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Top Domestic Leading Stars for Based on Play Movies (Rank 101-200)
See also: Domestic Leading Original Screenplay Stars - Domestic Leading Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Stars - Domestic Leading Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Stars - Domestic Leading Based on Real Life Events Stars - Domestic Leading Based on TV Stars - Domestic Leading Remake Stars - Domestic Leading Based on Factual Book/Article Stars - Domestic Leading Spin-Off Stars - International Leading Based on Play Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on Play Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative domestic box office of all the Based on Play 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.
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Ellen Burstyn | $28,583,621 | 2 | $14,291,811 |
| 102 | Orson Welles | $28,476,724 | 2 | $14,238,362 |
| 103 | Maggie Smith | $28,409,532 | 2 | $14,204,766 |
| 104 | Susannah York | $28,350,000 | 1 | $28,350,000 |
| 105 | Paul Scofield | $28,350,000 | 1 | $28,350,000 |
| 106 | Wendy Hiller | $28,350,000 | 1 | $28,350,000 |
| 107 | Robert Shaw | $28,350,000 | 1 | $28,350,000 |
| 108 | Leo McKern | $28,350,000 | 1 | $28,350,000 |
| 109 | Trevante Rhodes | $27,854,931 | 1 | $27,854,931 |
| 110 | Ashton Sanders | $27,854,931 | 1 | $27,854,931 |
| 111 | Alex A. Hibbert | $27,854,931 | 1 | $27,854,931 |
| 112 | Robert De Niro | $27,795,137 | 2 | $13,897,569 |
| 113 | Goldie Hawn | $25,889,208 | 1 | $25,889,208 |
| 114 | Jack Lemmon | $25,725,228 | 2 | $12,862,614 |
| 115 | Sylvester Stallone | $23,562,716 | 1 | $23,562,716 |
| 116 | Darius McCrary | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 117 | LL Cool J | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 118 | Anthony Anderson | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 119 | Jada Pinkett Smith | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 120 | Toni Braxton | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 121 | Vivica Fox | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 122 | Cedric the Entertainer | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 123 | Alan Alda | $23,000,000 | 1 | $23,000,000 |
| 124 | Mel Gibson | $20,710,451 | 1 | $20,710,451 |
| 125 | Glenn Close | $20,710,451 | 1 | $20,710,451 |
| 126 | Mildred Natwick | $19,994,515 | 1 | $19,994,515 |
| 127 | Robert Redford | $19,994,515 | 1 | $19,994,515 |
| 128 | Charles Boyer | $19,994,515 | 1 | $19,994,515 |
| 129 | Michael Sheen | $18,622,031 | 1 | $18,622,031 |
| 130 | Frank Langella | $18,622,031 | 1 | $18,622,031 |
| 131 | Pauline Collins | $18,388,357 | 1 | $18,388,357 |
| 132 | Tom Courtenay | $18,388,357 | 1 | $18,388,357 |
| 133 | Billy Connolly | $18,388,357 | 1 | $18,388,357 |
| 134 | Shirley MacLaine | $17,957,265 | 1 | $17,957,265 |
| 135 | John Goodman | $17,760,754 | 2 | $8,880,377 |
| 136 | Don Johnson | $17,760,754 | 1 | $17,760,754 |
| 137 | Melanie Griffith | $17,760,754 | 1 | $17,760,754 |
| 138 | Paul Newman | $17,570,324 | 2 | $8,785,162 |
| 139 | Brendan Fraser | $17,453,440 | 1 | $17,453,440 |
| 140 | Chazz Palminteri | $17,239,789 | 1 | $17,239,789 |
| 141 | Lilo Brancato | $17,239,789 | 1 | $17,239,789 |
| 142 | Calista Flockhart | $16,071,990 | 1 | $16,071,990 |
| 143 | Kevin Kline | $16,071,990 | 1 | $16,071,990 |
| 144 | Rupert Everett | $16,071,990 | 1 | $16,071,990 |
| 145 | Stanley Tucci | $16,071,990 | 1 | $16,071,990 |
| 146 | Doris Day | $15,388,000 | 2 | $7,694,000 |
| 147 | Nigel Hawthorne | $15,122,669 | 1 | $15,122,669 |
| 148 | Walter Matthau | $15,000,000 | 1 | $15,000,000 |
| 149 | Julie Walters | $14,688,000 | 1 | $14,688,000 |
| 150 | Janet Leigh | $13,129,412 | 1 | $13,129,412 |
| 151 | Ann-Margret | $13,129,412 | 1 | $13,129,412 |
| 152 | Dick Van Dyke | $13,129,412 | 1 | $13,129,412 |
| 153 | Quvenzhané Wallis | $12,795,746 | 1 | $12,795,746 |
| 154 | Jonathan Silverman | $11,957,943 | 1 | $11,957,943 |
| 155 | John Gilbert | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 156 | Renée Adorée | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 157 | Jonathan Pryce | $10,725,228 | 1 | $10,725,228 |
| 158 | Ed Harris | $10,725,228 | 2 | $5,362,614 |
| 159 | Alan Arkin | $10,725,228 | 1 | $10,725,228 |
| 160 | Alec Baldwin | $10,725,228 | 1 | $10,725,228 |
| 161 | Sean Penn | $10,555,348 | 1 | $10,555,348 |
| 162 | Humphrey Bogart | $10,462,500 | 1 | $10,462,500 |
| 163 | Ingrid Bergman | $10,462,500 | 1 | $10,462,500 |
| 164 | Alex Jennings | $10,021,175 | 1 | $10,021,175 |
| 165 | Luke Kirby | $9,282,750 | 1 | $9,282,750 |
| 166 | Kathleen Turner | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 167 | Robert Morse | $7,988,000 | 1 | $7,988,000 |
| 168 | Rex Harrison | $7,400,000 | 1 | $7,400,000 |
| 169 | Daniel Day-Lewis | $7,352,332 | 1 | $7,352,332 |
| 170 | Nasir Jones | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 171 | Tyrese Gibson | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 172 | Jennifer Hudson | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 173 | Jacob Latimore | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 174 | Mary J. Blige | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 175 | Forest Whitaker | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 176 | Melissa Desormeaux-Poulin | $6,857,096 | 1 | $6,857,096 |
| 177 | Michael Fassbender | $6,812,790 | 2 | $3,406,395 |
| 178 | Chow Yun-Fat | $6,566,773 | 1 | $6,566,773 |
| 179 | Gong Li | $6,566,773 | 1 | $6,566,773 |
| 180 | Sigourney Weaver | $6,525,495 | 2 | $3,262,748 |
| 181 | Stockard Channing | $6,284,090 | 1 | $6,284,090 |
| 182 | Will Smith | $6,284,090 | 1 | $6,284,090 |
| 183 | Donald Sutherland | $6,284,090 | 1 | $6,284,090 |
| 184 | Tom Ewell | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 185 | Grace Kelly | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 186 | Ray Milland | $6,000,000 | 2 | $3,000,000 |
| 187 | Marilyn Monroe | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 188 | Susan Sarandon | $5,841,886 | 2 | $2,920,943 |
| 189 | Viggo Mortensen | $5,733,714 | 2 | $2,866,857 |
| 190 | Keira Knightley | $5,702,083 | 1 | $5,702,083 |
| 191 | Diane Ladd | $5,583,621 | 1 | $5,583,621 |
| 192 | Danny Aiello | $5,583,621 | 1 | $5,583,621 |
| 193 | Olympia Dukakis | $5,583,621 | 1 | $5,583,621 |
| 194 | Aaron Eckhart | $5,112,719 | 2 | $2,556,360 |
| 195 | Samantha Morton | $4,835,065 | 2 | $2,417,533 |
| 196 | Kenneth Branagh | $4,501,094 | 1 | $4,501,094 |
| 197 | Amy Acker | $4,328,850 | 1 | $4,328,850 |
| 198 | Alexis Denisof | $4,328,850 | 1 | $4,328,850 |
| 199 | Kirsten Dunst | $3,623,706 | 2 | $1,811,853 |
| 200 | Patrick Stewart | $3,517,566 | 2 | $1,758,783 |
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.