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Notes

  1. This chart is not adjusted for inflation. The figures represent the total amount of US revenue generated by all the movies a star has appeared in over their lifetime.
  2. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.

See also: Stars with Most $100m Movies - Stars with Highest Average Gross


All Time Top 100 Stars at the Box Office
    Name Movies Total Box Office   Average
1   Frank Welker 90 $4,995,851,225   $55,509,458
2   Samuel L. Jackson 74 $4,225,132,805   $57,096,389
3   Tom Hanks 40 $3,839,625,571   $95,990,639
4   Eddie Murphy 33 $3,439,371,750   $104,223,386
5   Harrison Ford 35 $3,308,963,506   $94,541,814
6   James Earl Jones 46 $3,198,719,471   $69,537,380
7   Tom Cruise 32 $3,076,640,424   $96,145,013
8   Bruce Willis 58 $3,044,221,838   $52,486,583
9   Robin Williams 52 $3,007,088,409   $57,828,623
10   John Ratzenberger 27 $2,791,013,515   $103,370,871
11   Phil Proctor 25 $2,656,300,415   $106,252,017
12   Frank Oz 24 $2,562,233,313   $106,759,721
13   Jack Angel 25 $2,553,026,189   $102,121,048
14   Morgan Freeman 47 $2,470,204,629   $52,557,545
15   Willem Dafoe 48 $2,441,322,944   $50,860,895
16   Clint Howard 43 $2,432,524,714   $56,570,342
17   Jim Cummings 28 $2,410,668,906   $86,095,318
18   John Cleese 36 $2,397,281,338   $66,591,148
19   Warwick Davis 14 $2,395,871,291   $171,133,664
20   Orlando Bloom 13 $2,390,292,364   $183,868,643
21   Kenny Baker 14 $2,384,448,917   $170,317,780
22   John Travolta 39 $2,365,307,298   $60,648,905
23   Mel Gibson 36 $2,316,665,138   $64,351,809
24   Hugo Weaving 17 $2,307,499,170   $135,735,245
25   Matt Damon 37 $2,299,764,032   $62,155,785
26   Julia Roberts 34 $2,291,887,329   $67,408,451
27   Cameron Diaz 26 $2,270,383,347   $87,322,436
28   Gene Hackman 61 $2,258,223,307   $37,020,054
29   Robert De Niro 57 $2,249,868,845   $39,471,383
30   Will Smith 18 $2,245,334,188   $124,740,788
31   Dan Aykroyd 52 $2,241,434,589   $43,104,511
32   Johnny Depp 39 $2,237,279,585   $57,366,143
33   Jim Carrey 25 $2,209,265,588   $88,370,624
34   Mickie McGowan 20 $2,209,246,637   $110,462,332
35   Ian McKellen 31 $2,200,794,017   $70,993,355
36   Maggie Smith 31 $2,191,339,886   $70,688,383
37   Anthony Daniels 7 $2,191,005,118   $313,000,731
38   Owen Wilson 28 $2,157,068,659   $77,038,166
39   Sherry Lynn 21 $2,151,752,988   $102,464,428
40   Robbie Coltrane 27 $2,138,254,171   $79,194,599
41   Chris Ellis 31 $2,113,938,471   $68,191,564
42   Jon Voight 33 $2,084,895,694   $63,178,657
43   Danny De Vito 48 $2,076,740,286   $43,265,423
44   Bill Paxton 41 $2,074,285,835   $50,592,337
45   Steve Buscemi 65 $2,069,433,544   $31,837,439
46   Martin Klebba 16 $2,059,079,113   $128,692,445
47   Christopher Walken 61 $2,043,557,305   $33,500,939
48   Kathy Bates 43 $2,034,365,506   $47,310,826
49   Elijah Wood 28 $2,016,568,515   $72,020,304
50   James Cromwell 34 $2,013,803,645   $59,229,519
51   Alan Rickman 25 $2,013,788,306   $80,551,532
52   Tommy Lee Jones 37 $2,002,994,706   $54,134,992
53   Ben Stiller 36 $1,968,412,475   $54,678,124
54   Nicolas Cage 45 $1,968,234,223   $43,738,538
55   Christopher Lee 24 $1,962,344,062   $81,764,336
56   Michael Papajohn 26 $1,962,099,909   $75,465,381
57   Dustin Hoffman 35 $1,945,259,841   $55,578,853
58   Jack Nicholson 36 $1,941,888,022   $53,941,334
59   Stan Lee 10 $1,909,472,663   $190,947,266
60   Rance Howard 42 $1,906,661,067   $45,396,692
61   J.K. Simmons 26 $1,879,207,279   $72,277,203
62   Carrie Fisher 29 $1,877,413,662   $64,738,402
63   Arnold Schwarzenegger 27 $1,863,355,032   $69,013,149
64   Kirsten Dunst 28 $1,846,547,309   $65,948,118
65   Mike Myers 13 $1,823,667,396   $140,282,107
66   Alec Baldwin 45 $1,819,995,963   $40,444,355
67   Geoffrey Rush 23 $1,811,388,006   $78,756,000
68   Sylvester Stallone 38 $1,808,946,865   $47,603,865
69   Keith David 49 $1,804,504,913   $36,826,631
70   Michael Clarke Duncan 26 $1,803,855,657   $69,379,064
71   Laurence Fishburne 42 $1,802,536,237   $42,917,529
72   Gary Oldman 26 $1,801,798,072   $69,299,926
73   Whoopi Goldberg 46 $1,800,253,561   $39,135,947
74   John Rhys-Davies 22 $1,798,810,063   $81,764,094
75   Philip Baker Hall 38 $1,794,966,009   $47,235,948
76   Liam Neeson 39 $1,794,926,076   $46,023,746
77   Bill Nunn 33 $1,787,368,727   $54,162,689
78   Rob Schneider 27 $1,785,059,413   $66,113,312
79   Anthony Hopkins 46 $1,782,188,388   $38,743,226
80   Paul Giamatti 33 $1,781,364,496   $53,980,742
81   Sean Connery 45 $1,762,748,503   $39,172,189
82   Danny Glover 41 $1,758,403,515   $42,887,891
83   Richard Griffiths 25 $1,757,325,738   $70,293,030
84   Elizabeth Banks 18 $1,750,318,605   $97,239,923
85   Antonio Banderas 33 $1,749,876,317   $53,026,555
86   Tracey Walter 47 $1,748,583,545   $37,203,905
87   Bonnie Hunt 21 $1,736,416,343   $82,686,493
88   John Goodman 52 $1,722,206,412   $33,119,354
89   Keira Knightley 13 $1,720,140,511   $132,318,501
90   Keanu Reeves 36 $1,717,378,741   $47,704,965
91   Debi Derryberry 16 $1,716,288,164   $107,268,010
92   Ian Holm 37 $1,713,796,921   $46,318,836
93   Robert Duvall 53 $1,708,936,224   $32,244,080
94   Drew Barrymore 35 $1,706,802,012   $48,765,772
95   Wayne Knight 18 $1,706,083,078   $94,782,393
96   Brendan Gleeson 28 $1,702,861,204   $60,816,472
97   Wallace Shawn 50 $1,697,349,300   $33,946,986
98   Sven-Ole Thorsen 31 $1,696,447,992   $54,724,129
99   Brad Pitt 33 $1,692,005,311   $51,272,888
100   Cuba Gooding, Jr 30 $1,685,032,492   $56,167,750

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