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Top Live Action Stars at the International Box Office
See also: Top International Leading Stars - Top International Supporting Stars - Top Domestic Live Action Stars - Top Worldwide 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 live action acting role in over their lifetime.
Roles in animated movies are excluded from the calculations in this chart, as are voice-only roles in live action films, and cameos.
1
Samuel L. Jackson
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 56 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($1,859,130,922 in 2019), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($936,311,111 in 2015), The Avengers ($891,742,301 in 2012), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($740,936,182 in 2019), Captain Marvel ($702,746,255 in 2019), Jurassic Park ($643,049,687 in 1993), Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace ($558,938,785 in 1999), Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith ($488,513,692 in 2005), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($454,654,931 in 2014), Kong: Skull Island ($402,800,000 in 2017) |
2
Zoe Saldaña
| Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 18 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,138,484,377 in 2009), Avengers: Endgame ($1,859,130,922 in 2019), Avatar: The Way of Water ($1,634,092,522 in 2022), Avengers: Infinity War ($1,369,342,759 in 2018), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ($486,559,962 in 2023), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($479,274,862 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy ($437,168,283 in 2014), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($348,900,000 in 2003), Star Trek Into Darkness ($238,602,923 in 2013), Star Trek Beyond ($176,825,368 in 2016) |
3
Robert Downey, Jr.
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 30 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($1,859,130,922 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($1,369,342,759 in 2018), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($936,311,111 in 2015), The Avengers ($891,742,301 in 2012), Iron Man 3 ($805,638,684 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($743,815,237 in 2016), Oppenheimer ($646,678,360 in 2023), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($544,271,773 in 2017), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ($348,815,025 in 2011), Iron Man 2 ($308,723,058 in 2010) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel L. Jackson | $12,373,754,811 | 118 | $104,862,329 |
| 2 | Zoe Saldaña | $9,690,916,193 | 44 | $220,248,095 |
| 3 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $9,687,322,520 | 66 | $146,777,614 |
| 4 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $9,174,482,623 | 44 | $208,510,969 |
| 5 | Scarlett Johansson | $8,879,828,788 | 51 | $174,114,290 |
| 6 | Warwick Davis | $8,806,447,375 | 22 | $400,293,063 |
| 7 | Chris Hemsworth | $8,567,568,166 | 32 | $267,736,505 |
| 8 | Andy Serkis | $8,367,505,615 | 33 | $253,560,776 |
| 9 | Chris Pratt | $8,349,631,438 | 33 | $253,019,134 |
| 10 | Dwayne Johnson | $8,211,731,044 | 44 | $186,630,251 |
| 11 | Paul Bettany | $7,716,236,115 | 32 | $241,132,379 |
| 12 | Tom Cruise | $7,699,807,100 | 48 | $160,412,648 |
| 13 | Jeremy Renner | $7,606,778,301 | 32 | $237,711,822 |
| 14 | Don Cheadle | $7,554,061,595 | 47 | $160,724,715 |
| 15 | Michelle Rodriguez | $7,470,292,531 | 34 | $219,714,486 |
| 16 | Jon Favreau | $7,462,003,758 | 35 | $213,200,107 |
| 17 | Chris Evans | $7,418,157,413 | 39 | $190,209,164 |
| 18 | Mark Ruffalo | $7,294,336,589 | 54 | $135,080,307 |
| 19 | Stellan Skarsgård | $7,125,146,132 | 60 | $118,752,436 |
| 20 | Benedict Wong | $7,035,168,916 | 24 | $293,132,038 |
| 21 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $7,030,841,022 | 46 | $152,844,370 |
| 22 | Vin Diesel | $6,982,868,747 | 29 | $240,788,577 |
| 23 | Tom Holland | $6,875,604,827 | 21 | $327,409,754 |
| 24 | Cate Blanchett | $6,823,126,740 | 55 | $124,056,850 |
| 25 | Dave Bautista | $6,800,409,192 | 42 | $161,914,505 |
| 26 | Ralph Fiennes | $6,779,889,504 | 57 | $118,945,430 |
| 27 | Gary Oldman | $6,716,707,130 | 55 | $122,121,948 |
| 28 | Anthony Mackie | $6,602,392,567 | 56 | $117,899,867 |
| 29 | Tyrese Gibson | $6,601,322,559 | 36 | $183,370,071 |
| 30 | Julie Walters | $6,578,806,656 | 29 | $226,855,402 |
| 31 | Johnny Depp | $6,576,587,632 | 61 | $107,812,912 |
