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Top Domestic Leading Stars for Dramatization Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Contemporary Fiction Stars - Domestic Leading Science Fiction Stars - Domestic Leading Kids Fiction Stars - Domestic Leading Historical Fiction Stars - Domestic Leading Super Hero Stars - Domestic Leading Fantasy Stars - Domestic Leading Factual Stars - International Leading Dramatization Stars - Worldwide Leading Dramatization Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative domestic box office of all the Dramatization 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 Hanks
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 49 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Apollo 13 ($173,772,767 in 1995), Catch Me if You Can ($164,606,800 in 2002), Sully ($125,070,033 in 2016), Captain Phillips ($107,136,417 in 2013), Saving Mr. Banks ($83,299,761 in 2013), The Post ($81,903,458 in 2017), The Terminal ($77,073,959 in 2004), Charlie Wilson’s War ($66,661,095 in 2007), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood ($61,696,436 in 2019), Greyhound ($0 in 2020) |
2
Leonardo DiCaprio
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 23 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Revenant ($183,637,894 in 2015), Catch Me if You Can ($164,606,800 in 2002), Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood ($142,502,728 in 2019), The Wolf of Wall Street ($116,949,183 in 2013), The Aviator ($102,608,827 in 2004), J. Edgar ($37,306,030 in 2011), The Basketball Diaries ($2,381,087 in 1995), Total Eclipse ($339,889 in 1995), The Crowded Room ($0 in 2016) |
3
James Caviezel
| Best known as an Actor based on credits in that role in 37 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Passion of the Christ ($370,782,930 in 2004), Sound of Freedom ($184,178,046 in 2023), The Thin Red Line ($36,400,491 in 1998), Paul, Apostle of Christ ($17,547,999 in 2018), Madison ($517,262 in 2005), Savannah ($36,746 in 2013), The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection — Chapter 1 ($0 in 2025) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Hanks | $941,220,726 | 10 | $94,122,073 |
| 2 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $750,332,438 | 9 | $83,370,271 |
| 3 | James Caviezel | $609,463,474 | 7 | $87,066,211 |
| 4 | Bradley Cooper | $556,676,060 | 4 | $139,169,015 |
| 5 | Denzel Washington | $510,348,940 | 9 | $56,705,438 |
| 6 | Christian Bale | $510,298,333 | 7 | $72,899,762 |
| 7 | Mark Wahlberg | $442,496,947 | 9 | $49,166,327 |
| 8 | Kevin Costner | $420,382,260 | 7 | $60,054,609 |
| 9 | Russell Crowe | $411,531,945 | 8 | $51,441,493 |
| 10 | Matt Damon | $387,279,708 | 8 | $48,409,964 |
| 11 | Cillian Murphy | $357,880,188 | 4 | $89,470,047 |
| 12 | Brad Pitt | $356,704,399 | 6 | $59,450,733 |
| 13 | Sienna Miller | $351,821,096 | 3 | $117,273,699 |
| 14 | Julia Roberts | $324,632,589 | 3 | $108,210,863 |
| 15 | Josh Hartnett | $307,178,600 | 3 | $102,392,867 |
| 16 | Amy Adams | $306,033,778 | 5 | $61,206,756 |
| 17 | Diane Lane | $304,940,347 | 6 | $50,823,391 |
| 18 | Kate Beckinsale | $301,148,682 | 3 | $100,382,894 |
| 19 | Robert De Niro | $285,040,301 | 8 | $35,630,038 |
| 20 | Ben Affleck | $276,280,157 | 6 | $46,046,693 |
| 21 | Owen Wilson | $275,576,560 | 2 | $137,788,280 |
| 22 | Johnny Depp | $271,707,304 | 9 | $30,189,700 |
| 23 | Sandra Bullock | $271,592,036 | 3 | $90,530,679 |
| 24 | Will Smith | $270,440,168 | 6 | $45,073,361 |
| 25 | Kurt Russell | $250,954,580 | 6 | $41,825,763 |
| 26 | Margot Robbie | $244,011,903 | 5 | $48,802,381 |
| 27 | Mike Myers | $222,797,248 | 2 | $111,398,624 |
| 28 | Daniel Day-Lewis | $221,346,188 | 3 | $73,782,063 |
| 29 | George Clooney | $219,018,925 | 2 | $109,509,463 |
| 30 | Rami Malek | $218,639,235 | 3 | $72,879,745 |
| 31 | Heather Graham | $217,289,180 | 4 | $54,322,295 |
| 32 | Michelle Williams | $216,795,444 | 5 | $43,359,089 |
| 33 | Dennis Quaid | $215,927,979 | 12 | $17,993,998 |
| 34 | Zac Efron | $209,952,002 | 4 | $52,488,001 |
| 35 | Jennifer Lawrence | $206,549,688 | 5 | $41,309,938 |
