Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Per Year Acting > Top Worldwide 2008 Stars
Highest Grossing Stars of 2008 at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 201-300)
See also: Top Domestic 2008 Stars - Top International 2008 Stars - Top Worldwide 2020 Stars - Top Worldwide 2021 Stars - Top Worldwide 2022 Stars - Top Worldwide 2023 Stars - Top Worldwide 2024 Stars - Top Worldwide 2025 Stars
This list shows the highest grossing stars of 2008 based on the Worldwide box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 2008 and the two preceeding years (voice-only roles excluded).
The Star Score in this list represent points assigned to each of the leading stars of top 100 (based on worldwide box office) movies in the current year and two preceding years. For appearing in the number one movie in a year a star gets 100 points, the number two movie 99 points and so on. This rewards actors for appearing in a number of hit films over the course of three years more than starring in just one monster hit over the same time period.
| Top Worldwide 2007 Stars | Top Worldwide 2009 Stars |
| Rank | Name | Star Score |
Movies | Average Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Michelle Pfeiffer | 58 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 202 | Charlie Cox | 58 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 203 | Sienna Miller | 58 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 204 | Emma Thompson | 57 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Zooey Deschanel | 57 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 206 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | 57 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 207 | Ron Perlman | 56 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 208 | John Cusack | 56 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 209 | Rudy Youngblood | 55 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 210 | Malin Akerman | 55 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 211 | Judy Greer | 55 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 212 | Edward Burns | 55 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 213 | Paul Walker | 54 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 214 | Jim Sturgess | 54 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 215 | Steven Pasquale | 54 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 216 | Kate Bosworth | 54 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 217 | Laurence Fishburne | 54 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 218 | Kevin Spacey | 54 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 219 | Aaron Yoo | 54 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 220 | Liza Lapira | 54 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 221 | Jacob Pitts | 54 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 222 | Dennis Quaid | 52 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 223 | Matthew Fox | 52 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 224 | Julia Roberts | 52 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 225 | Robert Hoffman | 52 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 226 | Sigourney Weaver | 52 | 1 | 9.0 |
| 227 | William Hurt | 52 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 228 | Briana Evigan | 51 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 229 | Mary Elizabeth Winstead | 49 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 230 | Channing Tatum | 49 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 231 | Alex Etel | 49 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 232 | Timothy Olyphant | 48 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 233 | John C. Reilly | 48 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 234 | Jenna Dewan | 48 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 235 | Paul Giamatti | 47 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 236 | Angelina Jolie | 45 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 237 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | 42 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 238 | Greg Kinnear | 42 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 239 | Aaron Eckhart | 42 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 240 | Natalya Rudakova | 42 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 241 | Toni Collette | 42 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 242 | Paul Dano | 42 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 243 | Alan Arkin | 42 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 244 | Anthony Hopkins | 41 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 245 | Ryan Gosling | 41 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 246 | Marion Cotillard | 40 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 247 | Ana de la Reguera | 40 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 248 | Hector Jimenez | 40 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 249 | Peter Stormare | 40 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 250 | Darius A. Rose | 40 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 251 | Kal Penn | 39 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 252 | Kristen Bell | 39 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 253 | Mandy Moore | 39 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 254 | Kevin Costner | 38 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 255 | Jennifer Garner | 38 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 256 | James Franco | 37 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 257 | Danny McBride | 37 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 258 | Emile Hirsch | 36 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 259 | Jake Gyllenhaal | 36 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 260 | Mark Ruffalo | 36 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 261 | Seann William Scott | 35 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 262 | Paul Rudd | 35 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 263 | Gaspard Ulliel | 34 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 264 | Josh Hartnett | 34 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 265 | Simon Pegg | 33 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 266 | Nick Frost | 33 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 267 | Jason Behr | 31 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 268 | Ryuta Sato | 31 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 269 | Alyson Hannigan | 31 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 270 | Belen Rueda | 30 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 271 | Josiane Balasko | 30 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 272 | Sean Maguire | 30 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 273 | Diane Lane | 30 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 274 | Carmen Electra | 30 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 275 | Michel Blanc | 30 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 276 | Ken Davitian | 30 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 277 | Marie-Anne Chazel | 30 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 278 | Christian Clavier | 30 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 279 | Kevin Sorbo | 30 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 280 | Gerard Jugnot | 30 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 281 | Thierry Lhermitte | 30 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 282 | Liv Tyler | 29 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 283 | Scott Speedman | 29 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 284 | Tyler Mane | 28 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 285 | Virginia Madsen | 28 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 286 | Carly Schroeder | 28 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 287 | Jimmy Bennett | 28 | 1 | 9.0 |
| 288 | Daniel Day-Lewis | 27 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 289 | Richard Gere | 27 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 290 | Jay Hernandez | 27 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 291 | Derek Richardson | 27 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 292 | Columbus Short | 26 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 293 | Michael Douglas | 26 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 294 | J.J. Johnson | 25 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 295 | Brittany Snow | 25 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 296 | Eric Bana | 25 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 297 | Chow Yun-Fat | 24 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 298 | Zekeria Ebrahimi | 24 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 299 | Kiefer Sutherland | 24 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 300 | Gong Li | 24 | 1 | 2.0 |
The Average Billing column contains the average billing position of this cast/crew member for the selected films.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.