Box Office Star Records > International > Lifetime Acting > Top International Leading Stars
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the International Box Office
See also: Top Domestic Leading Stars - Top Worldwide Leading Stars - Top International Supporting Stars - Top International Live Action Stars - Top International Above the Line Stars - Top International Below the Line Stars - Top International Cameo Stars - Top International Stars
This chart contains the top 100 box office stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the 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
Scarlett Johansson
| Best known as a Lead Ensemble Member Actress based on credits in that role in 18 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($1,889,869,781 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($1,369,544,272 in 2018), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($936,311,111 in 2015), The Avengers ($891,742,301 in 2012), Captain America: Civil War ($743,815,237 in 2016), The Jungle Book ($589,534,698 in 2016), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($454,654,931 in 2014), Sing ($360,735,137 in 2016), Lucy ($330,933,816 in 2014), Iron Man 2 ($308,723,058 in 2010) |
2
Zoe Saldana
| Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 19 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,138,484,377 in 2009), Avengers: Endgame ($1,889,869,781 in 2019), Avatar: The Way of Water ($1,633,438,619 in 2022), Avengers: Infinity War ($1,369,544,272 in 2018), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ($486,472,929 in 2023), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($479,274,862 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy ($437,168,283 in 2014), Star Trek Into Darkness ($238,602,923 in 2013), Star Trek Beyond ($176,825,368 in 2016), Star Trek ($129,109,595 in 2009) |
3
Robert Downey, Jr.
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 29 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($1,889,869,781 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($1,369,544,272 in 2018), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($936,311,111 in 2015), The Avengers ($891,742,301 in 2012), Iron Man 3 ($806,400,000 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($743,815,237 in 2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($544,070,151 in 2017), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ($348,815,025 in 2011), Iron Man 2 ($308,723,058 in 2010), Sherlock Holmes ($289,409,533 in 2009) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scarlett Johansson | $9,209,876,099 | 33 | $279,087,155 |
| 2 | Zoe Saldana | $9,178,235,302 | 34 | $269,948,097 |
| 3 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $8,872,358,461 | 44 | $201,644,510 |
| 4 | Chris Pratt | $8,791,585,507 | 24 | $366,316,063 |
| 5 | Samuel L. Jackson | $8,778,661,658 | 69 | $127,226,981 |
| 6 | Vin Diesel | $8,129,257,619 | 28 | $290,330,629 |
| 7 | Chris Hemsworth | $7,714,746,004 | 28 | $275,526,643 |
| 8 | Tom Cruise | $7,239,610,496 | 44 | $164,536,602 |
| 9 | Chris Evans | $7,138,392,642 | 28 | $254,942,594 |
| 10 | Johnny Depp | $6,670,351,312 | 53 | $125,855,685 |
| 11 | Bradley Cooper | $6,652,134,391 | 30 | $221,737,813 |
| 12 | Dwayne Johnson | $6,593,476,485 | 38 | $173,512,539 |
| 13 | Tom Holland | $6,471,372,302 | 15 | $431,424,820 |
| 14 | Mark Ruffalo | $6,416,775,805 | 23 | $278,990,252 |
| 15 | Emma Watson | $6,175,436,459 | 15 | $411,695,764 |
| 16 | Don Cheadle | $5,770,354,897 | 23 | $250,884,996 |
| 17 | Daniel Radcliffe | $5,716,340,590 | 24 | $238,180,858 |
| 18 | Tom Hanks | $5,699,980,132 | 56 | $101,785,360 |
| 19 | Dave Bautista | $5,653,271,677 | 27 | $209,380,432 |
| 20 | Jeremy Renner | $5,624,891,526 | 19 | $296,046,922 |
| 21 | Elizabeth Olsen | $5,513,863,264 | 18 | $306,325,737 |
| 22 | Karen Gillan | $5,376,573,014 | 17 | $316,269,001 |
| 23 | Josh Brolin | $5,353,113,406 | 26 | $205,888,977 |
| 24 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $5,277,319,573 | 20 | $263,865,979 |
| 25 | Rupert Grint | $5,247,952,148 | 13 | $403,688,627 |
| 26 | Will Smith | $5,241,520,144 | 37 | $141,662,707 |
| 27 | Chadwick Boseman | $4,766,750,788 | 11 | $433,340,981 |
| 28 | Sebastian Stan | $4,671,265,520 | 16 | $291,954,095 |
| 29 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $4,654,113,837 | 27 | $172,374,587 |
| 30 | Letitia Wright | $4,622,574,969 | 12 | $385,214,581 |
