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Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Action Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Action Stars - International Leading Action Stars - Worldwide Leading Adventure Stars - Worldwide Leading Comedy Stars - Worldwide Leading Drama Stars - Worldwide Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - Worldwide Leading Horror Stars - Worldwide Leading Romantic Comedy Stars - Worldwide Leading Musical Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the 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
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), Avengers: Endgame ($2,717,503,922 in 2019), Avatar: The Way of Water ($2,322,902,023 in 2022), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,158,241 in 2018), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($869,087,963 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ($845,555,777 in 2023), Guardians of the Galaxy ($770,882,395 in 2014), The Losers ($29,863,840 in 2010), Avatar: Fire and Ash ($0 in 2025) |
2
Scarlett Johansson
| Best known as a Lead Ensemble Member Actress based on credits in that role in 18 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,717,503,922 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,158,241 in 2018), The Avengers ($1,515,100,211 in 2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Captain America: Civil War ($1,151,899,586 in 2016), Jurassic World Rebirth ($868,348,944 in 2025), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($714,401,889 in 2014), Iron Man 2 ($621,156,389 in 2010), Lucy ($457,507,776 in 2014), Black Widow ($379,751,131 in 2021) |
3
Robert Downey, Jr.
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 30 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,717,503,922 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,158,241 in 2018), The Avengers ($1,515,100,211 in 2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Iron Man 3 ($1,214,630,956 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($1,151,899,586 in 2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($878,852,749 in 2017), Iron Man 2 ($621,156,389 in 2010), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ($535,663,443 in 2011), Air America ($32,914,515 in 1990) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoe Saldaña | $12,527,660,187 | 9 | $1,391,962,243 |
| 2 | Scarlett Johansson | $12,200,080,906 | 12 | $1,016,673,409 |
| 3 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $12,111,196,991 | 10 | $1,211,119,699 |
| 4 | Vin Diesel | $11,640,570,143 | 21 | $554,312,864 |
| 5 | Chris Pratt | $11,253,799,833 | 12 | $937,816,653 |
| 6 | Chris Hemsworth | $10,769,220,344 | 14 | $769,230,025 |
| 7 | Chris Evans | $10,418,295,894 | 11 | $947,117,809 |
| 8 | Samuel L. Jackson | $9,697,356,301 | 17 | $570,432,724 |
| 9 | Tom Cruise | $9,550,507,354 | 21 | $454,786,064 |
| 10 | Tom Holland | $8,725,092,341 | 8 | $1,090,636,543 |
| 11 | Mark Ruffalo | $8,526,562,131 | 5 | $1,705,312,426 |
| 12 | Dave Bautista | $8,449,734,103 | 17 | $497,043,183 |
| 13 | Elizabeth Olsen | $8,265,103,714 | 5 | $1,653,020,743 |
| 14 | Don Cheadle | $7,791,678,208 | 6 | $1,298,613,035 |
| 15 | Jeremy Renner | $7,689,483,644 | 6 | $1,281,580,607 |
| 16 | Josh Brolin | $7,588,913,996 | 11 | $689,901,272 |
| 17 | Bradley Cooper | $7,428,429,469 | 6 | $1,238,071,578 |
| 18 | Sebastian Stan | $7,384,969,779 | 6 | $1,230,828,297 |
| 19 | Chadwick Boseman | $7,251,718,831 | 4 | $1,812,929,708 |
| 20 | Danai Gurira | $6,959,028,081 | 4 | $1,739,757,020 |
| 21 | Letitia Wright | $6,959,028,081 | 4 | $1,739,757,020 |
| 22 | Karen Gillan | $6,481,165,474 | 7 | $925,880,782 |
| 23 | Pom Klementieff | $6,480,305,903 | 4 | $1,620,076,476 |
| 24 | Benedict Wong | $6,394,230,323 | 4 | $1,598,557,581 |
| 25 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $6,394,230,323 | 4 | $1,598,557,581 |
| 26 | Tom Hiddleston | $6,177,016,045 | 5 | $1,235,403,209 |
| 27 | Paul Bettany | $5,917,561,749 | 3 | $1,972,520,583 |
| 28 | Sam Worthington | $5,758,267,980 | 7 | $822,609,711 |
| 29 | Jason Statham | $5,607,850,708 | 31 | $180,898,410 |
| 30 | Hugh Jackman | $5,470,014,349 | 12 | $455,834,529 |
| 31 | Dwayne Johnson | $5,469,150,546 | 16 | $341,821,909 |
| 32 | Will Smith | $5,314,091,325 | 14 | $379,577,952 |
