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Top International Leading Stars for Sony Pictures Classics Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Sony Pictures Classics Stars - International Leading Walt Disney Stars - International Leading Warner Bros. Stars - International Leading Universal Stars - International Leading Sony Pictures Stars - International Leading Paramount Pictures Stars - International Leading 20th Century Fox Stars - International Leading Lionsgate Stars - International Leading MGM Stars - Worldwide Leading Sony Pictures Classics Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the Sony Pictures Classics 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
Zhang Ziyi
| Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 9 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ($85,446,864 in 2000), House of Flying Daggers ($81,813,851 in 2004), 2046 ($17,836,260 in 2004) |
2
Penélope Cruz
| Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 17 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Volver ($74,326,746 in 2006), To Rome with Love ($57,605,953 in 2012), Dolor y gloria ($35,222,826 in 2019), Madres paralelas ($8,919,555 in 2021) |
3
Chow Yun-Fat
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 11 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ($85,446,864 in 2000), Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia ($70,337,656 in 2006) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhang Ziyi | $185,096,975 | 3 | $61,698,992 |
| 2 | Penélope Cruz | $176,075,080 | 4 | $44,018,770 |
| 3 | Chow Yun-Fat | $155,784,520 | 2 | $77,892,260 |
| 4 | Antonio Banderas | $105,483,000 | 4 | $26,370,750 |
| 5 | Owen Wilson | $105,235,313 | 1 | $105,235,313 |
| 6 | Gong Li | $88,789,898 | 4 | $22,197,475 |
| 7 | Daniel Brühl | $75,320,674 | 1 | $75,320,674 |
| 8 | Katrin Sass | $75,320,674 | 1 | $75,320,674 |
| 9 | Chulpan Khamatova | $75,320,674 | 1 | $75,320,674 |
| 10 | Cate Blanchett | $73,808,816 | 2 | $36,904,408 |
| 11 | Anthony Hopkins | $72,278,256 | 4 | $18,069,564 |
| 12 | Thomas Kretschmann | $67,693,174 | 1 | $67,693,174 |
| 13 | Oleg Volku | $67,693,174 | 1 | $67,693,174 |
| 14 | Mariya Smolnikova | $67,693,174 | 1 | $67,693,174 |
| 15 | Sergey Bondarchuk | $67,693,174 | 1 | $67,693,174 |
| 16 | Yanina Studilina | $67,693,174 | 1 | $67,693,174 |
| 17 | Dmitry Lisenkov | $67,693,174 | 1 | $67,693,174 |
| 18 | Petr Fedorov | $67,693,174 | 1 | $67,693,174 |
| 19 | Andrey Smolyakov | $67,693,174 | 1 | $67,693,174 |
| 20 | Christopher Plummer | $65,794,686 | 3 | $21,931,562 |
| 21 | Yordanos Shiferaw | $63,573,085 | 1 | $63,573,085 |
| 22 | Zain Al Rafeea | $63,573,085 | 1 | $63,573,085 |
| 23 | Greta Gerwig | $61,662,308 | 3 | $20,554,103 |
| 24 | Cecilia Roth | $59,600,000 | 1 | $59,600,000 |
| 25 | John C. Reilly | $59,157,846 | 2 | $29,578,923 |
| 26 | Leonardo Sbaraglia | $59,109,308 | 2 | $29,554,654 |
| 27 | Jude Law | $58,532,996 | 2 | $29,266,498 |
| 28 | Ricardo Darin | $58,022,765 | 2 | $29,011,383 |
| 29 | Elliot Page | $57,605,953 | 1 | $57,605,953 |
| 30 | Alec Baldwin | $57,605,953 | 1 | $57,605,953 |
| 31 | Judy Davis | $57,605,953 | 1 | $57,605,953 |
| 32 | Roberto Benigni | $57,605,953 | 1 | $57,605,953 |
| 33 | Woody Allen | $57,605,953 | 1 | $57,605,953 |
| 34 | Jesse Eisenberg | $57,605,953 | 1 | $57,605,953 |
| 35 | Julianne Moore | $57,149,856 | 7 | $8,164,265 |
| 36 | Olivia Colman | $56,954,100 | 3 | $18,984,700 |
| 37 | Lily Cole | $56,663,000 | 1 | $56,663,000 |
| 38 | Colin Farrell | $56,663,000 | 1 | $56,663,000 |
| 39 | Heath Ledger | $56,663,000 | 1 | $56,663,000 |
| 40 | Andrew Garfield | $56,663,000 | 1 | $56,663,000 |
| 41 | Verne Troyer | $56,663,000 | 1 | $56,663,000 |
| 42 | Tom Waits | $56,663,000 | 1 | $56,663,000 |
| 43 | Johnny Depp | $56,663,000 | 1 | $56,663,000 |
| 44 | Gael Garcia Bernal | $48,184,863 | 3 | $16,061,621 |
| 45 | Stephen Chow | $47,094,093 | 1 | $47,094,093 |
| 46 | Xu Jiao | $47,094,093 | 1 | $47,094,093 |
| 47 | Audrey Tautou | $44,700,000 | 1 | $44,700,000 |
| 48 | Colin Firth | $42,626,286 | 3 | $14,208,762 |
| 49 | Lambert Wilson | $42,308,874 | 1 | $42,308,874 |
| 50 | Michael Lonsdale | $42,308,874 | 1 | $42,308,874 |
| 51 | Timothy Spall | $42,028,702 | 2 | $21,014,351 |
| 52 | Naomi Watts | $40,714,602 | 2 | $20,357,301 |
| 53 | Fernanda Montenegro | $40,301,382 | 2 | $20,150,691 |
| 54 | Maggie Smith | $37,792,012 | 2 | $18,896,006 |
| 55 | Jodie Foster | $35,565,407 | 2 | $17,782,704 |
| 56 | Kate Winslet | $35,565,407 | 1 | $35,565,407 |
| 57 | Christoph Waltz | $35,565,407 | 1 | $35,565,407 |
| 58 | Freida Pinto | $35,287,932 | 1 | $35,287,932 |
| 59 | Lucy Punch | $35,287,932 | 1 | $35,287,932 |
| 60 | Josh Brolin | $35,287,932 | 1 | $35,287,932 |
| 61 | Gemma Jones | $35,287,932 | 1 | $35,287,932 |
| 62 | Julieta Serrano | $35,222,826 | 1 | $35,222,826 |
| 63 | Asier Etxeandia | $35,222,826 | 1 | $35,222,826 |
| 64 | Nora Navas | $35,222,826 | 1 | $35,222,826 |
| 65 | Elena Anaya | $34,970,834 | 1 | $34,970,834 |
| 66 | Soledad Villamil | $34,136,283 | 1 | $34,136,283 |
| 67 | Pablo Rago | $34,136,283 | 1 | $34,136,283 |
| 68 | Guillermo Francella | $34,136,283 | 1 | $34,136,283 |
| 69 | Steve Coogan | $33,794,036 | 3 | $11,264,679 |
| 70 | Alex Jennings | $32,299,328 | 1 | $32,299,328 |
| 71 | François Bégaudeau | $30,347,257 | 1 | $30,347,257 |
| 72 | Emmanuelle Riva | $30,048,090 | 1 | $30,048,090 |
| 73 | Evan Rachel Wood | $29,800,000 | 1 | $29,800,000 |
| 74 | Larry David | $29,800,000 | 1 | $29,800,000 |
| 75 | Jim Broadbent | $29,602,260 | 2 | $14,801,130 |
| 76 | Fernanda Torres | $29,264,777 | 1 | $29,264,777 |
| 77 | Selton Mello | $29,264,777 | 1 | $29,264,777 |
| 78 | Helen Mirren | $28,918,765 | 2 | $14,459,383 |
| 79 | Marion Cotillard | $27,332,185 | 1 | $27,332,185 |
| 80 | Matthias Schoenaerts | $27,332,185 | 1 | $27,332,185 |
| 81 | Miles Teller | $25,911,303 | 1 | $25,911,303 |
| 82 | Joaquin Phoenix | $25,053,237 | 1 | $25,053,237 |
| 83 | Armie Hammer | $24,760,942 | 2 | $12,380,471 |
| 84 | Rita Cortese | $23,886,482 | 1 | $23,886,482 |
| 85 | Oscar Martinez | $23,886,482 | 1 | $23,886,482 |
| 86 | Julieta Zylberberg | $23,886,482 | 1 | $23,886,482 |
| 87 | Dario Grandinetti | $23,886,482 | 1 | $23,886,482 |
| 88 | Erica Rivas | $23,886,482 | 1 | $23,886,482 |
| 89 | Timothée Chalamet | $23,495,960 | 1 | $23,495,960 |
| 90 | Emma Stone | $22,983,998 | 1 | $22,983,998 |
| 91 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | $22,610,366 | 3 | $7,536,789 |
| 92 | Emma Suarez | $21,364,476 | 1 | $21,364,476 |
| 93 | Adriana Ugarte | $21,364,476 | 1 | $21,364,476 |
| 94 | Simon Abkarian | $20,953,784 | 1 | $20,953,784 |
| 95 | Gabrielle Lopes | $20,953,784 | 1 | $20,953,784 |
| 96 | Chiara Mastroianni | $20,953,784 | 1 | $20,953,784 |
| 97 | Catherine Deneuve | $20,953,784 | 2 | $10,476,892 |
| 98 | Danielle Darrieux | $20,953,784 | 1 | $20,953,784 |
| 99 | Jessie Buckley | $20,886,606 | 1 | $20,886,606 |
| 100 | Anjana Vasan | $20,886,606 | 1 | $20,886,606 |
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
Penélope Cruz: By TabercilUploaded by MyCanon (Penélope Cruz) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
