Notes
This chart is not adjusted for inflation. The figures represent the total amount of US revenue generated by all the movies a star has appeared in over their lifetime. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to [email protected]. See also: Stars with Most $100m Movies - Stars with Highest Average Gross
All Time Top 100 Stars at the Box Office Name Movies Total Box Office Average 1 Samuel L. Jackson 63 $3,398,713,162 $53,947,828 2 Harrison Ford 33 $3,255,071,377 $98,638,527 3 Tom Hanks 33 $3,087,860,214 $93,571,522 4 Eddie Murphy 30 $2,916,743,946 $97,224,798 5 Tom Cruise 29 $2,677,214,321 $92,317,735 6 Bruce Willis 47 $2,556,735,360 $54,398,625 7 James Earl Jones 41 $2,451,522,050 $59,793,221 8 Robin Williams 43 $2,338,498,672 $54,383,690 9 Mel Gibson 35 $2,316,662,303 $66,190,352 10 Jim Cummings 27 $2,268,236,383 $84,008,755 11 Gene Hackman 59 $2,253,781,519 $38,199,687 12 John Ratzenberger 20 $2,250,985,098 $112,549,255 13 Rance Howard 41 $2,248,647,004 $54,845,049 14 Frank Oz 22 $2,140,948,081 $97,315,822 15 Robert De Niro 53 $2,133,090,460 $40,246,990 16 Clint Howard 33 $2,127,896,941 $64,481,725 17 Dan Aykroyd 51 $2,121,706,788 $41,602,094 18 Julia Roberts 31 $2,113,978,693 $68,192,861 19 John Travolta 37 $2,079,158,728 $56,193,479 20 Bill Paxton 39 $2,068,656,205 $53,042,467 21 Danny De Vito 42 $2,035,801,452 $48,471,463 22 John Cleese 32 $1,966,967,681 $61,467,740 23 Kenny Baker 11 $1,965,588,567 $178,689,870 24 Willem Dafoe 38 $1,942,492,561 $51,118,225 25 Jim Carrey 22 $1,912,499,056 $86,931,775 26 Tommy Lee Jones 33 $1,888,000,282 $57,212,130 27 Carrie Fisher 28 $1,866,017,854 $66,643,495 28 Dustin Hoffman 31 $1,865,444,420 $60,175,626 29 Arnold Schwarzenegger 27 $1,863,338,881 $69,012,551 30 Cameron Diaz 22 $1,825,042,176 $82,956,463 31 Will Smith 16 $1,820,325,970 $113,770,373 32 Anthony Daniels 6 $1,802,238,926 $300,373,154 33 John Rhys-Davies 19 $1,775,705,014 $93,458,159 34 Elijah Wood 22 $1,766,174,658 $80,280,666 35 Sean Connery 42 $1,759,747,823 $41,898,758 36 Whoopi Goldberg 42 $1,754,560,382 $41,775,247 37 Steve Buscemi 54 $1,735,195,314 $32,133,247 38 Warwick Davis 10 $1,725,404,866 $172,540,487 39 Hugo Weaving 13 $1,718,780,579 $132,213,891 40 Jack Nicholson 33 $1,716,911,557 $52,027,623 41 Wayne Knight 17 $1,693,416,002 $99,612,706 42 Morgan Freeman 36 $1,674,813,419 $46,522,595 43 Sylvester Stallone 35 $1,661,566,043 $47,473,316 44 Keanu Reeves 32 $1,629,395,784 $50,918,618 45 Philip Baker Hall 31 $1,619,940,114 $52,256,133 46 Bernard Hill 12 $1,619,396,312 $134,949,693 47 Anthony Hopkins 38 $1,613,650,879 $42,464,497 48 Clint Eastwood 45 $1,611,099,286 $35,802,206 49 Viggo Mortensen 22 $1,592,879,929 $72,403,633 50 Robert Duvall 48 $1,586,973,617 $33,061,950 51 Orlando Bloom 8 $1,582,242,485 $197,780,311 52 Maggie Smith 26 $1,582,164,226 $60,852,470 53 Jeff Goldblum 36 $1,582,088,083 $43,946,891 54 Matt Damon 28 $1,580,721,643 $56,454,344 55 Ian McKellen 22 $1,550,899,315 $70,495,423 56 Robbie Coltrane 20 $1,542,847,892 $77,142,395 57 Drew Barrymore 31 $1,538,616,417 $49,632,788 58 M. Emmet Walsh 55 $1,534,269,592 $27,895,811 59 Bill Murray 32 $1,532,591,071 $47,893,471 60 Sean Astin 19 $1,530,373,571 $80,545,977 61 Sven-Ole Thorsen 28 $1,526,195,228 $54,506,972 62 Mike Myers 12 $1,500,904,348 $125,075,362 