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Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Science Fiction Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Science Fiction Stars - International Leading Science Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Contemporary Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Kids Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Historical Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Super Hero Stars - Worldwide Leading Fantasy Stars - Worldwide Leading Dramatization Stars - Worldwide Leading Factual Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the Science Fiction 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
Zoe Saldaña
| Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 18 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,923,706,026 in 2009), Avatar: The Way of Water ($2,322,902,023 in 2022), Star Trek Into Darkness ($467,381,584 in 2013), Star Trek ($386,839,614 in 2009), Star Trek Beyond ($335,673,708 in 2016), Avatar: Fire and Ash ($0 in 2025), Star Trek 4 ($0 in 2026) |
2
Sam Worthington
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 19 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,923,706,026 in 2009), Avatar: The Way of Water ($2,322,902,023 in 2022), Simulant ($250,289 in 2023), Avatar 4 ($0 in 2029), Avatar: Fire and Ash ($0 in 2025) |
3
John Boyega
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 12 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens ($2,056,046,835 in 2015), Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi ($1,322,581,071 in 2017), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($1,069,951,814 in 2019), Pacific Rim: Uprising ($290,930,148 in 2018), Attack the Block ($6,459,183 in 2011), Attack the Block 2 ($0 in ), The Freshening ($0 in 2023), Hold Back the Stars ($0 in ), They Cloned Tyrone ($0 in 2023) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoe Saldaña | $6,436,502,955 | 7 | $919,500,422 |
| 2 | Sam Worthington | $5,246,858,338 | 5 | $1,049,371,668 |
| 3 | John Boyega | $4,745,969,051 | 9 | $527,329,895 |
| 4 | Adam Driver | $4,532,816,234 | 6 | $755,469,372 |
| 5 | Daisy Ridley | $4,475,651,889 | 5 | $895,130,378 |
| 6 | Chris Pratt | $4,304,851,207 | 7 | $614,978,744 |
| 7 | Mark Hamill | $4,199,297,262 | 5 | $839,859,452 |
| 8 | Jennifer Lawrence | $3,257,671,483 | 5 | $651,534,297 |
| 9 | Carrie Fisher | $3,129,894,144 | 5 | $625,978,829 |
| 10 | Will Smith | $3,036,032,123 | 10 | $303,603,212 |
| 11 | Dwayne Johnson | $2,929,681,615 | 7 | $418,525,945 |
| 12 | Oscar Isaac | $2,860,473,359 | 5 | $572,094,672 |
| 13 | Natalie Portman | $2,779,386,131 | 5 | $555,877,226 |
| 14 | Ewan McGregor | $2,769,662,460 | 7 | $395,666,066 |
| 15 | Shia LaBeouf | $2,680,857,426 | 5 | $536,171,485 |
| 16 | Harrison Ford | $2,409,521,917 | 7 | $344,217,417 |
| 17 | Anthony Daniels | $2,392,532,885 | 2 | $1,196,266,443 |
| 18 | Bryce Dallas Howard | $2,312,327,894 | 2 | $1,156,163,947 |
| 19 | Mark Wahlberg | $2,231,937,536 | 6 | $371,989,589 |
| 20 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | $2,203,782,686 | 10 | $220,378,269 |
| 21 | Keanu Reeves | $2,172,298,611 | 12 | $181,024,884 |
| 22 | Simon Pegg | $1,958,750,110 | 8 | $244,843,764 |
| 23 | Tommy Lee Jones | $1,858,054,697 | 6 | $309,675,783 |
| 24 | Josh Brolin | $1,824,484,225 | 4 | $456,121,056 |
| 25 | Kevin Hart | $1,787,043,771 | 3 | $595,681,257 |
| 26 | Jack Black | $1,787,043,771 | 3 | $595,681,257 |
| 27 | Hayden Christensen | $1,782,240,457 | 4 | $445,560,114 |
| 28 | Karen Gillan | $1,754,405,173 | 3 | $584,801,724 |
| 29 | Nick Jonas | $1,754,105,475 | 2 | $877,052,738 |
| 30 | Andy Serkis | $1,671,223,033 | 3 | $557,074,344 |
| 31 | Lupita Nyong'o | $1,665,579,198 | 4 | $416,394,800 |
| 32 | Scarlett Johansson | $1,664,016,256 | 5 | $332,803,251 |
| 33 | Ben Mendelsohn | $1,638,573,768 | 2 | $819,286,884 |
| 34 | Tom Cruise | $1,620,606,862 | 4 | $405,151,716 |
| 35 | Megan Fox | $1,544,902,976 | 3 | $514,967,659 |
| 36 | Milla Jovovich | $1,542,137,087 | 13 | $118,625,930 |
