Box Office Star Records > International > Creative Types > International Leading Historical Fiction Stars
Top International Leading Stars for Historical Fiction Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Historical Fiction Stars - International Leading Contemporary Fiction Stars - International Leading Science Fiction Stars - International Leading Kids Fiction Stars - International Leading Super Hero Stars - International Leading Fantasy Stars - International Leading Dramatization Stars - International Leading Factual Stars - Worldwide Leading Historical Fiction Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative international box office of all the Historical Fiction 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.
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 42 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($804,642,000 in 2011), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($651,576,067 in 2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($642,863,913 in 2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ($622,302,918 in 2017), Murder on the Orient Express ($248,940,604 in 2017), The Lone Ranger ($170,700,000 in 2013), Sleepy Hollow ($106,000,000 in 1999), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ($100,431,771 in 2007), Chocolat ($81,190,583 in 2000), Finding Neverland ($63,359,502 in 2004) |
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 23 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: Titanic ($1,548,588,773 in 1997), Django Unchained ($287,036,132 in 2012), The Great Gatsby ($208,657,314 in 2013), Shutter Island ($171,448,848 in 2010), Blood Diamond ($114,000,000 in 2006), Gangs of New York ($105,394,121 in 2002), Killers of the Flower Moon ($88,397,430 in 2023), Revolutionary Road ($56,653,480 in 2008), The Man in the Iron Mask ($0 in 1998), This Boy's Life ($0 in 1993) |
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 14 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($804,642,000 in 2011), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($651,576,067 in 2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ($622,302,918 in 2017), The Book Thief ($54,598,230 in 2013), The Warrior's Way ($2,847,985 in 2010), The Eye of the Storm ($2,143,322 in 2012) |
Complete List
Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Johnny Depp | $3,544,006,975 | 17 | $208,470,999 |
2 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $2,580,176,098 | 10 | $258,017,610 |
3 | Geoffrey Rush | $2,138,110,522 | 6 | $356,351,754 |
4 | Orlando Bloom | $1,935,069,968 | 5 | $387,013,994 |
5 | Kate Winslet | $1,700,029,213 | 8 | $212,503,652 |
6 | Keira Knightley | $1,589,827,288 | 8 | $198,728,411 |
7 | Harrison Ford | $1,295,991,541 | 9 | $143,999,060 |
8 | Russell Crowe | $1,266,975,239 | 9 | $140,775,027 |
9 | Brad Pitt | $1,207,514,602 | 12 | $100,626,217 |
10 | Penélope Cruz | $1,093,483,000 | 4 | $273,370,750 |
11 | Jude Law | $1,046,627,066 | 11 | $95,147,915 |
12 | Cate Blanchett | $1,024,839,450 | 9 | $113,871,050 |
13 | Tom Hanks | $1,001,175,489 | 11 | $91,015,954 |
14 | Willem Dafoe | $863,980,715 | 14 | $61,712,908 |
15 | Matt Damon | $845,190,541 | 10 | $84,519,054 |
16 | Ian McShane | $804,642,000 | 2 | $402,321,000 |
17 | Tom Cruise | $793,879,207 | 6 | $132,313,201 |
18 | Javier Bardem | $738,524,976 | 3 | $246,174,992 |
19 | Bill Nighy | $706,502,977 | 6 | $117,750,496 |
20 | Hugh Jackman | $682,876,595 | 4 | $170,719,149 |
21 | Donnie Yen | $664,816,359 | 9 | $73,868,484 |
22 | Jack Davenport | $651,576,067 | 1 | $651,576,067 |
23 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $643,757,911 | 8 | $80,469,739 |
24 | Yi Zhang | $634,631,282 | 1 | $634,631,282 |
25 | Lei Jiayin | $634,631,282 | 1 | $634,631,282 |
26 | Shen Teng | $634,631,282 | 1 | $634,631,282 |
27 | Yue Yunpeng | $634,631,282 | 1 | $634,631,282 |
28 | Jackson Yee | $634,631,282 | 1 | $634,631,282 |
29 | Karen Allen | $629,300,129 | 3 | $209,766,710 |
30 | Shia LaBeouf | $612,639,720 | 4 | $153,159,930 |
