Highest-Grossing Movie Actors of All Time
This chart ranks film actors by the combined worldwide box-office gross of the movies they have led, in billions of US dollars, unadjusted for inflation. Because totals favor recent blockbusters, the list is dominated by stars of modern fra...
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Highest-Grossing Movie Actors of All TimeThe top of this list is shaped almost entirely by superhero and franchise blockbusters. Zoe Saldaña leads with about $15.47 billion in cumulative box office, narrowly ahead of Scarlett Johansson at $15.40 billion, reflecting their central roles in the Avatar, Marvel and Guardians of the Galaxy series. The top five, rounded out by Samuel L. Jackson ($14.61B), Robert Downey Jr. ($14.32B) and Chris Pratt ($14.13B), are all closely bunched within about $1.3 billion of each other and share deep Marvel connections. Notably, three actors named Chris, Pratt, Hemsworth and Evans, all appear in the top nine, a testament to the Marvel casting era. Tom Cruise, at $12.67 billion, is the highest-ranked star whose total rests largely outside the superhero genre.
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