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Top International Leading Stars for Live Action Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Live Action Stars - International Leading Animation/Live Action Stars - International Leading Digital Animation Stars - International Leading Hand Animation Stars - International Leading Stop-Motion Animation Stars - International Leading Rotoscoping Stars - International Leading Multiple Production Methods Stars - Worldwide Leading Live Action Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the Live 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
Tom Cruise
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 41 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Top Gun: Maverick ($735,268,289 in 2022), Mission: Impossible—Fallout ($566,467,079 in 2018), Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation ($493,816,615 in 2015), Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol ($485,315,327 in 2011), Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One ($393,055,322 in 2023), Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning ($385,000,000 in 2025), The Last Samurai ($345,700,000 in 2003), Mission: Impossible 2 ($334,178,627 in 2000), The Mummy ($329,852,780 in 2017), Mission: Impossible ($276,716,108 in 1996) |
2
Dwayne Johnson
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 29 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Fate of the Furious ($963,244,567 in 2017), Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw ($586,775,991 in 2019), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ($557,123,891 in 2017), Fast and Furious 6 ($550,620,594 in 2013), Jumanji: The Next Level ($475,641,422 in 2019), Fast Five ($419,944,573 in 2011), Rampage ($327,100,000 in 2018), San Andreas ($319,400,000 in 2015), Skyscraper ($236,438,001 in 2018), Black Adam ($225,300,000 in 2022) |
3
Vin Diesel
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 17 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: 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), Fast Five ($419,944,573 in 2011), xXx: Return of Xander Cage ($300,134,946 in 2017), Fast & Furious ($204,283,568 in 2009), xXx ($125,270,000 in 2002), The Last Witch Hunter ($103,451,252 in 2015) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Cruise | $7,239,515,897 | 42 | $172,369,426 |
| 2 | Dwayne Johnson | $5,692,500,803 | 32 | $177,890,650 |
| 3 | Vin Diesel | $5,258,560,087 | 24 | $219,106,670 |
| 4 | Jason Statham | $4,566,374,602 | 43 | $106,194,758 |
| 5 | Johnny Depp | $4,431,112,542 | 46 | $96,328,534 |
| 6 | Brad Pitt | $4,430,488,215 | 45 | $98,455,294 |
| 7 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $4,121,313,193 | 27 | $152,641,229 |
| 8 | Harrison Ford | $3,867,193,573 | 42 | $92,076,037 |
| 9 | Tom Hanks | $3,865,704,724 | 51 | $75,798,132 |
| 10 | Matt Damon | $3,806,866,304 | 45 | $84,597,029 |
| 11 | Bruce Willis | $3,453,058,189 | 85 | $40,624,214 |
| 12 | Jennifer Lawrence | $3,436,316,483 | 26 | $132,166,019 |
| 13 | Hugh Jackman | $3,420,958,190 | 30 | $114,031,940 |
| 14 | Daniel Craig | $3,388,710,605 | 19 | $178,353,190 |
| 15 | Shen Teng | $3,229,077,899 | 8 | $403,634,737 |
| 16 | Michelle Rodriguez | $3,147,062,734 | 17 | $185,121,337 |
| 17 | Scarlett Johansson | $3,122,834,068 | 29 | $107,683,933 |
| 18 | Sylvester Stallone | $2,971,267,886 | 54 | $55,023,479 |
| 19 | Julia Roberts | $2,946,226,866 | 38 | $77,532,286 |
| 20 | Samuel L. Jackson | $2,927,963,336 | 61 | $47,999,399 |
| 21 | Robert Pattinson | $2,866,785,929 | 25 | $114,671,437 |
| 22 | Will Smith | $2,817,732,349 | 28 | $100,633,298 |
| 23 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $2,802,033,201 | 38 | $73,737,716 |
| 24 | Keira Knightley | $2,754,187,443 | 29 | $94,971,981 |
| 25 | Ben Affleck | $2,699,535,428 | 47 | $57,436,924 |
| 26 | Idris Elba | $2,652,796,371 | 28 | $94,742,728 |
| 27 | Paul Walker | $2,580,406,613 | 16 | $161,275,413 |
| 28 | Anthony Hopkins | $2,577,000,934 | 47 | $54,829,807 |
| 29 | Angelina Jolie | $2,562,509,986 | 23 | $111,413,478 |
| 30 | George Clooney | $2,543,146,103 | 35 | $72,661,317 |
| 31 | Charlize Theron | $2,492,530,023 | 31 | $80,404,194 |
| 32 | Orlando Bloom | $2,407,107,761 | 23 | $104,656,859 |
| 33 | Pierce Brosnan | $2,380,425,635 | 40 | $59,510,641 |
| 34 | Christian Bale | $2,378,903,012 | 33 | $72,087,970 |
| 35 | Kristen Stewart | $2,371,044,497 | 32 | $74,095,141 |
| 36 | Keanu Reeves | $2,349,639,889 | 48 | $48,950,831 |
| 37 | Morgan Freeman | $2,339,598,044 | 48 | $48,741,626 |
| 38 | Robert De Niro | $2,337,189,032 | 79 | $29,584,671 |
| 39 | Zendaya | $2,336,982,305 | 10 | $233,698,231 |
| 40 | Cate Blanchett | $2,291,180,287 | 32 | $71,599,384 |
| 41 | Geoffrey Rush | $2,282,466,065 | 15 | $152,164,404 |
| 42 | Colin Firth | $2,267,884,833 | 33 | $68,723,783 |
| 43 | Tyrese Gibson | $2,246,950,688 | 18 | $124,830,594 |
| 44 | Kate Winslet | $2,238,620,194 | 28 | $79,950,721 |
| 45 | Jason Momoa | $2,221,240,441 | 13 | $170,864,649 |
| 46 | Wu Jing | $2,209,920,946 | 6 | $368,320,158 |
| 47 | Nicolas Cage | $2,205,633,617 | 91 | $24,237,732 |
| 48 | Chris Pratt | $2,199,264,084 | 15 | $146,617,606 |
| 49 | Henry Cavill | $2,192,374,922 | 14 | $156,598,209 |
| 50 | Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges | $2,170,153,424 | 6 | $361,692,237 |
| 51 | Denzel Washington | $2,165,243,057 | 49 | $44,188,634 |
| 52 | Taylor Lautner | $2,143,065,704 | 10 | $214,306,570 |
| 53 | Liam Neeson | $2,069,913,257 | 52 | $39,806,024 |
| 54 | Michael Fassbender | $2,053,428,393 | 28 | $73,336,728 |
| 55 | Chris Evans | $2,051,564,066 | 24 | $85,481,836 |
| 56 | Andy Lau | $2,038,091,504 | 22 | $92,640,523 |
| 57 | Meryl Streep | $2,035,588,983 | 49 | $41,542,632 |
| 58 | Ben Stiller | $2,027,664,770 | 33 | $61,444,387 |
| 59 | Russell Crowe | $2,016,048,833 | 39 | $51,693,560 |
| 60 | Jim Carrey | $2,010,855,485 | 26 | $77,340,596 |
| 61 | Jack Black | $1,989,866,239 | 23 | $86,515,923 |
| 62 | James McAvoy | $1,988,982,714 | 21 | $94,713,463 |
| 63 | Wang Baoqiang | $1,974,030,455 | 10 | $197,403,046 |
| 64 | Mel Gibson | $1,962,756,029 | 54 | $36,347,334 |
| 65 | Sandra Bullock | $1,961,998,046 | 34 | $57,705,825 |
| 66 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | $1,946,699,430 | 33 | $58,990,892 |
| 67 | Chris Hemsworth | $1,941,968,457 | 20 | $97,098,423 |
| 68 | Jordana Brewster | $1,931,650,359 | 12 | $160,970,863 |
| 69 | Bradley Cooper | $1,920,920,339 | 25 | $76,836,814 |
| 70 | Ryan Gosling | $1,913,013,812 | 25 | $76,520,552 |
| 71 | Jeremy Renner | $1,902,690,109 | 14 | $135,906,436 |
| 72 | Jackie Chan | $1,824,933,698 | 43 | $42,440,319 |
| 73 | Simon Pegg | $1,805,678,729 | 21 | $85,984,701 |
| 74 | Margot Robbie | $1,801,431,553 | 21 | $85,782,455 |
| 75 | Robin Williams | $1,800,940,497 | 37 | $48,674,067 |
| 76 | Zhang Yi | $1,794,782,401 | 8 | $224,347,800 |
| 77 | Jake Gyllenhaal | $1,792,220,742 | 34 | $52,712,375 |
| 78 | Tom Holland | $1,784,246,460 | 12 | $148,687,205 |
| 79 | Don Cheadle | $1,709,934,230 | 19 | $89,996,538 |
| 80 | Javier Bardem | $1,698,451,397 | 21 | $80,878,638 |
| 81 | Tom Hiddleston | $1,697,655,048 | 12 | $141,471,254 |
| 82 | Tobey Maguire | $1,693,020,593 | 11 | $153,910,963 |
| 83 | Lea Seydoux | $1,692,702,175 | 19 | $89,089,588 |
| 84 | Donnie Yen | $1,675,109,175 | 24 | $69,796,216 |
| 85 | Rebecca Ferguson | $1,667,943,361 | 8 | $208,492,920 |
| 86 | Cameron Diaz | $1,648,314,099 | 26 | $63,396,696 |
| 87 | Gal Gadot | $1,632,304,284 | 11 | $148,391,299 |
| 88 | Jude Law | $1,617,839,833 | 33 | $49,025,449 |
| 89 | Sebastian Stan | $1,609,843,843 | 17 | $94,696,697 |
| 90 | Chris Pine | $1,577,087,086 | 22 | $71,685,777 |
| 91 | Nicole Kidman | $1,571,346,031 | 56 | $28,059,751 |
| 92 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $1,540,707,770 | 37 | $41,640,751 |
| 93 | Nathalie Emmanuel | $1,523,437,023 | 5 | $304,687,405 |
| 94 | Mark Wahlberg | $1,520,427,819 | 43 | $35,358,786 |
| 95 | Colin Farrell | $1,511,957,445 | 34 | $44,469,337 |
| 96 | John Travolta | $1,505,051,610 | 57 | $26,404,414 |
| 97 | Chadwick Boseman | $1,504,999,497 | 9 | $167,222,166 |
| 98 | Stellan Skarsgård | $1,504,554,955 | 22 | $68,388,862 |
| 99 | Owen Wilson | $1,479,364,311 | 32 | $46,230,135 |
| 100 | Penélope Cruz | $1,459,831,225 | 24 | $60,826,301 |
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
Tom Cruise: Gage Skidmore [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Dwayne Johnson: By English: Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer (Flickr) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Vin Diesel: Andre Luis [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
