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Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Thriller/Suspense Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - International Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - Worldwide Leading Adventure Stars - Worldwide Leading Action Stars - Worldwide Leading Comedy Stars - Worldwide Leading Drama 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 Thriller/Suspense 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
Morgan Freeman
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 38 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Now You See Me ($342,769,200 in 2013), Now You See Me 2 ($328,325,007 in 2016), Se7en ($328,125,643 in 1995), London Has Fallen ($195,194,085 in 2016), Outbreak ($190,023,573 in 1995), Olympus Has Fallen ($172,836,993 in 2013), Angel Has Fallen ($133,345,583 in 2019), Along Came a Spider ($105,159,085 in 2001), High Crimes ($63,781,100 in 2002), Kiss the Girls ($60,527,873 in 1997) |
2
Matt Damon
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 37 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Ocean\'s Eleven ($450,728,529 in 2001), The Bourne Ultimatum ($444,043,396 in 2007), The Bourne Supremacy ($311,001,124 in 2004), The Bourne Identity ($214,357,371 in 2002), Contagion ($137,203,939 in 2011), The Talented Mr. Ripley ($128,792,130 in 1999), The Adjustment Bureau ($126,931,325 in 2011), The Instigators ($0 in 2024), The King of Oil ($0 in 2019) |
3
Brad Pitt
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 34 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Ocean\'s Eleven ($450,728,529 in 2001), Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood ($377,426,903 in 2019), Se7en ($328,125,643 in 1995), Bullet Train ($238,534,963 in 2022), The Devil's Own ($140,900,000 in 1997), Ad Astra ($135,406,280 in 2019), The Counselor ($71,009,334 in 2013), Killing Them Softly ($39,238,443 in 2012), True Romance ($12,643,293 in 1993), Kalifornia ($2,395,231 in 1993) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgan Freeman | $1,976,895,839 | 16 | $123,555,990 |
| 2 | Matt Damon | $1,813,057,814 | 9 | $201,450,868 |
| 3 | Brad Pitt | $1,796,408,619 | 11 | $163,309,874 |
| 4 | Bruce Willis | $1,684,004,272 | 16 | $105,250,267 |
| 5 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $1,621,232,109 | 4 | $405,308,027 |
| 6 | Denzel Washington | $1,484,301,234 | 15 | $98,953,416 |
| 7 | Michael Douglas | $1,421,565,740 | 15 | $94,771,049 |
| 8 | Harrison Ford | $1,402,536,724 | 8 | $175,317,091 |
| 9 | George Clooney | $1,389,494,037 | 6 | $231,582,340 |
| 10 | Joaquin Phoenix | $1,321,726,880 | 3 | $440,575,627 |
| 11 | Ben Affleck | $1,226,189,854 | 11 | $111,471,805 |
| 12 | Liam Neeson | $1,017,944,320 | 14 | $72,710,309 |
| 13 | Sandra Bullock | $935,969,563 | 5 | $187,193,913 |
| 14 | Angelina Jolie | $933,005,937 | 7 | $133,286,562 |
| 15 | Gerard Butler | $924,034,516 | 10 | $92,403,452 |
| 16 | Tom Hanks | $918,391,240 | 4 | $229,597,810 |
| 17 | Tom Cruise | $894,370,407 | 4 | $223,592,602 |
| 18 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | $857,180,095 | 3 | $285,726,698 |
| 19 | Elliot Page | $825,786,894 | 1 | $825,786,894 |
| 20 | Samuel L. Jackson | $818,720,288 | 16 | $51,170,018 |
| 21 | Dave Franco | $756,678,152 | 4 | $189,169,538 |
| 22 | Woody Harrelson | $704,443,083 | 6 | $117,407,181 |
| 23 | Mark Ruffalo | $691,635,875 | 3 | $230,545,292 |
| 24 | Haley Joel Osment | $682,658,869 | 2 | $341,329,435 |
| 25 | Jodie Foster | $679,608,867 | 6 | $113,268,145 |
| 26 | Michael Caine | $676,515,525 | 8 | $84,564,441 |
| 27 | Mel Gibson | $676,323,196 | 11 | $61,483,927 |
| 28 | Jesse Eisenberg | $672,758,541 | 7 | $96,108,363 |
| 29 | Maggie Grace | $671,914,352 | 5 | $134,382,870 |
| 30 | Noomi Rapace | $659,025,478 | 12 | $54,918,790 |
| 31 | Robert De Niro | $639,693,232 | 11 | $58,153,930 |
| 32 | Julia Roberts | $631,822,633 | 7 | $90,260,376 |
| 33 | Mark Wahlberg | $620,014,249 | 9 | $68,890,472 |
| 34 | Johnny Depp | $619,748,188 | 7 | $88,535,455 |
| 35 | Richard Gere | $607,720,864 | 13 | $46,747,759 |
