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Top International Leading Stars for Action Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Action Stars - International Leading Adventure Stars - International Leading Comedy Stars - International Leading Drama Stars - International Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - International Leading Horror Stars - International Leading Romantic Comedy Stars - International Leading Musical Stars - Worldwide Leading Action Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the Action 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
Zoe Saldana
| Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 18 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,138,484,377 in 2009), Avengers: Endgame ($1,859,130,922 in 2019), Avatar: The Way of Water ($1,636,174,514 in 2022), Avengers: Infinity War ($1,369,544,272 in 2018), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ($486,559,962 in 2023), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($479,274,862 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy ($437,168,283 in 2014), The Losers ($6,272,408 in 2010), Avatar: Fire and Ash ($0 in 2025) |
2
Vin Diesel
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 17 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Infinity War ($1,369,544,272 in 2018), Furious 7 ($1,107,459,011 in 2015), The Fate of the Furious ($963,244,567 in 2017), Fast X ($568,249,099 in 2023), Fast and Furious 6 ($550,620,594 in 2013), F9: The Fast Saga ($546,354,123 in 2021), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ($486,559,962 in 2023), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($479,274,862 in 2017), Guardians of the Galaxy ($437,168,283 in 2014), Fast Five ($419,944,573 in 2011) |
3
Robert Downey, Jr.
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 30 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($1,859,130,922 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($1,369,544,272 in 2018), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($936,311,111 in 2015), The Avengers ($891,742,301 in 2012), Iron Man 3 ($805,638,684 in 2013), Captain America: Civil War ($743,815,237 in 2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming ($544,271,773 in 2017), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ($348,815,025 in 2011), Iron Man 2 ($308,723,058 in 2010), Air America ($2,407,668 in 1990) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoe Saldana | $8,412,609,600 | 9 | $934,734,400 |
| 2 | Vin Diesel | $7,868,366,720 | 21 | $374,684,130 |
| 3 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $7,810,400,051 | 10 | $781,040,005 |
| 4 | Scarlett Johansson | $7,520,274,995 | 12 | $626,689,583 |
| 5 | Chris Pratt | $7,186,312,371 | 12 | $598,859,364 |
| 6 | Chris Hemsworth | $6,943,764,370 | 14 | $495,983,169 |
| 7 | Chris Evans | $6,701,945,406 | 11 | $609,267,764 |
| 8 | Samuel L. Jackson | $6,156,912,234 | 17 | $362,171,308 |
| 9 | Tom Cruise | $6,083,623,101 | 21 | $289,696,338 |
| 10 | Tom Holland | $5,634,062,461 | 8 | $704,257,808 |
| 11 | Mark Ruffalo | $5,592,153,095 | 5 | $1,118,430,619 |
| 12 | Elizabeth Olsen | $5,449,694,921 | 5 | $1,089,938,984 |
| 13 | Dave Bautista | $5,414,521,606 | 17 | $318,501,271 |
| 14 | Don Cheadle | $5,096,853,155 | 6 | $849,475,526 |
| 15 | Jeremy Renner | $5,075,561,139 | 6 | $845,926,857 |
| 16 | Josh Brolin | $5,032,311,369 | 11 | $457,482,852 |
| 17 | Sebastian Stan | $4,813,147,363 | 6 | $802,191,227 |
| 18 | Bradley Cooper | $4,731,697,373 | 6 | $788,616,229 |
| 19 | Chadwick Boseman | $4,606,587,947 | 4 | $1,151,646,987 |
| 20 | Danai Gurira | $4,268,152,486 | 4 | $1,067,038,122 |
| 21 | Letitia Wright | $4,268,152,486 | 4 | $1,067,038,122 |
| 22 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $4,213,269,827 | 4 | $1,053,317,457 |
| 23 | Benedict Wong | $4,213,269,827 | 4 | $1,053,317,457 |
| 24 | Karen Gillan | $4,195,369,589 | 7 | $599,338,513 |
| 25 | Pom Klementieff | $4,194,510,018 | 4 | $1,048,627,505 |
| 26 | Jason Statham | $4,139,885,815 | 31 | $133,544,704 |
| 27 | Sam Worthington | $4,112,595,416 | 7 | $587,513,631 |
| 28 | Tom Hiddleston | $3,992,834,082 | 5 | $798,566,816 |
| 29 | Paul Bettany | $3,972,490,431 | 3 | $1,324,163,477 |
| 30 | Dwayne Johnson | $3,805,911,277 | 16 | $237,869,455 |
| 31 | Michelle Rodriguez | $3,236,929,821 | 9 | $359,658,869 |
| 32 | Will Smith | $3,173,325,291 | 14 | $226,666,092 |
