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Top International Leading Stars for Contemporary Fiction Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Contemporary Fiction Stars - International Leading Science Fiction Stars - International Leading Kids Fiction Stars - International Leading Historical Fiction Stars - International Leading Super Hero Stars - International Leading Fantasy Stars - International Leading Dramatization Stars - International Leading Factual Stars - Worldwide Leading Contemporary Fiction Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the Contemporary Fiction 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
Tom Cruise
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 41 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Top Gun: Maverick ($733,430,541 in 2022), Mission: Impossible—Fallout ($566,467,079 in 2018), Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation ($493,816,615 in 2015), Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol ($485,315,327 in 2011), Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning ($393,939,559 in 2025), Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One ($393,055,322 in 2023), Mission: Impossible 2 ($334,178,627 in 2000), Mission: Impossible ($276,716,108 in 1996), Mission: Impossible III ($265,886,397 in 2006), Rain Man ($239,974,565 in 1988) |
2
Vin Diesel
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 17 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Furious 7 ($1,157,058,375 in 2015), The Fate of the Furious ($963,244,567 in 2017), Fast X ($568,249,099 in 2023), Fast and Furious 6 ($550,620,594 in 2013), F9: The Fast Saga ($546,354,123 in 2021), Fast Five ($419,944,573 in 2011), xXx: Return of Xander Cage ($300,134,946 in 2017), Fast & Furious ($204,283,568 in 2009), xXx ($125,270,000 in 2002), The Pacifier ($85,000,000 in 2005) |
3
Jason Statham
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 32 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Fate of the Furious ($963,244,567 in 2017), Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw ($586,775,991 in 2019), Fast X ($568,249,099 in 2023), The Expendables 2 ($226,951,064 in 2012), The Expendables 3 ($170,138,834 in 2014), The Expendables ($165,199,650 in 2010), Spy! ($123,018,394 in 2015), Mechanic: Resurrection ($104,511,232 in 2016), The Beekeeper ($86,188,698 in 2024), Transporter 3 ($81,215,895 in 2008) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Cruise | $5,547,251,063 | 29 | $191,284,519 |
| 2 | Vin Diesel | $5,011,972,832 | 14 | $357,998,059 |
| 3 | Jason Statham | $3,785,933,906 | 38 | $99,629,840 |
| 4 | Dwayne Johnson | $3,456,767,458 | 17 | $203,339,262 |
| 5 | Daniel Craig | $3,258,587,672 | 13 | $250,660,590 |
| 6 | Michelle Rodriguez | $2,836,639,594 | 12 | $236,386,633 |
| 7 | Sylvester Stallone | $2,662,001,739 | 44 | $60,500,040 |
| 8 | Paul Walker | $2,568,036,738 | 13 | $197,541,288 |
| 9 | Brad Pitt | $2,462,353,492 | 23 | $107,058,847 |
| 10 | Bruce Willis | $2,435,298,156 | 65 | $37,466,125 |
| 11 | Julia Roberts | $2,208,888,531 | 30 | $73,629,618 |
| 12 | Tyrese Gibson | $2,206,035,198 | 15 | $147,069,013 |
| 13 | Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges | $2,192,423,737 | 5 | $438,484,747 |
| 14 | Pierce Brosnan | $2,094,037,790 | 34 | $61,589,347 |
| 15 | Jordana Brewster | $1,931,453,446 | 9 | $214,605,938 |
| 16 | George Clooney | $1,883,965,608 | 22 | $85,634,800 |
| 17 | Wang Baoqiang | $1,839,145,975 | 7 | $262,735,139 |
| 18 | Sandra Bullock | $1,818,511,838 | 26 | $69,942,763 |
| 19 | Matt Damon | $1,777,325,156 | 20 | $88,866,258 |
| 20 | Liam Neeson | $1,765,248,689 | 37 | $47,709,424 |
| 21 | Tom Hanks | $1,762,451,578 | 21 | $83,926,266 |
| 22 | Morgan Freeman | $1,713,789,421 | 34 | $50,405,571 |
| 23 | Nicolas Cage | $1,708,065,408 | 64 | $26,688,522 |
| 24 | Colin Firth | $1,700,300,795 | 18 | $94,461,155 |
| 25 | Charlize Theron | $1,692,268,286 | 18 | $94,014,905 |
| 26 | Robert De Niro | $1,661,737,459 | 51 | $32,583,087 |
| 27 | Ryan Gosling | $1,530,012,846 | 18 | $85,000,714 |
| 28 | Cameron Diaz | $1,523,597,670 | 23 | $66,243,377 |
| 29 | Nathalie Emmanuel | $1,518,814,675 | 4 | $379,703,669 |
| 30 | Channing Tatum | $1,491,855,407 | 23 | $64,863,279 |