| 36 | Jamie Foxx | $606,408,782 | 6 | $101,068,130 |
| 37 | Sharon Stone | $593,050,621 | 6 | $98,841,770 |
| 38 | Will Smith | $585,532,684 | 6 | $97,588,781 |
| 39 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $579,586,245 | 11 | $52,689,659 |
| 40 | Clive Owen | $537,104,004 | 8 | $67,138,001 |
| 41 | Andy Garcia | $491,067,790 | 6 | $81,844,632 |
| 42 | Ni Ni | $488,379,038 | 1 | $488,379,038 |
| 43 | Janice Man | $488,379,038 | 1 | $488,379,038 |
| 44 | Zhu Yilong | $488,379,038 | 1 | $488,379,038 |
| 45 | Jeremy Renner | $484,564,485 | 4 | $121,141,121 |
| 46 | Al Pacino | $459,354,498 | 8 | $57,419,312 |
| 47 | Blake Lively | $458,102,519 | 8 | $57,262,815 |
| 48 | Pierce Brosnan | $448,546,086 | 11 | $40,776,917 |
| 49 | Kevin Spacey | $443,157,822 | 6 | $73,859,637 |
| 50 | Nicolas Cage | $429,141,053 | 18 | $23,841,170 |
| 51 | Natalie Portman | $419,622,599 | 3 | $139,874,200 |
| 52 | Jon Hamm | $418,726,982 | 5 | $83,745,396 |
| 53 | Aaron Eckhart | $417,280,948 | 12 | $34,773,412 |
| 54 | Rosamund Pike | $409,152,420 | 7 | $58,450,346 |
| 55 | Kurt Russell | $408,051,302 | 7 | $58,293,043 |
| 56 | Dean-Charles Chapman | $389,140,440 | 1 | $389,140,440 |
| 57 | George MacKay | $389,140,440 | 2 | $194,570,220 |
| 58 | Emily Blunt | $385,473,721 | 3 | $128,491,240 |
| 59 | Margot Robbie | $378,216,894 | 4 | $94,554,224 |
| 60 | Famke Janssen | $377,875,214 | 4 | $94,468,804 |
| 61 | Ryan Reynolds | $365,365,437 | 5 | $73,073,087 |
| 62 | Anthony Hopkins | $360,255,899 | 11 | $32,750,536 |
| 63 | Daniel Radcliffe | $359,799,250 | 3 | $119,933,083 |
| 64 | John Travolta | $359,725,895 | 12 | $29,977,158 |
| 65 | Aaron Taylor-Johnson | $357,942,396 | 4 | $89,485,599 |
| 66 | Laurence Fishburne | $357,576,677 | 11 | $32,506,971 |
| 67 | Nicole Kidman | $354,993,477 | 14 | $25,356,677 |
| 68 | Russell Crowe | $353,416,326 | 8 | $44,177,041 |
| 69 | Ryan Gosling | $352,107,893 | 5 | $70,421,579 |
| 70 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $351,395,416 | 4 | $87,848,854 |
| 71 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $347,241,646 | 4 | $86,810,412 |
| 72 | John Goodman | $344,790,389 | 3 | $114,930,130 |
| 73 | Rooney Mara | $343,653,881 | 3 | $114,551,294 |
| 74 | Mélanie Laurent | $342,769,200 | 3 | $114,256,400 |
| 75 | Isla Fisher | $342,769,200 | 1 | $342,769,200 |
| 76 | Jude Law | $342,424,420 | 6 | $57,070,737 |
| 77 | Dennis Quaid | $336,635,663 | 10 | $33,663,566 |
| 78 | Dave Bautista | $331,077,082 | 6 | $55,179,514 |
| 79 | Lizzy Caplan | $330,685,007 | 2 | $165,342,504 |
| 80 | Bryce Dallas Howard | $330,426,803 | 2 | $165,213,402 |
| 81 | Jay Chou | $328,325,007 | 1 | $328,325,007 |
| 82 | Brian Tyree Henry | $327,836,290 | 3 | $109,278,763 |
| 83 | Benicio del Toro | $325,305,590 | 5 | $65,061,118 |
| 84 | Nick Nolte | $323,376,826 | 4 | $80,844,207 |
| 85 | James Caviezel | $322,861,339 | 4 | $80,715,335 |
| 86 | Clint Eastwood | $322,311,701 | 5 | $64,462,340 |
| 87 | Shia LaBeouf | $320,230,269 | 4 | $80,057,567 |
| 88 | Glenn Close | $320,099,997 | 1 | $320,099,997 |
| 89 | Edward Norton | $319,997,511 | 2 | $159,998,756 |
| 90 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | $315,557,115 | 3 | $105,185,705 |
| 91 | Rene Russo | $314,327,837 | 2 | $157,163,919 |
| 92 | James McAvoy | $302,202,827 | 5 | $60,440,565 |
| 93 | Demi Moore | $299,938,257 | 4 | $74,984,564 |
| 94 | Chris Evans | $291,897,376 | 6 | $48,649,563 |
| 95 | Amanda Seyfried | $288,717,024 | 5 | $57,743,405 |
| 96 | Jared Leto | $287,692,677 | 2 | $143,846,339 |
| 97 | Dustin Hoffman | $286,457,166 | 5 | $57,291,433 |
| 98 | Elle Fanning | $286,011,783 | 2 | $143,005,892 |
| 99 | Eiza González | $279,635,148 | 5 | $55,927,030 |
| 100 | Daniel Craig | $279,521,012 | 3 | $93,173,671 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Morgan Freeman: By David Sifry (David Sifry's flickr account) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Matt Damon: By nicolas genin from Paris, France [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Brad Pitt: By Blake Nelson Boyd (Blake Nelson Boyd) [GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