| 33 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $4,590,652,176 | 4 | $1,147,663,044 |
| 34 | Brie Larson | $4,565,248,869 | 4 | $1,141,312,217 |
| 35 | Anthony Mackie | $4,471,746,327 | 8 | $558,968,291 |
| 36 | Michelle Rodriguez | $4,459,295,103 | 9 | $495,477,234 |
| 37 | Paul Rudd | $4,335,578,211 | 4 | $1,083,894,553 |
| 38 | Evangeline Lilly | $4,335,578,211 | 4 | $1,083,894,553 |
| 39 | Daniel Craig | $4,110,684,714 | 6 | $685,114,119 |
| 40 | Jennifer Lawrence | $3,982,789,318 | 7 | $568,969,903 |
| 41 | Paul Walker | $3,804,987,861 | 8 | $475,623,483 |
| 42 | Ryan Reynolds | $3,711,661,241 | 10 | $371,166,124 |
| 43 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | $3,705,008,221 | 26 | $142,500,316 |
| 44 | Christian Bale | $3,676,263,820 | 9 | $408,473,758 |
| 45 | Sylvester Stallone | $3,653,558,414 | 33 | $110,713,891 |
| 46 | Jon Favreau | $3,596,356,671 | 2 | $1,798,178,336 |
| 47 | Keanu Reeves | $3,585,052,527 | 16 | $224,065,783 |
| 48 | Jason Momoa | $3,480,246,610 | 9 | $386,694,068 |
| 49 | Henry Cavill | $3,435,138,375 | 11 | $312,285,307 |
| 50 | Idris Elba | $3,323,612,474 | 9 | $369,290,275 |
| 51 | Bruce Willis | $3,315,698,778 | 51 | $65,013,702 |
| 52 | Zendaya | $3,155,907,684 | 6 | $525,984,614 |
| 53 | Angela Bassett | $2,980,851,672 | 4 | $745,212,918 |
| 54 | Tyrese Gibson | $2,881,939,106 | 11 | $261,994,464 |
| 55 | Tommy Lee Jones | $2,860,104,241 | 10 | $286,010,424 |
| 56 | Jordana Brewster | $2,788,841,831 | 5 | $557,768,366 |
| 57 | Brad Pitt | $2,735,732,474 | 8 | $341,966,559 |
| 58 | Terry Notary | $2,717,503,922 | 1 | $2,717,503,922 |
| 59 | Shia LaBeouf | $2,669,896,341 | 5 | $533,979,268 |
| 60 | Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges | $2,622,744,514 | 4 | $655,686,129 |
| 61 | Jackie Chan | $2,597,072,772 | 31 | $83,776,541 |
| 62 | Gal Gadot | $2,567,193,833 | 7 | $366,741,976 |
| 63 | Charlize Theron | $2,526,271,826 | 9 | $280,696,870 |
| 64 | Michael Fassbender | $2,458,813,974 | 10 | $245,881,397 |
| 65 | Bryce Dallas Howard | $2,408,554,122 | 3 | $802,851,374 |
| 66 | Mark Wahlberg | $2,405,378,604 | 15 | $160,358,574 |
| 67 | Ben Affleck | $2,384,567,639 | 8 | $298,070,955 |
| 68 | Anthony Hopkins | $2,322,373,474 | 6 | $387,062,246 |
| 69 | James McAvoy | $2,234,581,981 | 5 | $446,916,396 |
| 70 | Tom Hardy | $2,212,584,637 | 5 | $442,516,927 |
| 71 | Lupita Nyong'o | $2,193,365,918 | 2 | $1,096,682,959 |
| 72 | Martin Freeman | $2,193,365,918 | 2 | $1,096,682,959 |
| 73 | Javier Bardem | $2,169,581,650 | 3 | $723,193,883 |
| 74 | Lea Seydoux | $2,168,849,196 | 3 | $722,949,732 |
| 75 | Rachel McAdams | $2,164,231,603 | 3 | $721,410,534 |
| 76 | Pierce Brosnan | $2,067,670,159 | 10 | $206,767,016 |
| 77 | Aaron Taylor-Johnson | $2,047,534,385 | 4 | $511,883,596 |
| 78 | Dolph Lundgren | $2,044,272,415 | 28 | $73,009,729 |
| 79 | Lü Yanting | $2,000,944,213 | 1 | $2,000,944,213 |
| 80 | Natalie Portman | $1,985,071,377 | 4 | $496,267,844 |
| 81 | Denzel Washington | $1,944,259,169 | 12 | $162,021,597 |
| 82 | Laurence Fishburne | $1,938,274,040 | 8 | $242,284,255 |
| 83 | Rebecca Ferguson | $1,931,382,444 | 3 | $643,794,148 |
| 84 | Donnie Yen | $1,912,838,497 | 22 | $86,947,204 |
| 85 | Patrick Stewart | $1,910,344,718 | 4 | $477,586,180 |
| 86 | Ian McKellen | $1,910,344,718 | 4 | $477,586,180 |
| 87 | Nathalie Emmanuel | $1,908,996,177 | 3 | $636,332,059 |
| 88 | Mel Gibson | $1,881,816,849 | 20 | $94,090,842 |
| 89 | Danny Ramirez | $1,865,803,383 | 2 | $932,901,692 |
| 90 | Megan Fox | $1,852,678,051 | 7 | $264,668,293 |
| 91 | Wu Jing | $1,840,961,362 | 3 | $613,653,787 |
| 92 | Lewis James Pullman | $1,834,599,727 | 2 | $917,299,864 |
| 93 | Andy Serkis | $1,823,895,678 | 3 | $607,965,226 |
| 94 | Colin Farrell | $1,819,675,746 | 8 | $227,459,468 |
| 95 | Nicolas Cage | $1,808,138,994 | 26 | $69,543,807 |
| 96 | Patrick Wilson | $1,774,883,588 | 4 | $443,720,897 |
| 97 | Andy Lau | $1,769,817,860 | 16 | $110,613,616 |
| 98 | Glen Powell | $1,687,098,758 | 4 | $421,774,690 |
| 99 | Michael Douglas | $1,656,638,711 | 4 | $414,159,678 |
| 100 | Jai Courtney | $1,654,387,180 | 5 | $330,877,436 |
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
Scarlett Johansson: Foto: © JCS / , via Wikimedia Commons
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Robert Downey, Jr.: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