| 31 | Sam Worthington | $4,613,216,806 | 25 | $184,528,672 |
| 32 | Jason Statham | $4,545,871,101 | 40 | $113,646,778 |
| 33 | Tom Hiddleston | $4,505,370,568 | 14 | $321,812,183 |
| 34 | Paul Bettany | $4,473,666,971 | 16 | $279,604,186 |
| 35 | Brad Pitt | $4,296,766,296 | 45 | $95,483,695 |
| 36 | Danai Gurira | $4,296,005,293 | 5 | $859,201,059 |
| 37 | Benedict Wong | $4,272,624,203 | 6 | $712,104,034 |
| 38 | Pom Klementieff | $4,225,412,179 | 5 | $845,082,436 |
| 39 | Steve Carell | $4,151,749,701 | 31 | $133,927,410 |
| 40 | Jack Black | $4,143,615,703 | 29 | $142,883,300 |
| 41 | Liam Neeson | $4,078,319,253 | 60 | $67,971,988 |
| 42 | Harrison Ford | $3,940,091,879 | 42 | $93,811,711 |
| 43 | Matt Damon | $3,927,144,245 | 46 | $85,372,701 |
| 44 | Hugh Jackman | $3,842,808,371 | 35 | $109,794,525 |
| 45 | Bruce Willis | $3,839,580,978 | 88 | $43,631,602 |
| 46 | Ian McKellen | $3,822,275,564 | 19 | $201,172,398 |
| 47 | Brie Larson | $3,704,072,165 | 13 | $284,928,628 |
| 48 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $3,645,631,270 | 20 | $182,281,564 |
| 49 | Josh Gad | $3,595,632,770 | 18 | $199,757,376 |
| 50 | Ben Stiller | $3,580,674,498 | 35 | $102,304,986 |
| 51 | Shen Teng | $3,568,061,718 | 8 | $446,007,715 |
| 52 | Michelle Rodriguez | $3,509,841,417 | 18 | $194,991,190 |
| 53 | Idris Elba | $3,503,150,079 | 31 | $113,004,841 |
| 54 | Jennifer Lawrence | $3,435,906,428 | 25 | $137,436,257 |
| 55 | Ewan McGregor | $3,399,503,864 | 38 | $89,460,628 |
| 56 | Ralph Fiennes | $3,393,501,469 | 31 | $109,467,789 |
| 57 | Daniel Craig | $3,385,135,615 | 17 | $199,125,624 |
| 58 | Cameron Diaz | $3,359,869,473 | 29 | $115,857,568 |
| 59 | Mark Wahlberg | $3,318,148,305 | 47 | $70,598,900 |
| 60 | Christian Bale | $3,315,470,211 | 39 | $85,012,057 |
| 61 | Nicolas Cage | $3,226,198,525 | 94 | $34,321,261 |
| 62 | Paul Rudd | $3,223,549,796 | 30 | $107,451,660 |
| 63 | Martin Freeman | $3,219,072,967 | 15 | $214,604,864 |
| 64 | Eddie Murphy | $3,167,186,747 | 45 | $70,381,928 |
| 65 | Orlando Bloom | $3,149,444,545 | 23 | $136,932,372 |
| 66 | Natalie Portman | $3,140,897,075 | 34 | $92,379,326 |
| 67 | Ryan Reynolds | $2,993,849,192 | 41 | $73,020,712 |
| 68 | Sylvester Stallone | $2,980,790,378 | 53 | $56,241,328 |
| 69 | Julia Roberts | $2,968,262,810 | 37 | $80,223,319 |
| 70 | Simon Pegg | $2,959,999,320 | 26 | $113,846,128 |
| 71 | Geoffrey Rush | $2,905,050,966 | 16 | $181,565,685 |
| 72 | Keanu Reeves | $2,904,702,489 | 50 | $58,094,050 |
| 73 | Evangeline Lilly | $2,884,823,523 | 8 | $360,602,940 |
| 74 | Anthony Mackie | $2,843,959,943 | 24 | $118,498,331 |
| 75 | Sandra Bullock | $2,783,555,587 | 34 | $81,869,282 |
| 76 | Robert Pattinson | $2,770,007,814 | 25 | $110,800,313 |
| 77 | Keegan-Michael Key | $2,739,215,722 | 17 | $161,130,337 |
| 78 | Jude Law | $2,735,304,100 | 34 | $80,450,121 |
| 79 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | $2,729,411,584 | 36 | $75,816,988 |
| 80 | Charlize Theron | $2,722,976,357 | 32 | $85,093,011 |
| 81 | Jim Carrey | $2,704,408,942 | 30 | $90,146,965 |
| 82 | Jon Favreau | $2,697,291,287 | 6 | $449,548,548 |
| 83 | Adam Driver | $2,669,390,768 | 21 | $127,113,846 |
| 84 | Keira Knightley | $2,662,805,340 | 28 | $95,100,191 |
| 85 | Daisy Ridley | $2,661,919,086 | 12 | $221,826,591 |
| 86 | Ben Affleck | $2,649,100,026 | 45 | $58,868,889 |
| 87 | John Boyega | $2,642,718,080 | 15 | $176,181,205 |
| 88 | George Clooney | $2,642,229,330 | 36 | $73,395,259 |
| 89 | Owen Wilson | $2,640,614,505 | 37 | $71,367,960 |
| 90 | Paul Walker | $2,631,926,946 | 16 | $164,495,434 |
| 91 | Anthony Hopkins | $2,574,279,756 | 43 | $59,866,971 |
| 92 | John Leguizamo | $2,561,969,925 | 23 | $111,389,997 |
| 93 | Angelina Jolie | $2,561,013,792 | 23 | $111,348,426 |
| 94 | Morgan Freeman | $2,546,398,724 | 49 | $51,967,321 |
| 95 | Robert De Niro | $2,543,210,238 | 77 | $33,028,704 |
| 96 | Shia LaBeouf | $2,538,118,175 | 28 | $90,647,078 |
| 97 | Zendaya | $2,482,580,282 | 9 | $275,842,254 |
| 98 | Colin Farrell | $2,477,050,045 | 35 | $70,772,858 |
| 99 | Jason Momoa | $2,476,641,258 | 14 | $176,902,947 |
| 100 | Andy Serkis | $2,456,671,750 | 11 | $223,333,795 |
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
Scarlett Johansson: Foto: © JCS / , via Wikimedia Commons
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Zoe Saldana: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Robert Downey, Jr.: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
