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Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Stars - International Leading Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Stars - Worldwide Leading Original Screenplay Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on Real Life Events Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on TV Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on Factual Book/Article Stars - Worldwide Leading Spin-Off Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 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
Robert Downey, Jr.
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 29 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), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($878,852,749 in 2017), Iron Man 2 ($621,156,389 in 2010), Iron Man ($584,877,827 in 2008), Avengers: Doomsday ($0 in 2026) |
2
Scarlett Johansson
| Best known as a Lead Ensemble Member Actress based on credits in that role in 18 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), Captain America: Civil War ($1,151,899,586 in 2016), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($714,401,889 in 2014), Iron Man 2 ($621,156,389 in 2010), Black Widow ($379,751,131 in 2021), Ghost in the Shell ($167,910,690 in 2017) |
3
Chris Hemsworth
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 18 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), Thor: Ragnarok ($850,482,778 in 2017), Thor: Love and Thunder ($760,928,081 in 2022), Thor: The Dark World ($644,602,516 in 2013), Thor ($449,326,618 in 2011), Men in Black: International ($254,310,003 in 2019), Avengers: Doomsday ($0 in 2026) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $12,127,496,860 | 10 | $1,212,749,686 |
| 2 | Scarlett Johansson | $10,711,199,038 | 9 | $1,190,133,226 |
| 3 | Chris Hemsworth | $10,635,729,349 | 11 | $966,884,486 |
| 4 | Chris Evans | $10,315,121,091 | 10 | $1,031,512,109 |
| 5 | Samuel L. Jackson | $9,214,896,318 | 8 | $1,151,862,040 |
| 6 | Tom Holland | $8,698,020,172 | 6 | $1,449,670,029 |
| 7 | Mark Ruffalo | $8,526,562,131 | 5 | $1,705,312,426 |
| 8 | Elizabeth Olsen | $8,265,103,714 | 5 | $1,653,020,743 |
| 9 | Don Cheadle | $7,753,349,094 | 5 | $1,550,669,819 |
| 10 | Chris Pratt | $7,506,629,731 | 9 | $834,069,970 |
| 11 | Sebastian Stan | $7,423,134,563 | 7 | $1,060,447,795 |
| 12 | Zoe Saldaña | $7,281,308,230 | 7 | $1,040,186,890 |
| 13 | Dave Bautista | $7,252,211,408 | 7 | $1,036,030,201 |
| 14 | Chadwick Boseman | $7,251,718,831 | 4 | $1,812,929,708 |
| 15 | Bradley Cooper | $7,251,188,298 | 5 | $1,450,237,660 |
| 16 | Danai Gurira | $6,959,028,081 | 4 | $1,739,757,020 |
| 17 | Letitia Wright | $6,959,028,081 | 4 | $1,739,757,020 |
| 18 | Jeremy Renner | $6,779,820,698 | 5 | $1,355,964,140 |
| 19 | Karen Gillan | $6,480,305,903 | 5 | $1,296,061,181 |
| 20 | Pom Klementieff | $6,480,305,903 | 4 | $1,620,076,476 |
| 21 | Benedict Wong | $6,394,230,323 | 4 | $1,598,557,581 |
| 22 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $6,394,230,323 | 4 | $1,598,557,581 |
| 23 | Tom Hiddleston | $6,177,016,045 | 5 | $1,235,403,209 |
| 24 | Paul Bettany | $6,001,715,775 | 4 | $1,500,428,944 |
| 25 | Josh Brolin | $5,477,348,368 | 6 | $912,891,395 |
| 26 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $5,138,169,094 | 4 | $1,284,542,274 |
| 27 | Vin Diesel | $4,570,847,430 | 5 | $914,169,486 |
| 28 | Paul Rudd | $4,335,578,211 | 4 | $1,083,894,553 |
| 29 | Evangeline Lilly | $4,335,578,211 | 4 | $1,083,894,553 |
| 30 | Anthony Mackie | $4,283,043,529 | 3 | $1,427,681,176 |
| 31 | Brie Larson | $4,053,216,841 | 3 | $1,351,072,280 |
| 32 | Jon Favreau | $3,596,356,671 | 2 | $1,798,178,336 |
| 33 | Christian Bale | $3,210,012,786 | 4 | $802,503,197 |
| 34 | Terry Notary | $2,717,503,922 | 1 | $2,717,503,922 |
| 35 | Gal Gadot | $2,528,248,933 | 4 | $632,062,233 |
| 36 | Tobey Maguire | $2,517,268,839 | 3 | $839,089,613 |
| 37 | Will Smith | $2,432,971,881 | 4 | $608,242,970 |
| 38 | Tommy Lee Jones | $2,391,030,548 | 5 | $478,206,110 |
| 39 | Jason Momoa | $2,272,965,297 | 5 | $454,593,059 |
