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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.
![Tom Cruise photo](https://www.the-numbers.com/images/people/Tom-Cruise-Thumbnail.jpg)
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 40 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: Top Gun: Maverick ($746,858,459 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 Dead Reckoning Part One ($394,003,163 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), Edge of Tomorrow ($266,822,724 in 2014) |
![Dwayne Johnson photo](https://www.the-numbers.com/images/people/Dwayne-Johnson-Thumbnail.jpg)
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 29 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: The Fate of the Furious ($1,009,769,249 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 ($478,525,666 in 2019), Fast Five ($419,944,573 in 2011), Rampage ($326,918,984 in 2018), San Andreas ($301,067,707 in 2015), Skyscraper ($236,438,001 in 2018), Black Adam ($222,171,744 in 2022) |
![Vin Diesel photo](https://www.the-numbers.com/images/people/Vin-Diesel-Thumbnail.jpg)
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 17 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: Furious 7 ($1,158,979,344 in 2015), The Fate of the Furious ($1,009,769,249 in 2017), Fast X ($568,441,270 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 | $6,867,054,315 | 42 | $163,501,293 |
2 | Dwayne Johnson | $5,631,268,164 | 31 | $181,653,812 |
3 | Vin Diesel | $5,356,797,273 | 24 | $223,199,886 |
4 | Jason Statham | $4,545,871,101 | 40 | $113,646,778 |
5 | Johnny Depp | $4,429,828,794 | 45 | $98,440,640 |
6 | Brad Pitt | $4,242,481,864 | 43 | $98,662,369 |
7 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $4,120,903,138 | 26 | $158,496,275 |
8 | Tom Hanks | $3,839,765,514 | 49 | $78,362,562 |
9 | Matt Damon | $3,805,945,610 | 43 | $88,510,363 |
10 | Harrison Ford | $3,652,856,391 | 41 | $89,094,058 |
11 | Jennifer Lawrence | $3,435,906,428 | 25 | $137,436,257 |
12 | Hugh Jackman | $3,420,087,226 | 28 | $122,145,972 |
13 | Bruce Willis | $3,397,968,203 | 85 | $39,976,097 |
14 | Daniel Craig | $3,385,135,615 | 17 | $199,125,624 |
15 | Shen Teng | $3,241,911,415 | 7 | $463,130,202 |
16 | Michelle Rodriguez | $3,193,779,587 | 17 | $187,869,387 |
17 | Sylvester Stallone | $2,967,912,956 | 52 | $57,075,249 |
18 | Julia Roberts | $2,946,794,447 | 36 | $81,855,401 |
19 | Scarlett Johansson | $2,930,395,201 | 26 | $112,707,508 |
20 | Samuel L. Jackson | $2,918,801,349 | 60 | $48,646,689 |
21 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $2,802,125,299 | 37 | $75,733,116 |
22 | Will Smith | $2,772,728,933 | 28 | $99,026,033 |
23 | Robert Pattinson | $2,770,007,814 | 23 | $120,435,122 |
24 | Keira Knightley | $2,662,805,340 | 28 | $95,100,191 |
25 | Idris Elba | $2,651,176,683 | 28 | $94,684,882 |
26 | Ben Affleck | $2,649,100,026 | 45 | $58,868,889 |
27 | Paul Walker | $2,631,926,946 | 16 | $164,495,434 |
28 | Anthony Hopkins | $2,574,279,756 | 43 | $59,866,971 |
29 | Angelina Jolie | $2,549,043,018 | 22 | $115,865,592 |
30 | George Clooney | $2,543,146,103 | 33 | $77,065,033 |
31 | Charlize Theron | $2,527,833,427 | 29 | $87,166,670 |
32 | Orlando Bloom | $2,407,079,554 | 22 | $109,412,707 |
33 | Christian Bale | $2,378,903,012 | 32 | $74,340,719 |
34 | Kristen Stewart | $2,371,173,145 | 30 | $79,039,105 |
35 | Pierce Brosnan | $2,363,226,679 | 35 | $67,520,762 |
36 | Keanu Reeves | $2,335,541,309 | 46 | $50,772,637 |
37 | Morgan Freeman | $2,335,144,346 | 47 | $49,683,922 |
38 | Robert De Niro | $2,332,881,115 | 74 | $31,525,420 |
39 | Zendaya | $2,332,792,660 | 7 | $333,256,094 |
40 | Tyrese Gibson | $2,293,667,541 | 18 | $127,425,975 |
41 | Geoffrey Rush | $2,282,748,048 | 14 | $163,053,432 |
42 | Colin Firth | $2,275,680,526 | 33 | $68,960,016 |
43 | Wu Jing | $2,243,831,669 | 4 | $560,957,917 |
44 | Kate Winslet | $2,222,935,821 | 28 | $79,390,565 |
45 | Cate Blanchett | $2,218,236,114 | 27 | $82,156,893 |
46 | Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges | $2,216,870,277 | 6 | $369,478,380 |
47 | Chris Pratt | $2,199,264,084 | 13 | $169,174,160 |
48 | Henry Cavill | $2,183,032,155 | 13 | $167,925,550 |
49 | Nicolas Cage | $2,149,124,907 | 88 | $24,421,874 |
50 | Taylor Lautner | $2,145,335,560 | 10 | $214,533,556 |
51 | Liam Neeson | $2,068,149,111 | 51 | $40,551,943 |
52 | Mel Gibson | $2,048,449,511 | 52 | $39,393,260 |
53 | Meryl Streep | $2,032,941,385 | 46 | $44,194,378 |
54 | Michael Fassbender | $2,028,375,525 | 26 | $78,014,443 |
55 | Ben Stiller | $2,027,664,770 | 31 | $65,408,541 |
56 | Jim Carrey | $2,010,855,485 | 26 | $77,340,596 |
57 | Russell Crowe | $1,997,795,645 | 37 | $53,994,477 |
58 | Sandra Bullock | $1,962,329,598 | 33 | $59,464,533 |
59 | Chris Evans | $1,950,464,066 | 23 | $84,802,785 |
60 | James McAvoy | $1,948,679,724 | 21 | $92,794,273 |
61 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | $1,946,699,576 | 33 | $58,990,896 |
62 | Chris Hemsworth | $1,934,641,008 | 20 | $96,732,050 |
63 | Jordana Brewster | $1,931,842,530 | 11 | $175,622,048 |
64 | Bradley Cooper | $1,915,905,629 | 24 | $79,829,401 |
65 | Jeremy Renner | $1,901,484,428 | 14 | $135,820,316 |
66 | Denzel Washington | $1,870,812,142 | 48 | $38,975,253 |
67 | Wang Baoqiang | $1,852,309,084 | 7 | $264,615,583 |
68 | Ryan Gosling | $1,810,330,277 | 24 | $75,430,428 |
69 | Simon Pegg | $1,805,678,729 | 21 | $85,984,701 |
70 | Robin Williams | $1,800,940,497 | 35 | $51,455,443 |
71 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $1,792,534,334 | 32 | $56,016,698 |
72 | Tom Holland | $1,773,605,300 | 9 | $197,067,256 |
73 | Margot Robbie | $1,772,567,506 | 19 | $93,293,027 |
74 | Don Cheadle | $1,704,540,844 | 19 | $89,712,676 |
75 | Tobey Maguire | $1,693,020,984 | 11 | $153,910,999 |
76 | Lea Seydoux | $1,688,755,784 | 18 | $93,819,766 |
77 | Tom Hiddleston | $1,686,740,140 | 11 | $153,340,013 |
78 | Jason Momoa | $1,679,853,363 | 12 | $139,987,780 |
79 | Rebecca Ferguson | $1,664,429,174 | 8 | $208,053,647 |
80 | Jackie Chan | $1,650,420,833 | 38 | $43,432,127 |
81 | Cameron Diaz | $1,638,790,644 | 24 | $68,282,944 |
82 | Gal Gadot | $1,616,447,649 | 10 | $161,644,765 |
83 | Jude Law | $1,616,012,398 | 29 | $55,724,565 |
84 | Zhang Yi | $1,601,557,647 | 5 | $320,311,529 |
85 | Chris Pine | $1,568,571,973 | 20 | $78,428,599 |
86 | Nathalie Emmanuel | $1,564,712,580 | 5 | $312,942,516 |
87 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $1,540,707,604 | 35 | $44,020,217 |
88 | Nicole Kidman | $1,535,775,590 | 55 | $27,923,193 |
89 | Stellan Skarsgård | $1,509,707,425 | 21 | $71,890,830 |
90 | Chadwick Boseman | $1,507,336,735 | 9 | $167,481,859 |
91 | Colin Farrell | $1,505,687,476 | 32 | $47,052,734 |
92 | John Travolta | $1,504,999,369 | 55 | $27,363,625 |
93 | Mark Wahlberg | $1,489,632,221 | 42 | $35,467,434 |
94 | Javier Bardem | $1,473,686,896 | 19 | $77,562,468 |
95 | Owen Wilson | $1,472,824,433 | 31 | $47,510,466 |
96 | Penélope Cruz | $1,459,827,466 | 22 | $66,355,794 |
97 | Andy Lau | $1,456,983,339 | 12 | $121,415,278 |
98 | Eddie Murphy | $1,446,882,355 | 41 | $35,289,814 |
99 | Kevin Costner | $1,446,462,649 | 42 | $34,439,587 |
100 | Jack Black | $1,444,094,855 | 20 | $72,204,743 |
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
Vin Diesel: Andre Luis [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons