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Top International Leading Stars for Live Action Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Live Action Stars - International Leading Animation/Live Action Stars - International Leading Digital Animation Stars - International Leading Hand Animation Stars - International Leading Stop-Motion Animation Stars - International Leading Rotoscoping Stars - International Leading Multiple Production Methods Stars - Worldwide Leading Live Action Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the Live Action 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
Tom Cruise
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 40 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Top Gun: Maverick ($746,858,459 in 2022), Mission: Impossible—Fallout ($566,467,079 in 2018), Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation ($493,816,615 in 2015), Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol ($485,315,327 in 2011), Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One ($394,003,163 in 2023), The Last Samurai ($345,700,000 in 2003), Mission: Impossible 2 ($334,178,627 in 2000), The Mummy ($329,852,780 in 2017), Mission: Impossible ($276,716,108 in 1996), Edge of Tomorrow ($266,822,724 in 2014) |
2
Dwayne Johnson
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 28 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Fate of the Furious ($1,009,769,249 in 2017), Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw ($586,775,991 in 2019), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ($557,123,891 in 2017), Fast and Furious 6 ($550,620,594 in 2013), Jumanji: The Next Level ($478,525,666 in 2019), Fast Five ($419,944,573 in 2011), Rampage ($326,918,984 in 2018), San Andreas ($301,067,707 in 2015), Skyscraper ($236,438,001 in 2018), Black Adam ($222,171,744 in 2022) |
3
Vin Diesel
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 17 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Furious 7 ($1,158,979,344 in 2015), The Fate of the Furious ($1,009,769,249 in 2017), Fast X ($568,441,270 in 2023), Fast and Furious 6 ($550,620,594 in 2013), F9: The Fast Saga ($546,354,565 in 2021), Fast Five ($419,944,573 in 2011), xXx: Return of Xander Cage ($300,134,946 in 2017), Fast & Furious ($204,283,568 in 2009), xXx ($125,270,000 in 2002), The Last Witch Hunter ($103,451,252 in 2015) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Cruise | $6,867,053,215 | 42 | $163,501,267 |
| 2 | Dwayne Johnson | $5,631,268,164 | 31 | $181,653,812 |
| 3 | Vin Diesel | $5,356,797,715 | 24 | $223,199,905 |
| 4 | Jason Statham | $4,545,871,101 | 40 | $113,646,778 |
| 5 | Johnny Depp | $4,429,813,606 | 45 | $98,440,302 |
| 6 | Brad Pitt | $4,242,481,864 | 43 | $98,662,369 |
| 7 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $4,120,903,138 | 26 | $158,496,275 |
| 8 | Tom Hanks | $3,839,765,514 | 49 | $78,362,562 |
| 9 | Matt Damon | $3,804,433,200 | 43 | $88,475,191 |
| 10 | Harrison Ford | $3,652,707,695 | 41 | $89,090,432 |
| 11 | Jennifer Lawrence | $3,435,906,428 | 24 | $143,162,768 |
| 12 | Hugh Jackman | $3,420,265,523 | 28 | $122,152,340 |
| 13 | Bruce Willis | $3,397,968,203 | 85 | $39,976,097 |
| 14 | Daniel Craig | $3,385,135,615 | 17 | $199,125,624 |
| 15 | Michelle Rodriguez | $3,193,780,029 | 17 | $187,869,413 |
| 16 | Sylvester Stallone | $2,967,912,956 | 52 | $57,075,249 |
| 17 | Julia Roberts | $2,946,876,871 | 36 | $81,857,691 |
| 18 | Scarlett Johansson | $2,930,395,201 | 26 | $112,707,508 |
| 19 | Samuel L. Jackson | $2,918,647,885 | 60 | $48,644,131 |
| 20 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $2,802,125,299 | 37 | $75,733,116 |
| 21 | Robert Pattinson | $2,770,002,946 | 23 | $120,434,911 |
| 22 | Keira Knightley | $2,662,805,340 | 27 | $98,622,420 |
| 23 | Idris Elba | $2,651,176,683 | 28 | $94,684,882 |
| 24 | Ben Affleck | $2,649,132,272 | 45 | $58,869,606 |
| 25 | Paul Walker | $2,631,926,946 | 16 | $164,495,434 |
| 26 | Will Smith | $2,606,028,933 | 27 | $96,519,590 |
| 27 | Anthony Hopkins | $2,573,376,124 | 43 | $59,845,956 |
| 28 | Angelina Jolie | $2,549,043,018 | 22 | $115,865,592 |
| 29 | George Clooney | $2,543,146,103 | 33 | $77,065,033 |
| 30 | Charlize Theron | $2,529,384,391 | 29 | $87,220,151 |
| 31 | Orlando Bloom | $2,407,072,615 | 22 | $109,412,392 |
| 32 | Christian Bale | $2,370,447,268 | 32 | $74,076,477 |
| 33 | Kristen Stewart | $2,370,393,683 | 29 | $81,737,713 |
| 34 | Pierce Brosnan | $2,364,608,726 | 35 | $67,560,249 |
| 35 | Keanu Reeves | $2,335,541,309 | 46 | $50,772,637 |
| 36 | Morgan Freeman | $2,334,849,300 | 47 | $49,677,645 |
| 37 | Robert De Niro | $2,332,429,253 | 74 | $31,519,314 |
| 38 | Zendaya | $2,318,188,121 | 7 | $331,169,732 |
| 39 | Tyrese Gibson | $2,293,667,983 | 18 | $127,425,999 |
| 40 | Wu Jing | $2,285,208,179 | 4 | $571,302,045 |
| 41 | Geoffrey Rush | $2,282,748,048 | 14 | $163,053,432 |
| 42 | Colin Firth | $2,277,062,573 | 33 | $69,001,896 |
| 43 | Kate Winslet | $2,222,935,821 | 28 | $79,390,565 |
| 44 | Cate Blanchett | $2,218,236,114 | 27 | $82,156,893 |
| 45 | Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges | $2,216,870,719 | 6 | $369,478,453 |
| 46 | Chris Pratt | $2,199,264,084 | 13 | $169,174,160 |
| 47 | Henry Cavill | $2,177,554,312 | 13 | $167,504,178 |
| 48 | Shen Teng | $2,149,269,452 | 4 | $537,317,363 |
| 49 | Nicolas Cage | $2,148,468,199 | 87 | $24,695,037 |
| 50 | Taylor Lautner | $2,145,335,560 | 10 | $214,533,556 |
| 51 | Liam Neeson | $2,068,120,240 | 51 | $40,551,377 |
| 52 | Mel Gibson | $2,048,449,059 | 52 | $39,393,251 |
| 53 | Meryl Streep | $2,034,323,432 | 46 | $44,224,422 |
| 54 | Michael Fassbender | $2,028,327,417 | 26 | $78,012,593 |
| 55 | Ben Stiller | $2,027,664,770 | 31 | $65,408,541 |
| 56 | Jim Carrey | $2,010,855,485 | 26 | $77,340,596 |
| 57 | Russell Crowe | $1,995,262,804 | 37 | $53,926,022 |
| 58 | Sandra Bullock | $1,962,329,598 | 33 | $59,464,533 |
| 59 | Chris Evans | $1,950,464,066 | 23 | $84,802,785 |
| 60 | James McAvoy | $1,948,679,724 | 20 | $97,433,986 |
| 61 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | $1,946,699,576 | 32 | $60,834,362 |
| 62 | Jordana Brewster | $1,931,842,972 | 11 | $175,622,088 |
| 63 | Bradley Cooper | $1,915,905,629 | 24 | $79,829,401 |
| 64 | Jeremy Renner | $1,901,484,428 | 14 | $135,820,316 |
| 65 | Denzel Washington | $1,870,812,142 | 48 | $38,975,253 |
| 66 | Chris Hemsworth | $1,830,441,008 | 20 | $91,522,050 |
| 67 | Simon Pegg | $1,805,678,729 | 21 | $85,984,701 |
| 68 | Robin Williams | $1,800,940,497 | 35 | $51,455,443 |
| 69 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $1,792,534,334 | 32 | $56,016,698 |
| 70 | Ryan Gosling | $1,780,557,238 | 24 | $74,189,885 |
| 71 | Tom Holland | $1,773,605,300 | 9 | $197,067,256 |
| 72 | Margot Robbie | $1,772,567,506 | 19 | $93,293,027 |
| 73 | Don Cheadle | $1,704,540,844 | 19 | $89,712,676 |
| 74 | Tobey Maguire | $1,693,020,994 | 11 | $153,910,999 |
| 75 | Lea Seydoux | $1,686,873,958 | 18 | $93,715,220 |
| 76 | Tom Hiddleston | $1,686,740,140 | 10 | $168,674,014 |
| 77 | Jason Momoa | $1,680,068,078 | 12 | $140,005,673 |
| 78 | Rebecca Ferguson | $1,663,160,673 | 8 | $207,895,084 |
| 79 | Jackie Chan | $1,650,420,833 | 38 | $43,432,127 |
| 80 | Cameron Diaz | $1,638,790,644 | 24 | $68,282,944 |
| 81 | Gal Gadot | $1,616,447,649 | 10 | $161,644,765 |
| 82 | Jude Law | $1,615,757,419 | 29 | $55,715,773 |
| 83 | Chris Pine | $1,568,571,973 | 20 | $78,428,599 |
| 84 | Nathalie Emmanuel | $1,564,713,022 | 4 | $391,178,256 |
| 85 | Wang Baoqiang | $1,553,205,474 | 6 | $258,867,579 |
| 86 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $1,540,707,604 | 35 | $44,020,217 |
| 87 | Nicole Kidman | $1,535,775,590 | 54 | $28,440,289 |
| 88 | Stellan Skarsgård | $1,509,642,674 | 21 | $71,887,746 |
| 89 | Chadwick Boseman | $1,507,336,735 | 9 | $167,481,859 |
| 90 | Colin Farrell | $1,505,687,476 | 32 | $47,052,734 |
| 91 | John Travolta | $1,504,998,802 | 55 | $27,363,615 |
| 92 | Mark Wahlberg | $1,488,838,705 | 41 | $36,313,139 |
| 93 | Javier Bardem | $1,473,901,611 | 19 | $77,573,769 |
| 94 | Owen Wilson | $1,472,906,857 | 31 | $47,513,124 |
| 95 | Penélope Cruz | $1,459,827,466 | 22 | $66,355,794 |
| 96 | Eddie Murphy | $1,446,882,355 | 41 | $35,289,814 |
| 97 | Kevin Costner | $1,446,202,593 | 41 | $35,273,234 |
| 98 | Jack Black | $1,444,094,855 | 20 | $72,204,743 |
| 99 | Michael Douglas | $1,414,162,531 | 32 | $44,192,579 |
| 100 | Sebastian Stan | $1,411,851,467 | 14 | $100,846,533 |
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
Tom Cruise: Gage Skidmore [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Dwayne Johnson: By English: Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer (Flickr) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Vin Diesel: Andre Luis [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