| 33 | Hugh Jackman | $3,147,061,915 | 12 | $262,255,160 |
| 34 | Brie Larson | $3,132,120,693 | 4 | $783,030,173 |
| 35 | Daniel Craig | $3,008,257,268 | 6 | $501,376,211 |
| 36 | Gwyneth Paltrow | $3,003,157,439 | 4 | $750,789,360 |
| 37 | Anthony Mackie | $2,906,590,982 | 8 | $363,323,873 |
| 38 | Evangeline Lilly | $2,865,849,399 | 4 | $716,462,350 |
| 39 | Paul Rudd | $2,865,849,399 | 4 | $716,462,350 |
| 40 | Paul Walker | $2,506,568,752 | 8 | $313,321,094 |
| 41 | Jason Momoa | $2,503,836,875 | 9 | $278,204,097 |
| 42 | Jon Favreau | $2,403,402,695 | 2 | $1,201,701,348 |
| 43 | Jennifer Lawrence | $2,354,395,204 | 7 | $336,342,172 |
| 44 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | $2,285,095,534 | 26 | $87,888,290 |
| 45 | Idris Elba | $2,265,890,963 | 9 | $251,765,663 |
| 46 | Sylvester Stallone | $2,233,011,354 | 34 | $65,676,805 |
| 47 | Tyrese Gibson | $2,187,909,594 | 9 | $243,101,066 |
| 48 | Henry Cavill | $2,169,857,810 | 10 | $216,985,781 |
| 49 | Keanu Reeves | $2,158,433,505 | 16 | $134,902,094 |
| 50 | Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges | $2,077,847,789 | 4 | $519,461,947 |
| 51 | Bruce Willis | $2,054,137,442 | 51 | $40,277,205 |
| 52 | Ryan Reynolds | $2,039,937,731 | 10 | $203,993,773 |
| 53 | Zendaya | $2,036,526,479 | 6 | $339,421,080 |
| 54 | Lü Yanting | $1,977,923,153 | 1 | $1,977,923,153 |
| 55 | Christian Bale | $1,964,495,570 | 9 | $218,277,286 |
| 56 | Jordana Brewster | $1,931,453,446 | 5 | $386,290,689 |
| 57 | Charlize Theron | $1,902,795,539 | 9 | $211,421,727 |
| 58 | Terry Notary | $1,859,130,922 | 1 | $1,859,130,922 |
| 59 | Wu Jing | $1,835,605,016 | 3 | $611,868,339 |
| 60 | Andy Lau | $1,687,097,506 | 15 | $112,473,167 |
| 61 | Michael Fassbender | $1,681,643,849 | 10 | $168,164,385 |
| 62 | Tommy Lee Jones | $1,672,281,936 | 10 | $167,228,194 |
| 63 | Angela Bassett | $1,606,803,942 | 4 | $401,700,986 |
| 64 | Donnie Yen | $1,604,591,411 | 22 | $72,935,973 |
| 65 | Shia LaBeouf | $1,595,103,523 | 5 | $319,020,705 |
| 66 | Mark Wahlberg | $1,580,231,222 | 16 | $98,764,451 |
| 67 | Bryce Dallas Howard | $1,568,776,007 | 3 | $522,925,336 |
| 68 | Gal Gadot | $1,533,736,204 | 7 | $219,105,172 |
| 69 | Brad Pitt | $1,522,440,535 | 8 | $190,305,067 |
| 70 | Lea Seydoux | $1,516,054,091 | 3 | $505,351,364 |
| 71 | Nathalie Emmanuel | $1,510,225,467 | 3 | $503,408,489 |
| 72 | Anthony Hopkins | $1,502,205,654 | 6 | $250,367,609 |
| 73 | James McAvoy | $1,498,455,128 | 5 | $299,691,026 |
| 74 | Tom Hardy | $1,491,403,255 | 5 | $298,280,651 |
| 75 | Jackie Chan | $1,478,976,498 | 31 | $47,708,919 |
| 76 | Dolph Lundgren | $1,420,167,361 | 27 | $52,598,791 |
| 77 | Ben Affleck | $1,382,267,678 | 8 | $172,783,460 |
| 78 | Wang Baoqiang | $1,337,205,389 | 5 | $267,441,078 |
| 79 | Aaron Taylor-Johnson | $1,334,030,153 | 4 | $333,507,538 |
| 80 | Rachel McAdams | $1,333,409,658 | 3 | $444,469,886 |
| 81 | Rebecca Ferguson | $1,317,785,603 | 3 | $439,261,868 |
| 82 | Pierce Brosnan | $1,317,058,160 | 9 | $146,339,796 |
| 83 | Javier Bardem | $1,313,285,228 | 3 | $437,761,743 |
| 84 | Patrick Wilson | $1,239,433,093 | 4 | $309,858,273 |
| 85 | Natalie Portman | $1,183,910,748 | 4 | $295,977,687 |
| 86 | John Cena | $1,178,453,252 | 10 | $117,845,325 |
| 87 | Louis Koo | $1,155,576,446 | 16 | $72,223,528 |
| 88 | Laurence Fishburne | $1,130,583,751 | 8 | $141,322,969 |
| 89 | Jai Courtney | $1,116,359,547 | 5 | $223,271,909 |
| 90 | Liu Haoran | $1,112,151,257 | 2 | $556,075,629 |
| 91 | Willem Dafoe | $1,103,349,066 | 4 | $275,837,267 |
| 92 | Patrick Stewart | $1,069,811,311 | 4 | $267,452,828 |
| 93 | Ian McKellen | $1,069,811,311 | 4 | $267,452,828 |
| 94 | Jet Li | $1,060,663,591 | 13 | $81,589,507 |
| 95 | Ben Kingsley | $1,052,230,013 | 4 | $263,057,503 |
| 96 | Simon Pegg | $1,051,782,406 | 2 | $525,891,203 |
| 97 | Nicolas Cage | $1,044,087,008 | 26 | $40,157,193 |
| 98 | Martin Freeman | $1,039,477,292 | 2 | $519,738,646 |
| 99 | Lupita Nyong'o | $1,039,477,292 | 2 | $519,738,646 |
| 100 | Colin Farrell | $1,037,515,934 | 8 | $129,689,492 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding 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
Zoe Saldana: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Vin Diesel: Andre Luis [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Robert Downey, Jr.: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