63 Kathy Bates 33 $1,496,552,561 $45,350,078 64 Christopher Walken 54 $1,496,536,345 $27,713,636 65 Jon Voight 27 $1,491,079,137 $55,225,153 66 Richard Schiff 34 $1,484,835,477 $43,671,632 67 Alec Baldwin 36 $1,476,269,381 $41,007,483 68 Dan Hedaya 43 $1,471,712,373 $34,225,869 69 Paul Giamatti 24 $1,469,027,563 $61,209,482 70 Kirsten Dunst 25 $1,466,268,922 $58,650,757 71 Danny Glover 34 $1,463,010,571 $43,029,723 72 Ben Stiller 31 $1,460,256,908 $47,105,062 73 Richard Dreyfuss 35 $1,452,156,570 $41,490,188 74 Charlton Heston 30 $1,451,643,750 $48,388,125 75 Cuba Gooding, Jr 24 $1,444,476,935 $60,186,539 76 James Cromwell 30 $1,443,820,370 $48,127,346 77 Ian Holm 29 $1,441,557,757 $49,708,888 78 Keith David 42 $1,428,966,462 $34,023,011 79 Nicolas Cage 36 $1,428,723,511 $39,686,764 80 Bill Nunn 29 $1,424,190,217 $49,110,007 81 Steve Martin 34 $1,412,033,248 $41,530,390 82 Bonnie Hunt 17 $1,409,452,306 $82,908,959 83 Richard Griffiths 20 $1,406,652,886 $70,332,644 84 Marton Csokas 9 $1,405,782,490 $156,198,054 85 Christopher Lloyd 39 $1,404,478,770 $36,012,276 86 Cate Blanchett 20 $1,397,840,624 $69,892,031 87 Sally Field 24 $1,390,598,016 $57,941,584 88 Tim Curry 26 $1,380,784,747 $53,107,106 89 Kevin Bacon 40 $1,373,334,556 $34,333,364 90 Laurence Fishburne 36 $1,371,679,335 $38,102,204 91 Verne Troyer 11 $1,370,989,871 $124,635,443 92 Paul Guilfoyle 34 $1,369,429,659 $40,277,343 93 David Warner 20 $1,365,941,293 $68,297,065 94 Liv Tyler 18 $1,363,158,297 $75,731,017 95 Bruce McGill 29 $1,360,866,090 $46,926,417 96 Glenn Close 29 $1,357,232,363 $46,801,116 97 Joe Pantoliano 35 $1,355,468,321 $38,727,666 98 Brad Pitt 29 $1,350,301,414 $46,562,118 99 J.K. Simmons 19 $1,349,394,884 $71,020,783 100 Antonio Banderas 30 $1,346,838,971 $44,894,632
Top Movie Stars (101 - 201) Name Movies Total Box Office Average 101 Ed Harris 36 $1,344,968,934 $37,360,248 102 Brian Doyle-Murray 27 $1,341,272,238 $49,676,750 103 Kevin Costner 31 $1,337,724,553 $43,152,405 104 Alec Guinness 15 $1,333,469,449 $88,897,963 105 Owen Wilson 21 $1,331,985,163 $63,427,865 106 Cheech Marin 32 $1,331,223,677 $41,600,740 107 Kevin Pollak 36 $1,325,662,465 $36,823,957 108 Alan Rickman 19 $1,325,573,864 $69,767,045 109 Halle Berry 24 $1,310,809,604 $54,617,067 110 Ted Raimi 17 $1,310,073,648 $77,063,156 111 Bill Pullman 34 $1,308,426,898 $38,483,144 112 James Rebhorn 34 $1,304,690,499 $38,373,250 113 Donald Sutherland 42 $1,302,731,315 $31,017,412 114 Ben Affleck 27 $1,301,881,884 $48,217,848 115 Kevin Spacey 32 $1,299,986,471 $40,624,577 116 Ving Rhames 27 $1,296,649,531 $48,024,057 117 Sean Bean 16 $1,294,626,892 $80,914,181 118 Mark Hamill 13 $1,293,784,459 $99,521,881 119 Denzel Washington 33 $1,283,760,554 $38,901,835 120 Tom Sizemore 29 $1,276,517,604 $44,017,848 121 Stephen Tobolowsky 49 $1,274,822,378 $26,016,783 122 Brian Cox 29 $1,270,184,372 $43,799,461 123 Harvey Keitel 47 $1,269,502,221 $27,010,686 124 Wallace Shawn 45 $1,265,311,852 $28,118,041 125 Kurt Russell 29 $1,262,644,166 $43,539,454 126 Joe Pesci 22 $1,257,936,287 $57,178,922 127 Xander Berkeley 28 $1,253,579,709 $44,770,704 128 Michael Douglas 25 $1,250,584,074 $50,023,363 129 Liam Neeson 35 $1,250,004,069 $35,714,402 130 Robert Redford 24 $1,246,650,609 $51,943,775 131 John Candy 33 $1,245,598,158 $37,745,399 