Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Per Year Acting > Top Worldwide 2004 Stars
Highest Grossing Stars of 2004 at the Worldwide Box Office
See also: Top Domestic 2004 Stars - Top International 2004 Stars - Top Worldwide 2020 Stars - Top Worldwide 2021 Stars - Top Worldwide 2022 Stars - Top Worldwide 2023 Stars - Top Worldwide 2024 Stars - Top Worldwide 2025 Stars
This list shows the highest grossing stars of 2004 based on the Worldwide box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 2004 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 2003 Stars | Top Worldwide 2005 Stars |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 50 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Catch Me if You Can ($355,612,291 in 2002), The Polar Express ($320,838,625 in 2004), The Terminal ($218,673,959 in 2004), Road to Perdition ($183,354,514 in 2002), The Ladykillers ($77,392,139 in 2004) |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 26 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Meet the Fockers ($516,567,575 in 2004), Along Came Polly ($173,044,410 in 2004), Starsky & Hutch ($170,200,225 in 2004), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story ($167,791,704 in 2004) |
| Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 23 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($654,310,819 in 2003), Love Actually ($246,479,647 in 2003), King Arthur ($203,653,524 in 2004), Bend it Like Beckham ($74,566,042 in 2002) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Star Score |
Movies | Average Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Hanks | 368 | 5 | 1.2 |
| 2 | Ben Stiller | 301 | 4 | 1.8 |
| 3 | Keira Knightley | 301 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 4 | Ian McKellen | 292 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 5 | Orlando Bloom | 290 | 3 | 5.7 |
| 6 | Matt Damon | 284 | 4 | 1.5 |
| 7 | Keanu Reeves | 281 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 8 | Will Smith | 277 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 9 | Tom Cruise | 265 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 10 | Tobey Maguire | 259 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 11 | Viggo Mortensen | 250 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 12 | Richard Gere | 247 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 13 | Renée Zellweger | 246 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 14 | Leonardo DiCaprio | 243 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 15 | Adam Sandler | 239 | 4 | 1.0 |
| 16 | Ben Affleck | 239 | 4 | 1.0 |
| 17 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | 234 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 18 | Sarah Michelle Gellar | 232 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 19 | Johnny Depp | 232 | 4 | 1.5 |
| 20 | Jack Nicholson | 228 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 21 | Colin Farrell | 226 | 4 | 2.0 |
| 22 | Morgan Freeman | 224 | 4 | 2.0 |
| 23 | Jude Law | 212 | 4 | 1.8 |
| 24 | Eddie Murphy | 210 | 4 | 1.3 |
| 25 | Jim Carrey | 205 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 26 | Julia Roberts | 205 | 3 | 6.3 |
| 27 | Daniel Radcliffe | 197 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 28 | Rupert Grint | 197 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 29 | Emma Watson | 197 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 30 | Cameron Diaz | 192 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 31 | Halle Berry | 190 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 32 | Anthony Hopkins | 186 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 33 | Brad Pitt | 184 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 34 | Antonio Banderas | 183 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 35 | Matthew Lillard | 182 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 36 | Eric Bana | 180 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 37 | Hugh Jackman | 178 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 38 | Vince Vaughn | 174 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 39 | Denzel Washington | 169 | 4 | 1.0 |
| 40 | Hugh Grant | 168 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 41 | Nicole Kidman | 165 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 42 | Dennis Quaid | 163 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 43 | Robert De Niro | 163 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 44 | Steve Martin | 162 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 45 | Angelina Jolie | 162 | 4 | 1.8 |
| 46 | Freddie Prinze, Jr. | 159 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 47 | Linda Cardellini | 159 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 48 | Will Ferrell | 158 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 49 | Drew Barrymore | 157 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 50 | Mel Gibson | 156 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 51 | Rowan Atkinson | 156 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 52 | Michelle Rodriguez | 155 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 53 | Edward Norton | 155 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 54 | Jennifer Lopez | 155 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 55 | Nicolas Cage | 153 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 56 | Ewan McGregor | 152 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 57 | Natalie Portman | 151 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 58 | Michael Clarke Duncan | 148 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 59 | Sandra Bullock | 147 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 60 | Lucy Alexis Liu | 147 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 61 | Mike Myers | 146 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 62 | George Clooney | 145 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 63 | Hilary Duff | 142 | 4 | 2.3 |
| 64 | Vin Diesel | 140 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 65 | Uma Thurman | 139 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 66 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | 139 | 2 | 10.5 |
| 67 | James Caviezel | 138 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 68 | Carla Gugino | 138 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 69 | Alexa Vega | 138 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 70 | Daryl Sabara | 138 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 71 | Jamie Foxx | 136 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 72 | Christian Bale | 132 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 73 | Jennifer Love Hewitt | 132 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 74 | Reese Witherspoon | 131 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 75 | Patrick Stewart | 129 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 76 | Wesley Snipes | 129 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 77 | Clive Owen | 129 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 78 | Lindsay Lohan | 126 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 79 | Jackie Chan | 125 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 80 | Amanda Peet | 125 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 81 | Bernie Mac | 122 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 82 | Jennifer Garner | 121 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 83 | Kate Beckinsale | 121 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 84 | Samuel L. Jackson | 120 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 85 | Jamie Lee Curtis | 116 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 86 | Tim Allen | 115 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 87 | Rachel McAdams | 114 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 88 | Milla Jovovich | 113 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 89 | Zhang Ziyi | 112 | 2 | 10.0 |
| 90 | Dwayne Johnson | 111 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 91 | Hilary Swank | 111 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 92 | Al Pacino | 109 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 93 | Julianne Moore | 108 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 94 | Amy Smart | 108 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 95 | Jason Statham | 106 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 96 | Elijah Wood | 100 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 97 | Owen Wilson | 99 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 98 | Kenneth Branagh | 99 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 99 | Michael Caine | 97 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 100 | Geoffrey Rush | 97 | 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
Tom Hanks: By Yeoman 1st Class Donna Lou Morgan [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Ben Stiller: By Jiyang ChenUploaded by MyCanon (This file was derived from:Benstillernyc2.jpg) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Keira Knightley: By photo: Tony Shek,retouch: Patrol110 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyshek/234330445/) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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