| 40 | Henry Cavill | $2,203,684,007 | 4 | $550,921,002 |
| 41 | Lupita Nyong'o | $2,193,365,918 | 2 | $1,096,682,959 |
| 42 | Angela Bassett | $2,193,365,918 | 2 | $1,096,682,959 |
| 43 | Martin Freeman | $2,193,365,918 | 2 | $1,096,682,959 |
| 44 | Idris Elba | $2,142,993,177 | 5 | $428,598,635 |
| 45 | Anthony Hopkins | $2,085,919,267 | 4 | $521,479,817 |
| 46 | Zendaya | $2,011,151,423 | 2 | $1,005,575,712 |
| 47 | James McAvoy | $1,988,225,086 | 4 | $497,056,272 |
| 48 | Natalie Portman | $1,985,071,377 | 4 | $496,267,844 |
| 49 | Patrick Stewart | $1,910,344,718 | 4 | $477,586,180 |
| 50 | Ian McKellen | $1,910,344,718 | 4 | $477,586,180 |
| 51 | Hugh Jackman | $1,910,344,718 | 4 | $477,586,180 |
| 52 | Tessa Thompson | $1,865,720,862 | 3 | $621,906,954 |
| 53 | Aaron Taylor-Johnson | $1,854,524,413 | 5 | $370,904,883 |
| 54 | Ben Affleck | $1,718,467,007 | 3 | $572,822,336 |
| 55 | Andy Serkis | $1,708,151,033 | 2 | $854,075,517 |
| 56 | Michael Douglas | $1,692,916,364 | 4 | $423,229,091 |
| 57 | Jennifer Lawrence | $1,645,808,626 | 3 | $548,602,875 |
| 58 | Michael Fassbender | $1,645,808,626 | 3 | $548,602,875 |
| 59 | Rachel McAdams | $1,628,568,160 | 2 | $814,284,080 |
| 60 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | $1,628,568,160 | 3 | $542,856,053 |
| 61 | Patrick Wilson | $1,589,043,033 | 2 | $794,521,517 |
| 62 | Gemma Chan | $1,531,307,853 | 2 | $765,653,927 |
| 63 | Michael B. Jordan | $1,502,006,269 | 2 | $751,003,135 |
| 64 | Nicole Kidman | $1,485,550,752 | 2 | $742,775,376 |
| 65 | Andrew Garfield | $1,468,249,570 | 2 | $734,124,785 |
| 66 | James Spader | $1,395,316,979 | 1 | $1,395,316,979 |
| 67 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $1,366,185,901 | 3 | $455,395,300 |
| 68 | Daniel Kaluuya | $1,334,157,082 | 1 | $1,334,157,082 |
| 69 | Forest Whitaker | $1,334,157,082 | 1 | $1,334,157,082 |
| 70 | Joaquin Phoenix | $1,286,251,598 | 2 | $643,125,799 |
| 71 | Guy Pearce | $1,251,794,010 | 2 | $625,897,005 |
| 72 | Djimon Hounsou | $1,250,701,394 | 2 | $625,350,697 |
| 73 | Ben Kingsley | $1,214,630,956 | 1 | $1,214,630,956 |
| 74 | Amber Heard | $1,148,861,807 | 1 | $1,148,861,807 |
| 75 | Dolph Lundgren | $1,148,861,807 | 1 | $1,148,861,807 |
| 76 | Willem Dafoe | $1,148,861,807 | 1 | $1,148,861,807 |
| 77 | Yahya Abdul-Mateen II | $1,148,861,807 | 1 | $1,148,861,807 |
| 78 | Michael Keaton | $1,145,822,810 | 2 | $572,911,405 |
| 79 | Michael Peña | $1,142,003,109 | 2 | $571,001,555 |
| 80 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $1,132,298,674 | 1 | $1,132,298,674 |
| 81 | Clark Gregg | $1,129,576,094 | 1 | $1,129,576,094 |
| 82 | Annette Bening | $1,129,576,094 | 1 | $1,129,576,094 |
| 83 | Ben Mendelsohn | $1,129,576,094 | 1 | $1,129,576,094 |
| 84 | Lashana Lynch | $1,129,576,094 | 1 | $1,129,576,094 |
| 85 | Lee Pace | $1,129,576,094 | 1 | $1,129,576,094 |
| 86 | Margot Robbie | $1,123,275,940 | 3 | $374,425,313 |
| 87 | Hailee Steinfeld | $1,064,721,353 | 3 | $354,907,118 |
| 88 | Shameik Moore | $1,064,631,807 | 2 | $532,315,904 |
| 89 | Heath Ledger | $1,010,086,005 | 1 | $1,010,086,005 |
| 90 | Hannah John-Kamen | $1,005,581,025 | 2 | $502,790,513 |
| 91 | Bruce Willis | $1,000,191,405 | 6 | $166,698,568 |
| 92 | Chris Pine | $992,564,444 | 2 | $496,282,222 |
| 93 | Kurt Russell | $989,716,488 | 2 | $494,858,244 |
| 94 | Cara Delevingne | $964,298,410 | 2 | $482,149,205 |
| 95 | Colin Farrell | $955,295,421 | 2 | $477,647,711 |
| 96 | Xochitl Gomez | $952,224,986 | 1 | $952,224,986 |
| 97 | Michael Stuhlbarg | $952,224,986 | 1 | $952,224,986 |
| 98 | Ezra Miller | $932,791,802 | 2 | $466,395,901 |
| 99 | Jai Courtney | $917,917,479 | 2 | $458,958,740 |
| 100 | Joel Kinnaman | $917,917,479 | 2 | $458,958,740 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Robert Downey, Jr.: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Scarlett Johansson: Foto: © JCS / , via Wikimedia Commons
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Chris Hemsworth: Image by Benjamin Ellis licensed under Creative Commons. Original