132 Richard Gere 28 $1,245,259,628 $44,473,558 133 Natalie Portman 15 $1,241,909,228 $82,793,949 134 Burt Reynolds 49 $1,240,495,396 $25,316,233 135 George Clooney 19 $1,236,528,842 $65,080,465 136 Dabney Coleman 23 $1,236,049,237 $53,741,271 137 Tony Shalhoub 28 $1,234,039,136 $44,072,826 138 Jack Black 25 $1,229,016,673 $49,160,667 139 Ian McDiarmid 10 $1,228,491,411 $122,849,141 140 R. Lee Ermey 33 $1,227,902,453 $37,209,165 141 John Heard 31 $1,224,942,838 $39,514,285 142 Rob Schneider 21 $1,223,015,296 $58,238,824 143 Christopher Lee 17 $1,221,170,429 $71,833,555 144 John Goodman 45 $1,219,076,065 $27,090,579 145 Jennifer Coolidge 20 $1,216,680,266 $60,834,013 146 Richard Harris 22 $1,215,008,384 $55,227,654 147 Al Pacino 32 $1,196,212,494 $37,381,640 148 Joan Cusack 32 $1,189,694,874 $37,177,965 149 Steven Spielberg 7 $1,188,049,320 $169,721,331 150 Billy Zane 21 $1,187,891,574 $56,566,265 151 James Caan 35 $1,185,817,295 $33,880,494 152 Michelle Pfeiffer 31 $1,185,243,198 $38,233,652 153 Michael Clarke Duncan 19 $1,184,996,782 $62,368,252 154 Demi Moore 26 $1,181,783,482 $45,453,211 155 Julianne Moore 33 $1,180,021,941 $35,758,241 156 Meg Ryan 29 $1,179,517,585 $40,673,020 157 Ewan McGregor 21 $1,178,583,588 $56,123,028 158 Eugene Levy 28 $1,172,062,531 $41,859,376 159 Seth Green 25 $1,167,344,880 $46,693,795 160 William H. Macy 42 $1,167,198,028 $27,790,429 161 Don Cheadle 24 $1,165,196,864 $48,549,869 162 Jeffrey Tambor 27 $1,163,978,597 $43,110,318 163 Sigourney Weaver 32 $1,163,451,866 $36,357,871 164 Michael J. Fox 25 $1,163,216,476 $46,528,659 165 Johnny Depp 30 $1,158,182,648 $38,606,088 166 James Coburn 24 $1,154,478,263 $48,103,261 167 Christopher Plummer 29 $1,152,685,032 $39,747,760 168 Peter Stormare 22 $1,152,343,581 $52,379,254 169 Dennis Quaid 35 $1,147,861,167 $32,796,033 170 Sandra Bullock 23 $1,145,439,708 $49,801,726 171 Billy Boyd 5 $1,143,591,855 $228,718,371 172 Tobey Maguire 14 $1,142,680,712 $81,620,051 173 Leonardo DiCaprio 15 $1,142,178,669 $76,145,245 174 J.T. Walsh 39 $1,138,677,360 $29,196,855 175 Pat Hingle 24 $1,137,961,288 $47,415,054 176 Erick Avari 14 $1,136,318,545 $81,165,610 177 Joe Grifasi 31 $1,136,140,515 $36,649,694 178 Nathan Lane 23 $1,135,349,854 $49,363,037 179 Elizabeth Banks 8 $1,133,256,835 $141,657,104 180 Michael Jeter 23 $1,130,977,088 $49,172,917 181 Adam Sandler 20 $1,129,748,153 $56,487,408 182 Austin Pendleton 31 $1,129,521,306 $36,436,171 183 Dylan Baker 27 $1,129,468,567 $41,832,169 184 John C. Reilly 29 $1,129,269,243 $38,940,319 185 Danny Trejo 28 $1,123,934,130 $40,140,505 186 Patrick Stewart 22 $1,120,393,630 $50,926,983 187 Pierce Brosnan 22 $1,116,237,643 $50,738,075 188 John Lithgow 27 $1,114,830,449 $41,290,017 189 Frankie Faison 29 $1,113,637,899 $38,401,307 190 Meryl Streep 32 $1,112,816,307 $34,775,510 191 David Prowse 5 $1,112,064,401 $222,412,880 192 Julie Andrews 17 $1,104,782,759 $64,987,221 193 James Woods 39 $1,103,866,014 $28,304,257 194 Andy Serkis 7 $1,099,665,828 $157,095,118 195 Matthew Broderick 27 $1,098,242,517 $40,675,649 196 Alfred Molina 29 $1,088,229,215 $37,525,145 197 Rick Moranis 20 $1,086,957,049 $54,347,852 198 Judge Reinhold 18 $1,085,989,823 $60,332,768 199 Randy Quaid 36 $1,084,725,855 $30,131,274 200 Richard Jenkins 36 $1,078,604,557 $29,961,238