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Top Live Action Stars at the Worldwide Box Office
See also: Top Worldwide Leading Stars - Top Worldwide Supporting Stars - Top Domestic Live Action Stars - Top International Live Action Stars - Top Worldwide Above the Line Stars - Top Worldwide Below the Line Stars - Top Worldwide Cameo Stars - Top Worldwide Stars
This chart contains the top 100 box office stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the movies a star has had a live action acting role in over their lifetime.
Roles in animated movies are excluded from the calculations in this chart, as are voice-only roles in live action films, and cameos.
1
Samuel L. Jackson
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 56 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,717,503,922 in 2019), The Avengers ($1,515,100,211 in 2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($1,132,298,674 in 2019), Captain Marvel ($1,129,576,094 in 2019), Jurassic Park ($1,058,454,230 in 1993), Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace ($1,046,513,456 in 1999), Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith ($902,891,983 in 2005), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($714,401,889 in 2014), Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones ($656,695,615 in 2002) |
2
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 ($2,048,359,754 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), Oppenheimer ($976,567,960 in 2023), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($878,852,749 in 2017), Iron Man 2 ($621,156,389 in 2010), Iron Man ($584,877,827 in 2008) |
3
Zoe Saldana
| 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 ($2,320,250,281 in 2022), Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,359,754 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), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ($654,310,819 in 2003), Star Trek Into Darkness ($467,381,584 in 2013), Star Trek ($386,839,614 in 2009) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel L. Jackson | $21,065,019,511 | 118 | $178,517,115 |
| 2 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $15,979,320,194 | 66 | $242,110,912 |
| 3 | Zoe Saldana | $15,285,825,303 | 44 | $347,405,121 |
| 4 | Warwick Davis | $14,551,089,384 | 22 | $661,413,154 |
| 5 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $14,182,082,754 | 44 | $322,320,063 |
| 6 | Chris Hemsworth | $13,891,544,782 | 31 | $448,114,348 |
| 7 | Andy Serkis | $13,797,983,267 | 32 | $431,186,977 |
| 8 | Scarlett Johansson | $13,579,636,561 | 51 | $266,267,384 |
| 9 | Chris Pratt | $13,450,344,195 | 33 | $407,586,188 |
| 10 | Tom Cruise | $12,916,044,400 | 48 | $269,084,258 |
| 11 | Jon Favreau | $12,907,813,302 | 35 | $368,794,666 |
| 12 | Dwayne Johnson | $12,529,707,061 | 43 | $291,388,536 |
| 13 | Don Cheadle | $12,362,084,341 | 47 | $263,023,071 |
| 14 | Paul Bettany | $12,128,174,634 | 32 | $379,005,457 |
| 15 | Jeremy Renner | $11,870,511,398 | 32 | $370,953,481 |
| 16 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $11,789,972,011 | 46 | $256,303,739 |
| 17 | Chris Evans | $11,737,017,622 | 39 | $300,949,170 |
| 18 | Mark Ruffalo | $11,567,248,843 | 52 | $222,447,093 |
| 19 | Stellan Skarsgård | $11,338,708,586 | 60 | $188,978,476 |
| 20 | Gary Oldman | $10,894,826,301 | 55 | $198,087,751 |
| 21 | Benedict Wong | $10,802,315,047 | 24 | $450,096,460 |
| 22 | Cate Blanchett | $10,638,333,735 | 55 | $193,424,250 |
| 23 | Paul Rudd | $10,629,158,699 | 56 | $189,806,405 |
| 24 | Dave Bautista | $10,595,433,792 | 40 | $264,885,845 |
| 25 | Tom Holland | $10,583,795,560 | 21 | $503,990,265 |
| 26 | Anthony Mackie | $10,494,300,402 | 56 | $187,398,221 |
| 27 | Harrison Ford | $10,420,534,999 | 49 | $212,663,980 |
| 28 | Johnny Depp | $10,404,680,884 | 61 | $170,568,539 |
| 29 | Michelle Rodriguez | $10,256,182,301 | 34 | $301,652,421 |
| 30 | Karen Gillan | $10,136,090,595 | 27 | $375,410,763 |
| 31 | J.K. Simmons | $10,084,673,196 | 84 | $120,055,633 |
| 32 | Vin Diesel | $10,055,114,529 | 29 | $346,728,087 |
| 33 | Marisa Tomei | $10,008,168,161 | 60 | $166,802,803 |
| 34 | Idris Elba | $9,949,066,261 | 47 | $211,682,261 |
| 35 | Willem Dafoe | $9,939,413,039 | 105 | $94,661,077 |
| 36 | Morgan Freeman | $9,917,348,970 | 92 | $107,797,271 |
| 37 | Ralph Fiennes | $9,814,663,995 | 56 | $175,261,857 |
| 38 | Emma Watson | $9,671,013,144 | 18 | $537,278,508 |
| 39 | Tyrese Gibson | $9,665,235,196 | 34 | $284,271,623 |
| 40 | Simon Pegg | $9,661,281,037 | 38 | $254,244,238 |
| 41 | Julie Walters | $9,652,932,456 | 29 | $332,859,740 |
| 42 | Helena Bonham Carter | $9,517,501,884 | 45 | $211,500,042 |
| 43 | Orlando Bloom | $9,516,780,137 | 32 | $297,399,379 |
| 44 | Josh Brolin | $9,434,784,861 | 49 | $192,546,630 |
| 45 | Will Smith | $9,406,122,812 | 37 | $254,219,535 |
| 46 | Robbie Coltrane | $9,322,779,684 | 34 | $274,199,402 |
| 47 | Tom Hiddleston | $9,290,678,456 | 21 | $442,413,260 |
| 48 | Alan Rickman | $9,257,610,917 | 34 | $272,282,674 |
| 49 | Woody Harrelson | $9,202,166,733 | 84 | $109,549,604 |
| 50 | Natalie Portman | $8,933,291,009 | 50 | $178,665,820 |
| 51 | Jacob Batalon | $8,898,552,405 | 13 | $684,504,031 |
| 52 | Elizabeth Olsen | $8,891,648,940 | 25 | $355,665,958 |
| 53 | William Hurt | $8,817,284,039 | 62 | $142,214,259 |
| 54 | Ian McKellen | $8,776,582,696 | 35 | $250,759,506 |
| 55 | Maggie Smith | $8,642,781,882 | 48 | $180,057,956 |
| 56 | Daniel Radcliffe | $8,569,689,607 | 28 | $306,060,343 |
| 57 | Matt Damon | $8,463,055,301 | 63 | $134,334,211 |
| 58 | Pom Klementieff | $8,448,599,680 | 13 | $649,892,283 |
| 59 | Domhnall Gleeson | $8,443,020,432 | 27 | $312,704,460 |
| 60 | Tom Felton | $8,384,808,635 | 27 | $310,548,468 |
| 61 | Sigourney Weaver | $8,328,876,626 | 59 | $141,167,400 |
| 62 | Sebastian Stan | $8,324,392,814 | 32 | $260,137,275 |
| 63 | Stanley Tucci | $8,315,755,882 | 80 | $103,946,949 |
| 64 | Tom Hanks | $8,227,518,326 | 63 | $130,595,529 |
| 65 | Brad Pitt | $8,107,288,881 | 55 | $147,405,252 |
| 66 | Luke Evans | $8,105,930,485 | 32 | $253,310,328 |
| 67 | Angela Bassett | $8,042,112,232 | 44 | $182,775,278 |
| 68 | Liam Neeson | $8,041,045,425 | 87 | $92,425,809 |
| 69 | Giovanni Ribisi | $8,029,257,314 | 46 | $174,549,072 |
| 70 | Hugh Jackman | $7,991,787,183 | 37 | $215,994,248 |
| 71 | Jeff Goldblum | $7,967,400,345 | 56 | $142,275,006 |
| 72 | Michael Caine | $7,958,951,672 | 78 | $102,037,842 |
| 73 | Elizabeth Banks | $7,917,724,441 | 55 | $143,958,626 |
| 74 | Jason Statham | $7,913,273,712 | 47 | $168,367,526 |
| 75 | Hayley Atwell | $7,907,350,474 | 19 | $416,176,341 |
| 76 | Michael Gambon | $7,857,872,133 | 45 | $174,619,381 |
| 77 | Hugo Weaving | $7,846,127,782 | 32 | $245,191,493 |
| 78 | Toby Jones | $7,838,759,287 | 56 | $139,977,844 |
| 79 | Matthew Lewis | $7,836,906,965 | 11 | $712,446,088 |
| 80 | Geraldine Somerville | $7,798,971,143 | 12 | $649,914,262 |
| 81 | Letitia Wright | $7,792,022,975 | 15 | $519,468,198 |
| 82 | Rupert Grint | $7,755,717,351 | 16 | $484,732,334 |
| 83 | Djimon Hounsou | $7,748,265,571 | 41 | $188,982,087 |
| 84 | Josh Herdman | $7,712,478,545 | 9 | $856,942,061 |
| 85 | James Phelps | $7,649,836,140 | 9 | $849,981,793 |
| 86 | Oliver Phelps | $7,649,836,140 | 9 | $849,981,793 |
| 87 | Devon Murray | $7,641,390,461 | 10 | $764,139,046 |
| 88 | Bonnie Wright | $7,627,268,533 | 9 | $847,474,281 |
| 89 | Chadwick Boseman | $7,604,189,596 | 12 | $633,682,466 |
| 90 | Lupita Nyong'o | $7,591,206,302 | 14 | $542,229,022 |
| 91 | Judy Greer | $7,534,579,954 | 71 | $106,120,844 |
| 92 | Mark Williams | $7,471,440,724 | 16 | $466,965,045 |
| 93 | Michael Papajohn | $7,460,362,507 | 41 | $181,960,061 |
| 94 | Bryce Dallas Howard | $7,428,681,970 | 22 | $337,667,362 |
| 95 | Martin Klebba | $7,407,743,097 | 41 | $180,676,661 |
| 96 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $7,402,185,831 | 34 | $217,711,348 |
| 97 | Winston Duke | $7,397,078,192 | 9 | $821,897,577 |
| 98 | Brendan Gleeson | $7,392,467,413 | 55 | $134,408,498 |
| 99 | Jim Broadbent | $7,389,081,209 | 66 | $111,955,776 |
| 100 | Laurence Fishburne | $7,239,450,585 | 70 | $103,420,723 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Samuel L. Jackson: By pinguino k (originally posted to Flickr as samuel l jackson) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Robert Downey, Jr.: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Zoe Saldana: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
