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Highest Grossing Stars of 2012 at the Worldwide Box Office


See also: Top Domestic 2012 Stars - Top International 2012 Stars - Top Worldwide 2020 Stars - Top Worldwide 2021 Stars - Top Worldwide 2022 Stars - Top Worldwide 2023 Stars - Top Worldwide 2024 Stars - Top Worldwide 2025 Stars

This list shows the highest grossing stars of 2012 based on the Worldwide box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 2012 and the two preceeding years (voice-only roles excluded).

The Star Score in this list represent points assigned to each of the leading stars of top 100 (based on worldwide box office) movies in the current year and two preceding years. For appearing in the number one movie in a year a star gets 100 points, the number two movie 99 points and so on. This rewards actors for appearing in a number of hit films over the course of three years more than starring in just one monster hit over the same time period.

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Taylor Lautner
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 9 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 ($829,724,737 in 2012), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($706,101,755 in 2010), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 ($682,171,944 in 2011), Valentine's Day ($217,569,328 in 2010), Abduction ($86,648,359 in 2011)

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Kristen Stewart
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 27 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 ($829,724,737 in 2012), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($706,101,755 in 2010), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 ($682,171,944 in 2011), Snow White and the Huntsman ($401,021,746 in 2012)

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Liam Neeson
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 57 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Taken 2 ($377,807,404 in 2012), Battleship ($313,477,717 in 2012), Wrath of the Titans ($305,270,083 in 2012), The A-Team ($177,241,171 in 2010), Unknown ($136,123,083 in 2011), The Grey ($81,249,176 in 2012)

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Complete List

Rank Name Star
Score		 Movies Average
Billing
1 Taylor Lautner 373 5 5.0
2 Kristen Stewart 369 4 1.0
3 Liam Neeson 350 6 2.2
4 Robert Downey, Jr. 348 4 1.0
5 Johnny Depp 343 4 1.0
6 Bradley Cooper 340 5 1.8
7 Robert Pattinson 326 5 1.8
8 Jeremy Renner 324 4 3.8
9 Leonardo DiCaprio 282 4 1.5
10 Chris Hemsworth 276 4 2.5
11 Ralph Fiennes 273 3 6.0
12 Matt Damon 264 6 1.3
13 Helena Bonham Carter 245 3 4.0
14 Jennifer Lawrence 242 3 2.0
15 Daniel Radcliffe 239 3 3.3
16 Daniel Craig 237 3 1.0
17 Tom Cruise 235 3 1.0
18 Mickey Rourke 235 3 6.0
19 Channing Tatum 232 4 1.5
20 Scarlett Johansson 231 3 3.7
21 Denzel Washington 228 4 1.0
22 Mark Wahlberg 222 4 1.3
23 Natalie Portman 218 3 1.3
24 Tommy Lee Jones 217 3 2.0
25 Dwayne Johnson 215 3 1.7
26 Sacha Baron Cohen 208 3 3.3
27 Jude Law 202 4 5.0
28 Emma Watson 198 2 4.0
29 Rupert Grint 198 2 6.5
30 Adam Sandler 197 3 1.0
31 Amanda Seyfried 197 4 1.8
32 Ashton Kutcher 197 4 11.3
33 Milla Jovovich 190 3 1.3
34 Zach Galifianakis 190 3 2.3
35 Anne Hathaway 190 3 5.3
36 Jennifer Aniston 189 3 2.3
37 Julia Roberts 189 3 6.7
38 Robert De Niro 188 4 3.5
39 Geoffrey Rush 187 2 2.5
40 Tom Hiddleston 185 2 5.0
41 Chris Evans 183 2 1.5
42 Russell Crowe 182 3 1.3
43 Nicolas Cage 179 4 2.5
44 Jessica Biel 178 3 6.7
45 Noomi Rapace 173 2 2.0
46 Will Ferrell 172 3 1.0
47 Christian Bale 172 3 1.3
48 Jason Statham 171 4 1.5
49 Chloë Grace Moretz 171 3 5.0
50 Andy Serkis 170 2 1.5
51 Taylor Kitsch 169 3 1.0
52 Cameron Diaz 169 3 1.3
53 Jet Li 169 3 2.3
54 Justin Timberlake 168 3 1.7
55 Jake Gyllenhaal 167 3 1.0
56 Anthony Hopkins 167 3 2.3
57 Sam Worthington 165 2 1.0
58 Hugh Jackman 164 2 1.0
59 Josh Brolin 162 2 3.0
60 Jessica Alba 161 3 2.7
61 Owen Wilson 160 3 1.7
62 Jeff Bridges 158 2 1.0
63 Rachel McAdams 155 3 2.0
64 Joseph Gordon-Levitt 154 2 2.0
65 Freida Pinto 154 2 3.5
66 Kevin James 153 4 1.5
67 Jamie Foxx 152 2 4.5
68 Angelina Jolie 151 2 1.5
69 Sylvester Stallone 150 2 1.0
70 Ryan Reynolds 150 3 1.3
71 Dolph Lundgren 150 2 5.0
72 Shia LaBeouf 148 2 1.5
73 Ben Kingsley 148 2 2.0
74 Don Cheadle 147 2 3.5
75 Kate Beckinsale 146 3 1.7
76 Jackie Chan 142 2 1.5
77 Tom Wilkinson 142 2 8.5
78 Emma Stone 138 3 2.0
79 Gwyneth Paltrow 135 2 3.5
80 Ben Stiller 134 3 1.3
81 Colin Farrell 134 2 3.0
82 Simon Pegg 130 2 2.0
83 Steve Carell 128 3 1.0
84 Christoph Waltz 128 2 7.0
85 Bruce Willis 126 4 1.0
86 Sarah Jessica Parker 124 2 17.0
87 Katherine Heigl 122 3 8.7
88 Ben Affleck 121 2 1.0
89 Michael Peña 121 2 7.0
90 Michelle Pfeiffer 118 2 1.5
91 Jackie Earle Haley 115 2 3.0
92 Hector Elizondo 113 2 45.0
93 Logan Lerman 110 2 1.0
94 Luke Evans 110 2 4.0
95 Penélope Cruz 109 2 3.0
96 Elliot Page 108 2 5.5
97 Chris Pine 107 2 2.0
98 Colin Firth 106 2 3.0
99 Idris Elba 105 2 7.0
100 Vanessa Hudgens 103 2 4.5

The Average Billing column contains the average billing position of this cast/crew member for the selected films.

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.

Image attributions

Taylor Lautner: By Taylor_Lautner.jpg: Dalboz17 derivative work: Gage (Taylor_Lautner.jpg) [CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons

Kristen Stewart: By lukeford.net [CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons

Liam Neeson: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons