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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 | Ellen Burstyn | $28,583,621 | 2 | $14,291,811 |
| 102 | Orson Welles | $28,476,724 | 2 | $14,238,362 |
| 103 | Maggie Smith | $28,409,532 | 2 | $14,204,766 |
| 104 | Wendy Hiller | $28,350,000 | 1 | $28,350,000 |
| 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 | Ashton Sanders | $27,854,931 | 1 | $27,854,931 |
| 110 | Alex A. Hibbert | $27,854,931 | 1 | $27,854,931 |
| 111 | Trevante Rhodes | $27,854,931 | 1 | $27,854,931 |
| 112 | Robert De Niro | $27,795,137 | 2 | $13,897,569 |
| 113 | Goldie Hawn | $25,889,208 | 1 | $25,889,208 |
| 114 | Jack Lemmon | $25,725,228 | 2 | $12,862,614 |
| 115 | Sylvester Stallone | $23,562,716 | 1 | $23,562,716 |
| 116 | Toni Braxton | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 117 | Vivica Fox | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 118 | Cedric the Entertainer | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 119 | Darius McCrary | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 120 | LL Cool J | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 121 | Anthony Anderson | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 122 | Jada Pinkett Smith | $23,247,539 | 1 | $23,247,539 |
| 123 | Alan Alda | $23,000,000 | 1 | $23,000,000 |
| 124 | Mel Gibson | $20,710,451 | 1 | $20,710,451 |
| 125 | Glenn Close | $20,710,451 | 1 | $20,710,451 |
| 126 | Robert Redford | $19,994,515 | 1 | $19,994,515 |
| 127 | Charles Boyer | $19,994,515 | 1 | $19,994,515 |
| 128 | Mildred Natwick | $19,994,515 | 1 | $19,994,515 |
| 129 | Frank Langella | $18,622,031 | 1 | $18,622,031 |
| 130 | Michael Sheen | $18,622,031 | 1 | $18,622,031 |
| 131 | Tom Courtenay | $18,388,357 | 1 | $18,388,357 |
| 132 | Billy Connolly | $18,388,357 | 1 | $18,388,357 |
| 133 | Pauline Collins | $18,388,357 | 1 | $18,388,357 |
| 134 | Shirley MacLaine | $17,957,265 | 1 | $17,957,265 |
| 135 | Don Johnson | $17,760,754 | 1 | $17,760,754 |
| 136 | Melanie Griffith | $17,760,754 | 1 | $17,760,754 |
| 137 | John Goodman | $17,760,754 | 2 | $8,880,377 |
| 138 | Paul Newman | $17,570,324 | 2 | $8,785,162 |
| 139 | Brendan Fraser | $17,453,440 | 1 | $17,453,440 |
| 140 | Chazz Palminteri | $17,239,789 | 1 | $17,239,789 |
| 141 | Lilo Brancato | $17,239,789 | 1 | $17,239,789 |
| 142 | Rupert Everett | $16,071,990 | 1 | $16,071,990 |
| 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 | Doris Day | $15,388,000 | 2 | $7,694,000 |
| 147 | Nigel Hawthorne | $15,122,669 | 1 | $15,122,669 |
| 148 | Walter Matthau | $15,000,000 | 1 | $15,000,000 |
| 149 | Julie Walters | $14,688,000 | 1 | $14,688,000 |
| 150 | Ann-Margret | $13,129,412 | 1 | $13,129,412 |
| 151 | Dick Van Dyke | $13,129,412 | 1 | $13,129,412 |
| 152 | Janet Leigh | $13,129,412 | 1 | $13,129,412 |
| 153 | Quvenzhané Wallis | $12,795,746 | 1 | $12,795,746 |
| 154 | Jonathan Silverman | $11,957,943 | 1 | $11,957,943 |
| 155 | John Gilbert | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 156 | Renée Adorée | $11,000,000 | 1 | $11,000,000 |
| 157 | Alan Arkin | $10,725,228 | 1 | $10,725,228 |
| 158 | Alec Baldwin | $10,725,228 | 1 | $10,725,228 |
| 159 | Jonathan Pryce | $10,725,228 | 1 | $10,725,228 |
| 160 | Ed Harris | $10,725,228 | 2 | $5,362,614 |
| 161 | Sean Penn | $10,555,348 | 1 | $10,555,348 |
| 162 | Humphrey Bogart | $10,462,500 | 1 | $10,462,500 |
| 163 | Ingrid Bergman | $10,462,500 | 1 | $10,462,500 |
| 164 | Alex Jennings | $10,021,175 | 1 | $10,021,175 |
| 165 | Luke Kirby | $9,282,750 | 1 | $9,282,750 |
| 166 | Kathleen Turner | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 167 | Robert Morse | $7,988,000 | 1 | $7,988,000 |
| 168 | Rex Harrison | $7,400,000 | 1 | $7,400,000 |
| 169 | Daniel Day-Lewis | $7,352,332 | 1 | $7,352,332 |
| 170 | Jacob Latimore | $7,018,188 | 1 | $7,018,188 |
| 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 | Melissa Desormeaux-Poulin | $6,857,096 | 1 | $6,857,096 |
| 177 | Michael Fassbender | $6,812,790 | 2 | $3,406,395 |
| 178 | Chow Yun-Fat | $6,566,773 | 1 | $6,566,773 |
| 179 | Gong Li | $6,566,773 | 1 | $6,566,773 |
| 180 | Sigourney Weaver | $6,525,495 | 2 | $3,262,748 |
| 181 | Donald Sutherland | $6,284,090 | 1 | $6,284,090 |
| 182 | Stockard Channing | $6,284,090 | 1 | $6,284,090 |
| 183 | Will Smith | $6,284,090 | 1 | $6,284,090 |
| 184 | Grace Kelly | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 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 | Susan Sarandon | $5,841,886 | 2 | $2,920,943 |
| 189 | Viggo Mortensen | $5,733,714 | 2 | $2,866,857 |
| 190 | Keira Knightley | $5,702,083 | 1 | $5,702,083 |
| 191 | Olympia Dukakis | $5,583,621 | 1 | $5,583,621 |
| 192 | Diane Ladd | $5,583,621 | 1 | $5,583,621 |
| 193 | Danny Aiello | $5,583,621 | 1 | $5,583,621 |
| 194 | Aaron Eckhart | $5,112,719 | 2 | $2,556,360 |
| 195 | Samantha Morton | $4,835,065 | 2 | $2,417,533 |
| 196 | Kenneth Branagh | $4,501,094 | 1 | $4,501,094 |
| 197 | Amy Acker | $4,328,850 | 1 | $4,328,850 |
| 198 | Alexis Denisof | $4,328,850 | 1 | $4,328,850 |
| 199 | Kirsten Dunst | $3,623,706 | 2 | $1,811,853 |
| 200 | Patrick Stewart | $3,517,566 | 2 | $1,758,783 |
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.