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Top International Leading Stars for Live Action Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Live Action Stars - International Leading Animation/Live Action Stars - International Leading Digital Animation Stars - International Leading Hand Animation Stars - International Leading Stop-Motion Animation Stars - International Leading Rotoscoping Stars - International Leading Multiple Production Methods Stars - Worldwide Leading Live Action Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the Live Action 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), The Last Samurai ($345,700,000 in 2003), Mission: Impossible 2 ($334,178,627 in 2000), The Mummy ($329,852,780 in 2017), Mission: Impossible ($276,716,108 in 1996) |
2
Dwayne Johnson
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 30 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), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ($557,123,891 in 2017), Fast and Furious 6 ($550,620,594 in 2013), Jumanji: The Next Level ($475,641,422 in 2019), Fast Five ($419,944,573 in 2011), Rampage ($327,100,000 in 2018), San Andreas ($319,400,000 in 2015), Skyscraper ($236,438,001 in 2018), Black Adam ($225,300,000 in 2022) |
3
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 Last Witch Hunter ($103,451,252 in 2015) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Cruise | $7,246,620,976 | 42 | $172,538,595 |
| 2 | Dwayne Johnson | $5,700,915,062 | 33 | $172,755,002 |
| 3 | Vin Diesel | $5,308,159,451 | 24 | $221,173,310 |
| 4 | Brad Pitt | $4,681,796,504 | 46 | $101,778,185 |
| 5 | Jason Statham | $4,566,374,602 | 44 | $103,781,241 |
| 6 | Johnny Depp | $4,431,112,542 | 46 | $96,328,534 |
| 7 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $4,235,713,193 | 27 | $156,878,266 |
| 8 | Tom Hanks | $3,869,763,734 | 51 | $75,877,720 |
| 9 | Harrison Ford | $3,867,193,573 | 42 | $92,076,037 |
| 10 | Matt Damon | $3,806,871,484 | 45 | $84,597,144 |
| 11 | Scarlett Johansson | $3,476,769,874 | 29 | $119,888,616 |
| 12 | Bruce Willis | $3,453,058,189 | 85 | $40,624,214 |
| 13 | Jennifer Lawrence | $3,436,221,816 | 26 | $132,162,378 |
| 14 | Hugh Jackman | $3,420,958,190 | 30 | $114,031,940 |
| 15 | Daniel Craig | $3,388,757,590 | 19 | $178,355,663 |
| 16 | Shen Teng | $3,229,077,899 | 8 | $403,634,737 |
| 17 | Michelle Rodriguez | $3,147,062,734 | 17 | $185,121,337 |
| 18 | Sylvester Stallone | $2,971,301,739 | 53 | $56,062,297 |
| 19 | Julia Roberts | $2,949,473,625 | 38 | $77,617,727 |
| 20 | Samuel L. Jackson | $2,934,401,305 | 61 | $48,104,939 |
| 21 | Robert Pattinson | $2,866,130,171 | 25 | $114,645,207 |
| 22 | Will Smith | $2,817,732,349 | 28 | $100,633,298 |
| 23 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $2,802,033,201 | 38 | $73,737,716 |
| 24 | Keira Knightley | $2,754,187,443 | 29 | $94,971,981 |
| 25 | Ben Affleck | $2,699,535,428 | 47 | $57,436,924 |
| 26 | Idris Elba | $2,652,977,496 | 29 | $91,481,983 |
| 27 | Paul Walker | $2,630,005,977 | 16 | $164,375,374 |
| 28 | Anthony Hopkins | $2,577,482,508 | 47 | $54,840,053 |
| 29 | Angelina Jolie | $2,562,614,391 | 25 | $102,504,576 |
| 30 | George Clooney | $2,543,146,103 | 35 | $72,661,317 |
| 31 | Charlize Theron | $2,492,530,023 | 33 | $75,531,213 |
| 32 | Wang Baoqiang | $2,427,751,291 | 10 | $242,775,129 |
| 33 | Orlando Bloom | $2,407,128,527 | 23 | $104,657,762 |
| 34 | Pierce Brosnan | $2,383,592,452 | 41 | $58,136,401 |
| 35 | Christian Bale | $2,378,903,012 | 33 | $72,087,970 |
| 36 | Kristen Stewart | $2,370,088,808 | 32 | $74,065,275 |
| 37 | Keanu Reeves | $2,350,162,020 | 48 | $48,961,709 |
| 38 | Morgan Freeman | $2,339,597,960 | 48 | $48,741,624 |
| 39 | Robert De Niro | $2,337,343,902 | 79 | $29,586,632 |
| 40 | Zendaya | $2,336,679,710 | 10 | $233,667,971 |
| 41 | Cate Blanchett | $2,293,190,192 | 32 | $71,662,194 |