31 | Christoph Waltz | $602,611,450 | 4 | $150,652,863 |
32 | Nicole Kidman | $594,919,467 | 13 | $45,763,036 |
33 | Helena Bonham Carter | $591,304,081 | 13 | $45,484,929 |
34 | Diane Kruger | $547,367,348 | 4 | $136,841,837 |
35 | Xuan Huang | $514,527,060 | 2 | $257,263,530 |
36 | Rosie O'Donnell | $505,068,792 | 2 | $252,534,396 |
37 | Annabelle Wallis | $502,436,494 | 2 | $251,218,247 |
38 | Suraj Sharma | $494,323,346 | 1 | $494,323,346 |
39 | John Goodman | $491,777,794 | 5 | $98,355,559 |
40 | John Rhys-Davies | $486,502,327 | 4 | $121,625,582 |
41 | Kevin Costner | $477,752,342 | 7 | $68,250,335 |
42 | Ray Winstone | $477,508,315 | 2 | $238,754,158 |
43 | Christian Bale | $462,842,396 | 13 | $35,603,261 |
44 | Zhang Ziyi | $457,636,734 | 6 | $76,272,789 |
45 | Sean Connery | $446,790,134 | 4 | $111,697,534 |
46 | Antonio Banderas | $445,253,844 | 3 | $148,417,948 |
47 | Ralph Fiennes | $442,456,656 | 11 | $40,223,332 |
48 | Anthony Hopkins | $429,704,101 | 7 | $61,386,300 |
49 | Rachel McAdams | $422,628,573 | 3 | $140,876,191 |
50 | Eva Green | $416,799,040 | 6 | $69,466,507 |
51 | Ken Watanabe | $415,271,413 | 3 | $138,423,804 |
52 | Joel Edgerton | $414,214,866 | 3 | $138,071,622 |
53 | Kenneth Branagh | $407,559,091 | 4 | $101,889,773 |
54 | Eric Bana | $402,744,666 | 6 | $67,124,111 |
55 | Jamie Foxx | $393,675,910 | 3 | $131,225,303 |
56 | Mel Gibson | $393,429,489 | 9 | $43,714,388 |
57 | Meryl Streep | $391,398,882 | 10 | $39,139,888 |
58 | Eddie Peng | $382,799,747 | 2 | $191,399,874 |
59 | Bill Skarsgård | $374,628,693 | 3 | $124,876,231 |
60 | Jaeden Lieberher | $372,183,872 | 1 | $372,183,872 |
61 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | $371,854,282 | 3 | $123,951,427 |
62 | Judi Dench | $355,713,209 | 5 | $71,142,642 |
63 | Mads Mikkelsen | $349,323,524 | 5 | $69,864,705 |
64 | Noomi Rapace | $349,292,978 | 4 | $87,323,245 |
65 | Jared Harris | $348,815,025 | 1 | $348,815,025 |
66 | Gerard Butler | $347,878,318 | 3 | $115,959,439 |
67 | Andy Lau | $346,538,556 | 4 | $86,634,639 |
68 | Koyuki Kato | $345,700,000 | 1 | $345,700,000 |
69 | Armie Hammer | $343,882,326 | 6 | $57,313,721 |
70 | Eddie Redmayne | $342,433,257 | 2 | $171,216,629 |
71 | Kevin Kline | $341,724,458 | 3 | $113,908,153 |
72 | Amanda Seyfried | $330,089,904 | 2 | $165,044,952 |
73 | Sofia Boutella | $329,852,780 | 1 | $329,852,780 |
74 | Jackie Chan | $322,611,993 | 7 | $46,087,428 |
75 | Jet Li | $322,090,357 | 4 | $80,522,589 |
76 | Richard Gere | $316,297,158 | 6 | $52,716,193 |
77 | Margot Robbie | $310,627,788 | 6 | $51,771,298 |
78 | Adrien Brody | $293,024,990 | 9 | $32,558,332 |
79 | Anne Hathaway | $289,890,296 | 4 | $72,472,574 |
80 | John Travolta | $289,609,559 | 5 | $57,921,912 |
81 | Rodrigo Santoro | $289,459,171 | 2 | $144,729,586 |
82 | Lu Han | $289,329,747 | 1 | $289,329,747 |
83 | Cheney Chen | $289,329,747 | 1 | $289,329,747 |
84 | Pedro Pascal | $289,329,747 | 3 | $96,443,249 |
85 | Kenny Lin | $289,329,747 | 1 | $289,329,747 |
86 | Jian Tian | $289,329,747 | 1 | $289,329,747 |
87 | Junkai Wang | $289,329,747 | 1 | $289,329,747 |
88 | Zhang Hanyu | $289,329,747 | 1 | $289,329,747 |
89 | Zheng Kai | $289,329,747 | 1 | $289,329,747 |
90 | Glenn Close | $287,693,978 | 5 | $57,538,796 |
91 | Emily Blunt | $286,635,793 | 4 | $71,658,948 |
92 | Sacha Baron Cohen | $286,032,312 | 2 | $143,016,156 |
93 | Edward Norton | $282,856,235 | 6 | $47,142,706 |
94 | Minnie Driver | $277,839,934 | 5 | $55,567,987 |
95 | Tony Goldwyn | $277,100,000 | 1 | $277,100,000 |
96 | Lance Henriksen | $277,100,000 | 3 | $92,366,667 |
97 | Wayne Knight | $277,100,000 | 1 | $277,100,000 |
98 | Alison Doody | $277,000,000 | 1 | $277,000,000 |
99 | Michael Byrne | $277,000,000 | 1 | $277,000,000 |
100 | Denholm Elliott | $277,000,000 | 1 | $277,000,000 |
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
Johnny Depp: By Arnold WellsUploaded by MyCanon (Johnny Depp) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Leonardo DiCaprio: By Siebbi (Leonardo DiCaprio) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons