Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Per Year Acting > Top Worldwide 2003 Stars
Highest Grossing Stars of 2003 at the Worldwide Box Office
See also: Top Domestic 2003 Stars - Top International 2003 Stars - Top Worldwide 2020 Stars - Top Worldwide 2021 Stars - Top Worldwide 2022 Stars - Top Worldwide 2023 Stars - Top Worldwide 2024 Stars - Top Worldwide 2025 Stars
This list shows the highest grossing stars of 2003 based on the Worldwide box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 2003 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 worldwide 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 Worldwide 2002 Stars | Top Worldwide 2004 Stars |
| Best known as a Supporting Actor based on credits in that role in 20 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($1,123,837,908 in 2003), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ($921,711,177 in 2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ($894,291,662 in 2001), X-Men 2 ($406,348,630 in 2003) |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 38 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Pearl Harbor ($449,239,853 in 2001), The Sum of All Fears ($193,500,000 in 2002), Daredevil ($182,782,518 in 2003), Paycheck ($98,819,789 in 2003), Changing Lanes ($66,790,248 in 2002) |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 46 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Matrix Reloaded ($738,576,929 in 2003), The Matrix Revolutions ($427,300,260 in 2003), Something's Gotta Give ($266,685,242 in 2003) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Star Score |
Movies | Average Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian McKellen | 391 | 4 | 2.3 |
| 2 | Ben Affleck | 349 | 6 | 1.0 |
| 3 | Keanu Reeves | 345 | 5 | 1.4 |
| 4 | Viggo Mortensen | 299 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 5 | Eddie Murphy | 286 | 5 | 1.2 |
| 6 | Nicole Kidman | 284 | 4 | 1.8 |
| 7 | Tom Cruise | 267 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 8 | Antonio Banderas | 262 | 4 | 1.0 |
| 9 | Renée Zellweger | 246 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 10 | Will Smith | 242 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 11 | Johnny Depp | 237 | 4 | 1.5 |
| 12 | Michelle Rodriguez | 237 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 13 | Brad Pitt | 235 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 14 | Jack Nicholson | 233 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 15 | Seann William Scott | 231 | 3 | 5.3 |
| 16 | Ewan McGregor | 229 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 17 | Josh Hartnett | 228 | 4 | 1.8 |
| 18 | Hugh Jackman | 227 | 4 | 2.3 |
| 19 | Keira Knightley | 226 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 20 | Edward Norton | 220 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 21 | Carla Gugino | 217 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 22 | Alexa Vega | 217 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 23 | Daryl Sabara | 217 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 24 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | 216 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 25 | Anthony Hopkins | 210 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 26 | Rowan Atkinson | 210 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 27 | Jude Law | 207 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 28 | Morgan Freeman | 206 | 4 | 1.5 |
| 29 | Julia Roberts | 203 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 30 | Matt Damon | 202 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 31 | Elijah Wood | 199 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 32 | Reese Witherspoon | 199 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 33 | Daniel Radcliffe | 199 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 34 | Rupert Grint | 199 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 35 | Emma Watson | 199 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 36 | Orlando Bloom | 197 | 2 | 7.0 |
| 37 | Cameron Diaz | 192 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 38 | Kate Beckinsale | 189 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 39 | Alan Rickman | 188 | 2 | 8.5 |
| 40 | Jackie Chan | 184 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 41 | John Cusack | 184 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 42 | Richard Gere | 179 | 3 | 4.7 |
| 43 | Vin Diesel | 173 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 44 | Jason Biggs | 172 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 45 | Alyson Hannigan | 172 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 46 | Thomas Ian Nicholas | 172 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 47 | Eddie Kaye Thomas | 172 | 2 | 8.0 |
| 48 | Eugene Levy | 172 | 2 | 9.5 |
| 49 | Maggie Smith | 172 | 3 | 10.7 |
| 50 | Billy Crystal | 171 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 51 | Russell Crowe | 170 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 52 | Paul Walker | 168 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 53 | Hugh Grant | 168 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 54 | Tom Hanks | 167 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 55 | Leonardo DiCaprio | 166 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 56 | Mark Wahlberg | 165 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 57 | Robert De Niro | 164 | 4 | 1.5 |
| 58 | Steve Martin | 162 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 59 | Tobey Maguire | 160 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 60 | Colin Farrell | 160 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 61 | Mel Gibson | 156 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 62 | Halle Berry | 156 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 63 | Angelina Jolie | 152 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 64 | Adam Sandler | 152 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 65 | George Clooney | 150 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 66 | Jennifer Lopez | 150 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 67 | Michael Clarke Duncan | 148 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 68 | Sandra Bullock | 147 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 69 | Mike Myers | 146 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 70 | Shannon Elizabeth | 144 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 71 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | 139 | 2 | 10.5 |
| 72 | Will Ferrell | 137 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 73 | Denzel Washington | 132 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 74 | Anna Faris | 130 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 75 | Patrick Stewart | 129 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 76 | Matthew Lillard | 129 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 77 | Cuba Gooding, Jr. | 128 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 78 | Seth Green | 128 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 79 | Amanda Peet | 125 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 80 | Samuel L. Jackson | 120 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 81 | Jack Black | 115 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 82 | Charlize Theron | 114 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 83 | Hilary Duff | 114 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 84 | Jim Carrey | 113 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 85 | Julianne Moore | 111 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 86 | Al Pacino | 109 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 87 | Brendan Fraser | 106 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 88 | Diane Lane | 106 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 89 | Martin Lawrence | 105 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 90 | Dwayne Johnson | 104 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 91 | John Travolta | 101 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 92 | Nicolas Cage | 101 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 93 | Chris Rock | 100 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 94 | Robbie Coltrane | 100 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 95 | Richard Harris | 100 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 96 | Kenneth Branagh | 99 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 97 | Bill Murray | 99 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 98 | John Goodman | 98 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 99 | Geoffrey Rush | 97 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 100 | Natalie Portman | 97 | 1 | 2.0 |
The Average Billing column contains the average billing position of this cast/crew member for the selected films.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Ian McKellen: By Gage Skidmore (Ian McKellen) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Ben Affleck: By Elen Nivrae from Paris, France (Ben AffleckUploaded by stemoc) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Keanu Reeves: By anna Hanks [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
