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Top International Leading Stars for Thriller/Suspense Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - International Leading Adventure Stars - International Leading Action Stars - International Leading Comedy Stars - International Leading Drama Stars - International Leading Horror Stars - International Leading Romantic Comedy Stars - International Leading Musical Stars - Worldwide Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the Thriller/Suspense 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
Morgan Freeman
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 38 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Now You See Me 2 ($263,249,467 in 2016), Se7en ($228,000,000 in 1995), Now You See Me ($225,045,211 in 2013), Oblivion ($198,809,398 in 2013), London Has Fallen ($132,669,825 in 2016), Outbreak ($122,200,000 in 1995), Olympus Has Fallen ($73,909,401 in 2013), Angel Has Fallen ($64,315,147 in 2019), Lucky Number Slevin ($33,000,000 in 2006), Along Came a Spider ($31,100,387 in 2001) |
2
Brad Pitt
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 34 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Ocean's Eleven ($267,311,379 in 2001), Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood ($234,924,175 in 2019), Se7en ($228,000,000 in 1995), Bullet Train ($135,166,361 in 2022), The Devil's Own ($98,014,407 in 1997), Ad Astra ($85,217,910 in 2019), The Counselor ($54,035,619 in 2013), Killing Them Softly ($24,292,902 in 2012), True Romance ($362,293 in 1993), Kalifornia ($0 in 1993) |
3
Leonardo DiCaprio
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 23 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Inception ($533,210,699 in 2010), Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood ($234,924,175 in 2019), Shutter Island ($171,448,848 in 2010), Body of Lies ($79,161,864 in 2008) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgan Freeman | $1,395,848,960 | 17 | $82,108,762 |
| 2 | Brad Pitt | $1,127,325,046 | 11 | $102,484,095 |
| 3 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $1,018,745,586 | 4 | $254,686,397 |
| 4 | Bruce Willis | $952,619,160 | 16 | $59,538,698 |
| 5 | Matt Damon | $885,167,307 | 9 | $98,351,923 |
| 6 | Joaquin Phoenix | $872,078,049 | 3 | $290,692,683 |
| 7 | George Clooney | $804,541,111 | 6 | $134,090,185 |
| 8 | Michael Douglas | $747,962,802 | 15 | $49,864,187 |
| 9 | Harrison Ford | $742,760,460 | 8 | $92,845,058 |
| 10 | Tom Cruise | $671,045,490 | 5 | $134,209,098 |
| 11 | Tom Hanks | $657,860,222 | 4 | $164,465,056 |
| 12 | Denzel Washington | $639,562,036 | 15 | $42,637,469 |
| 13 | Angelina Jolie | $588,224,568 | 7 | $84,032,081 |
| 14 | Gerard Butler | $570,726,881 | 9 | $63,414,098 |
| 15 | Ben Affleck | $562,568,770 | 11 | $51,142,615 |
| 16 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | $544,328,454 | 3 | $181,442,818 |
| 17 | Dave Franco | $535,294,997 | 4 | $133,823,749 |
| 18 | Elliot Page | $533,210,699 | 1 | $533,210,699 |
| 19 | Sandra Bullock | $531,527,652 | 5 | $106,305,530 |
| 20 | Liam Neeson | $518,055,286 | 14 | $37,003,949 |
| 21 | Woody Harrelson | $503,502,641 | 6 | $83,917,107 |
| 22 | Michael Caine | $493,373,101 | 8 | $61,671,638 |
| 23 | Noomi Rapace | $492,852,466 | 12 | $41,071,039 |
| 24 | Mark Ruffalo | $490,628,268 | 3 | $163,542,756 |
| 25 | Jesse Eisenberg | $489,687,257 | 7 | $69,955,322 |
| 26 | Ni Ni | $488,297,937 | 1 | $488,297,937 |
| 27 | Janice Man | $488,297,937 | 1 | $488,297,937 |
| 28 | Zhu Yilong | $488,297,937 | 1 | $488,297,937 |
| 29 | Johnny Depp | $412,124,288 | 7 | $58,874,898 |
| 30 | Haley Joel Osment | $389,152,577 | 2 | $194,576,289 |
| 31 | Samuel L. Jackson | $377,563,330 | 16 | $23,597,708 |
| 32 | Maggie Grace | $366,616,387 | 4 | $91,654,097 |
| 33 | Jodie Foster | $362,457,334 | 6 | $60,409,556 |
| 34 | Sharon Stone | $357,543,799 | 6 | $59,590,633 |
| 35 | Jamie Foxx | $331,312,673 | 6 | $55,218,779 |
| 36 | Will Smith | $329,139,674 | 5 | $65,827,935 |
