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Highest Grossing Stars of 1981 at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200)


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This list shows the highest grossing stars of 1981 based on the domestic box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 1981 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 domestic 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 Domestic 1980 Stars Top Domestic 1982 Stars
Rank Name Star
Score
Movies Average
Billing
101 Sam J. Jones 80 1 1.0
102 Anthony Perkins 80 1 2.0
103 Robert Forster 80 1 3.0
104 Joseph Bottoms 80 1 4.0
105 Yvette Mimieux 80 1 5.0
106 Ernest Borgnine 80 1 6.0
107 Jack Lemmon 79 1 2.0
108 John Hurt 79 1 2.0
109 Jon Voight 76 1 1.0
110 Faye Dunaway 76 1 2.0
111 Charles Grodin 75 1 3.0
112 Olivia Newton-John 74 1 1.0
113 James Caan 74 1 1.0
114 Gene Kelly 74 1 2.0
115 Marsha Mason 74 1 2.0
116 Art Carney 73 1 2.0
117 Lee Strasberg 73 1 3.0
118 Richard Gere 73 1 10.0
119 Bette Midler 72 1 1.0
120 Kurt Russell 71 1 1.0
121 Talia Shire 71 1 1.0
122 Adrienne Barbeau 70 1 1.0
123 James Remar 70 1 2.0
124 Brian Tyler 70 1 4.0
125 David Harris 70 1 5.0
126 Tom McKitterick 70 1 6.0
127 Thomas G. Waites 70 1 7.0
128 Terry Michos 70 1 8.0
129 Marcelino Sanchez 70 1 9.0
130 Deborah Van Valkenburgh 70 1 10.0
131 Roger Hill 70 1 11.0
132 David Patrick Kelly 70 1 12.0
133 Irene Cara 69 1 1.0
134 Kathleen Turner 69 1 2.0
135 John Huston 68 1 1.0
136 Christopher George 68 1 1.0
137 Andres Garcia 68 1 2.0
138 Hugo Stiglitz 68 1 3.0
139 Frank Langella 67 1 1.0
140 Jeremy Irons 67 1 2.0
141 Laurence Olivier 67 1 2.0
142 Donald Pleasance 67 1 3.0
143 Kate Nelligan 67 1 4.0
144 Trevor Eve 67 1 5.0
145 Warrington Gillette 66 1 5.0
146 Graham Chapman 65 1 1.0
147 Terry Gilliam 65 1 2.0
148 Eric Idle 65 1 3.0
149 Terry Jones 65 1 4.0
150 Michael Palin 65 1 5.0
151 John Cleese 65 1 6.0
152 Dennis Christopher 64 1 1.0
153 Daniel Stern 64 1 3.0
154 Jackie Earle Haley 64 1 4.0
155 Nick Nolte 63 1 1.0
156 Mac Davis 63 1 2.0
157 Alan Alda 62 1 1.0
158 Barbara Harris 62 1 2.0
159 John Savage 61 1 1.0
160 Treat Williams 61 1 2.0
161 Beverly D'Angelo 61 1 3.0
162 Annie Golden 61 1 4.0
163 Don Dacus 61 1 6.0
164 Cheryl Barnes 61 1 7.0
165 Melba Moore 61 1 8.0
166 Ronnie Dyson 61 1 9.0
167 Alain Delon 60 1 1.0
168 Lesley-Anne Down 60 1 2.0
169 Susan Blakely 60 1 2.0
170 Robert Wagner 60 1 3.0
171 Sylvia Kristel 60 1 4.0
172 Malcolm McDowell 59 1 1.0
173 Kirk Douglas 59 1 1.0
174 Mary Steenburgen 59 1 3.0
175 James Farentino 59 1 3.0
176 Steve McQueen 58 1 1.0
177 Tim Conway 57 1 1.0
178 Don Knotts 57 1 2.0
179 Anne Archer 56 1 2.0
180 Gilda Radner 54 1 1.0
181 Bob Newhart 54 1 2.0
182 Bob Dishy 54 1 5.0
183 Harvey Korman 54 1 6.0
184 Austin Pendleton 54 1 7.0
185 Rip Torn 54 1 8.0
186 Fred Willard 54 1 9.0
187 Moses Gunn 53 1 1.0
188 David Carradine 53 1 1.0
189 Keith Carradine 53 1 2.0
190 Howard E. Rollins, Jr. 53 1 2.0
191 Debbie Allen 53 1 3.0
192 Robert Carradine 53 1 3.0
193 James Cagney 53 1 4.0
194 James Keach 53 1 4.0
195 Pat O'Brien 53 1 5.0
196 Stacy Keach 53 1 5.0
197 Randy Quaid 53 1 7.0
198 Leslie Nielsen 52 1 1.0
199 Jamie Lee Curtis 52 1 2.0
200 Don Adams 51 1 1.0

The Average Billing column contains the average billing position of this cast/crew member for the selected films.

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.