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Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Drama Movies (Rank 101-200)
See also: Domestic Leading Drama Stars - International Leading Drama Stars - Worldwide Leading Adventure Stars - Worldwide Leading Action Stars - Worldwide Leading Comedy 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 Drama 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.
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Paul Newman | $497,521,218 | 15 | $33,168,081 |
| 102 | Carey Mulligan | $489,579,525 | 12 | $40,798,294 |
| 103 | Reese Witherspoon | $489,536,830 | 9 | $54,392,981 |
| 104 | Viola Davis | $486,720,734 | 9 | $54,080,082 |
| 105 | Tom Sizemore | $486,720,283 | 4 | $121,680,071 |
| 106 | Zhang Yi | $475,535,084 | 3 | $158,511,695 |
| 107 | Cameron Diaz | $466,554,905 | 7 | $66,650,701 |
| 108 | Juliette Binoche | $466,348,010 | 21 | $22,207,048 |
| 109 | Dennis Quaid | $463,755,732 | 22 | $21,079,806 |
| 110 | Blake Lively | $463,055,185 | 4 | $115,763,796 |
| 111 | Forest Whitaker | $462,270,057 | 13 | $35,559,235 |
| 112 | Ben Affleck | $460,808,440 | 16 | $28,800,528 |
| 113 | Jodie Foster | $459,249,067 | 15 | $30,616,604 |
| 114 | Shia LaBeouf | $456,611,978 | 16 | $28,538,249 |
| 115 | Toni Collette | $441,174,400 | 8 | $55,146,800 |
| 116 | Zhu Yilong | $433,663,926 | 3 | $144,554,642 |
| 117 | Woody Harrelson | $433,084,047 | 15 | $28,872,270 |
| 118 | Ma Li | $432,505,902 | 2 | $216,252,951 |
| 119 | Sean Penn | $432,241,510 | 12 | $36,020,126 |
| 120 | Michael Douglas | $431,648,414 | 7 | $61,664,059 |
| 121 | Leslie Odom Jr. | $430,952,798 | 6 | $71,825,466 |
| 122 | Freida Pinto | $425,067,440 | 7 | $60,723,920 |
| 123 | Saoirse Ronan | $421,240,381 | 10 | $42,124,038 |
| 124 | Michael Shannon | $413,956,754 | 13 | $31,842,827 |
| 125 | Shailene Woodley | $409,363,833 | 10 | $40,936,383 |
| 126 | Mark Wahlberg | $407,532,312 | 8 | $50,941,539 |
| 127 | Meg Ryan | $404,109,545 | 8 | $50,513,693 |
| 128 | Clark Gable | $399,688,513 | 2 | $199,844,257 |
| 129 | Xuan Huang | $399,139,977 | 3 | $133,046,659 |
| 130 | Michelle Dockery | $393,721,565 | 4 | $98,430,391 |
| 131 | Natalie Portman | $391,655,020 | 18 | $21,758,612 |
| 132 | Vivien Leigh | $390,547,658 | 2 | $195,273,829 |
| 133 | Penelope Wilton | $390,481,550 | 5 | $78,096,310 |
| 134 | Elizabeth McGovern | $390,305,367 | 4 | $97,576,342 |
| 135 | Daniel Craig | $389,960,385 | 7 | $55,708,626 |
| 136 | Jim Carter | $388,878,948 | 3 | $129,626,316 |
| 137 | Madhur Mittal | $383,825,427 | 1 | $383,825,427 |
| 138 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $381,378,453 | 8 | $47,672,307 |
| 139 | Samuel L. Jackson | $381,343,442 | 16 | $23,833,965 |
| 140 | Du Jiang | $378,968,215 | 2 | $189,484,108 |
| 141 | Bruce Willis | $376,877,376 | 8 | $47,109,672 |
| 142 | Li Qin | $372,563,758 | 1 | $372,563,758 |
| 143 | Bill Murray | $371,508,158 | 9 | $41,278,684 |
| 144 | Helen Mirren | $371,377,917 | 14 | $26,526,994 |
| 145 | Ewan McGregor | $367,732,804 | 11 | $33,430,255 |
| 146 | Ralph Fiennes | $361,353,868 | 12 | $30,112,822 |
| 147 | Isla Fisher | $359,052,751 | 2 | $179,526,376 |