| 42 | Geoffrey Rush | $2,282,466,371 | 15 | $152,164,425 |
| 43 | Colin Firth | $2,269,100,911 | 33 | $68,760,634 |
| 44 | Tyrese Gibson | $2,246,950,688 | 20 | $112,347,534 |
| 45 | Kate Winslet | $2,238,683,751 | 28 | $79,952,991 |
| 46 | Jason Momoa | $2,223,891,802 | 14 | $158,849,414 |
| 47 | Wu Jing | $2,209,920,946 | 6 | $368,320,158 |
| 48 | Nicolas Cage | $2,205,653,632 | 92 | $23,974,496 |
| 49 | Chris Pratt | $2,199,264,084 | 15 | $146,617,606 |
| 50 | Henry Cavill | $2,192,374,922 | 15 | $146,158,328 |
| 51 | Liu Haoran | $2,176,957,837 | 7 | $310,993,977 |
| 52 | Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges | $2,170,153,424 | 6 | $361,692,237 |
| 53 | Denzel Washington | $2,165,243,057 | 49 | $44,188,634 |
| 54 | Taylor Lautner | $2,142,110,015 | 10 | $214,211,002 |
| 55 | Liam Neeson | $2,119,319,666 | 53 | $39,987,164 |
| 56 | Chris Evans | $2,109,408,190 | 24 | $87,892,008 |
| 57 | Andy Lau | $2,070,175,253 | 23 | $90,007,620 |
| 58 | Michael Fassbender | $2,054,449,837 | 28 | $73,373,208 |
| 59 | Meryl Streep | $2,036,805,061 | 49 | $41,567,450 |
| 60 | Ben Stiller | $2,027,664,770 | 33 | $61,444,387 |
| 61 | Russell Crowe | $2,016,048,833 | 39 | $51,693,560 |
| 62 | Jim Carrey | $2,010,855,485 | 26 | $77,340,596 |
| 63 | Jackie Chan | $1,994,069,630 | 44 | $45,319,764 |
| 64 | Jack Black | $1,992,617,325 | 23 | $86,635,536 |
| 65 | James McAvoy | $1,988,987,618 | 21 | $94,713,696 |
| 66 | Mel Gibson | $1,962,756,029 | 54 | $36,347,334 |
| 67 | Sandra Bullock | $1,961,998,046 | 34 | $57,705,825 |
| 68 | Javier Bardem | $1,949,738,863 | 21 | $92,844,708 |
| 69 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | $1,946,699,430 | 33 | $58,990,892 |
| 70 | Chris Hemsworth | $1,941,968,457 | 22 | $88,271,294 |
| 71 | Jordana Brewster | $1,931,650,359 | 12 | $160,970,863 |
| 72 | Bradley Cooper | $1,920,920,339 | 24 | $80,038,347 |
| 73 | Ryan Gosling | $1,913,164,849 | 26 | $73,583,263 |
| 74 | Jeremy Renner | $1,902,558,232 | 15 | $126,837,215 |
| 75 | Margot Robbie | $1,815,031,539 | 21 | $86,430,073 |
| 76 | Simon Pegg | $1,805,460,764 | 22 | $82,066,398 |
| 77 | Robin Williams | $1,800,940,497 | 37 | $48,674,067 |
| 78 | Zhang Yi | $1,794,782,401 | 8 | $224,347,800 |
| 79 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $1,792,220,742 | 35 | $51,206,307 |
| 80 | Tom Holland | $1,784,246,460 | 12 | $148,687,205 |
| 81 | Don Cheadle | $1,709,934,230 | 19 | $89,996,538 |
| 82 | Tom Hiddleston | $1,701,098,905 | 12 | $141,758,242 |
| 83 | Lea Seydoux | $1,694,808,632 | 20 | $84,740,432 |
| 84 | Tobey Maguire | $1,693,020,593 | 11 | $153,910,963 |
| 85 | Donnie Yen | $1,675,109,175 | 24 | $69,796,216 |
| 86 | Rebecca Ferguson | $1,667,821,891 | 10 | $166,782,189 |
| 87 | Cameron Diaz | $1,648,314,099 | 26 | $63,396,696 |
| 88 | Gal Gadot | $1,632,304,284 | 11 | $148,391,299 |
| 89 | Jude Law | $1,618,421,054 | 33 | $49,043,062 |
| 90 | Sebastian Stan | $1,609,919,150 | 17 | $94,701,126 |
| 91 | Chris Pine | $1,577,087,086 | 23 | $68,569,004 |
| 92 | Nicole Kidman | $1,571,346,031 | 56 | $28,059,751 |
| 93 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $1,540,707,770 | 37 | $41,640,751 |
| 94 | Penélope Cruz | $1,534,115,008 | 25 | $61,364,600 |
| 95 | Colin Farrell | $1,525,457,431 | 34 | $44,866,395 |
| 96 | Nathalie Emmanuel | $1,523,437,023 | 5 | $304,687,405 |
| 97 | Mark Wahlberg | $1,520,427,819 | 43 | $35,358,786 |
| 98 | Stellan Skarsgård | $1,505,538,271 | 22 | $68,433,558 |
| 99 | John Travolta | $1,505,051,610 | 57 | $26,404,414 |
| 100 | Chadwick Boseman | $1,504,999,497 | 9 | $167,222,166 |
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
Dwayne Johnson: By English: Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer (Flickr) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Vin Diesel: Andre Luis [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
