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Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 101-200)
See also: Domestic Leading Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Stars - International Leading Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Stars - Worldwide Leading Original Screenplay Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on Real Life Events Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on TV Stars - Worldwide Leading Remake Stars - Worldwide Leading Based on Factual Book/Article Stars - Worldwide Leading Spin-Off Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 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 | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Morgan Freeman | $857,770,121 | 11 | $77,979,102 |
| 102 | Colin Firth | $851,787,508 | 11 | $77,435,228 |
| 103 | Freddie Highmore | $844,547,844 | 7 | $120,649,692 |
| 104 | Tye Sheridan | $826,062,639 | 5 | $165,212,528 |
| 105 | Michael J. Fox | $814,745,561 | 8 | $101,843,195 |
| 106 | Theo James | $809,931,420 | 8 | $101,241,428 |
| 107 | Julia Roberts | $807,594,995 | 7 | $115,370,714 |
| 108 | Mark Rylance | $807,320,852 | 6 | $134,553,475 |
| 109 | Emily Blunt | $799,980,136 | 5 | $159,996,027 |
| 110 | Noomi Rapace | $788,100,049 | 9 | $87,566,672 |
| 111 | Audrey Tautou | $781,616,812 | 4 | $195,404,203 |
| 112 | Amy Adams | $777,871,314 | 7 | $111,124,473 |
| 113 | Andy Serkis | $777,446,833 | 4 | $194,361,708 |
| 114 | Kevin Costner | $772,781,067 | 10 | $77,278,107 |
| 115 | Isla Fisher | $768,732,556 | 4 | $192,183,139 |
| 116 | Naomie Harris | $766,947,708 | 2 | $383,473,854 |
| 117 | Will Poulter | $766,506,811 | 2 | $383,253,406 |
| 118 | AnnaSophia Robb | $755,264,717 | 5 | $151,052,943 |
| 119 | Viola Davis | $749,385,210 | 4 | $187,346,303 |
| 120 | Blake Lively | $732,684,619 | 8 | $91,585,577 |
| 121 | James Corden | $731,483,251 | 5 | $146,296,650 |
| 122 | George Clooney | $730,547,366 | 9 | $81,171,930 |
| 123 | Samuel L. Jackson | $718,260,253 | 10 | $71,826,025 |
| 124 | Austin Butler | $714,711,520 | 5 | $142,942,304 |
| 125 | Jason Statham | $713,006,361 | 6 | $118,834,394 |
| 126 | Tom Hardy | $695,819,132 | 5 | $139,163,826 |
| 127 | T.J. Miller | $694,153,527 | 2 | $347,076,764 |
| 128 | Roy Scheider | $693,252,314 | 2 | $346,626,157 |
| 129 | Eric Bana | $691,492,064 | 8 | $86,436,508 |
| 130 | Cate Blanchett | $671,312,598 | 9 | $74,590,289 |
| 131 | Owen Wilson | $664,854,049 | 3 | $221,618,016 |
| 132 | Jennifer Aniston | $663,003,783 | 8 | $82,875,473 |
| 133 | Bob Hoskins | $652,461,429 | 3 | $217,487,143 |
| 134 | Asa Butterfield | $648,104,714 | 6 | $108,017,452 |
| 135 | Jared Harris | $647,596,708 | 3 | $215,865,569 |
| 136 | Jeremy Renner | $635,164,154 | 3 | $211,721,385 |
| 137 | Al Pacino | $631,894,366 | 10 | $63,189,437 |
| 138 | Bradley Cooper | $629,438,040 | 8 | $78,679,755 |
| 139 | Christian Bale | $627,822,661 | 9 | $69,758,073 |
| 140 | Suraj Sharma | $619,310,368 | 1 | $619,310,368 |
| 141 | Clint Eastwood | $618,100,939 | 13 | $47,546,226 |
| 142 | Alicia Vikander | $616,833,099 | 6 | $102,805,517 |
| 143 | Ewan McGregor | $614,382,749 | 10 | $61,438,275 |
| 144 | Jodie Foster | $613,819,786 | 7 | $87,688,541 |
| 145 | Jeff Bridges | $612,927,939 | 7 | $87,561,134 |
| 146 | Emma Thompson | $605,045,548 | 7 | $86,435,078 |
| 147 | Reese Witherspoon | $603,427,018 | 10 | $60,342,702 |
| 148 | Logan Lerman | $600,493,169 | 5 | $120,098,634 |
| 149 | Benedict Cumberbatch | $596,491,338 | 6 | $99,415,223 |
| 150 | Olivia Cooke | $588,370,341 | 4 | $147,092,585 |
| 151 | Ben Mendelsohn | $581,928,306 | 3 | $193,976,102 |
| 152 | Hannah John-Kamen | $579,201,982 | 2 | $289,600,991 |
| 153 | Lena Waithe | $579,055,653 | 1 | $579,055,653 |
| 154 | Win Morisaki | $579,055,653 | 1 | $579,055,653 |
| 155 | Philip Zhao | $579,055,653 | 1 | $579,055,653 |
| 156 | Ki Hong Lee | $576,444,698 | 2 | $288,222,349 |
| 157 | Halle Berry | $570,886,448 | 4 | $142,721,612 |
| 158 | Nicolas Cage | $569,125,580 | 15 | $37,941,705 |
| 159 | Gina Rodriguez | $564,806,755 | 4 | $141,201,689 |
| 160 | Chris O'Dowd | $564,548,475 | 3 | $188,182,825 |
| 161 | Octavia Spencer | $561,490,106 | 3 | $187,163,369 |
| 162 | John Cena | $559,000,939 | 3 | $186,333,646 |
| 163 | Diane Kruger | $558,463,376 | 4 | $139,615,844 |
| 164 | Gary Oldman | $550,167,719 | 7 | $78,595,388 |
| 165 | Julie Walters | $545,577,803 | 3 | $181,859,268 |
| 166 | Russell Crowe | $543,138,934 | 7 | $77,591,276 |
| 167 | Marion Cotillard | $535,249,742 | 4 | $133,812,436 |
| 168 | Michael Douglas | $534,590,287 | 8 | $66,823,786 |
| 169 | Rainn Wilson | $527,643,520 | 2 | $263,821,760 |
| 170 | Ruby Rose | $527,414,157 | 2 | $263,707,079 |
| 171 | Cliff Curtis | $527,267,828 | 1 | $527,267,828 |
| 172 | Winston Chao | $527,267,828 | 1 | $527,267,828 |
| 173 | Li Bingbing | $527,267,828 | 1 | $527,267,828 |
| 174 | Kristin Scott Thomas | $525,289,294 | 8 | $65,661,162 |
| 175 | Jack Nicholson | $524,589,295 | 11 | $47,689,936 |
| 176 | Matthew McConaughey | $522,800,283 | 5 | $104,560,057 |
| 177 | Jack Black | $522,427,238 | 4 | $130,606,810 |
| 178 | Michelle Pfeiffer | $519,105,938 | 12 | $43,258,828 |
| 179 | Jennifer Lopez | $518,793,926 | 7 | $74,113,418 |
| 180 | Steve Coogan | $518,653,828 | 4 | $129,663,457 |
| 181 | Sharon Stone | $517,098,449 | 9 | $57,455,383 |
| 182 | Denzel Washington | $516,812,183 | 8 | $64,601,523 |
| 183 | Zhang Ziyi | $504,959,813 | 4 | $126,239,953 |
| 184 | Minnie Driver | $504,697,280 | 5 | $100,939,456 |
| 185 | Craig Robinson | $502,204,034 | 4 | $125,551,009 |
| 186 | Zac Efron | $501,427,386 | 6 | $83,571,231 |
| 187 | Hilary Swank | $501,187,589 | 6 | $83,531,265 |
| 188 | Judi Dench | $500,373,362 | 4 | $125,093,341 |
| 189 | Michelle Yeoh | $500,247,713 | 3 | $166,749,238 |
| 190 | Hugh Grant | $498,699,949 | 4 | $124,674,987 |
| 191 | Oscar Isaac | $497,087,300 | 4 | $124,271,825 |
| 192 | Richard Dreyfuss | $496,351,938 | 2 | $248,175,969 |
| 193 | Jay Baruchel | $495,141,736 | 2 | $247,570,868 |
| 194 | Jim Sturgess | $493,076,006 | 7 | $70,439,429 |
| 195 | Jason Momoa | $493,005,924 | 3 | $164,335,308 |
| 196 | Robert Shaw | $491,452,291 | 3 | $163,817,430 |
| 197 | Sean Connery | $490,464,680 | 7 | $70,066,383 |
| 198 | Sally Field | $483,861,462 | 3 | $161,287,154 |
| 199 | Rooney Mara | $480,185,359 | 6 | $80,030,893 |
| 200 | John Cusack | $478,295,327 | 14 | $34,163,952 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.