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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 ($2,048,158,241 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), Oppenheimer ($976,757,255 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 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), 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 | $21,072,483,979 | 118 | $178,580,373 |
| 2 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $15,979,307,976 | 66 | $242,110,727 |
| 3 | Zoe Saldaña | $15,288,292,683 | 44 | $347,461,197 |
| 4 | Warwick Davis | $14,551,098,759 | 22 | $661,413,580 |
| 5 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $14,237,977,986 | 44 | $323,590,409 |
| 6 | Scarlett Johansson | $14,119,251,573 | 51 | $276,848,070 |
| 7 | Chris Hemsworth | $13,891,343,269 | 32 | $434,104,477 |
| 8 | Andy Serkis | $13,798,586,902 | 33 | $418,138,997 |
| 9 | Chris Pratt | $13,451,199,864 | 33 | $407,612,117 |
| 10 | Tom Cruise | $12,929,056,818 | 48 | $269,355,350 |
| 11 | Jon Favreau | $12,907,813,302 | 35 | $368,794,666 |
| 12 | Dwayne Johnson | $12,599,078,264 | 44 | $286,342,688 |
| 13 | Don Cheadle | $12,361,882,828 | 47 | $263,018,784 |
| 14 | Paul Bettany | $12,128,033,891 | 32 | $379,001,059 |
| 15 | Jeremy Renner | $11,870,178,008 | 32 | $370,943,063 |
| 16 | Chris Evans | $11,805,069,219 | 39 | $302,694,083 |
| 17 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $11,789,770,414 | 46 | $256,299,357 |
| 18 | Mark Ruffalo | $11,567,347,330 | 54 | $214,210,136 |
| 19 | Stellan Skarsgård | $11,339,705,489 | 60 | $188,995,091 |
| 20 | Benedict Wong | $11,070,139,512 | 24 | $461,255,813 |
| 21 | Gary Oldman | $10,895,067,252 | 55 | $198,092,132 |
| 22 | Cate Blanchett | $10,640,947,320 | 55 | $193,471,769 |
| 23 | Paul Rudd | $10,629,804,146 | 56 | $189,817,931 |
| 24 | Dave Bautista | $10,598,718,490 | 42 | $252,350,440 |
| 25 | Tom Holland | $10,583,594,047 | 21 | $503,980,669 |
| 26 | Anthony Mackie | $10,494,098,889 | 56 | $187,394,623 |
| 27 | Harrison Ford | $10,420,467,191 | 49 | $212,662,596 |
| 28 | Johnny Depp | $10,404,680,210 | 61 | $170,568,528 |
| 29 | Michelle Rodriguez | $10,305,781,665 | 34 | $303,111,225 |
| 30 | Karen Gillan | $10,142,669,534 | 28 | $362,238,198 |
| 31 | Vin Diesel | $10,104,512,380 | 29 | $348,431,461 |
| 32 | J.K. Simmons | $10,082,828,512 | 84 | $120,033,673 |
| 33 | Marisa Tomei | $10,008,181,161 | 60 | $166,803,019 |
| 34 | Idris Elba | $9,949,020,403 | 48 | $207,271,258 |
| 35 | Willem Dafoe | $9,944,275,202 | 105 | $94,707,383 |
| 36 | Morgan Freeman | $9,917,337,392 | 92 | $107,797,146 |
| 37 | Ralph Fiennes | $9,838,590,430 | 57 | $172,606,850 |
| 38 | Tyrese Gibson | $9,714,834,560 | 36 | $269,856,516 |
| 39 | Josh Brolin | $9,702,310,125 | 50 | $194,046,203 |
| 40 | Simon Pegg | $9,675,909,970 | 39 | $248,100,256 |
| 41 | Emma Watson | $9,671,013,144 | 18 | $537,278,508 |
| 42 | Julie Walters | $9,654,115,056 | 29 | $332,900,519 |
| 43 | Helena Bonham Carter | $9,518,676,471 | 45 | $211,526,144 |
| 44 | Orlando Bloom | $9,517,404,538 | 32 | $297,418,892 |
| 45 | Will Smith | $9,406,113,241 | 37 | $254,219,277 |
| 46 | Robbie Coltrane | $9,322,801,689 | 34 | $274,200,050 |
| 47 | Tom Hiddleston | $9,294,496,085 | 21 | $442,595,052 |
| 48 | Alan Rickman | $9,257,610,917 | 34 | $272,282,674 |
| 49 | Woody Harrelson | $9,202,388,122 | 84 | $109,552,240 |
| 50 | Natalie Portman | $8,934,106,634 | 51 | $175,178,561 |
| 51 | Jacob Batalon | $8,898,350,892 | 13 | $684,488,530 |
| 52 | Elizabeth Olsen | $8,891,447,427 | 25 | $355,657,897 |
| 53 | William Hurt | $8,817,082,823 | 62 | $142,211,013 |
| 54 | Ian McKellen | $8,777,160,861 | 35 | $250,776,025 |
| 55 | Maggie Smith | $8,642,782,158 | 48 | $180,057,962 |
| 56 | Daniel Radcliffe | $8,569,702,607 | 28 | $306,060,807 |
| 57 | Pom Klementieff | $8,463,245,065 | 13 | $651,018,851 |
| 58 | Matt Damon | $8,461,811,096 | 63 | $134,314,462 |
| 59 | Domhnall Gleeson | $8,443,020,432 | 27 | $312,704,460 |
| 60 | Brad Pitt | $8,436,929,787 | 55 | $153,398,723 |
| 61 | Tom Felton | $8,385,125,386 | 28 | $299,468,764 |
| 62 | Sigourney Weaver | $8,331,528,368 | 61 | $136,582,432 |
| 63 | Sebastian Stan | $8,324,627,666 | 32 | $260,144,615 |
| 64 | Stanley Tucci | $8,315,618,167 | 80 | $103,945,227 |
| 65 | Tom Hanks | $8,233,284,618 | 63 | $130,687,057 |
| 66 | Luke Evans | $8,155,529,849 | 32 | $254,860,308 |
| 67 | Liam Neeson | $8,143,099,230 | 87 | $93,598,842 |
| 68 | Angela Bassett | $8,056,959,130 | 44 | $183,112,708 |
| 69 | Giovanni Ribisi | $8,031,909,056 | 46 | $174,606,719 |
| 70 | Hugh Jackman | $7,991,787,183 | 37 | $215,994,248 |
| 71 | Jeff Goldblum | $7,967,669,877 | 56 | $142,279,819 |
| 72 | Jason Statham | $7,962,873,076 | 48 | $165,893,189 |
| 73 | Michael Caine | $7,958,548,281 | 77 | $103,357,770 |
| 74 | Hayley Atwell | $7,922,163,894 | 19 | $416,955,994 |
| 75 | Elizabeth Banks | $7,920,491,762 | 55 | $144,008,941 |
| 76 | Michael Gambon | $7,858,038,506 | 45 | $174,623,078 |
| 77 | Hugo Weaving | $7,846,779,205 | 33 | $237,781,188 |
| 78 | Toby Jones | $7,840,081,250 | 56 | $140,001,451 |
| 79 | Matthew Lewis | $7,836,906,965 | 11 | $712,446,088 |
| 80 | Geraldine Somerville | $7,798,971,143 | 12 | $649,914,262 |
| 81 | Djimon Hounsou | $7,797,864,935 | 43 | $181,345,696 |
| 82 | Letitia Wright | $7,791,821,462 | 15 | $519,454,764 |
| 83 | Rupert Grint | $7,755,717,351 | 16 | $484,732,334 |
| 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 | $7,603,988,083 | 12 | $633,665,674 |
| 90 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $7,592,943,831 | 34 | $223,321,877 |
| 91 | Lupita Nyong'o | $7,591,206,302 | 14 | $542,229,022 |
| 92 | Judy Greer | $7,587,827,626 | 71 | $106,870,812 |
| 93 | Mark Williams | $7,471,440,724 | 16 | $466,965,045 |
| 94 | Michael Papajohn | $7,463,176,012 | 41 | $182,028,683 |
| 95 | Bryce Dallas Howard | $7,429,565,487 | 22 | $337,707,522 |
| 96 | Martin Klebba | $7,407,743,097 | 41 | $180,676,661 |
| 97 | Winston Duke | $7,396,927,671 | 9 | $821,880,852 |
| 98 | Brendan Gleeson | $7,392,467,413 | 55 | $134,408,498 |
| 99 | Jim Broadbent | $7,388,938,738 | 66 | $111,953,617 |
| 100 | Laurence Fishburne | $7,240,687,502 | 71 | $101,981,514 |
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 Saldaña: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