| 37 | Shen Teng | $1,513,351,391 | 3 | $504,450,464 |
| 38 | Joonas Suotamo | $1,463,103,161 | 2 | $731,551,581 |
| 39 | Domhnall Gleeson | $1,445,271,456 | 3 | $481,757,152 |
| 40 | Dave Bautista | $1,418,250,203 | 9 | $157,583,356 |
| 41 | Dylan O’Brien | $1,390,628,061 | 5 | $278,125,612 |
| 42 | Gwendoline Christie | $1,322,581,071 | 1 | $1,322,581,071 |
| 43 | Kelly Marie Tran | $1,322,581,071 | 1 | $1,322,581,071 |
| 44 | Benicio del Toro | $1,322,581,071 | 1 | $1,322,581,071 |
| 45 | Liam Neeson | $1,300,823,459 | 3 | $433,607,820 |
| 46 | Matt Damon | $1,295,151,412 | 6 | $215,858,569 |
| 47 | Bruce Willis | $1,278,843,681 | 9 | $142,093,742 |
| 48 | Mahershala Ali | $1,270,248,984 | 4 | $317,562,246 |
| 49 | Rebecca Ferguson | $1,262,972,114 | 5 | $252,594,423 |
| 50 | Karl Urban | $1,231,362,512 | 5 | $246,272,502 |
| 51 | Zachary Quinto | $1,203,211,533 | 5 | $240,642,307 |
| 52 | John Cho | $1,198,921,043 | 5 | $239,784,209 |
| 53 | Chris Pine | $1,190,443,885 | 4 | $297,610,971 |
| 54 | Charlotte Rampling | $1,159,474,115 | 4 | $289,868,529 |
| 55 | Keri Russell | $1,156,318,377 | 3 | $385,439,459 |
| 56 | Zendaya | $1,144,756,261 | 3 | $381,585,420 |
| 57 | Stellan Skarsgård | $1,144,756,261 | 3 | $381,585,420 |
| 58 | Timothée Chalamet | $1,144,756,261 | 3 | $381,585,420 |
| 59 | Emily Blunt | $1,125,487,331 | 4 | $281,371,833 |
| 60 | Jack Reynor | $1,114,437,596 | 2 | $557,218,798 |
| 61 | Nicola Peltz | $1,104,054,072 | 1 | $1,104,054,072 |
| 62 | Diego Luna | $1,100,257,334 | 2 | $550,128,667 |
| 63 | Jimmy Vee | $1,069,951,814 | 1 | $1,069,951,814 |
| 64 | Riz Ahmed | $1,055,097,373 | 3 | $351,699,124 |
| 65 | Alan Tudyk | $1,055,083,596 | 1 | $1,055,083,596 |
| 66 | Donnie Yen | $1,055,083,596 | 1 | $1,055,083,596 |
| 67 | Felicity Jones | $1,055,083,596 | 1 | $1,055,083,596 |
| 68 | Mads Mikkelsen | $1,055,083,596 | 1 | $1,055,083,596 |
| 69 | Jake Lloyd | $1,046,513,456 | 1 | $1,046,513,456 |
| 70 | Peter Cullen | $1,042,135,089 | 2 | $521,067,545 |
| 71 | Peter Dinklage | $1,030,806,978 | 5 | $206,161,396 |
| 72 | Jason Statham | $1,008,728,195 | 4 | $252,182,049 |
| 73 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | $997,339,787 | 3 | $332,446,596 |
| 74 | Sigourney Weaver | $996,557,617 | 8 | $124,569,702 |
| 75 | Kaya Scodelario | $966,673,650 | 4 | $241,668,413 |
| 76 | Michael J. Fox | $964,921,784 | 3 | $321,640,595 |
| 77 | Thomas Brodie-Sangster | $924,764,559 | 3 | $308,254,853 |
| 78 | Matthew McConaughey | $920,714,893 | 3 | $306,904,964 |
| 79 | Woody Harrelson | $890,148,698 | 3 | $296,716,233 |
| 80 | Elliot Page | $872,179,426 | 3 | $290,726,475 |
| 81 | Jonathan Bailey | $868,348,944 | 1 | $868,348,944 |
| 82 | Idris Elba | $860,189,632 | 3 | $286,729,877 |
| 83 | Chris Hemsworth | $856,807,007 | 6 | $142,801,168 |
| 84 | Zhang Xiaofei | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 85 | Jia Ling | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 86 | Brad Pitt | $835,857,935 | 3 | $278,619,312 |
| 87 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $826,873,382 | 1 | $826,873,382 |
| 88 | Emilia Clarke | $825,354,503 | 3 | $275,118,168 |
| 89 | John Cusack | $824,664,973 | 3 | $274,888,324 |
| 90 | Henry Thomas | $797,307,407 | 1 | $797,307,407 |
| 91 | Awkwafina | $792,948,730 | 4 | $198,237,183 |
| 92 | Austin Butler | $774,757,478 | 3 | $258,252,493 |
| 93 | T.J. Miller | $754,792,398 | 2 | $377,396,199 |
| 94 | Theo James | $743,357,453 | 5 | $148,671,491 |
| 95 | Shailene Woodley | $743,308,727 | 4 | $185,827,182 |
| 96 | Bill Murray | $726,767,534 | 4 | $181,691,884 |
| 97 | Dennis Quaid | $725,645,011 | 5 | $145,129,002 |
| 98 | Anton Yelchin | $722,513,322 | 2 | $361,256,661 |
| 99 | Michelle Rodriguez | $721,040,021 | 4 | $180,260,005 |
| 100 | Lea Seydoux | $716,458,983 | 4 | $179,114,746 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Zoe Saldaña: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Sam Worthington: By Eva RinaldiUploaded by MyCanon (Sam Worthington) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
John Boyega: Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
