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Highest Grossing Stars of 2004 at the Worldwide Box Office


See also: Top Domestic 2004 Stars - Top International 2004 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 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
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Tom Hanks
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 49 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Catch Me if You Can ($355,612,291 in 2002), The Polar Express ($312,183,437 in 2004), The Terminal ($218,673,959 in 2004), Road to Perdition ($183,354,514 in 2002), The Ladykillers ($77,392,139 in 2004)

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Ben Stiller
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 24 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)

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Keira Knightley
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 21 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($654,310,819 in 2003), Love Actually ($246,348,772 in 2003), King Arthur ($203,653,524 in 2004), Bend it Like Beckham ($74,566,042 in 2002)

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Complete List

Rank Name Star
Score		 Movies Average
Billing
1 Tom Hanks 370 5 1.2
2 Ben Stiller 304 4 1.8
3 Keira Knightley 302 4 3.8
4 Ian McKellen 292 3 2.3
5 Orlando Bloom 290 3 5.7
6 Matt Damon 285 4 1.5
7 Keanu Reeves 281 3 1.7
8 Will Smith 277 3 1.7
9 Tom Cruise 266 3 1.0
10 Tobey Maguire 260 3 1.3
11 Viggo Mortensen 251 3 3.0
12 Richard Gere 248 4 3.8
13 Renée Zellweger 246 3 2.0
14 Leonardo DiCaprio 244 3 1.0
15 Adam Sandler 241 4 1.0
16 Ben Affleck 240 4 1.0
17 Johnny Depp 235 4 1.5
18 Catherine Zeta-Jones 235 3 2.3
19 Sarah Michelle Gellar 234 3 1.3
20 Jack Nicholson 228 3 4.3
21 Colin Farrell 227 4 2.0
22 Morgan Freeman 226 4 2.0
23 Jude Law 215 4 1.8
24 Eddie Murphy 211 4 1.3
25 Julia Roberts 208 3 6.3
26 Jim Carrey 207 3 1.0
27 Daniel Radcliffe 197 2 1.0
28 Rupert Grint 197 2 2.0
29 Emma Watson 197 2 3.0
30 Halle Berry 192 3 1.3
31 Cameron Diaz 192 3 1.7
32 Anthony Hopkins 187 3 3.0
33 Antonio Banderas 184 3 1.0
34 Brad Pitt 184 2 1.5
35 Matthew Lillard 184 3 2.7
36 Eric Bana 180 2 1.5
37 Hugh Jackman 178 2 1.5
38 Vince Vaughn 177 3 2.7
39 Denzel Washington 172 4 1.0
40 Hugh Grant 168 2 2.0
41 Angelina Jolie 166 4 1.8
42 Nicole Kidman 166 3 2.0
43 Dennis Quaid 164 3 1.0
44 Steve Martin 163 3 1.7
45 Robert De Niro 163 3 1.7
46 Will Ferrell 160 3 1.3
47 Freddie Prinze, Jr. 160 2 1.5
48 Linda Cardellini 160 2 4.0
49 Drew Barrymore 158 2 2.0
50 Rowan Atkinson 157 2 5.5
51 Mel Gibson 156 2 1.0
52 Jennifer Lopez 156 3 4.3
53 Michelle Rodriguez 155 3 2.3
54 Edward Norton 155 2 2.5
55 Nicolas Cage 154 3 1.0
56 Ewan McGregor 153 2 1.0
57 Natalie Portman 153 2 2.5
58 Lucy Alexis Liu 148 2 3.0
59 Michael Clarke Duncan 148 2 3.5
60 Sandra Bullock 147 3 1.0
61 Mike Myers 147 2 1.0
62 George Clooney 146 2 1.0
63 Hilary Duff 145 4 2.3
64 Vin Diesel 142 3 1.0
65 Uma Thurman 140 2 1.0
66 Arnold Schwarzenegger 139 2 10.5
67 James Caviezel 138 2 1.0
68 Jamie Foxx 138 2 1.5
69 Carla Gugino 138 2 2.0
70 Alexa Vega 138 2 3.0
71 Daryl Sabara 138 2 4.0
72 Jennifer Love Hewitt 133 2 2.0
73 Reese Witherspoon 132 2 1.0
74 Clive Owen 132 2 2.5
75 Wesley Snipes 130 2 1.0
76 Patrick Stewart 129 2 1.0
77 Lindsay Lohan 128 2 1.5
78 Jackie Chan 127 3 1.0
79 Amanda Peet 126 2 4.0
80 Kate Beckinsale 123 2 2.0
81 Bernie Mac 123 2 4.5
82 Jennifer Garner 122 2 1.5
83 Samuel L. Jackson 122 4 1.8
84 Jamie Lee Curtis 118 3 1.3
85 Tim Allen 116 2 1.0
86 Rachel McAdams 115 2 2.0
87 Milla Jovovich 114 2 1.0
88 Dwayne Johnson 113 3 1.0
89 Hilary Swank 113 2 2.0
90 Zhang Ziyi 113 2 10.0
91 Amy Smart 110 2 4.0
92 Al Pacino 110 2 5.5
93 Julianne Moore 109 2 1.5
94 Jason Statham 107 3 3.0
95 Elijah Wood 100 1 1.0
96 Owen Wilson 100 2 2.0
97 Kenneth Branagh 99 1 4.0
98 Michael Caine 98 2 2.0
99 Seth Green 98 2 2.5
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

Keira Knightley: By photo: Tony Shek,retouch: Patrol110 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyshek/234330445/) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons