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Highest Grossing Stars of 2001 at the Worldwide Box Office


See also: Top Domestic 2001 Stars - Top International 2001 Stars - Top Worldwide 2019 Stars - Top Worldwide 2020 Stars - Top Worldwide 2021 Stars - Top Worldwide 2022 Stars - Top Worldwide 2023 Stars - Top Worldwide 2024 Stars

This list shows the highest grossing stars of 2001 based on the Worldwide box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 2001 and the two preceeding years (voice-only roles excluded).

The Star Score in this list represent points assigned to each of the leading stars of top 100 (based on worldwide box office) movies in the current year and two preceding years. For appearing in the number one movie in a year a star gets 100 points, the number two movie 99 points and so on. This rewards actors for appearing in a number of hit films over the course of three years more than starring in just one monster hit over the same time period.

Top Worldwide 2000 Stars Top Worldwide 2002 Stars
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Julia Roberts
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 29 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Notting Hill ($363,718,196 in 1999), Runaway Bride ($310,138,178 in 1999), Erin Brockovich ($257,805,243 in 2000), America's Sweethearts ($160,648,493 in 2001), The Mexican ($145,238,250 in 2001)

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Brad Pitt
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 35 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Ocean\'s Eleven ($450,728,529 in 2001), The Mexican ($145,238,250 in 2001), Spy Game ($143,049,560 in 2001), Fight Club ($100,820,947 in 1999), Snatch ($83,593,107 in 2000)

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Bruce Willis
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 76 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Sixth Sense ($672,806,292 in 1999), Unbreakable ($248,099,143 in 2000), The Whole Nine Yards ($85,527,867 in 2000), Bandits ($71,523,271 in 2001), The Kid ($69,688,384 in 2000)

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Complete List

Rank Name Star
Score		 Movies Average
Billing
1 Julia Roberts 415 5 1.2
2 Brad Pitt 353 5 2.4
3 Bruce Willis 345 6 1.0
4 Robert De Niro 329 6 1.2
5 George Clooney 306 4 1.0
6 Tom Cruise 287 4 1.3
7 Angelina Jolie 284 4 1.8
8 Johnny Depp 284 5 1.8
9 Seann William Scott 280 4 8.0
10 Russell Crowe 271 4 1.5
11 Eddie Murphy 269 4 1.0
12 Denzel Washington 263 4 1.0
13 Mel Gibson 256 3 1.0
14 Brendan Fraser 254 4 1.0
15 Nicolas Cage 253 4 3.3
16 Billy Crystal 249 3 1.7
17 Ben Affleck 237 5 1.2
18 Catherine Zeta-Jones 235 3 2.3
19 Shannon Elizabeth 234 4 3.0
20 Matt Damon 231 5 3.4
21 Nicole Kidman 227 3 1.3
22 Hugh Jackman 227 4 2.3
23 Ben Stiller 226 5 1.8
24 Jim Carrey 222 4 1.0
25 Haley Joel Osment 215 3 2.7
26 Keanu Reeves 213 5 2.8
27 Samuel L. Jackson 197 3 1.7
28 Tommy Lee Jones 196 3 1.3
29 Gwyneth Paltrow 193 4 2.5
30 Ian McKellen 191 2 2.5
31 Rachel Weisz 189 2 2.0
32 Tom Hanks 186 2 1.0
33 Liam Neeson 180 2 1.0
34 Sandra Bullock 179 3 1.0
35 Ewan McGregor 177 2 2.0
36 John Cusack 175 4 4.5
37 Jason Biggs 173 2 1.0
38 Chris Klein 173 2 3.0
39 Natasha Lyonne 173 2 4.0
40 Thomas Ian Nicholas 173 2 5.0
41 Alyson Hannigan 173 2 6.0
42 Tara Reid 173 2 6.0
43 Mena Suvari 173 2 7.5
44 Eddie Kaye Thomas 173 2 14.0
45 John Travolta 170 3 1.0
46 Michelle Pfeiffer 168 4 4.5
47 Josh Hartnett 167 2 1.5
48 Pierce Brosnan 163 2 1.0
49 Martin Lawrence 161 3 1.0
50 Téa Leoni 160 2 2.5
51 Mark Wahlberg 159 2 1.5
52 Ali Larter 159 3 4.0
53 Alan Rickman 159 2 7.0
54 Shawn Wayans 157 2 2.0
55 Marlon Wayans 157 2 3.0
56 Anna Faris 157 2 3.0
57 Will Smith 155 3 1.0
58 Cameron Diaz 154 2 1.5
59 Edward Norton 153 3 2.0
60 Michael Douglas 148 3 7.0
61 Richard Gere 146 2 1.5
62 Kate Beckinsale 145 2 2.5
63 Arnold Schwarzenegger 141 2 1.0
64 Michael Clarke Duncan 141 2 4.0
65 Harrison Ford 140 2 1.0
66 Drew Barrymore 140 3 1.3
67 Jackie Chan 135 2 1.0
68 Heather Graham 134 2 2.0
69 Maggie Smith 132 2 15.0
70 Steve Martin 130 3 1.0
71 Helen Hunt 129 2 2.0
72 Jude Law 129 2 2.0
73 Diane Lane 129 3 5.3
74 Antonio Banderas 127 2 1.0
75 Paul Walker 125 2 2.0
76 Kevin Spacey 124 2 1.0
77 Jennifer Lopez 124 3 4.0
78 Reese Witherspoon 123 2 2.0
79 Teri Polo 121 2 3.5
80 Natalie Portman 120 2 6.5
81 William H. Macy 119 2 2.5
82 Salma Hayek 119 2 4.0
83 Adam Sandler 118 2 1.0
84 Anthony Hopkins 118 2 1.0
85 Carrie Anne Moss 118 2 2.5
86 Kevin Costner 118 3 4.0
87 Ashley Judd 118 3 4.3
88 Renée Zellweger 117 2 1.5
89 Chow Yun-Fat 116 2 1.5
90 Chris O'Donnell 114 2 1.0
91 Meg Ryan 113 3 1.0
92 Charlize Theron 113 3 2.3
93 Deon Richmond 113 2 6.5
94 Vin Diesel 112 2 1.5
95 Al Pacino 110 2 1.0
96 Gene Hackman 110 4 2.0
97 Dennis Quaid 108 2 2.0
98 Cuba Gooding, Jr. 105 2 3.0
99 Ice Cube 104 2 6.5
100 Daniel Radcliffe 100 1 1.0

The Average Billing column contains the average billing position of this cast/crew member for the selected films.

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.

Image attributions

Julia Roberts: By David Shankbone (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Brad Pitt: By Blake Nelson Boyd (Blake Nelson Boyd) [GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

Bruce Willis: Gage Skidmore [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons