Box Office Star Records > International > Genres > International Leading Drama Stars
Top International Leading Stars for Drama Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Drama Stars - International Leading Adventure Stars - International Leading Action Stars - International Leading Comedy Stars - International Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - International Leading Horror Stars - International Leading Romantic Comedy Stars - International Leading Musical Stars - Worldwide Leading Drama Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the Drama 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
Leonardo DiCaprio
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 23 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Titanic ($1,548,588,773 in 1997), The Great Gatsby ($208,657,314 in 2013), Catch Me if You Can ($191,005,491 in 2002), The Departed ($157,276,304 in 2006), The Aviator ($105,762,065 in 2004), Gangs of New York ($105,394,121 in 2002), Romeo+Juliet ($101,203,653 in 1996), Revolutionary Road ($56,653,480 in 2008), J. Edgar ($47,300,000 in 2011), The Basketball Diaries ($41,929 in 1995) |
2
Robert Pattinson
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 22 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 ($537,400,000 in 2012), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($405,571,077 in 2010), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 ($403,149,619 in 2011), The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($390,934,093 in 2009), Twilight ($209,508,710 in 2008), Water for Elephants ($58,100,000 in 2011), Remember Me ($37,437,880 in 2010), Bel Ami ($6,044,657 in 2012), Life ($5,536,354 in 2015), Good Time ($2,112,511 in 2017) |
3
Kristen Stewart
| Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 24 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 ($537,400,000 in 2012), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($405,571,077 in 2010), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 ($403,149,619 in 2011), The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($390,934,093 in 2009), Twilight ($209,508,710 in 2008), Café Society ($33,245,087 in 2016), Spencer ($9,460,226 in 2021), On the Road ($8,592,474 in 2012), Equals ($2,091,101 in 2016), The Runaways ($1,704,959 in 2010) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $2,521,883,130 | 15 | $168,125,542 |
| 2 | Robert Pattinson | $2,056,535,349 | 11 | $186,957,759 |
| 3 | Kristen Stewart | $2,003,628,750 | 18 | $111,312,708 |
| 4 | Tom Hanks | $1,997,807,790 | 19 | $105,147,778 |
| 5 | Taylor Lautner | $1,946,563,499 | 6 | $324,427,250 |
| 6 | Kate Winslet | $1,879,617,126 | 19 | $98,927,217 |
| 7 | Shen Teng | $1,476,305,701 | 2 | $738,152,851 |
| 8 | Brad Pitt | $1,082,441,908 | 18 | $60,135,662 |
| 9 | Matt Damon | $1,081,521,348 | 18 | $60,084,519 |
| 10 | Jackson Yee | $1,067,263,543 | 3 | $355,754,514 |
| 11 | Jamie Dornan | $984,923,867 | 7 | $140,703,410 |
| 12 | Dakota Johnson | $983,154,255 | 10 | $98,315,426 |
| 13 | Jia Ling | $841,674,419 | 1 | $841,674,419 |
| 14 | Zhang Xiaofei | $841,674,419 | 1 | $841,674,419 |
| 15 | Julia Roberts | $778,764,681 | 10 | $77,876,468 |
| 16 | Russell Crowe | $762,047,823 | 14 | $54,431,987 |
| 17 | Meryl Streep | $690,877,707 | 27 | $25,588,063 |
| 18 | Cillian Murphy | $677,494,482 | 5 | $135,498,896 |
| 19 | Rami Malek | $669,521,317 | 3 | $223,173,772 |
| 20 | Christian Bale | $637,388,144 | 14 | $45,527,725 |
| 21 | Lei Jiayin | $634,631,282 | 1 | $634,631,282 |
| 22 | Yue Yunpeng | $634,631,282 | 1 | $634,631,282 |
| 23 | Yi Zhang | $634,631,282 | 1 | $634,631,282 |
| 24 | Johnny Depp | $623,733,317 | 20 | $31,186,666 |
| 25 | Cate Blanchett | $621,327,342 | 13 | $47,794,411 |
| 26 | Bradley Cooper | $606,799,126 | 10 | $60,679,913 |
| 27 | Demi Moore | $584,318,498 | 12 | $48,693,208 |
| 28 | Robert Redford | $560,513,373 | 14 | $40,036,670 |
| 29 | George Clooney | $550,071,365 | 9 | $61,119,041 |
| 30 | Sylvester Stallone | $546,699,637 | 9 | $60,744,404 |
| 31 | Lay Zhang | $532,440,379 | 1 | $532,440,379 |
| 32 | Gina Jin | $532,440,379 | 1 | $532,440,379 |
| 33 | Suraj Sharma | $494,323,346 | 1 | $494,323,346 |
| 34 | Nicole Kidman | $479,700,578 | 27 | $17,766,688 |
| 35 | Joel Edgerton | $475,890,830 | 10 | $47,589,083 |
| 36 | Patrick Swayze | $456,025,263 | 8 | $57,003,158 |
| 37 | Judi Dench | $454,856,973 | 10 | $45,485,697 |
| 38 | Denzel Washington | $454,024,628 | 19 | $23,896,033 |
| 39 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $451,687,489 | 13 | $34,745,191 |
| 40 | Al Pacino | $451,402,512 | 26 | $17,361,635 |
| 41 | Xu Zheng | $451,176,640 | 1 | $451,176,640 |
| 42 | Clint Eastwood | $447,983,807 | 10 | $44,798,381 |
| 43 | Josh Gad | $443,824,132 | 5 | $88,764,826 |
| 44 | Du Jiang | $438,642,949 | 2 | $219,321,475 |
| 45 | Zhang Hanyu | $432,462,100 | 2 | $216,231,050 |
| 46 | Li Qin | $432,462,100 | 1 | $432,462,100 |
| 47 | Robert De Niro | $431,411,520 | 30 | $14,380,384 |
| 48 | Keira Knightley | $429,523,650 | 14 | $30,680,261 |
| 49 | Willem Dafoe | $426,112,033 | 23 | $18,526,610 |
| 50 | Helena Bonham Carter | $410,150,730 | 15 | $27,343,382 |
| 51 | Jack Nicholson | $385,870,074 | 13 | $29,682,313 |
| 52 | Colin Firth | $372,928,513 | 15 | $24,861,901 |
| 53 | Will Smith | $372,412,382 | 10 | $37,241,238 |
| 54 | Jude Law | $365,925,566 | 11 | $33,265,961 |
| 55 | Penélope Cruz | $364,989,084 | 10 | $36,498,908 |
| 56 | Marion Cotillard | $363,490,939 | 10 | $36,349,094 |
| 57 | Kristin Scott Thomas | $362,301,314 | 12 | $30,191,776 |
| 58 | Dev Patel | $361,131,685 | 4 | $90,282,921 |
| 59 | Geoffrey Rush | $354,114,802 | 8 | $44,264,350 |
| 60 | Mel Gibson | $352,144,444 | 15 | $23,476,296 |
| 61 | Michael Sinterniklaas | $342,641,011 | 1 | $342,641,011 |
| 62 | Mone Kamishiraishi | $342,641,011 | 1 | $342,641,011 |
| 63 | Stephanie Sheh | $342,641,011 | 1 | $342,641,011 |
| 64 | Ryunosuke Kamiki | $342,641,011 | 1 | $342,641,011 |
| 65 | Lily James | $341,325,608 | 4 | $85,331,402 |
| 66 | Kevin Spacey | $338,778,843 | 9 | $37,642,094 |
| 67 | Jim Carrey | $338,691,126 | 4 | $84,672,782 |
| 68 | Kenneth Branagh | $338,055,892 | 4 | $84,513,973 |
| 69 | Annette Bening | $326,904,794 | 13 | $25,146,523 |
| 70 | James Caviezel | $321,380,698 | 6 | $53,563,450 |
| 71 | Liam Neeson | $312,646,403 | 16 | $19,540,400 |
| 72 | Lady Gaga | $310,049,854 | 2 | $155,024,927 |
| 73 | Nicolas Cage | $309,046,619 | 15 | $20,603,108 |
| 74 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $307,902,532 | 13 | $23,684,810 |
| 75 | Carey Mulligan | $304,230,506 | 12 | $25,352,542 |
| 76 | Ewan McGregor | $303,315,414 | 12 | $25,276,285 |
| 77 | John Travolta | $302,984,434 | 14 | $21,641,745 |
| 78 | Michael Peña | $297,106,273 | 8 | $37,138,284 |
| 79 | Michael B. Jordan | $295,857,062 | 8 | $36,982,133 |
| 80 | Joaquin Phoenix | $294,662,585 | 10 | $29,466,259 |
| 81 | Tobey Maguire | $286,296,954 | 5 | $57,259,391 |
| 82 | Freida Pinto | $279,716,255 | 7 | $39,959,465 |
| 83 | Morgan Freeman | $278,828,401 | 15 | $18,588,560 |
| 84 | Juliette Binoche | $278,322,114 | 20 | $13,916,106 |
| 85 | Robin Williams | $276,526,705 | 9 | $30,725,189 |
| 86 | Tom Sizemore | $270,363,785 | 4 | $67,590,946 |
| 87 | Edward Burns | $269,457,984 | 4 | $67,364,496 |
| 88 | Ben Whishaw | $261,353,187 | 8 | $32,669,148 |
| 89 | Daniel Day-Lewis | $260,246,139 | 12 | $21,687,178 |
| 90 | Kevin Costner | $258,248,073 | 17 | $15,191,063 |
| 91 | Leslie Odom Jr. | $254,217,990 | 5 | $50,843,598 |
| 92 | Richard Dreyfuss | $250,700,000 | 5 | $50,140,000 |
| 93 | Daisy Ridley | $249,309,830 | 4 | $62,327,458 |
| 94 | Shia LaBeouf | $246,972,720 | 13 | $18,997,902 |
| 95 | Richard Gere | $244,690,640 | 18 | $13,593,924 |
| 96 | Rachel McAdams | $244,652,913 | 10 | $24,465,291 |
| 97 | Madhur Mittal | $242,494,724 | 1 | $242,494,724 |
| 98 | Ralph Fiennes | $239,184,788 | 10 | $23,918,479 |
| 99 | Sandra Bullock | $236,962,396 | 9 | $26,329,155 |
| 100 | Naomi Watts | $236,200,010 | 18 | $13,122,223 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding 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.
Image attributions
Leonardo DiCaprio: By Siebbi (Leonardo DiCaprio) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Robert Pattinson: Georges Biard [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Kristen Stewart: By lukeford.net [CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons
