The summer blockbuster has become an American tradition since the 1970s, when films such as “Jaws” and “Star Wars” were released, and studios and distributors plan their annual marketing strategy accordingly. The COVID-19 pandemic closed most theaters in 2020, causing key releases to be postponed, but many movie showcases have now reopened and Hollywood is closely eyeing box office numbers.
What stars most reliably bring audiences to the movies? To find out, 24/7 Tempo has compiled a list of the top 100 stars in leading roles in terms of their domestic box office performance. The list, current as of July 2021, is based on data from The Numbers, an online movie database owned by consulting firm Nash Information Services, and IMDb, an online movie database owned by Amazon.
Actors were ranked based on the total domestic ticket sales for all movies in which they were billed as the lead actor on IMDb. (Average IMDb ratings were calculated from the IMDb user ratings for all movies for which an actor received the lead film credit.)
Industry observers have been encouraged by the performance of “Free Guy,” a sci-fi comedy starring Ryan Reynolds that opened recently. It took in more than $28 million at North American theaters over its first weekend, and earned another $22.5 million overseas. Reynolds is on our list, at No. 38 with ticket receipts totaling $1.3 billion. “Free Guy” might raise his ranking next time around.
No. 1 on our list, perhaps not surprisingly, is the even-popular Tom Hanks, whose career domestic ticket sales in lead roles total a whopping $4.6 billion. He’s followed closely by Robert Downey Jr., with a total of $4.3 billion. Coincidentally, both had their highest grossing films in 2019 — “Toy Story 4” and “Avengers: Endgame,” respectively. (These are the actors that have made Hollywood the most money.)
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The highest ranked female actor is Sandra Bullock, at No. 17 with a career domestic ticket sales in lead roles of $1.9 billion. The next woman on our list doesn’t come until No. 27 — Jennifer Lawrence, at $1.7 billion. (These are Jennifer Lawrence’s biggest movies, ranked.)
This strongly suggests that Hollywood could do a better job when it comes to roles for women.
100. Jay Baruchel
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $587.4 million
> No. of lead roles: 6
> Avg. IMDb rating for Baruchel-led films: 7.2/10
> Highest grossing film: How to Train Your Dragon (2010) ($217.6 million)
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99. Anthony Hopkins
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $593.1 million
> No. of lead roles: 26
> Avg. IMDb rating for Hopkins-led films: 6.7/10
> Highest grossing film: Hannibal (2001) ($165.1 million)
98. Jake Gyllenhaal
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $594.4 million
> No. of lead roles: 19
> Avg. IMDb rating for Gyllenhaal-led films: 7.1/10
> Highest grossing film: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) ($90.8 million)
97. Wesley Snipes
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $603.7 million
> No. of lead roles: 20
> Avg. IMDb rating for Snipes-led films: 5.8/10
> Highest grossing film: Blade II (2002) ($81.7 million)
96. Anna Faris
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $616.1 million
> No. of lead roles: 8
> Avg. IMDb rating for Faris-led films: 5.8/10
> Highest grossing film: Scary Movie (2000) ($157 million)
95. Jodie Foster
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $617.0 million
> No. of lead roles: 16
> Avg. IMDb rating for Foster-led films: 6.7/10
> Highest grossing film: The Silence of the Lambs (1991) ($130.7 million)
94. Chevy Chase
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $618.1 million
> No. of lead roles: 21
> Avg. IMDb rating for Chase-led films: 6/10
> Highest grossing film: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) ($71.8 million)
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93. Sam Neill
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $620.5 million
> No. of lead roles: 8
> Avg. IMDb rating for Neill-led films: 6.8/10
> Highest grossing film: Jurassic Park (1993) ($402.5 million)
92. Paul Rudd
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $631 million
> No. of lead roles: 12
> Avg. IMDb rating for Rudd-led films: 6.4/10
> Highest grossing film: Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) ($216.6 million)
91. Morgan Freeman
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $684.2 million
> No. of lead roles: 18
> Avg. IMDb rating for Freeman-led films: 6.7/10
> Highest grossing film: Driving Miss Daisy (1989) ($106.6 million)
90. Joaquin Phoenix
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $690.9 million
> No. of lead roles: 17
> Avg. IMDb rating for Phoenix-led films: 7/10
> Highest grossing film: Joker (2019) ($335.5 million)
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89. Anna Kendrick
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $693.2 million
> No. of lead roles: 12
> Avg. IMDb rating for Kendrick-led films: 6.2/10
> Highest grossing film: Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) ($184.3 million)
88. Seth Rogen
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $693.4 million
> No. of lead roles: 9
> Avg. IMDb rating for Rogen-led films: 6.2/10
> Highest grossing film: Neighbors (2014) ($150.1 million)
87. Burt Reynolds
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $698 million
> No. of lead roles: 33
> Avg. IMDb rating for Reynolds-led films: 5.8/10
> Highest grossing film: Smokey and the Bandit (1977) ($126.7 million)
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86. Cameron Diaz
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $700.9 million
> No. of lead roles: 11
> Avg. IMDb rating for Diaz-led films: 6.1/10
> Highest grossing film: There’s Something About Mary (1998) ($176.5 million)
85. John Cusack
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $704.7 million
> No. of lead roles: 36
> Avg. IMDb rating for Cusack-led films: 6.4/10
> Highest grossing film: 2012 (2009) ($166.1 million)
84. Jesse Eisenberg
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $712.5 million
> No. of lead roles: 18
> Avg. IMDb rating for Eisenberg-led films: 6.6/10
> Highest grossing film: Rio (2011) ($143.6 million)
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83. Gerard Butler
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $733 million
> No. of lead roles: 16
> Avg. IMDb rating for Butler-led films: 6.5/10
> Highest grossing film: 300 (2006) ($210.6 million)
82. Kurt Russell
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $737.1 million
> No. of lead roles: 30
> Avg. IMDb rating for Russell-led films: 6.6/10
> Highest grossing film: Backdraft (1991) ($77.9 million)
81. Jeff Bridges
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $756 million
> No. of lead roles: 37
> Avg. IMDb rating for Bridges-led films: 6.6/10
> Highest grossing film: TRON: Legacy (2010) ($172.1 million)
80. Pierce Brosnan
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $757.4 million
> No. of lead roles: 22
> Avg. IMDb rating for Brosnan-led films: 6.2/10
> Highest grossing film: Die Another Day (2002) ($160.9 million)
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79. Gene Hackman
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $759.2 million
> No. of lead roles: 27
> Avg. IMDb rating for Hackman-led films: 6.6/10
> Highest grossing film: Superman II (1980) ($108.2 million)
78. Richard Dreyfuss
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $759.5 million
> No. of lead roles: 19
> Avg. IMDb rating for Dreyfuss-led films: 6.5/10
> Highest grossing film: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) ($169.1 million)
77. Robert Redford
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $762.5 million
> No. of lead roles: 27
> Avg. IMDb rating for Redford-led films: 6.7/10
> Highest grossing film: Indecent Proposal (1993) ($106.6 million)
76. Chris Pine
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $767.2 million
> No. of lead roles: 11
> Avg. IMDb rating for Pine-led films: 6.9/10
> Highest grossing film: Star Trek (2009) ($257.7 million)
75. James McAvoy
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $783.3 million
> No. of lead roles: 15
> Avg. IMDb rating for McAvoy-led films: 6.9/10
> Highest grossing film: X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) ($155.4 million)
74. Tommy Lee Jones
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $786.3 million
> No. of lead roles: 16
> Avg. IMDb rating for Jones-led films: 6.5/10
> Highest grossing film: Men in Black (1997) ($250.7 million)
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73. Channing Tatum
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $791.2 million
> No. of lead roles: 13
> Avg. IMDb rating for Tatum-led films: 6.1/10
> Highest grossing film: 22 Jump Street (2014) ($191.7 million)
72. Paul Newman
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $797.6 million
> No. of lead roles: 45
> Avg. IMDb rating for Newman-led films: 6.7/10
> Highest grossing film: The Sting (1973) ($159.6 million)
71. Tom Holland
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $799.5 million
> No. of lead roles: 7
> Avg. IMDb rating for Holland-led films: 6.8/10
> Highest grossing film: Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) ($390.5 million)
70. Hayden Christensen
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $801.2 million
> No. of lead roles: 8
> Avg. IMDb rating for Christensen-led films: 6.1/10
> Highest grossing film: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) ($380.3 million)
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69. Ice Cube
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $809.3 million
> No. of lead roles: 17
> Avg. IMDb rating for Cube-led films: 5.5/10
> Highest grossing film: Ride Along (2014) ($134.2 million)
68. Michael Keaton
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $846.5 million
> No. of lead roles: 20
> Avg. IMDb rating for Keaton-led films: 6.4/10
> Highest grossing film: Batman (1989) ($251.2 million)
67. Bill Murray
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $850.1 million
> No. of lead roles: 18
> Avg. IMDb rating for Murray-led films: 6.8/10
> Highest grossing film: Ghostbusters (1984) ($242.2 million)
66. Richard Gere
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $856.3 million
> No. of lead roles: 33
> Avg. IMDb rating for Gere-led films: 6.2/10
> Highest grossing film: Pretty Woman (1990) ($178.4 million)
65. Chadwick Boseman
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $864.2 million
> No. of lead roles: 6
> Avg. IMDb rating for Boseman-led films: 7/10
> Highest grossing film: Black Panther (2018) ($700.1 million)
64. Craig T. Nelson
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $870 million
> No. of lead roles: 2
> Avg. IMDb rating for Nelson-led films: 7.8/10
> Highest grossing film: Incredibles 2 (2018) ($608.6 million)
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63. Chris Evans
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $874 million
> No. of lead roles: 8
> Avg. IMDb rating for Evans-led films: 7.1/10
> Highest grossing film: Captain America: Civil War (2016) ($408.1 million)
62. Al Pacino
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $877.3 million
> No. of lead roles: 35
> Avg. IMDb rating for Pacino-led films: 6.9/10
> Highest grossing film: Any Given Sunday (1999) ($75.5 million)
61. Angelina Jolie
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $897 million
> No. of lead roles: 10
> Avg. IMDb rating for Jolie-led films: 6.5/10
> Highest grossing film: Maleficent (2014) ($241.4 million)
60. Dennis Quaid
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $906 million
> No. of lead roles: 27
> Avg. IMDb rating for Quaid-led films: 6.2/10
> Highest grossing film: The Day After Tomorrow (2004) ($186.7 million)
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59. Reese Witherspoon
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $907.4 million
> No. of lead roles: 16
> Avg. IMDb rating for Witherspoon-led films: 6.2/10
> Highest grossing film: Monsters Vs. Aliens (2009) ($198.4 million)
58. Ewan McGregor
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $945.2 million
> No. of lead roles: 24
> Avg. IMDb rating for McGregor-led films: 6.6/10
> Highest grossing film: Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) ($474.5 million)
57. Billy Crystal
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $950.7 million
> No. of lead roles: 10
> Avg. IMDb rating for Crystal-led films: 6.5/10
> Highest grossing film: Monsters, Inc. (2001) ($290.1 million)
56. Chris Hemsworth
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $954.1 million
> No. of lead roles: 10
> Avg. IMDb rating for Hemsworth-led films: 6.5/10
> Highest grossing film: Thor: Ragnarok (2017) ($315.1 million)
55. Russell Crowe
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $954.9 million
> No. of lead roles: 21
> Avg. IMDb rating for Crowe-led films: 6.8/10
> Highest grossing film: Gladiator (2000) ($187.7 million)
54. Bradley Cooper
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $974.5 million
> No. of lead roles: 9
> Avg. IMDb rating for Cooper-led films: 6.6/10
> Highest grossing film: American Sniper (2014) ($350.1 million)
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53. Matthew Broderick
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1 billion
> No. of lead roles: 20
> Avg. IMDb rating for Broderick-led films: 6.2/10
> Highest grossing film: The Lion King (1994) ($421.8 million)
52. Jack Black
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1 billion
> No. of lead roles: 15
> Avg. IMDb rating for Black-led films: 6.3/10
> Highest grossing film: Kung Fu Panda (2008) ($215.4 million)
51. Meryl Streep
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1 billion
> No. of lead roles: 29
> Avg. IMDb rating for Streep-led films: 6.6/10
> Highest grossing film: Mamma Mia! (2008) ($144.1 million)
50. Kristen Bell
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1 billion
> No. of lead roles: 9
> Avg. IMDb rating for Bell-led films: 6.2/10
> Highest grossing film: Frozen II (2019) ($477.4 million)
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49. Dustin Hoffman
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1 billion
> No. of lead roles: 21
> Avg. IMDb rating for Hoffman-led films: 7.1/10
> Highest grossing film: Tootsie (1982) ($177.2 million)
48. Michael J. Fox
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.1 billion
> No. of lead roles: 19
> Avg. IMDb rating for Fox-led films: 6.5/10
> Highest grossing film: Back to the Future (1985) ($212.3 million)
47. Jack Nicholson
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.1 billion
> No. of lead roles: 28
> Avg. IMDb rating for Nicholson-led films: 6.8/10
> Highest grossing film: As Good as It Gets (1997) ($148.5 million)
46. Sean Connery
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.1 billion
> No. of lead roles: 37
> Avg. IMDb rating for Connery-led films: 6.6/10
> Highest grossing film: The Rock (1996) ($134.1 million)
45. Liam Neeson
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.1 billion
> No. of lead roles: 26
> Avg. IMDb rating for Neeson-led films: 6.6/10
> Highest grossing film: Taken (2008) ($145 million)
44. Jackie Chan
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.1 billion