| 31 | Bradley Cooper | $1,467,205,215 | 16 | $91,700,326 |
| 32 | Javier Bardem | $1,459,087,756 | 12 | $121,590,646 |
| 33 | Keanu Reeves | $1,447,718,553 | 32 | $45,241,205 |
| 34 | Ma Li | $1,426,903,626 | 7 | $203,843,375 |
| 35 | Ben Stiller | $1,388,394,289 | 27 | $51,422,011 |
| 36 | Jackie Chan | $1,380,851,951 | 28 | $49,316,141 |
| 37 | Mel Gibson | $1,343,859,033 | 34 | $39,525,266 |
| 38 | Meryl Streep | $1,321,241,112 | 27 | $48,934,856 |
| 39 | Mark Wahlberg | $1,303,688,196 | 28 | $46,560,293 |
| 40 | Harrison Ford | $1,268,216,412 | 21 | $60,391,258 |
| 41 | Denzel Washington | $1,260,289,458 | 29 | $43,458,257 |
| 42 | Jim Carrey | $1,254,793,398 | 15 | $83,652,893 |
| 43 | Angelina Jolie | $1,254,143,135 | 13 | $96,472,549 |
| 44 | Liu Haoran | $1,243,906,356 | 4 | $310,976,589 |
| 45 | Will Ferrell | $1,237,367,578 | 29 | $42,667,848 |
| 46 | Will Smith | $1,233,806,181 | 11 | $112,164,198 |
| 47 | John Cena | $1,232,142,609 | 19 | $64,849,611 |
| 48 | John Travolta | $1,183,178,716 | 43 | $27,515,784 |
| 49 | Simon Pegg | $1,151,934,154 | 13 | $88,610,320 |
| 50 | Michael Douglas | $1,148,806,364 | 30 | $38,293,545 |
| 51 | Glen Powell | $1,138,655,488 | 8 | $142,331,936 |
| 52 | Shen Teng | $1,135,374,583 | 4 | $283,843,646 |
| 53 | Lea Seydoux | $1,116,195,322 | 8 | $139,524,415 |
| 54 | Rowan Atkinson | $1,090,571,006 | 8 | $136,321,376 |
| 55 | Joaquin Phoenix | $1,090,155,558 | 8 | $136,269,445 |
| 56 | Dakota Johnson | $1,088,994,194 | 16 | $68,062,137 |
| 57 | Hugh Grant | $1,074,387,193 | 11 | $97,671,563 |
| 58 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | $1,057,475,374 | 17 | $62,204,434 |
| 59 | Andy Garcia | $1,054,931,864 | 21 | $50,234,851 |
| 60 | Adam Sandler | $1,053,520,804 | 32 | $32,922,525 |
| 61 | Xu Zheng | $1,053,467,662 | 7 | $150,495,380 |
| 62 | Huang Bo | $1,032,174,006 | 11 | $93,834,001 |
| 63 | Richard Gere | $1,029,756,493 | 34 | $30,286,956 |
| 64 | Anne Hathaway | $1,024,478,203 | 21 | $48,784,676 |
| 65 | Andy Lau | $989,126,105 | 14 | $70,651,865 |
| 66 | Zach Galifianakis | $979,216,690 | 11 | $89,019,699 |
| 67 | Kate McKinnon | $977,854,409 | 5 | $195,570,882 |
| 68 | Louis Koo | $977,666,779 | 18 | $54,314,821 |
| 69 | Jon Hamm | $961,950,419 | 14 | $68,710,744 |
| 70 | Donnie Yen | $949,628,516 | 11 | $86,329,865 |
| 71 | Samuel L. Jackson | $946,083,764 | 46 | $20,567,038 |
| 72 | Jamie Dornan | $945,176,876 | 8 | $118,147,110 |
| 73 | Woody Harrelson | $940,313,957 | 26 | $36,165,921 |
| 74 | Jeremy Renner | $939,637,530 | 8 | $117,454,691 |
| 75 | Margot Robbie | $939,229,522 | 4 | $234,807,381 |
| 76 | Eddie Murphy | $932,269,276 | 29 | $32,147,216 |
| 77 | Michael Caine | $914,964,914 | 25 | $36,598,597 |
| 78 | Jennifer Aniston | $893,256,968 | 27 | $33,083,591 |
| 79 | Martin Lawrence | $886,726,873 | 15 | $59,115,125 |
| 80 | Michael Cera | $882,499,690 | 11 | $80,227,245 |
| 81 | Ed Helms | $867,375,954 | 14 | $61,955,425 |
| 82 | Dua Lipa | $861,918,953 | 2 | $430,959,477 |
| 83 | Amanda Seyfried | $860,898,097 | 17 | $50,641,065 |
| 84 | Jack Nicholson | $858,847,831 | 21 | $40,897,516 |
| 85 | Dustin Hoffman | $854,248,509 | 23 | $37,141,240 |
| 86 | Jamie Demetriou | $847,349,139 | 2 | $423,674,570 |
| 87 | Ncuti Gatwa | $847,349,139 | 2 | $423,674,570 |
| 88 | Roger Moore | $844,000,000 | 12 | $70,333,333 |
| 89 | Tony Jaa | $840,194,339 | 12 | $70,016,195 |
| 90 | Jamie Foxx | $839,362,913 | 19 | $44,176,995 |
| 91 | Zac Efron | $836,119,116 | 20 | $41,805,956 |
| 92 | Zhu Yilong | $835,847,521 | 3 | $278,615,840 |
| 93 | Jay Ellis | $832,640,707 | 4 | $208,160,177 |
| 94 | Ana de Armas | $829,363,630 | 9 | $92,151,514 |
| 95 | Michelle Monaghan | $825,893,257 | 19 | $43,468,066 |
| 96 | Ben Affleck | $824,566,322 | 29 | $28,433,321 |
| 97 | Scott Evans | $822,500,000 | 2 | $411,250,000 |
| 98 | Issa Rae | $819,476,565 | 7 | $117,068,081 |
| 99 | Tom Wilkinson | $817,514,217 | 10 | $81,751,422 |
| 100 | Alexandra Shipp | $815,908,217 | 5 | $163,181,643 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Tom Cruise: Gage Skidmore [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Vin Diesel: Andre Luis [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Jason Statham: By fadedcaralunagirl / Maura Ortega (DSC05752) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