| 37 | Jennifer Lawrence | $328,019,324 | 3 | $109,339,775 |
| 38 | Kevin Costner | $316,443,296 | 7 | $45,206,185 |
| 39 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $316,066,764 | 11 | $28,733,342 |
| 40 | Robert De Niro | $312,807,811 | 11 | $28,437,074 |
| 41 | Mark Wahlberg | $295,882,035 | 9 | $32,875,782 |
| 42 | Julia Roberts | $292,144,352 | 7 | $41,734,907 |
| 43 | Richard Gere | $290,212,100 | 13 | $22,324,008 |
| 44 | Mel Gibson | $289,217,594 | 11 | $26,292,509 |
| 45 | Whitney Houston | $289,000,000 | 1 | $289,000,000 |
| 46 | Daniel Radcliffe | $288,948,634 | 3 | $96,316,211 |
| 47 | Andy Garcia | $282,296,858 | 6 | $47,049,476 |
| 48 | Clive Owen | $268,504,196 | 8 | $33,563,025 |
| 49 | Lizzy Caplan | $265,609,467 | 2 | $132,804,734 |
| 50 | Jay Chou | $263,249,467 | 1 | $263,249,467 |
| 51 | Natalie Portman | $260,650,646 | 3 | $86,883,549 |
| 52 | Pierce Brosnan | $244,128,754 | 11 | $22,193,523 |
| 53 | Jeremy Renner | $242,922,648 | 4 | $60,730,662 |
| 54 | Nicolas Cage | $238,502,114 | 18 | $13,250,117 |
| 55 | Famke Janssen | $238,020,927 | 4 | $59,505,232 |
| 56 | Margot Robbie | $235,592,705 | 4 | $58,898,176 |
| 57 | Aaron Eckhart | $233,148,476 | 11 | $21,195,316 |
| 58 | Dean-Charles Chapman | $229,912,796 | 1 | $229,912,796 |
| 59 | George MacKay | $229,912,796 | 2 | $114,956,398 |
| 60 | Mélanie Laurent | $225,045,211 | 3 | $75,015,070 |
| 61 | Isla Fisher | $225,045,211 | 1 | $225,045,211 |
| 62 | Rosamund Pike | $221,482,742 | 7 | $31,640,392 |
| 63 | Ryan Gosling | $220,124,489 | 5 | $44,024,898 |
| 64 | Russell Crowe | $215,027,999 | 8 | $26,878,500 |
| 65 | Kevin Spacey | $207,297,063 | 6 | $34,549,511 |
| 66 | Blake Lively | $204,267,333 | 8 | $25,533,417 |
| 67 | Al Pacino | $203,938,590 | 8 | $25,492,324 |
| 68 | Chris Pratt | $202,224,973 | 1 | $202,224,973 |
| 69 | Emily Blunt | $200,693,748 | 3 | $66,897,916 |
| 70 | Amanda Seyfried | $198,743,470 | 5 | $39,748,694 |
| 71 | Rooney Mara | $197,627,224 | 3 | $65,875,741 |
| 72 | Dave Bautista | $196,717,974 | 6 | $32,786,329 |
| 73 | Jon Hamm | $195,856,517 | 5 | $39,171,303 |
| 74 | Ryan Reynolds | $195,174,494 | 5 | $39,034,899 |
| 75 | Aaron Taylor-Johnson | $194,784,273 | 4 | $48,696,068 |
| 76 | Anthony Hopkins | $193,969,617 | 11 | $17,633,602 |
| 77 | Chris Evans | $193,411,973 | 6 | $32,235,329 |
| 78 | Ben Foster | $189,216,701 | 3 | $63,072,234 |
| 79 | Sidse Babett Knudsen | $188,394,097 | 3 | $62,798,032 |
| 80 | Talitha Bateman | $187,095,849 | 1 | $187,095,849 |
| 81 | Irrfan Khan | $185,483,193 | 4 | $46,370,798 |
| 82 | Felicity Jones | $185,176,063 | 2 | $92,588,032 |
| 83 | Omar Sy | $185,175,793 | 1 | $185,175,793 |
| 84 | James McAvoy | $183,056,690 | 5 | $36,611,338 |
| 85 | Jared Leto | $180,147,076 | 2 | $90,073,538 |
| 86 | Amanda Qin | $177,454,106 | 1 | $177,454,106 |
| 87 | Yawen Zhu | $177,454,106 | 1 | $177,454,106 |
| 88 | Zhang Yi | $177,454,106 | 1 | $177,454,106 |
| 89 | Liu Hao Cun | $177,454,106 | 1 | $177,454,106 |
| 90 | Yu Hewei | $177,454,106 | 1 | $177,454,106 |
| 91 | Rene Russo | $177,200,000 | 2 | $88,600,000 |
| 92 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | $175,975,798 | 3 | $58,658,599 |
| 93 | Brian Tyree Henry | $175,356,919 | 3 | $58,452,306 |
| 94 | Ana de Armas | $175,014,411 | 7 | $25,002,059 |
| 95 | Bryce Dallas Howard | $173,944,114 | 2 | $86,972,057 |
| 96 | Nicole Kidman | $172,993,057 | 13 | $13,307,158 |
| 97 | Nick Nolte | $170,458,108 | 4 | $42,614,527 |
| 98 | Justin Timberlake | $168,746,054 | 2 | $84,373,027 |
| 99 | Channing Tatum | $166,905,984 | 2 | $83,452,992 |
| 100 | Sylvia Hoeks | $165,754,600 | 1 | $165,754,600 |
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
Morgan Freeman: By David Sifry (David Sifry's flickr account) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Brad Pitt: By Blake Nelson Boyd (Blake Nelson Boyd) [GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
Leonardo DiCaprio: By Siebbi (Leonardo DiCaprio) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
