Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Per Year Acting > Top Worldwide 2002 Stars
Highest Grossing Stars of 2002 at the Worldwide Box Office
See also: Top Domestic 2002 Stars - Top International 2002 Stars - Top Worldwide 2019 Stars - Top Worldwide 2020 Stars - Top Worldwide 2021 Stars - Top Worldwide 2022 Stars - Top Worldwide 2023 Stars - Top Worldwide 2024 Stars
This list shows the highest grossing stars of 2002 based on the Worldwide box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 2002 and the two preceeding years (voice-only roles excluded).
The Star Score in this list represent points assigned to each of the leading stars of top 100 (based on worldwide box office) movies in the current year and two preceding years. For appearing in the number one movie in a year a star gets 100 points, the number two movie 99 points and so on. This rewards actors for appearing in a number of hit films over the course of three years more than starring in just one monster hit over the same time period.
| Top Worldwide 2001 Stars | Top Worldwide 2003 Stars |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 48 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Signs ($408,250,578 in 2002), What Women Want ($374,105,123 in 2000), The Patriot ($215,300,000 in 2000), We Were Soldiers ($114,658,262 in 2002) |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 70 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Meet the Parents ($330,425,040 in 2000), The Score ($113,542,091 in 2001), Men of Honor ($82,339,483 in 2000), Showtime ($78,948,765 in 2002) |
| Best known as a Supporting Actor based on credits in that role in 20 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ($919,148,764 in 2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ($891,210,039 in 2001), X-Men ($296,872,367 in 2000) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Star Score |
Movies | Average Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mel Gibson | 337 | 4 | 1.0 |
| 2 | Robert De Niro | 320 | 7 | 1.3 |
| 3 | Ian McKellen | 291 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 4 | Brad Pitt | 287 | 4 | 2.8 |
| 5 | Tom Cruise | 272 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 6 | Sandra Bullock | 265 | 5 | 1.0 |
| 7 | Tom Hanks | 265 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 8 | Ben Affleck | 255 | 5 | 1.0 |
| 9 | George Clooney | 238 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 10 | Nicolas Cage | 235 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 11 | Richard Gere | 235 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 12 | Bruce Willis | 234 | 5 | 1.2 |
| 13 | Shannon Elizabeth | 234 | 4 | 3.0 |
| 14 | Samuel L. Jackson | 233 | 4 | 1.8 |
| 15 | Julia Roberts | 231 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 16 | Eddie Murphy | 228 | 4 | 1.3 |
| 17 | Hugh Jackman | 227 | 4 | 2.3 |
| 18 | Russell Crowe | 226 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 19 | Josh Hartnett | 218 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 20 | Tommy Lee Jones | 213 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 21 | Nicole Kidman | 212 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 22 | Jennifer Lopez | 211 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 23 | Anthony Hopkins | 210 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 24 | Matt Damon | 207 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 25 | Johnny Depp | 203 | 4 | 2.0 |
| 26 | Elijah Wood | 199 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 27 | Daniel Radcliffe | 199 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 28 | Ben Stiller | 199 | 4 | 2.0 |
| 29 | Rupert Grint | 199 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 30 | Emma Watson | 199 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 31 | Viggo Mortensen | 199 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 32 | Vin Diesel | 198 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 33 | Cameron Diaz | 198 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 34 | Seann William Scott | 194 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 35 | Diane Lane | 193 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 36 | Jackie Chan | 191 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 37 | Denzel Washington | 189 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 38 | Jim Carrey | 185 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 39 | Leonardo DiCaprio | 183 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 40 | Morgan Freeman | 176 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 41 | Ewan McGregor | 174 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 42 | Renée Zellweger | 174 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 43 | Angelina Jolie | 172 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 44 | Maggie Smith | 172 | 3 | 10.7 |
| 45 | Billy Crystal | 171 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 46 | Edward Norton | 168 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 47 | Cuba Gooding, Jr. | 168 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 48 | Will Smith | 167 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 49 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | 162 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 50 | Téa Leoni | 160 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 51 | Shawn Wayans | 157 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 52 | Marlon Wayans | 157 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 53 | Anna Faris | 157 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 54 | Zhang Ziyi | 157 | 2 | 6.5 |
| 55 | Michelle Rodriguez | 156 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 56 | John Cusack | 150 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 57 | Brendan Fraser | 148 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 58 | Michael Douglas | 148 | 3 | 7.0 |
| 59 | Michelle Pfeiffer | 147 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 60 | Kate Beckinsale | 145 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 61 | Antonio Banderas | 144 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 62 | Carla Gugino | 144 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 63 | Alexa Vega | 144 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 64 | Daryl Sabara | 144 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 65 | Reese Witherspoon | 143 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 66 | Jude Law | 135 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 67 | Jet Li | 131 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 68 | Patrick Stewart | 129 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 69 | Helen Hunt | 129 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 70 | Matthew Lillard | 129 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 71 | Winona Ryder | 128 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 72 | Harrison Ford | 126 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 73 | Michael Clarke Duncan | 123 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 74 | Gwyneth Paltrow | 122 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 75 | Teri Polo | 121 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 76 | Natalie Portman | 117 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 77 | Haley Joel Osment | 116 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 78 | Keanu Reeves | 116 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 79 | Meg Ryan | 113 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 80 | Deon Richmond | 113 | 2 | 6.5 |
| 81 | Julianne Moore | 111 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 82 | Gene Hackman | 110 | 4 | 2.0 |
| 83 | Adam Sandler | 105 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 84 | David Arquette | 104 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 85 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | 103 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 86 | Chris Rock | 100 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 87 | Robbie Coltrane | 100 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 88 | Richard Harris | 100 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 89 | Alan Rickman | 100 | 1 | 11.0 |
| 90 | Kenneth Branagh | 99 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 91 | Tobey Maguire | 98 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 92 | John Goodman | 98 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 93 | John Travolta | 98 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 94 | Hayden Christensen | 97 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 95 | Drew Barrymore | 96 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 96 | Andy Garcia | 96 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 97 | Pierce Brosnan | 95 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 98 | Halle Berry | 95 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 99 | Orlando Jones | 95 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 100 | Rachel Weisz | 94 | 1 | 2.0 |
The Average Billing column contains the average billing position of this cast/crew member for the selected films.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Mel Gibson: Georges Biard [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Robert De Niro: By David Shankbone (Own work) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Ian McKellen: By Gage Skidmore (Ian McKellen) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
