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Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Dramatization Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Dramatization Stars - International Leading Dramatization Stars - Worldwide Leading Contemporary Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Science Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Kids Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Historical Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Super Hero Stars - Worldwide Leading Fantasy Stars - Worldwide Leading Factual Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the Dramatization 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
Leonardo DiCaprio
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 24 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Revenant ($532,938,302 in 2015), The Wolf of Wall Street ($389,816,136 in 2013), Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood ($377,426,903 in 2019), Catch Me if You Can ($355,612,291 in 2002), The Aviator ($208,370,892 in 2004), J. Edgar ($84,606,030 in 2011), The Basketball Diaries ($2,423,016 in 1995), Total Eclipse ($339,889 in 1995), The Crowded Room ($0 in ) |
2
Tom Hanks
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 50 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Catch Me if You Can ($355,612,291 in 2002), Apollo 13 ($335,802,271 in 1995), Sully ($243,870,033 in 2016), Captain Phillips ($220,648,184 in 2013), The Terminal ($218,673,959 in 2004), The Post ($179,769,457 in 2017), Charlie Wilson’s War ($119,512,771 in 2007), Saving Mr. Banks ($114,962,525 in 2013), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood ($68,590,003 in 2019), Greyhound ($0 in 2020) |
3
Wu Jing
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 4 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Battle at Lake Changjin ($808,407,908 in 2021), Water Gate Bridge (长津湖之水门桥) ($515,456,809 in 2022), Pan Deng Zhe ($174,008,804 in 2019), Jin gang chuan ($167,007,608 in 2020) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $1,951,533,459 | 9 | $216,837,051 |
| 2 | Tom Hanks | $1,857,441,494 | 10 | $185,744,149 |
| 3 | Wu Jing | $1,664,881,129 | 4 | $416,220,282 |
| 4 | Cillian Murphy | $1,079,392,346 | 4 | $269,848,087 |
| 5 | James Caviezel | $997,384,855 | 7 | $142,483,551 |
| 6 | Zhang Yi | $996,945,965 | 4 | $249,236,491 |
| 7 | Bradley Cooper | $907,143,161 | 4 | $226,785,790 |
| 8 | Christian Bale | $907,086,141 | 7 | $129,583,734 |
| 9 | Rami Malek | $886,865,117 | 3 | $295,621,706 |
| 10 | Brad Pitt | $844,528,399 | 6 | $140,754,733 |
| 11 | Russell Crowe | $824,304,861 | 8 | $103,038,108 |
| 12 | Denzel Washington | $798,961,252 | 9 | $88,773,472 |
| 13 | Matt Damon | $729,923,338 | 8 | $91,240,417 |
| 14 | Julia Roberts | $687,497,634 | 3 | $229,165,878 |
| 15 | Kate Beckinsale | $657,698,630 | 4 | $164,424,658 |
| 16 | Kevin Costner | $647,433,307 | 7 | $92,490,472 |
| 17 | Mark Wahlberg | $625,570,315 | 9 | $69,507,813 |
| 18 | Josh Hartnett | $608,930,938 | 3 | $202,976,979 |
| 19 | Ben Affleck | $586,206,213 | 6 | $97,701,036 |
| 20 | Tom Hardy | $579,304,202 | 5 | $115,860,840 |
| 21 | Margot Robbie | $566,461,207 | 5 | $113,292,241 |
| 22 | Owen Wilson | $557,991,631 | 2 | $278,995,816 |
| 23 | Sienna Miller | $552,526,758 | 3 | $184,175,586 |
| 24 | Michelle Williams | $528,958,104 | 5 | $105,791,621 |
| 25 | Fionn Whitehead | $528,068,280 | 1 | $528,068,280 |
| 26 | Johnny Depp | $491,118,251 | 9 | $54,568,695 |
| 27 | Robert De Niro | $487,282,375 | 9 | $54,142,486 |
| 28 | Amy Adams | $485,371,837 | 5 | $97,074,367 |
| 29 | Will Smith | $484,897,183 | 6 | $80,816,197 |
| 30 | Zac Efron | $484,789,399 | 4 | $121,197,350 |
| 31 | Colin Firth | $479,690,103 | 5 | $95,938,021 |
| 32 | Hugh Jackman | $477,184,078 | 5 | $95,436,816 |
| 33 | Helena Bonham Carter | $466,692,556 | 3 | $155,564,185 |
| 34 | Diane Lane | $463,058,352 | 6 | $77,176,392 |
| 35 | Anthony Hopkins | $452,851,925 | 12 | $37,737,660 |
| 36 | Geoffrey Rush | $440,698,780 | 4 | $110,174,695 |
| 37 | Ou Hao | $436,779,294 | 1 | $436,779,294 |
| 38 | Li Chen | $436,779,294 | 1 | $436,779,294 |
| 39 | Jiang Wu | $436,779,294 | 1 | $436,779,294 |
| 40 | Qianyuan Wang | $436,779,294 | 1 | $436,779,294 |
| 41 | Du Chun | $436,779,294 | 1 | $436,779,294 |
| 42 | Zendaya | $428,796,000 | 1 | $428,796,000 |
| 43 | Rebecca Ferguson | $428,796,000 | 1 | $428,796,000 |
| 44 | George Clooney | $426,420,468 | 2 | $213,210,234 |
| 45 | Val Kilmer | $424,706,376 | 6 | $70,784,396 |
| 46 | Joaquin Phoenix | $410,147,155 | 3 | $136,715,718 |
| 47 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $410,058,826 | 6 | $68,343,138 |
| 48 | Tom Cruise | $409,503,084 | 3 | $136,501,028 |
| 49 | Meryl Streep | $408,766,480 | 8 | $51,095,810 |
| 50 | Liam Neeson | $400,635,695 | 5 | $80,127,139 |
| 51 | Cate Blanchett | $372,234,980 | 4 | $93,058,745 |
| 52 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $368,543,160 | 6 | $61,423,860 |
| 53 | Jennifer Lawrence | $358,993,002 | 5 | $71,798,600 |
| 54 | Al Pacino | $349,092,786 | 7 | $49,870,398 |
| 55 | Mel Gibson | $335,998,770 | 5 | $67,199,754 |
| 56 | Viggo Mortensen | $334,802,550 | 3 | $111,600,850 |
| 57 | Sandra Bullock | $333,691,805 | 3 | $111,230,602 |
| 58 | Heather Graham | $332,987,587 | 4 | $83,246,897 |
| 59 | Mike Myers | $329,140,650 | 2 | $164,570,325 |
| 60 | William Fichtner | $328,711,434 | 1 | $328,711,434 |
| 61 | Helen Mirren | $327,075,920 | 8 | $40,884,490 |
| 62 | Mahershala Ali | $319,995,019 | 1 | $319,995,019 |
| 63 | Kurt Russell | $318,426,857 | 6 | $53,071,143 |
| 64 | Daniel Day-Lewis | $312,484,496 | 3 | $104,161,499 |
| 65 | Adam Driver | $312,198,015 | 6 | $52,033,003 |
| 66 | Jacob Tremblay | $310,179,620 | 2 | $155,089,810 |
| 67 | Mandy Patinkin | $310,179,620 | 2 | $155,089,810 |
| 68 | Daveed Diggs | $310,179,620 | 1 | $310,179,620 |
| 69 | Izabela Vidovic | $310,179,620 | 1 | $310,179,620 |
| 70 | Jaden Smith | $307,311,093 | 1 | $307,311,093 |
| 71 | Aamir Khan | $305,149,461 | 1 | $305,149,461 |
| 72 | Ming-Na | $303,500,000 | 1 | $303,500,000 |
| 73 | Dennis Quaid | $302,637,514 | 15 | $20,175,834 |
| 74 | Marion Cotillard | $301,412,352 | 3 | $100,470,784 |
| 75 | Woody Harrelson | $292,496,111 | 8 | $36,562,014 |
| 76 | Kirsten Dunst | $289,309,312 | 2 | $144,654,656 |
| 77 | Sean Penn | $288,192,250 | 6 | $48,032,042 |
| 78 | Austin Butler | $288,116,153 | 2 | $144,058,077 |
| 79 | Dustin Hoffman | $286,288,273 | 5 | $57,257,655 |
| 80 | Morgan Freeman | $286,124,947 | 3 | $95,374,982 |
| 81 | Xiaoming Huang | $278,029,530 | 2 | $139,014,765 |
| 82 | Tom Holland | $276,781,119 | 5 | $55,356,224 |
| 83 | Michael Peña | $272,968,054 | 4 | $68,242,014 |
| 84 | Jeremy Renner | $264,663,883 | 4 | $66,165,971 |
| 85 | Keira Knightley | $263,299,474 | 5 | $52,659,895 |
| 86 | Forest Whitaker | $259,703,026 | 6 | $43,283,838 |
| 87 | Jennifer Aniston | $247,812,011 | 1 | $247,812,011 |
| 88 | Angelina Jolie | $246,720,907 | 4 | $61,680,227 |
| 89 | Taron Egerton | $245,364,453 | 5 | $49,072,891 |
| 90 | Nick Nolte | $244,651,102 | 5 | $48,930,220 |
| 91 | Janelle Monáe | $241,532,978 | 2 | $120,766,489 |
| 92 | Reese Witherspoon | $240,168,038 | 2 | $120,084,019 |
| 93 | Jim Parsons | $239,776,989 | 3 | $79,925,663 |
| 94 | Naomi Watts | $239,646,040 | 7 | $34,235,149 |
| 95 | Jason Clarke | $239,445,152 | 3 | $79,815,051 |
| 96 | Taraji P. Henson | $238,865,590 | 3 | $79,621,863 |
| 97 | Adrien Brody | $235,351,839 | 4 | $58,837,960 |
| 98 | Jesse Eisenberg | $228,496,981 | 3 | $76,165,660 |
| 99 | Octavia Spencer | $228,446,841 | 1 | $228,446,841 |
| 100 | Jason Mitchell | $228,216,544 | 2 | $114,108,272 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Leonardo DiCaprio: By Siebbi (Leonardo DiCaprio) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Tom Hanks: By Yeoman 1st Class Donna Lou Morgan [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