| 36 | Tom Cruise | $204,451,527 | 3 | $68,150,509 |
| 37 | Al Pacino | $198,683,774 | 6 | $33,113,962 |
| 38 | Meryl Streep | $196,651,244 | 8 | $24,581,406 |
| 39 | Hugh Jackman | $192,123,742 | 5 | $38,424,748 |
| 40 | Fionn Whitehead | $190,068,280 | 1 | $190,068,280 |
| 41 | Tom Hardy | $185,615,867 | 5 | $37,123,173 |
| 42 | Kirsten Dunst | $185,569,758 | 2 | $92,784,879 |
| 43 | William Fichtner | $182,618,434 | 1 | $182,618,434 |
| 44 | Joaquin Phoenix | $182,485,482 | 3 | $60,828,494 |
| 45 | Janelle Monáe | $180,370,807 | 2 | $90,185,404 |
| 46 | Taraji P. Henson | $179,962,903 | 3 | $59,987,634 |
| 47 | Jason Mitchell | $177,987,924 | 2 | $88,993,962 |
| 48 | Val Kilmer | $174,346,982 | 6 | $29,057,830 |
| 49 | Zendaya | $174,340,174 | 1 | $174,340,174 |
| 50 | Rebecca Ferguson | $174,340,174 | 1 | $174,340,174 |
| 51 | Dustin Hoffman | $172,618,847 | 5 | $34,523,769 |
| 52 | Jim Parsons | $170,991,290 | 3 | $56,997,097 |
| 53 | Octavia Spencer | $169,607,287 | 1 | $169,607,287 |
| 54 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $169,547,098 | 6 | $28,257,850 |
| 55 | Aldis Hodge | $165,574,605 | 2 | $82,787,303 |
| 56 | Forest Whitaker | $165,176,686 | 6 | $27,529,448 |
| 57 | Jaden Smith | $162,586,036 | 1 | $162,586,036 |
| 58 | Morgan Freeman | $161,282,796 | 3 | $53,760,932 |
| 59 | Neil Brown, Jr. | $161,197,785 | 1 | $161,197,785 |
| 60 | O'Shea Jackson, Jr. | $161,197,785 | 1 | $161,197,785 |
| 61 | Corey Hawkins | $161,197,785 | 1 | $161,197,785 |
| 62 | Mel Gibson | $159,398,430 | 5 | $31,879,686 |
| 63 | Reese Witherspoon | $157,399,758 | 2 | $78,699,879 |
| 64 | Anthony Hopkins | $157,358,714 | 13 | $12,104,516 |
| 65 | Chris Cooper | $153,278,734 | 2 | $76,639,367 |
| 66 | Jeremy Renner | $152,693,310 | 4 | $38,173,328 |
| 67 | Cate Blanchett | $151,518,620 | 4 | $37,879,655 |
| 68 | Austin Butler | $151,416,153 | 1 | $151,416,153 |
| 69 | Liam Neeson | $150,590,596 | 5 | $30,118,119 |
| 70 | Jeff Bridges | $148,847,205 | 3 | $49,615,735 |
| 71 | Jennifer Lopez | $148,302,430 | 4 | $37,075,608 |
| 72 | Helena Bonham Carter | $147,568,619 | 3 | $49,189,540 |
| 73 | Clint Eastwood | $146,804,407 | 2 | $73,402,204 |
| 74 | Matthew McConaughey | $146,353,135 | 4 | $36,588,284 |
| 75 | Colin Firth | $144,596,932 | 5 | $28,919,386 |
| 76 | Jessica Chastain | $144,408,301 | 7 | $20,629,757 |
| 77 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $143,421,023 | 6 | $23,903,504 |
| 78 | Jennifer Aniston | $143,153,751 | 1 | $143,153,751 |
| 79 | Harrison Ford | $142,671,920 | 3 | $47,557,307 |
| 80 | Geoffrey Rush | $139,345,267 | 4 | $34,836,317 |
| 81 | Chadwick Boseman | $135,641,807 | 4 | $33,910,452 |
| 82 | Woody Harrelson | $133,213,875 | 7 | $19,030,554 |
| 83 | Helen Mirren | $132,878,197 | 8 | $16,609,775 |
| 84 | Adam Driver | $132,488,889 | 6 | $22,081,482 |
| 85 | Mandy Patinkin | $132,422,809 | 1 | $132,422,809 |
| 86 | Daveed Diggs | $132,422,809 | 1 | $132,422,809 |
| 87 | Izabela Vidovic | $132,422,809 | 1 | $132,422,809 |
| 88 | Jacob Tremblay | $132,422,809 | 1 | $132,422,809 |
| 89 | Bryan Cranston | $131,530,046 | 4 | $32,882,512 |
| 90 | Robert Redford | $131,488,511 | 5 | $26,297,702 |
| 91 | Charlton Heston | $128,620,591 | 2 | $64,310,296 |
| 92 | Sean Penn | $124,208,051 | 6 | $20,701,342 |
| 93 | Derek Luke | $123,477,521 | 4 | $30,869,380 |
| 94 | Emma Thompson | $122,775,548 | 4 | $30,693,887 |
| 95 | Tobey Maguire | $122,714,162 | 2 | $61,357,081 |
| 96 | Michael Peña | $121,851,293 | 4 | $30,462,823 |
| 97 | Elizabeth Banks | $120,790,624 | 3 | $40,263,541 |
| 98 | Ming-Na | $120,620,254 | 1 | $120,620,254 |
| 99 | Viola Davis | $119,788,236 | 3 | $39,929,412 |
| 100 | Nick Nolte | $117,256,082 | 5 | $23,451,216 |
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.
Image attributions
Tom Hanks: By Yeoman 1st Class Donna Lou Morgan [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Leonardo DiCaprio: By Siebbi (Leonardo DiCaprio) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
James Caviezel: By Ewen Roberts [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
