkin $504,050,219 1 $504,050,219
35 Paige O'Hara $438,656,843 1 $438,656,843
36 Robby Benson $438,656,843 1 $438,656,843
37 Sofia Boutella $409,953,905 1 $409,953,905
38 Annabelle Wallis $409,953,905 1 $409,953,905
39 Tom Cruise $409,953,905 1 $409,953,905
40 Kristen Stewart $401,021,746 1 $401,021,746
41 Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio $390,500,000 1 $390,500,000
42 Kevin Costner $390,500,000 1 $390,500,000
43 Keira Knightley $373,677,824 2 $186,838,912
44 Russell Crowe $322,459,006 1 $322,459,006
45 Cate Blanchett $322,459,006 1 $322,459,006
46 Liam Neeson $305,270,083 1 $305,270,083
47 Toby Kebbell $305,270,083 1 $305,270,083
48 Sam Worthington $305,270,083 1 $305,270,083
49 Rosamund Pike $305,270,083 1 $305,270,083
50 Ralph Fiennes $305,270,083 1 $305,270,083
51 Ming-Na $303,500,000 1 $303,500,000
52 Kellan Lutz $270,515,754 2 $135,257,877
53 Ilene Woods $263,591,415 1 $263,591,415
54 Dwayne Johnson $243,388,614 1 $243,388,614
55 Donnie Yen $237,813,540 2 $118,906,770
56 Jeremy Renner $214,949,716 1 $214,949,716
57 Gemma Arterton $214,949,716 1 $214,949,716
58 Joseph Morgan $211,562,435 1 $211,562,435
59 Isabel Lucas $211,562,435 1 $211,562,435
60 John Hurt $211,562,435 1 $211,562,435
61 Stephen Dorff $211,562,435 1 $211,562,435
62 Freida Pinto $211,562,435 1 $211,562,435
63 Mickey Rourke $211,562,435 1 $211,562,435
64 Peter Stebbings $211,562,435 1 $211,562,435
65 Henry Cavill $211,562,435 1 $211,562,435
66 Huang Bo $207,927,982 1 $207,927,982
67 Show Lo $207,927,982 1 $207,927,982
68 Shu Qi $207,927,982 1 $207,927,982
69 Wen Zhang $207,927,982 1 $207,927,982
70 Gal Gadot $205,679,463 1 $205,679,463
71 Rachel Zegler $205,679,463 1 $205,679,463
72 Ioan Gruffudd $203,653,524 1 $203,653,524
73 Clive Owen $203,653,524 1 $203,653,524
74 Nicholas Hoult $197,687,603 1 $197,687,603
75 Eleanor Tomlinson $197,687,603 1 $197,687,603
76 Hank Azaria $188,494,082 1 $188,494,082
77 Russell Brand $188,494,082 1 $188,494,082
78 Adriana Caselotti $187,171,725 1 $187,171,725
79 Ronald Lee Clark $173,613,482 1 $173,613,482
80 Julia Roberts $173,613,482 1 $173,613,482
81 Jordan Prentice $173,613,482 1 $173,613,482
82 Martin Klebba $173,613,482 1 $173,613,482
83 Lily Collins $173,613,482 1 $173,613,482
84 Danny Woodburn $173,613,482 1 $173,613,482
85 Joey Gnoffo $173,613,482 1 $173,613,482
86 Armie Hammer $173,613,482 1 $173,613,482
87 Sebastian Saraceno $173,613,482 1 $173,613,482
88 Nathan Lane $173,613,482 1 $173,613,482
89 Mark Povinelli $173,613,482 1 $173,613,482
90 Misty Copeland $170,024,300 1 $170,024,300
91 Helen Mirren $170,024,300 1 $170,024,300
92 Eugenio Derbez $170,024,300 1 $170,024,300
93 Morgan Freeman $170,024,300 1 $170,024,300
94 Richard E. Grant $170,024,300 1 $170,024,300
95 Jayden Fowora-Knight $170,024,300 1 $170,024,300
96 Mackenzie Foy $170,024,300 1 $170,024,300
97 Joe Chen $167,840,000 1 $167,840,000
98 Aaron Kwok $167,840,000 1 $167,840,000
99 Emily Blunt $165,149,302 1 $165,149,302
100 Jessica Chastain $165,149,302 1 $165,149,302

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