| 148 | Elizabeth Debicki | $356,741,045 | 3 | $118,913,682 |
| 149 | Mone Kamishiraishi | $354,753,183 | 1 | $354,753,183 |
| 150 | Stephanie Sheh | $354,753,183 | 1 | $354,753,183 |
| 151 | Ryunosuke Kamiki | $354,753,183 | 1 | $354,753,183 |
| 152 | Michael Sinterniklaas | $354,753,183 | 1 | $354,753,183 |
| 153 | Jacob Tremblay | $354,451,697 | 5 | $70,890,339 |
| 154 | Daisy Ridley | $354,238,257 | 4 | $88,559,564 |
| 155 | Christopher Plummer | $351,533,330 | 13 | $27,041,025 |
| 156 | Chris Evans | $350,565,751 | 7 | $50,080,822 |
| 157 | Maggie Smith | $350,207,519 | 6 | $58,367,920 |
| 158 | Hilary Swank | $349,761,562 | 9 | $38,862,396 |
| 159 | Teri Garr | $347,000,479 | 2 | $173,500,240 |
| 160 | Edward Norton | $343,209,831 | 8 | $42,901,229 |
| 161 | Julianne Moore | $342,482,945 | 19 | $18,025,418 |
| 162 | Lakeith Lee Stanfield | $341,319,689 | 5 | $68,263,938 |
| 163 | Melinda Dillon | $340,800,479 | 1 | $340,800,479 |
| 164 | Harrison Ford | $339,948,563 | 9 | $37,772,063 |
| 165 | Haley Joel Osment | $339,499,453 | 7 | $48,499,922 |
| 166 | Scarlett Johansson | $338,827,184 | 4 | $84,706,796 |
| 167 | Kevin Bacon | $338,292,753 | 9 | $37,588,084 |
| 168 | Don Cheadle | $335,292,497 | 7 | $47,898,928 |
| 169 | William Fichtner | $328,711,434 | 2 | $164,355,717 |
| 170 | Austin Butler | $324,418,967 | 4 | $81,104,742 |
| 171 | Ansel Elgort | $319,942,532 | 6 | $53,323,755 |
| 172 | Jamie Lee Curtis | $318,168,736 | 3 | $106,056,245 |
| 173 | Mandy Patinkin | $318,140,094 | 2 | $159,070,047 |
| 174 | Charlize Theron | $315,545,158 | 9 | $35,060,573 |
| 175 | Daveed Diggs | $315,164,974 | 3 | $105,054,991 |
| 176 | Jeff Bridges | $313,181,882 | 10 | $31,318,188 |
| 177 | Don Johnson | $312,898,857 | 2 | $156,449,429 |
| 178 | Ana de Armas | $312,898,746 | 2 | $156,449,373 |
| 179 | Katherine Langford | $312,898,746 | 1 | $312,898,746 |
| 180 | Jaeden Martell | $312,898,746 | 3 | $104,299,582 |
| 181 | Jean Dujardin | $311,950,951 | 4 | $77,987,738 |
| 182 | Zhang Ziyi | $310,272,190 | 4 | $77,568,048 |
| 183 | Owen Wilson | $310,179,620 | 2 | $155,089,810 |
| 184 | Izabela Vidovic | $310,179,620 | 1 | $310,179,620 |
| 185 | Imelda Staunton | $308,030,767 | 4 | $77,007,692 |
| 186 | Jaden Smith | $307,579,114 | 2 | $153,789,557 |
| 187 | Naomi Watts | $306,289,035 | 19 | $16,120,476 |
| 188 | Wang Baoqiang | $304,280,699 | 1 | $304,280,699 |
| 189 | Winona Ryder | $303,376,558 | 9 | $33,708,506 |
| 190 | Chris Pratt | $303,227,312 | 2 | $151,613,656 |
| 191 | John Goodman | $302,884,475 | 7 | $43,269,211 |
| 192 | Renée Zellweger | $302,629,717 | 8 | $37,828,715 |
| 193 | Anthony Hopkins | $301,702,428 | 18 | $16,761,246 |
| 194 | Mark Ruffalo | $301,673,641 | 7 | $43,096,234 |
| 195 | Hwang Jung-min | $300,967,833 | 5 | $60,193,567 |
| 196 | Jeremy Irons | $299,413,518 | 9 | $33,268,169 |
| 197 | Ben Whishaw | $297,934,635 | 9 | $33,103,848 |
| 198 | Bryce Dallas Howard | $294,392,299 | 3 | $98,130,766 |
| 199 | Michael Clarke Duncan | $290,880,758 | 4 | $72,720,190 |
| 200 | Keanu Reeves | $290,479,911 | 10 | $29,047,991 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.