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Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Drama Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Drama Stars - International Leading Drama Stars - Worldwide Leading Adventure Stars - Worldwide Leading Action Stars - Worldwide Leading Comedy Stars - Worldwide Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - Worldwide Leading Horror Stars - Worldwide Leading Romantic Comedy Stars - Worldwide Leading Musical Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the Drama 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
Leonardo DiCaprio
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 23 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Titanic ($2,223,048,786 in 1997), Catch Me if You Can ($355,612,291 in 2002), The Great Gatsby ($353,497,733 in 2013), The Departed ($289,660,619 in 2006), The Aviator ($208,370,892 in 2004), Gangs of New York ($183,124,621 in 2002), Romeo+Juliet ($147,542,381 in 1996), J. Edgar ($84,606,030 in 2011), Revolutionary Road ($79,604,820 in 2008), The Beach ($39,778,599 in 2000) |
2
Tom Hanks
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 49 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Forrest Gump ($679,835,137 in 1994), Saving Private Ryan ($485,035,085 in 1998), Catch Me if You Can ($355,612,291 in 2002), Apollo 13 ($335,802,271 in 1995), The Green Mile ($290,701,374 in 1999), Sully ($238,524,556 in 2016), Captain Phillips ($220,648,184 in 2013), The Terminal ($218,673,959 in 2004), Philadelphia ($201,324,422 in 1993), Road to Perdition ($183,354,514 in 2002) |
3
Robert Pattinson
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 23 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 ($829,724,737 in 2012), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($706,101,755 in 2010), The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($687,556,547 in 2009), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 ($684,436,752 in 2011), Twilight ($402,278,564 in 2008), Water for Elephants ($116,809,717 in 2011), Remember Me ($56,506,120 in 2010), Bel Ami ($6,165,119 in 2012), Life ($5,536,354 in 2015), Good Time ($4,137,324 in 2017) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $3,984,517,944 | 15 | $265,634,530 |
| 2 | Tom Hanks | $3,721,532,254 | 18 | $206,751,792 |
| 3 | Robert Pattinson | $3,499,993,437 | 12 | $291,666,120 |
| 4 | Kristen Stewart | $3,393,422,461 | 19 | $178,601,182 |
| 5 | Taylor Lautner | $3,310,098,355 | 6 | $551,683,059 |
| 6 | Kate Winslet | $2,744,577,048 | 19 | $144,451,424 |
| 7 | Matt Damon | $2,206,468,379 | 18 | $122,581,577 |
| 8 | Shen Teng | $1,940,659,999 | 3 | $646,886,666 |
| 9 | Brad Pitt | $1,820,035,283 | 19 | $95,791,331 |
| 10 | Meryl Streep | $1,449,212,618 | 27 | $53,674,541 |
| 11 | Dakota Johnson | $1,430,503,658 | 10 | $143,050,366 |
| 12 | Bradley Cooper | $1,416,473,419 | 10 | $141,647,342 |
| 13 | Jamie Dornan | $1,375,397,178 | 7 | $196,485,311 |
| 14 | Kevin Costner | $1,365,983,276 | 18 | $75,887,960 |
| 15 | Russell Crowe | $1,351,189,749 | 15 | $90,079,317 |
| 16 | Al Pacino | $1,322,782,502 | 26 | $50,876,250 |
| 17 | Denzel Washington | $1,291,742,682 | 19 | $67,986,457 |
| 18 | Jackson Yee | $1,291,053,177 | 4 | $322,763,294 |
| 19 | Julia Roberts | $1,289,713,848 | 9 | $143,301,539 |
| 20 | Johnny Depp | $1,232,086,461 | 20 | $61,604,323 |
| 21 | Demi Moore | $1,191,874,689 | 12 | $99,322,891 |
| 22 | Sylvester Stallone | $1,160,857,421 | 9 | $128,984,158 |
| 23 | George Clooney | $1,119,845,402 | 9 | $124,427,267 |
| 24 | Christian Bale | $1,114,754,141 | 14 | $79,625,296 |
| 25 | Robert De Niro | $1,107,016,886 | 30 | $36,900,563 |
| 26 | Robert Redford | $1,093,806,845 | 14 | $78,129,060 |
| 27 | Cillian Murphy | $1,011,025,014 | 7 | $144,432,145 |
| 28 | Clint Eastwood | $1,009,903,836 | 10 | $100,990,384 |
| 29 | Jia Ling | $986,435,780 | 2 | $493,217,890 |
| 30 | Cate Blanchett | $983,300,250 | 13 | $75,638,481 |
| 31 | Lei Jiayin | $972,185,569 | 2 | $486,092,785 |
| 32 | Jack Nicholson | $925,430,147 | 13 | $71,186,934 |
| 33 | Nicole Kidman | $892,702,243 | 27 | $33,063,046 |
| 34 | Rami Malek | $889,173,652 | 4 | $222,293,413 |
| 35 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $864,886,776 | 13 | $66,529,752 |
| 36 | Zhang Xiaofei | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 37 | Joel Edgerton | $822,627,467 | 10 | $82,262,747 |
| 38 | Willem Dafoe | $813,516,182 | 24 | $33,896,508 |
| 39 | Patrick Swayze | $806,316,087 | 8 | $100,789,511 |
| 40 | Sandra Bullock | $792,097,542 | 9 | $88,010,838 |
| 41 | John Travolta | $782,084,403 | 14 | $55,863,172 |
| 42 | Robin Williams | $781,660,688 | 9 | $86,851,188 |
| 43 | Will Smith | $781,189,864 | 10 | $78,118,986 |
| 44 | James Caviezel | $776,794,089 | 7 | $110,970,584 |
| 45 | Mel Gibson | $758,062,597 | 15 | $50,537,506 |
| 46 | Tom Cruise | $754,747,872 | 10 | $75,474,787 |
| 47 | Daniel Day-Lewis | $752,231,058 | 12 | $62,685,922 |
| 48 | Michael B. Jordan | $736,234,821 | 8 | $92,029,353 |
| 49 | Morgan Freeman | $734,476,586 | 15 | $48,965,106 |
| 50 | Helena Bonham Carter | $688,475,288 | 15 | $45,898,353 |
| 51 | Jude Law | $676,016,064 | 12 | $56,334,672 |
| 52 | Jim Carrey | $664,541,867 | 4 | $166,135,467 |
| 53 | Richard Dreyfuss | $659,784,548 | 5 | $131,956,910 |
| 54 | Judi Dench | $659,518,743 | 10 | $65,951,874 |
| 55 | Jennifer Lawrence | $656,827,019 | 10 | $65,682,702 |
| 56 | Keira Knightley | $645,344,034 | 14 | $46,096,002 |
| 57 | Josh Gad | $643,806,595 | 5 | $128,761,319 |
| 58 | Diane Lane | $642,757,987 | 12 | $53,563,166 |
| 59 | Tobey Maguire | $639,942,901 | 5 | $127,988,580 |
| 60 | Rachel McAdams | $636,650,840 | 10 | $63,665,084 |
| 61 | Yue Yunpeng | $634,631,282 | 1 | $634,631,282 |
| 62 | Yi Zhang | $634,631,282 | 1 | $634,631,282 |
| 63 | Zhang Hanyu | $630,032,186 | 3 | $210,010,729 |
| 64 | Suraj Sharma | $619,310,368 | 1 | $619,310,368 |
| 65 | Matthew McConaughey | $612,186,035 | 11 | $55,653,276 |
| 66 | Nicolas Cage | $605,585,722 | 16 | $37,849,108 |
| 67 | Dongyu Zhou | $592,581,883 | 4 | $148,145,471 |
| 68 | Richard Gere | $591,893,984 | 19 | $31,152,315 |
| 69 | Kevin Spacey | $584,955,105 | 9 | $64,995,012 |
| 70 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $580,183,218 | 13 | $44,629,478 |
| 71 | Lady Gaga | $579,148,294 | 2 | $289,574,147 |
| 72 | Annette Bening | $575,854,555 | 13 | $44,296,504 |
| 73 | Sienna Miller | $574,326,909 | 8 | $71,790,864 |
| 74 | Whitney Houston | $573,447,657 | 4 | $143,361,914 |
| 75 | Kristin Scott Thomas | $562,765,370 | 12 | $46,897,114 |
| 76 | Octavia Spencer | $561,429,521 | 4 | $140,357,380 |
| 77 | Dev Patel | $559,956,103 | 4 | $139,989,026 |
| 78 | Kirsten Dunst | $556,247,680 | 9 | $61,805,298 |
| 79 | Lay Zhang | $550,417,744 | 1 | $550,417,744 |
| 80 | Gina Jin | $550,417,744 | 1 | $550,417,744 |
| 81 | Lily James | $543,185,933 | 4 | $135,796,483 |
| 82 | Liam Neeson | $537,331,734 | 16 | $33,583,233 |
| 83 | Michael Peña | $535,936,966 | 8 | $66,992,121 |
| 84 | Joaquin Phoenix | $531,533,592 | 10 | $53,153,359 |
| 85 | Penélope Cruz | $531,055,929 | 10 | $53,105,593 |
| 86 | Colin Firth | $528,293,572 | 15 | $35,219,571 |
| 87 | Marion Cotillard | $525,061,869 | 10 | $52,506,187 |
| 88 | Dustin Hoffman | $520,799,097 | 14 | $37,199,936 |
| 89 | Geoffrey Rush | $515,153,132 | 8 | $64,394,142 |
| 90 | Ryan Gosling | $504,475,877 | 10 | $50,447,588 |
| 91 | Susan Sarandon | $501,630,837 | 22 | $22,801,402 |
| 92 | Amy Adams | $498,228,119 | 8 | $62,278,515 |
| 93 | Edward Burns | $498,055,778 | 4 | $124,513,945 |
| 94 | Kenneth Branagh | $492,212,699 | 4 | $123,053,175 |
| 95 | Paul Newman | $489,920,361 | 14 | $34,994,312 |
| 96 | Carey Mulligan | $489,579,525 | 12 | $40,798,294 |
| 97 | Reese Witherspoon | $489,536,830 | 9 | $54,392,981 |
| 98 | Tom Sizemore | $486,720,283 | 4 | $121,680,071 |
| 99 | Viola Davis | $485,858,711 | 9 | $53,984,301 |
| 100 | Zhang Yi | $484,247,139 | 3 | $161,415,713 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Leonardo DiCaprio: By Siebbi (Leonardo DiCaprio) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Tom Hanks: By Yeoman 1st Class Donna Lou Morgan [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Robert Pattinson: Georges Biard [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