| 32 | Emma Watson | $6,498,299,122 | 18 | $361,016,618 |
| 33 | Orlando Bloom | $6,364,170,619 | 32 | $198,880,332 |
| 34 | Idris Elba | $6,251,309,015 | 48 | $130,235,604 |
| 35 | Karen Gillan | $6,248,234,904 | 28 | $223,151,247 |
| 36 | Helena Bonham Carter | $6,236,173,427 | 45 | $138,581,632 |
| 37 | Robbie Coltrane | $6,192,939,648 | 34 | $182,145,284 |
| 38 | Paul Rudd | $6,166,628,433 | 56 | $110,118,365 |
| 39 | Alan Rickman | $6,159,886,626 | 34 | $181,173,136 |
| 40 | Josh Brolin | $6,073,108,796 | 50 | $121,462,176 |
| 41 | Tom Hiddleston | $6,032,741,466 | 21 | $287,273,403 |
| 42 | Simon Pegg | $5,971,527,433 | 39 | $153,116,088 |
| 43 | Marisa Tomei | $5,818,006,655 | 60 | $96,966,778 |
| 44 | Elizabeth Olsen | $5,816,112,924 | 25 | $232,644,517 |
| 45 | Daniel Radcliffe | $5,805,863,781 | 28 | $207,352,278 |
| 46 | Luke Evans | $5,792,135,085 | 32 | $181,004,221 |
| 47 | Jason Statham | $5,752,216,357 | 48 | $119,837,841 |
| 48 | Willem Dafoe | $5,710,074,421 | 105 | $54,381,661 |
| 49 | J.K. Simmons | $5,706,566,549 | 84 | $67,935,316 |
| 50 | Jacob Batalon | $5,697,647,248 | 13 | $438,280,558 |
| 51 | Ian McKellen | $5,696,672,501 | 35 | $162,762,071 |
| 52 | Tom Felton | $5,615,915,565 | 28 | $200,568,413 |
| 53 | Will Smith | $5,548,052,648 | 37 | $149,947,369 |
| 54 | Maggie Smith | $5,470,595,109 | 48 | $113,970,731 |
| 55 | Pom Klementieff | $5,403,293,393 | 13 | $415,637,953 |
| 56 | Matthew Lewis | $5,381,741,935 | 11 | $489,249,267 |
| 57 | Natalie Portman | $5,349,282,270 | 51 | $104,887,888 |
| 58 | Sebastian Stan | $5,348,458,803 | 32 | $167,139,338 |
| 59 | Geraldine Somerville | $5,322,274,287 | 12 | $443,522,857 |
| 60 | Rupert Grint | $5,319,320,186 | 16 | $332,457,512 |
| 61 | Josh Herdman | $5,282,733,962 | 9 | $586,970,440 |
| 62 | Morgan Freeman | $5,263,434,069 | 92 | $57,211,240 |
| 63 | William Hurt | $5,255,981,440 | 62 | $84,773,894 |
| 64 | James Phelps | $5,240,788,560 | 9 | $582,309,840 |
| 65 | Oliver Phelps | $5,240,788,560 | 9 | $582,309,840 |
| 66 | Hayley Atwell | $5,236,567,061 | 19 | $275,608,793 |
| 67 | Devon Murray | $5,228,348,578 | 10 | $522,834,858 |
| 68 | Bonnie Wright | $5,228,348,578 | 9 | $580,927,620 |
| 69 | Sigourney Weaver | $5,223,468,517 | 61 | $85,630,631 |
| 70 | Giovanni Ribisi | $5,217,128,018 | 46 | $113,415,826 |
| 71 | Brad Pitt | $5,184,372,379 | 55 | $94,261,316 |
| 72 | Hugo Weaving | $5,149,675,386 | 33 | $156,050,769 |
| 73 | Woody Harrelson | $5,142,950,599 | 84 | $61,225,602 |
| 74 | Michael Gambon | $5,106,266,285 | 45 | $113,472,584 |
| 75 | Mark Williams | $5,067,764,582 | 16 | $316,735,286 |
| 76 | Domhnall Gleeson | $5,042,324,878 | 27 | $186,752,773 |
| 77 | Harrison Ford | $5,038,047,935 | 49 | $102,817,305 |
| 78 | Jim Broadbent | $4,992,726,372 | 66 | $75,647,369 |
| 79 | Sam Worthington | $4,992,167,324 | 43 | $116,096,915 |
| 80 | Brendan Gleeson | $4,896,467,645 | 55 | $89,026,684 |
| 81 | Letitia Wright | $4,880,830,179 | 15 | $325,388,679 |
| 82 | Judi Dench | $4,859,974,706 | 48 | $101,249,473 |
| 83 | Djimon Hounsou | $4,859,385,273 | 43 | $113,008,960 |
| 84 | Gal Gadot | $4,846,568,823 | 22 | $220,298,583 |
| 85 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $4,769,269,320 | 34 | $140,272,627 |
| 86 | Chadwick Boseman | $4,734,478,421 | 12 | $394,539,868 |
| 87 | Toby Jones | $4,733,911,104 | 56 | $84,534,127 |
| 88 | Liam Neeson | $4,727,370,363 | 87 | $54,337,590 |
| 89 | David Bradley | $4,696,533,045 | 22 | $213,478,775 |
| 90 | Hugh Jackman | $4,689,811,397 | 37 | $126,751,659 |
| 91 | Stanley Tucci | $4,681,138,652 | 80 | $58,514,233 |
| 92 | Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges | $4,675,358,535 | 20 | $233,767,927 |
| 93 | Adrian Rawlins | $4,674,749,200 | 16 | $292,171,825 |
| 94 | Timothy Spall | $4,643,182,123 | 53 | $87,607,210 |
| 95 | Matt Damon | $4,625,595,543 | 63 | $73,422,151 |
| 96 | Matt Gerald | $4,616,019,091 | 12 | $384,668,258 |
| 97 | Jason Isaacs | $4,587,056,384 | 51 | $89,942,282 |
| 98 | Alfie Enoch | $4,585,184,000 | 8 | $573,148,000 |
| 99 | Jeff Goldblum | $4,580,350,324 | 56 | $81,791,970 |
| 100 | CCH Pounder | $4,536,059,831 | 17 | $266,827,049 |
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
Samuel L. Jackson: By pinguino k (originally posted to Flickr as samuel l jackson) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Zoe Saldaña: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Robert Downey, Jr.: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
