Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Per Year Acting > Top Worldwide 2009 Stars
Highest Grossing Stars of 2009 at the Worldwide Box Office
See also: Top Domestic 2009 Stars - Top International 2009 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 2009 based on the Worldwide box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 2009 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 2008 Stars | Top Worldwide 2010 Stars |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 23 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($836,519,699 in 2009), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($786,635,413 in 2008), Transformers ($708,272,592 in 2007), Eagle Eye ($180,585,259 in 2008), Disturbia ($118,537,627 in 2007) |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 25 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: 300 ($454,161,935 in 2007), The Ugly Truth ($205,298,907 in 2009), P.S. I Love You ($155,769,678 in 2007), Law Abiding Citizen ($131,159,781 in 2009), Nim's Island ($101,857,425 in 2008) |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 34 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ($329,631,958 in 2008), Inglourious Basterds ($316,802,281 in 2009), Ocean's Thirteen ($311,744,465 in 2007), Burn After Reading ($168,167,798 in 2008) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Star Score |
Movies | Average Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shia LaBeouf | 407 | 5 | 2.2 |
| 2 | Gerard Butler | 321 | 5 | 2.0 |
| 3 | Brad Pitt | 314 | 4 | 2.3 |
| 4 | Robert Downey, Jr. | 287 | 4 | 2.0 |
| 5 | George Clooney | 267 | 5 | 1.0 |
| 6 | Nicolas Cage | 258 | 4 | 1.0 |
| 7 | Christian Bale | 257 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 8 | John Travolta | 253 | 4 | 1.5 |
| 9 | Will Smith | 251 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 10 | Johnny Depp | 251 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 11 | Meryl Streep | 243 | 5 | 1.2 |
| 12 | Amy Adams | 239 | 4 | 2.0 |
| 13 | Adam Sandler | 232 | 4 | 1.0 |
| 14 | Matt Damon | 229 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 15 | Cate Blanchett | 209 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 16 | Ben Stiller | 207 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 17 | Katherine Heigl | 203 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 18 | Sandra Bullock | 198 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 19 | Daniel Radcliffe | 198 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 20 | Rupert Grint | 198 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 21 | Emma Watson | 198 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 22 | Megan Fox | 193 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 23 | Zoe Saldana | 188 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 24 | Malin Akerman | 186 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 25 | Russell Crowe | 183 | 4 | 1.5 |
| 26 | Kristen Stewart | 182 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 27 | Robert Pattinson | 182 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 28 | Taylor Lautner | 182 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 29 | Brendan Fraser | 180 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 30 | Mark Wahlberg | 173 | 4 | 1.0 |
| 31 | Vince Vaughn | 172 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 32 | Owen Wilson | 168 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 33 | Nicole Kidman | 165 | 3 | 5.7 |
| 34 | Steve Carell | 160 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 35 | Michelle Monaghan | 158 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 36 | Keira Knightley | 155 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 37 | Bradley Cooper | 155 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 38 | Hugh Jackman | 154 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 39 | Kristin Davis | 153 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 40 | John Cusack | 152 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 41 | Bruce Willis | 151 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 42 | Robin Williams | 148 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 43 | Tom Hanks | 144 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 44 | Ralph Fiennes | 143 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 45 | Denzel Washington | 142 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 46 | Jennifer Aniston | 142 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 47 | James Marsden | 142 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 48 | James McAvoy | 141 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 49 | Zac Efron | 140 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 50 | Jet Li | 139 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 51 | Kevin James | 138 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 52 | Seth Rogen | 137 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 53 | Sienna Miller | 137 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 54 | Josh Hutcherson | 135 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 55 | Dennis Quaid | 132 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 56 | Jackie Chan | 131 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 57 | Will Ferrell | 129 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 58 | Scarlett Johansson | 129 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 59 | Patrick Dempsey | 127 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 60 | Morgan Freeman | 126 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 61 | Drew Barrymore | 126 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 62 | Anne Hathaway | 122 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 63 | Simon Pegg | 122 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 64 | Marion Cotillard | 121 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 65 | Sarah Jessica Parker | 119 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 66 | Abigail Breslin | 117 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 67 | Heath Ledger | 114 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 68 | Al Pacino | 112 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 69 | Jeff Bridges | 109 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 70 | Cameron Diaz | 108 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 71 | Dwayne Johnson | 108 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 72 | Javier Bardem | 107 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 73 | Jude Law | 107 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 74 | Christopher Mintz-Plasse | 105 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 75 | AnnaSophia Robb | 104 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 76 | Vin Diesel | 103 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 77 | Kristen Bell | 103 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 78 | Jim Carrey | 101 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 79 | Jessica Alba | 101 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 80 | Sam Worthington | 100 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 81 | Daniel Craig | 100 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 82 | Geoffrey Rush | 100 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 83 | Kate Hudson | 100 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 84 | Orlando Bloom | 100 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 85 | Jack Davenport | 100 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 86 | Harrison Ford | 99 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 87 | Ben Affleck | 99 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 88 | Karen Allen | 99 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 89 | Ray Winstone | 99 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 90 | Tobey Maguire | 98 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 91 | Chris Evans | 98 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 92 | Jamie Foxx | 94 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 93 | Pierce Brosnan | 94 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 94 | Colin Firth | 94 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 95 | Stellan Skarsgård | 94 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 96 | Julie Walters | 94 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 97 | Dominic Cooper | 94 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 98 | Amanda Seyfried | 94 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 99 | Christine Baranski | 94 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 100 | Terrence Howard | 93 | 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
Gerard Butler: By Siebbi (ipernity.com) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Brad Pitt: By Blake Nelson Boyd (Blake Nelson Boyd) [GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
