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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 | Lisa Kudrow | $29,235,353 | 1 | $29,235,353 |
| 102 | Ellen Burstyn | $28,583,621 | 2 | $14,291,811 |
| 103 | Orson Welles | $28,476,724 | 2 | $14,238,362 |
| 104 | Maggie Smith | $28,409,532 | 2 | $14,204,766 |
| 105 | Robert Shaw | $28,350,000 | 1 | $28,350,000 |
| 106 | Leo McKern | $28,350,000 | 1 | $28,350,000 |
| 107 | Susannah York | $28,350,000 | 1 | $28,350,000 |
| 108 | Paul Scofield | $28,350,000 | 1 | $28,350,000 |
| 109 | Wendy Hiller | $28,350,000 | 1 | $28,350,000 |
| 110 | Ashton Sanders | $27,854,931 | 1 | $27,854,931 |
| 111 | Alex A. Hibbert | $27,854,931 | 1 | $27,854,931 |
| 112 | Trevante Rhodes | $27,854,931 | 1 | $27,854,931 |
| 113 | Robert De Niro | $27,795,137 | 2 | $13,897,569 |
| 114 | Goldie Hawn | $25,889,208 | 1 | $25,889,208 |
| 115 | Jack Lemmon | $25,725,228 | 2 | $12,862,614 |
| 116 | Sylvester Stallone | $23,562,716 | 1 | $23,562,716 |
| 117 | Darius McCrary | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 118 | LL Cool J | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 119 | Anthony Anderson | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 120 | Jada Pinkett Smith | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 121 | Toni Braxton | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 122 | Vivica Fox | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 123 | Cedric the Entertainer | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 124 | Alan Alda | $23,000,000 | 1 | $23,000,000 |
| 125 | Mel Gibson | $20,710,451 | 1 | $20,710,451 |
| 126 | Glenn Close | $20,710,451 | 1 | $20,710,451 |
| 127 | Charles Boyer | $19,994,515 | 1 | $19,994,515 |
| 128 | Mildred Natwick | $19,994,515 | 1 | $19,994,515 |
| 129 | Robert Redford | $19,994,515 | 1 | $19,994,515 |
| 130 | Michael Sheen | $18,622,031 | 1 | $18,622,031 |
| 131 | Frank Langella | $18,622,031 | 1 | $18,622,031 |
| 132 | Billy Connolly | $18,388,357 | 1 | $18,388,357 |
| 133 | Pauline Collins | $18,388,357 | 1 | $18,388,357 |
| 134 | Tom Courtenay | $18,388,357 | 1 | $18,388,357 |
| 135 | Shirley MacLaine | $17,957,265 | 1 | $17,957,265 |
| 136 | Melanie Griffith | $17,760,754 | 1 | $17,760,754 |
| 137 | John Goodman | $17,760,754 | 2 | $8,880,377 |
| 138 | Don Johnson | $17,760,754 | 1 | $17,760,754 |
| 139 | Paul Newman | $17,570,324 | 2 | $8,785,162 |
| 140 | Brendan Fraser | $17,453,440 | 1 | $17,453,440 |
| 141 | Lilo Brancato | $17,239,789 | 1 | $17,239,789 |
| 142 | Chazz Palminteri | $17,239,789 | 1 | $17,239,789 |
| 143 | Stanley Tucci | $16,071,990 | 1 | $16,071,990 |
| 144 | Calista Flockhart | $16,071,990 | 1 | $16,071,990 |
| 145 | Kevin Kline | $16,071,990 | 1 | $16,071,990 |
| 146 | Rupert Everett | $16,071,990 | 1 | $16,071,990 |
| 147 | Doris Day | $15,388,000 | 2 | $7,694,000 |
| 148 | Nigel Hawthorne | $15,122,669 | 1 | $15,122,669 |
| 149 | Walter Matthau | $15,000,000 | 1 | $15,000,000 |
| 150 | Julie Walters | $14,688,000 | 1 | $14,688,000 |
| 151 | Janet Leigh | $13,129,412 | 1 | $13,129,412 |
| 152 | Ann-Margret | $13,129,412 | 1 | $13,129,412 |
| 153 | Dick Van Dyke | $13,129,412 | 1 | $13,129,412 |
| 154 | Quvenzhané Wallis | $12,795,746 | 1 | $12,795,746 |
| 155 | Jonathan Silverman | $11,957,943 | 1 | $11,957,943 |
| 156 | Renée Adorée | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 157 | John Gilbert | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 158 | Jonathan Pryce | $10,725,228 | 1 | $10,725,228 |
| 159 | Ed Harris | $10,725,228 | 2 | $5,362,614 |
| 160 | Alan Arkin | $10,725,228 | 1 | $10,725,228 |
| 161 | Alec Baldwin | $10,725,228 | 1 | $10,725,228 |
| 162 | Sean Penn | $10,555,348 | 1 | $10,555,348 |
| 163 | Ingrid Bergman | $10,462,500 | 1 | $10,462,500 |
| 164 | Humphrey Bogart | $10,462,500 | 1 | $10,462,500 |
| 165 | Alex Jennings | $10,021,175 | 1 | $10,021,175 |
| 166 | Luke Kirby | $9,282,750 | 1 | $9,282,750 |
| 167 | Kathleen Turner | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 168 | Robert Morse | $7,988,000 | 1 | $7,988,000 |
| 169 | Rex Harrison | $7,400,000 | 1 | $7,400,000 |
| 170 | Daniel Day-Lewis | $7,352,332 | 1 | $7,352,332 |
| 171 | Mary J. Blige | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 172 | Forest Whitaker | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 173 | Nasir Jones | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 174 | Tyrese Gibson | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 175 | Jennifer Hudson | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 176 | Jacob Latimore | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 177 | Melissa Desormeaux-Poulin | $6,857,096 | 1 | $6,857,096 |
| 178 | Michael Fassbender | $6,812,790 | 2 | $3,406,395 |
| 179 | Gong Li | $6,566,773 | 1 | $6,566,773 |
| 180 | Chow Yun-Fat | $6,566,773 | 1 | $6,566,773 |
| 181 | Sigourney Weaver | $6,525,495 | 2 | $3,262,748 |
| 182 | Stockard Channing | $6,284,090 | 1 | $6,284,090 |
| 183 | Will Smith | $6,284,090 | 1 | $6,284,090 |
| 184 | Donald Sutherland | $6,284,090 | 1 | $6,284,090 |
| 185 | Ray Milland | $6,000,000 | 2 | $3,000,000 |
| 186 | Marilyn Monroe | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 187 | Tom Ewell | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 188 | Grace Kelly | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 189 | Susan Sarandon | $5,841,886 | 2 | $2,920,943 |
| 190 | Viggo Mortensen | $5,733,714 | 2 | $2,866,857 |
| 191 | Keira Knightley | $5,702,083 | 1 | $5,702,083 |
| 192 | Diane Ladd | $5,583,621 | 1 | $5,583,621 |
| 193 | Danny Aiello | $5,583,621 | 1 | $5,583,621 |
| 194 | Olympia Dukakis | $5,583,621 | 1 | $5,583,621 |
| 195 | Aaron Eckhart | $5,112,719 | 2 | $2,556,360 |
| 196 | Samantha Morton | $4,835,065 | 2 | $2,417,533 |
| 197 | Kenneth Branagh | $4,501,094 | 1 | $4,501,094 |
| 198 | Amy Acker | $4,328,850 | 1 | $4,328,850 |
| 199 | Alexis Denisof | $4,328,850 | 1 | $4,328,850 |
| 200 | Kirsten Dunst | $3,623,706 | 2 | $1,811,853 |
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.