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Top International Leading Stars for Sony Pictures Classics Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Sony Pictures Classics Stars - International Leading Walt Disney Stars - International Leading Warner Bros. Stars - International Leading Universal Stars - International Leading Sony Pictures Stars - International Leading Paramount Pictures Stars - International Leading 20th Century Fox Stars - International Leading Lionsgate Stars - International Leading MGM Stars - Worldwide Leading Sony Pictures Classics Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the Sony Pictures Classics 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
Zhang Ziyi
| Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 8 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ($85,446,864 in 2000), House of Flying Daggers ($81,813,851 in 2004) |
2
Chow Yun-Fat
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 9 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ($85,446,864 in 2000), Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia ($70,337,656 in 2006) |
3
Antonio Banderas
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 30 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger ($35,287,932 in 2010), Dolor y gloria ($35,270,028 in 2019), La piel que habito ($34,970,834 in 2011), Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios ($1,408 in 1988) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhang Ziyi | $167,260,715 | 2 | $83,630,358 |
| 2 | Chow Yun-Fat | $155,784,520 | 2 | $77,892,260 |
| 3 | Antonio Banderas | $105,530,202 | 4 | $26,382,551 |
| 4 | Owen Wilson | $105,458,551 | 1 | $105,458,551 |
| 5 | Penélope Cruz | $101,795,536 | 3 | $33,931,845 |
| 6 | Daniel Brühl | $75,320,674 | 1 | $75,320,674 |
| 7 | Katrin Sass | $75,320,674 | 1 | $75,320,674 |
| 8 | Chulpan Khamatova | $75,320,674 | 1 | $75,320,674 |
| 9 | Cate Blanchett | $73,808,816 | 2 | $36,904,408 |
| 10 | Anthony Hopkins | $71,500,988 | 4 | $17,875,247 |
| 11 | Gong Li | $70,953,638 | 3 | $23,651,213 |
| 12 | Yanina Studilina | $67,693,174 | 1 | $67,693,174 |
| 13 | Dmitry Lisenkov | $67,693,174 | 1 | $67,693,174 |
| 14 | Petr Fedorov | $67,693,174 | 1 | $67,693,174 |
| 15 | Andrey Smolyakov | $67,693,174 | 1 | $67,693,174 |
| 16 | Thomas Kretschmann | $67,693,174 | 1 | $67,693,174 |
| 17 | Oleg Volku | $67,693,174 | 1 | $67,693,174 |
| 18 | Mariya Smolnikova | $67,693,174 | 1 | $67,693,174 |
| 19 | Sergey Bondarchuk | $67,693,174 | 1 | $67,693,174 |
| 20 | Christopher Plummer | $65,794,686 | 3 | $21,931,562 |
| 21 | Yordanos Shiferaw | $63,573,085 | 1 | $63,573,085 |
| 22 | Zain Al Rafeea | $63,573,085 | 1 | $63,573,085 |
| 23 | Greta Gerwig | $61,662,308 | 3 | $20,554,103 |
| 24 | Cecilia Roth | $59,600,000 | 1 | $59,600,000 |
| 25 | John C. Reilly | $59,157,846 | 2 | $29,578,923 |
| 26 | Leonardo Sbaraglia | $59,157,228 | 2 | $29,578,614 |
| 27 | Jude Law | $58,532,996 | 2 | $29,266,498 |
| 28 | Ricardo Darin | $58,023,483 | 2 | $29,011,742 |
| 29 | Elliot Page | $57,605,953 | 1 | $57,605,953 |
| 30 | Roberto Benigni | $57,605,953 | 1 | $57,605,953 |
| 31 | Judy Davis | $57,605,953 | 1 | $57,605,953 |
| 32 | Woody Allen | $57,605,953 | 1 | $57,605,953 |
| 33 | Jesse Eisenberg | $57,605,953 | 1 | $57,605,953 |
| 34 | Alec Baldwin | $57,605,953 | 1 | $57,605,953 |
| 35 | Olivia Colman | $56,947,656 | 3 | $18,982,552 |
| 36 | Andrew Garfield | $56,663,000 | 1 | $56,663,000 |
| 37 | Verne Troyer | $56,663,000 | 1 | $56,663,000 |
| 38 | Tom Waits | $56,663,000 | 1 | $56,663,000 |
| 39 | Johnny Depp | $56,663,000 | 1 | $56,663,000 |
| 40 | Lily Cole | $56,663,000 | 1 | $56,663,000 |
| 41 | Colin Farrell | $56,663,000 | 1 | $56,663,000 |
| 42 | Heath Ledger | $56,663,000 | 1 | $56,663,000 |
| 43 | Gael Garcia Bernal | $48,184,863 | 3 | $16,061,621 |
| 44 | Audrey Tautou | $44,700,000 | 1 | $44,700,000 |
| 45 | Colin Firth | $42,626,286 | 3 | $14,208,762 |
| 46 | Michael Lonsdale | $42,308,874 | 1 | $42,308,874 |
| 47 | Lambert Wilson | $42,308,874 | 1 | $42,308,874 |
| 48 | Timothy Spall | $42,108,642 | 2 | $21,054,321 |
| 49 | Naomi Watts | $40,714,602 | 2 | $20,357,301 |
| 50 | Julianne Moore | $40,549,856 | 6 | $6,758,309 |
| 51 | Maggie Smith | $37,738,401 | 2 | $18,869,201 |
| 52 | Kate Winslet | $35,565,407 | 1 | $35,565,407 |
| 53 | Christoph Waltz | $35,565,407 | 1 | $35,565,407 |
| 54 | Jodie Foster | $35,565,407 | 1 | $35,565,407 |
| 55 | Josh Brolin | $35,287,932 | 1 | $35,287,932 |
| 56 | Gemma Jones | $35,287,932 | 1 | $35,287,932 |
| 57 | Freida Pinto | $35,287,932 | 1 | $35,287,932 |
| 58 | Lucy Punch | $35,287,932 | 1 | $35,287,932 |
| 59 | Asier Etxeandia | $35,270,028 | 1 | $35,270,028 |
| 60 | Nora Navas | $35,270,028 | 1 | $35,270,028 |
| 61 | Julieta Serrano | $35,270,028 | 1 | $35,270,028 |
| 62 | Elena Anaya | $34,970,834 | 1 | $34,970,834 |
| 63 | Soledad Villamil | $34,136,283 | 1 | $34,136,283 |
| 64 | Pablo Rago | $34,136,283 | 1 | $34,136,283 |
| 65 | Guillermo Francella | $34,136,283 | 1 | $34,136,283 |
| 66 | Alex Jennings | $32,299,328 | 1 | $32,299,328 |
| 67 | François Bégaudeau | $30,347,257 | 1 | $30,347,257 |
| 68 | Emmanuelle Riva | $30,048,090 | 1 | $30,048,090 |
| 69 | Larry David | $29,800,000 | 1 | $29,800,000 |
| 70 | Evan Rachel Wood | $29,800,000 | 1 | $29,800,000 |
| 71 | Jim Broadbent | $29,602,260 | 2 | $14,801,130 |
| 72 | Helen Mirren | $28,918,765 | 2 | $14,459,383 |
| 73 | Marion Cotillard | $27,332,185 | 1 | $27,332,185 |
| 74 | Matthias Schoenaerts | $27,332,185 | 1 | $27,332,185 |
| 75 | Miles Teller | $26,136,741 | 1 | $26,136,741 |
| 76 | Joaquin Phoenix | $25,053,237 | 1 | $25,053,237 |
| 77 | Armie Hammer | $24,712,185 | 2 | $12,356,093 |
| 78 | Steve Coogan | $24,668,113 | 2 | $12,334,057 |
| 79 | Julieta Zylberberg | $23,887,200 | 1 | $23,887,200 |
| 80 | Dario Grandinetti | $23,887,200 | 1 | $23,887,200 |
| 81 | Erica Rivas | $23,887,200 | 1 | $23,887,200 |
| 82 | Rita Cortese | $23,887,200 | 1 | $23,887,200 |
| 83 | Oscar Martinez | $23,887,200 | 1 | $23,887,200 |
| 84 | Timothée Chalamet | $23,447,203 | 1 | $23,447,203 |
| 85 | Emma Stone | $22,983,998 | 1 | $22,983,998 |
| 86 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | $22,610,366 | 3 | $7,536,789 |
| 87 | Adriana Ugarte | $21,389,660 | 1 | $21,389,660 |
| 88 | Emma Suarez | $21,389,660 | 1 | $21,389,660 |
| 89 | Gabrielle Lopes | $20,953,784 | 1 | $20,953,784 |
| 90 | Chiara Mastroianni | $20,953,784 | 1 | $20,953,784 |
| 91 | Catherine Deneuve | $20,953,784 | 2 | $10,476,892 |
| 92 | Danielle Darrieux | $20,953,784 | 1 | $20,953,784 |
| 93 | Simon Abkarian | $20,953,784 | 1 | $20,953,784 |
| 94 | Malachi Kirby | $20,880,162 | 1 | $20,880,162 |
| 95 | Jessie Buckley | $20,880,162 | 1 | $20,880,162 |
| 96 | Anjana Vasan | $20,880,162 | 1 | $20,880,162 |
| 97 | Robert Redford | $20,256,044 | 2 | $10,128,022 |
| 98 | Ethan Hawke | $18,870,159 | 2 | $9,435,080 |
| 99 | Don Cheadle | $18,762,653 | 2 | $9,381,327 |
| 100 | Kristin Scott Thomas | $17,880,957 | 1 | $17,880,957 |
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
Antonio Banderas: Georges Biard [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
