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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 54 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($2,748,242,781 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 ($1,046,515,409 in 1999), Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith ($848,998,877 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 ($2,748,242,781 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 ($976,837,000 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 19 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,923,706,026 in 2009), Avengers: Endgame ($2,748,242,781 in 2019), Avatar: The Way of Water ($2,317,514,386 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 ($845,468,744 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 | $21,020,279,484 | 115 | $182,785,039 |
| 2 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $16,010,328,093 | 66 | $242,580,729 |
| 3 | Zoe Saldana | $15,305,930,536 | 45 | $340,131,790 |
| 4 | Warwick Davis | $14,550,100,285 | 22 | $661,368,195 |
| 5 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $14,142,381,155 | 40 | $353,559,529 |
| 6 | Chris Hemsworth | $13,911,267,535 | 30 | $463,708,918 |
| 7 | Andy Serkis | $13,785,060,553 | 32 | $430,783,142 |
| 8 | Chris Pratt | $13,482,132,021 | 32 | $421,316,626 |
| 9 | Scarlett Johansson | $13,240,544,577 | 48 | $275,844,679 |
| 10 | Jon Favreau | $12,933,622,959 | 35 | $369,532,085 |
| 11 | Dwayne Johnson | $12,423,186,167 | 42 | $295,790,147 |
| 12 | Don Cheadle | $12,367,472,206 | 47 | $263,137,707 |
| 13 | Tom Cruise | $12,349,896,945 | 47 | $262,763,765 |
| 14 | Paul Bettany | $12,147,980,634 | 32 | $379,624,395 |
| 15 | Jeremy Renner | $11,896,952,497 | 32 | $371,779,766 |
| 16 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $11,819,928,356 | 46 | $256,954,964 |
| 17 | Chris Evans | $11,535,587,703 | 37 | $311,772,641 |
| 18 | Mark Ruffalo | $11,464,953,695 | 48 | $238,853,202 |
| 19 | Stellan Skarsgård | $11,334,815,357 | 59 | $192,115,515 |
| 20 | Gary Oldman | $10,883,386,071 | 56 | $194,346,180 |
| 21 | Benedict Wong | $10,833,053,906 | 22 | $492,411,541 |
| 22 | Paul Rudd | $10,616,604,644 | 53 | $200,313,295 |
| 23 | Dave Bautista | $10,608,747,556 | 34 | $312,021,987 |
| 24 | Tom Holland | $10,603,354,216 | 18 | $589,075,234 |
| 25 | Cate Blanchett | $10,593,959,053 | 52 | $203,729,982 |
| 26 | Johnny Depp | $10,393,900,853 | 61 | $170,391,817 |
| 27 | Michelle Rodriguez | $10,354,419,487 | 34 | $304,541,750 |
| 28 | Karen Gillan | $10,162,368,048 | 25 | $406,494,722 |
| 29 | Vin Diesel | $10,152,976,028 | 29 | $350,102,622 |
| 30 | Anthony Mackie | $10,107,664,933 | 56 | $180,494,017 |
| 31 | Marisa Tomei | $10,038,907,020 | 59 | $170,150,966 |
| 32 | Harrison Ford | $9,997,588,977 | 48 | $208,283,104 |
| 33 | Idris Elba | $9,947,395,082 | 45 | $221,053,224 |
| 34 | Morgan Freeman | $9,908,495,761 | 91 | $108,884,569 |
| 35 | J.K. Simmons | $9,765,109,432 | 84 | $116,251,303 |
| 36 | Tyrese Gibson | $9,763,451,994 | 33 | $295,862,182 |
| 37 | Willem Dafoe | $9,725,004,980 | 102 | $95,343,186 |
| 38 | Emma Watson | $9,611,011,149 | 17 | $565,353,597 |
| 39 | Ralph Fiennes | $9,593,646,268 | 53 | $181,012,194 |
| 40 | Helena Bonham Carter | $9,518,565,519 | 44 | $216,331,035 |
| 41 | Orlando Bloom | $9,516,672,599 | 31 | $306,989,439 |
| 42 | Julie Walters | $9,459,084,261 | 28 | $337,824,438 |
| 43 | Josh Brolin | $9,451,603,200 | 46 | $205,469,635 |
| 44 | Will Smith | $9,402,378,748 | 37 | $254,118,345 |
| 45 | Robbie Coltrane | $9,321,808,996 | 34 | $274,170,853 |
| 46 | Tom Hiddleston | $9,304,601,183 | 20 | $465,230,059 |
| 47 | Alan Rickman | $9,255,440,635 | 34 | $272,218,842 |
| 48 | Woody Harrelson | $9,178,722,147 | 83 | $110,587,014 |
| 49 | Simon Pegg | $9,081,159,393 | 37 | $245,436,740 |
| 50 | Elizabeth Olsen | $8,919,652,856 | 22 | $405,438,766 |
| 51 | Natalie Portman | $8,910,010,129 | 48 | $185,625,211 |
| 52 | Jacob Batalon | $8,895,752,269 | 12 | $741,312,689 |
| 53 | William Hurt | $8,847,508,363 | 62 | $142,701,748 |
| 54 | Ian McKellen | $8,775,775,420 | 34 | $258,111,042 |
| 55 | Maggie Smith | $8,641,256,328 | 48 | $180,026,174 |
| 56 | Daniel Radcliffe | $8,501,491,070 | 25 | $340,059,643 |
| 57 | Matt Damon | $8,461,264,420 | 61 | $138,709,253 |
| 58 | Domhnall Gleeson | $8,437,471,315 | 25 | $337,498,853 |
| 59 | Tom Felton | $8,383,863,033 | 27 | $310,513,446 |
| 60 | Sigourney Weaver | $8,326,141,368 | 59 | $141,121,040 |
| 61 | Stanley Tucci | $8,227,278,298 | 78 | $105,477,927 |
| 62 | Luke Evans | $8,212,091,607 | 30 | $273,736,387 |
| 63 | Tom Hanks | $8,158,805,282 | 60 | $135,980,088 |
| 64 | Liam Neeson | $8,037,893,252 | 85 | $94,563,450 |
| 65 | Giovanni Ribisi | $8,019,177,854 | 46 | $174,329,953 |
| 66 | Hugh Jackman | $7,989,099,700 | 37 | $215,921,614 |
| 67 | Sebastian Stan | $7,971,043,693 | 29 | $274,863,576 |
| 68 | Michael Caine | $7,948,910,650 | 78 | $101,909,111 |
| 69 | Elizabeth Banks | $7,917,688,754 | 55 | $143,957,977 |
| 70 | Jason Statham | $7,907,289,833 | 44 | $179,711,133 |
| 71 | Pom Klementieff | $7,901,237,556 | 12 | $658,436,463 |
| 72 | Michael Gambon | $7,857,055,491 | 45 | $174,601,233 |
| 73 | Hugo Weaving | $7,845,848,849 | 32 | $245,182,777 |
| 74 | Toby Jones | $7,838,151,943 | 54 | $145,150,962 |
| 75 | Matthew Lewis | $7,835,581,196 | 11 | $712,325,563 |
| 76 | Letitia Wright | $7,813,104,025 | 15 | $520,873,602 |
| 77 | Brad Pitt | $7,806,445,307 | 52 | $150,123,948 |
| 78 | Geraldine Somerville | $7,798,025,541 | 12 | $649,835,462 |
| 79 | Djimon Hounsou | $7,774,297,158 | 40 | $194,357,429 |
| 80 | Josh Herdman | $7,711,532,943 | 9 | $856,836,994 |
| 81 | Rupert Grint | $7,686,779,559 | 15 | $512,451,971 |
| 82 | James Phelps | $7,648,890,538 | 9 | $849,876,726 |
| 83 | Oliver Phelps | $7,648,890,538 | 9 | $849,876,726 |
| 84 | Devon Murray | $7,640,444,859 | 10 | $764,044,486 |
| 85 | Chadwick Boseman | $7,634,928,455 | 12 | $636,244,038 |
| 86 | Bonnie Wright | $7,626,322,931 | 9 | $847,369,215 |
| 87 | Lupita Nyong'o | $7,585,861,681 | 13 | $583,527,822 |
| 88 | Judy Greer | $7,491,444,859 | 70 | $107,020,641 |
| 89 | Angela Bassett | $7,491,121,625 | 43 | $174,212,131 |
| 90 | Mark Williams | $7,469,432,355 | 14 | $533,530,883 |
| 91 | Michael Papajohn | $7,457,223,295 | 41 | $181,883,495 |
| 92 | Bryce Dallas Howard | $7,429,319,790 | 21 | $353,777,133 |
| 93 | Winston Duke | $7,422,349,265 | 9 | $824,705,474 |
| 94 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $7,400,680,701 | 34 | $217,667,079 |
| 95 | Brendan Gleeson | $7,393,544,815 | 55 | $134,428,088 |
| 96 | Jeff Goldblum | $7,212,124,794 | 55 | $131,129,542 |
| 97 | Martin Klebba | $7,202,063,634 | 40 | $180,051,591 |
| 98 | Carrie Fisher | $7,196,728,086 | 35 | $205,620,802 |
| 99 | Hayley Atwell | $7,170,382,508 | 17 | $421,787,206 |
| 100 | Laurence Fishburne | $7,131,781,743 | 69 | $103,359,156 |
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
