Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Per Year Acting > Top Worldwide 2021 Stars
Highest Grossing Stars of 2021 at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500)
See also: Top Domestic 2021 Stars - Top International 2021 Stars - Top Worldwide 2023 Stars - Top Worldwide 2024 Stars - Top Worldwide 2025 Stars
This list shows the highest grossing stars of 2021 based on the Worldwide box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 2021 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 2020 Stars | Top Worldwide 2022 Stars |
| Rank | Name | Star Score |
Movies | Average Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Frances McDormand | 47 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 402 | Deborah Ann Woll | 47 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 403 | Josh Lucas | 47 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 404 | Jay Ellis | 47 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 405 | Cassidy Freeman | 47 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 406 | Tyler Labine | 47 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 407 | Leven Rambin | 47 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 408 | Alejandro Edda | 47 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 409 | Will Patton | 47 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 410 | Xuan Huang | 46 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 411 | Tiffany Haddish | 46 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 412 | Himesh Patel | 46 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 413 | Rose Byrne | 46 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 414 | Ni Ni | 46 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 415 | Ansel Elgort | 45 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 416 | Ariana DeBose | 45 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 417 | Mike Faist | 45 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 418 | Rita Moreno | 45 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 419 | Rachel Zegler | 45 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 420 | Constance Wu | 44 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 421 | Sophia Lillis | 44 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 422 | Yang Tianxiang | 44 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 423 | Kaya Scodelario | 44 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 424 | Jennifer Lopez | 44 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 425 | Judi Dench | 44 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 426 | Julia Stiles | 44 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 427 | Keke Palmer | 44 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 428 | Lili Reinhart | 44 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 429 | Lizzo | 44 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 430 | Cardi B | 44 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 431 | Trace Lysette | 44 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 432 | Mette Towley | 44 | 1 | 9.0 |
| 433 | Madeline Brewer | 44 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 434 | Li Xian | 43 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 435 | Xin Zhilei | 43 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 436 | Ge You | 43 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 437 | Danny Huston | 42 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 438 | Jada Pinkett Smith | 42 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 439 | Nick Nolte | 42 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 440 | Tilda Swinton | 42 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 441 | Piper Perabo | 42 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 442 | Morgan Freeman | 42 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 443 | Mads Mikkelsen | 41 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 444 | Yu Bai (白宇) | 41 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 445 | Zhizhong Huang | 41 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 446 | Chen Shu | 41 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 447 | Francis Ng | 41 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 448 | Shao Bing | 41 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 449 | Kazuya Kamenashi | 40 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 450 | Luke Evans | 40 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 451 | Aaron Eckhart | 40 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 452 | Mandy Moore | 40 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 453 | Jun Kunimura | 40 | 1 | 9.0 |
| 454 | Lin-Manuel Miranda | 39 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 455 | Wu Jiang | 39 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 456 | Zhang Songwen | 39 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 457 | Bryan Cranston | 39 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 458 | Christopher Jackson | 39 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 459 | Issa Rae | 38 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 460 | Jesse Eisenberg | 38 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 461 | Leo Wu | 38 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 462 | Emilia Clarke | 37 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 463 | Bob Odenkirk | 36 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 464 | Linda Cardellini | 36 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 465 | Raymond Cruz | 36 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 466 | Patricia Velasquez | 36 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 467 | Marisol Ramirez | 36 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 468 | Isabela Merced | 35 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 469 | Chuxiao Qu | 35 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 470 | Zhang Jingyi | 35 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 471 | Roy Chiu | 34 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 472 | Tiffany Hsu | 34 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 473 | Ryu Seung-yong | 33 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 474 | Katie Holmes | 33 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 475 | Christopher Convery | 33 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 476 | Lee Hanee | 33 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 477 | Ralph Ineson | 33 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 478 | Jin Sun-kyu | 33 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 479 | Lee Dong-hwi | 33 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 480 | Owain Yeoman | 33 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 481 | Gong-myeong | 33 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 482 | Carey Mulligan | 32 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 483 | Caitriona Balfe | 31 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 484 | Jamie Dornan | 31 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 485 | Ciaran Hinds | 31 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 486 | Colin Morgan | 31 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 487 | Jude Hill | 31 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 488 | Masaki Suda | 30 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 489 | Hugh Grant | 30 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 490 | Kasumi Arimura | 30 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 491 | Charlie Hunnam | 30 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 492 | Brooklynn Prince | 30 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 493 | Matthew McConaughey | 30 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 494 | Bill Murray | 29 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 495 | Vince Vaughn | 29 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 496 | Kathryn Newton | 29 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 497 | Jeffrey Wright | 29 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 498 | Adrien Brody | 29 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 499 | Benicio del Toro | 29 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 500 | Owen Wilson | 29 | 1 | 7.0 |
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.