> No. of lead roles: 44
> Avg. IMDb rating for Chan-led films: 6.5/10
> Highest grossing film: Rush Hour 2 (2001) ($226.2 million)
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43. Owen Wilson
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.2 billion
> No. of lead roles: 16
> Avg. IMDb rating for Wilson-led films: 6.1/10
> Highest grossing film: Cars (2006) ($244.1 million)
42. Michael Douglas
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.2 billion
> No. of lead roles: 25
> Avg. IMDb rating for Douglas-led films: 6.7/10
> Highest grossing film: Fatal Attraction (1987) ($156.6 million)
41. Julia Roberts
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.2 billion
> No. of lead roles: 16
> Avg. IMDb rating for Roberts-led films: 6.1/10
> Highest grossing film: Runaway Bride (1999) ($152.3 million)
40. Daniel Craig
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.3 billion
> No. of lead roles: 12
> Avg. IMDb rating for Craig-led films: 7.1/10
> Highest grossing film: Skyfall (2012) ($304.4 million)
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39. Matthew McConaughey
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.3 billion
> No. of lead roles: 26
> Avg. IMDb rating for McConaughey-led films: 6.5/10
> Highest grossing film: Sing (2016) ($270.3 million)
38. Ryan Reynolds
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.3 billion
> No. of lead roles: 21
> Avg. IMDb rating for Reynolds-led films: 6.5/10
> Highest grossing film: Deadpool (2016) ($363.1 million)
37. Hugh Jackman
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.3 billion
> No. of lead roles: 15
> Avg. IMDb rating for Jackman-led films: 7/10
> Highest grossing film: Logan (2017) ($226.3 million)
36. Robert De Niro
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.3 billion
> No. of lead roles: 52
> Avg. IMDb rating for De Niro-led films: 6.7/10
> Highest grossing film: Analyze This (1999) ($106.9 million)
35. Steve Martin
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.4 billion
> No. of lead roles: 31
> Avg. IMDb rating for Martin-led films: 6.3/10
> Highest grossing film: Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) ($138.6 million)
34. George Clooney
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.4 billion
> No. of lead roles: 23
> Avg. IMDb rating for Clooney-led films: 6.7/10
> Highest grossing film: Ocean’s Eleven (2001) ($183.4 million)
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33. Kevin Costner
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.5 billion
> No. of lead roles: 33
> Avg. IMDb rating for Costner-led films: 6.8/10
> Highest grossing film: Dances with Wolves (1990) ($184.2 million)
32. Brad Pitt
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.5 billion
> No. of lead roles: 25
> Avg. IMDb rating for Pitt-led films: 7/10
> Highest grossing film: World War Z (2013) ($202.4 million)
31. Robin Williams
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.6 billion
> No. of lead roles: 31
> Avg. IMDb rating for Williams-led films: 6.3/10
> Highest grossing film: Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) ($219.2 million)
30. Keanu Reeves
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.6 billion
> No. of lead roles: 32
> Avg. IMDb rating for Reeves-led films: 6.4/10
> Highest grossing film: The Matrix Reloaded (2003) ($281.6 million)
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29. Clint Eastwood
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.7 billion
> No. of lead roles: 43
> Avg. IMDb rating for Eastwood-led films: 6.9/10
> Highest grossing film: Gran Torino (2008) ($148.1 million)
28. Sylvester Stallone
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.7 billion
> No. of lead roles: 40
> Avg. IMDb rating for Stallone-led films: 6/10
> Highest grossing film: Rocky IV (1985) ($127.9 million)
27. Jennifer Lawrence
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.7 billion
> No. of lead roles: 12
> Avg. IMDb rating for Lawrence-led films: 6.8/10
> Highest grossing film: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) ($424.7 million)
26. Arnold Schwarzenegger
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.7 billion
> No. of lead roles: 30
> Avg. IMDb rating for Schwarzenegger-led films: 6.3/10
> Highest grossing film: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) ($203.5 million)
25. Steve Carell
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.7 billion
> No. of lead roles: 19
> Avg. IMDb rating for Carell-led films: 6.7/10
> Highest grossing film: Despicable Me 2 (2013) ($368.1 million)
24. Will Ferrell
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.8 billion
> No. of lead roles: 23
> Avg. IMDb rating for Ferrell-led films: 6.2/10
> Highest grossing film: Elf (2003) ($175.5 million)
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23. Ben Affleck
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.8 billion
> No. of lead roles: 28
> Avg. IMDb rating for Affleck-led films: 6.2/10
> Highest grossing film: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) ($330.4 million)
22. Matt Damon
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.8 billion
> No. of lead roles: 26
> Avg. IMDb rating for Damon-led films: 6.8/10
> Highest grossing film: The Martian (2015) ($228.4 million)
21. Vin Diesel
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.8 billion
> No. of lead roles: 17
> Avg. IMDb rating for Diesel-led films: 6.3/10
> Highest grossing film: Furious 7 (2015) ($353 million)
20. Mark Wahlberg
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.8 billion
> No. of lead roles: 27
> Avg. IMDb rating for Wahlberg-led films: 6.4/10
> Highest grossing film: Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) ($245.4 million)
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19. Christian Bale
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.9 billion
> No. of lead roles: 23
> Avg. IMDb rating for Bale-led films: 7.3/10
> Highest grossing film: The Dark Knight (2008) ($533.7 million)
18. John Travolta
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.9 billion
> No. of lead roles: 41
> Avg. IMDb rating for Travolta-led films: 5.7/10
> Highest grossing film: Grease (1978) ($181.8 million)
17. Sandra Bullock
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.9 billion
> No. of lead roles: 23
> Avg. IMDb rating for Bullock-led films: 6.1/10
> Highest grossing film: Minions (2015) ($336 million)
16. Nicolas Cage
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $1.9 billion
> No. of lead roles: 68
> Avg. IMDb rating for Cage-led films: 5.8/10
> Highest grossing film: National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) ($220 million)
15. Eddie Murphy
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $2.1 billion
> No. of lead roles: 31
> Avg. IMDb rating for Murphy-led films: 5.8/10
> Highest grossing film: Beverly Hills Cop (1984) ($234.8 million)
14. Denzel Washington
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $2.2 billion
> No. of lead roles: 40
> Avg. IMDb rating for Washington-led films: 6.9/10
> Highest grossing film: American Gangster (2007) ($130.2 million)
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13. Dwayne Johnson
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $2.2 billion
> No. of lead roles: 22
> Avg. IMDb rating for Johnson-led films: 6.1/10
> Highest grossing film: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) ($404.5 million)
12. Mel Gibson
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $2.2 billion
> No. of lead roles: 33
> Avg. IMDb rating for Gibson-led films: 6.8/10
> Highest grossing film: Signs (2002) ($228 million)
11. Bruce Willis
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $2.2 billion
> No. of lead roles: 40
> Avg. IMDb rating for Willis-led films: 6.2/10
> Highest grossing film: The Sixth Sense (1999) ($293.5 million)
10. Ben Stiller
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $2.3 billion
> No. of lead roles: 27
> Avg. IMDb rating for Stiller-led films: 6.2/10
> Highest grossing film: Meet the Fockers (2004) ($279.2 million)
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9. Jim Carrey
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $2.3 billion
> No. of lead roles: 23
> Avg. IMDb rating for Carrey-led films: 6.7/10
> Highest grossing film: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) ($260.3 million)
8. Harrison Ford
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $2.4 billion
> No. of lead roles: 27
> Avg. IMDb rating for Ford-led films: 6.8/10
> Highest grossing film: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) ($317.1 million)
7. Leonardo DiCaprio
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $2.4 billion
> No. of lead roles: 21
> Avg. IMDb rating for DiCaprio-led films: 7.6/10
> Highest grossing film: Titanic (1997) ($659.4 million)
6. Adam Sandler
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $2.7 billion
> No. of lead roles: 38
> Avg. IMDb rating for Sandler-led films: 6/10
> Highest grossing film: Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) ($169.7 million)
5. Johnny Depp
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $2.7 billion
> No. of lead roles: 39
> Avg. IMDb rating for Depp-led films: 6.9/10
> Highest grossing film: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) ($423.3 million)
4. Will Smith
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $3.3 billion
> No. of lead roles: 24
> Avg. IMDb rating for Smith-led films: 6.7/10
> Highest grossing film: Aladdin (2019) ($355.6 million)
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3. Tom Cruise
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $3.7 billion
> No. of lead roles: 35
> Avg. IMDb rating for Cruise-led films: 6.9/10
> Highest grossing film: War of the Worlds (2005) ($234.3 million)
2. Robert Downey Jr.
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $4.3 billion
> No. of lead roles: 21
> Avg. IMDb rating for Downey-led films: 7/10
> Highest grossing film: Avengers: Endgame (2019) ($858.4 million)
1. Tom Hanks
> Career domestic ticket sales in lead roles: $4.6 billion
> No. of lead roles: 43
> Avg. IMDb rating for Hanks-led films: 7.0/10
> Highest grossing film: Toy Story 4 (2019) ($434 million)
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