Box Office Star Records > International > Per Year Acting > Top International 2021 Stars
Highest Grossing Stars of 2021 at the International Box Office
See also: Top Domestic 2021 Stars - Top International 2019 Stars - Top International 2023 Stars - Top International 2024 Stars - Top Worldwide 2021 Stars
This list shows the highest grossing stars of 2021 based on the international box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 2021 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 international 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.
| Top International 2020 Stars | Top International 2022 Stars |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 54 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($1,889,869,781 in 2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($740,936,182 in 2019), Captain Marvel ($702,746,255 in 2019), Glass ($135,950,571 in 2019) |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 8 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Hi, Mom (你好, 李焕英) ($839,098,445 in 2021), Feng Kuang De Wai Xing Ren ($326,150,303 in 2019), Fei Chi Ren Sheng ($255,832,826 in 2019), Wen Nuan De Bao Bao ($132,213,520 in 2020) |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 4 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Ba bai ($472,648,086 in 2020), Xuan Ya Zhi Shang (悬崖之上) ($177,454,106 in 2021), Pan Deng Zhe ($173,521,647 in 2019), Jin gang chuan ($167,007,608 in 2020) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Star Score |
Movies | Average Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel L. Jackson | 366 | 5 | 7.2 |
| 2 | Shen Teng | 346 | 4 | 2.3 |
| 3 | Zhang Yi | 336 | 4 | 2.0 |
| 4 | Tom Holland | 297 | 3 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Wu Jing | 252 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 6 | Will Smith | 248 | 4 | 1.5 |
| 7 | Dwayne Johnson | 241 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 8 | Donnie Yen | 233 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 9 | Andy Lau | 229 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 10 | Louis Koo | 229 | 5 | 2.0 |
| 11 | Margot Robbie | 227 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 12 | Scarlett Johansson | 198 | 3 | 4.7 |
| 13 | Brie Larson | 194 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 14 | Josh Brolin | 193 | 2 | 8.5 |
| 15 | Dave Bautista | 193 | 2 | 13.5 |
| 16 | Robert Downey, Jr. | 192 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 17 | Zendaya | 190 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 18 | Karen Gillan | 188 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 19 | Gemma Chan | 184 | 2 | 7.5 |
| 20 | Oscar Isaac | 182 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 21 | Jia Ling | 177 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 22 | Michelle Rodriguez | 177 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 23 | Angelina Jolie | 175 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 24 | Li Qin | 174 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 25 | Eiza González | 172 | 2 | 7.5 |
| 26 | Zhang Hanyu | 171 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 27 | Jackson Yee | 167 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 28 | Idris Elba | 167 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 29 | Gong Li | 163 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 30 | Chris Hemsworth | 163 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 31 | Huang Bo | 162 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 32 | Chris Evans | 159 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 33 | Daniel Craig | 155 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 34 | Ana de Armas | 155 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 35 | Paul Rudd | 155 | 2 | 6.5 |
| 36 | Tony Jaa | 154 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 37 | Adam Driver | 153 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 38 | Djimon Hounsou | 152 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 39 | Dongyu Zhou | 151 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 40 | Jason Statham | 147 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 41 | Chao Deng | 147 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 42 | Emily Blunt | 139 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 43 | Woody Harrelson | 135 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 44 | Florence Pugh | 134 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 45 | Lei Jiayin | 132 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 46 | Keanu Reeves | 132 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 47 | Yu Hewei | 129 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 48 | James McAvoy | 122 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 49 | Lupita Nyong'o | 122 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 50 | Zhang Zifeng | 119 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 51 | Nick Jonas | 119 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 52 | Ben Whishaw | 119 | 2 | 7.0 |
| 53 | Mckenna Grace | 116 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 54 | Ed Skrein | 113 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 55 | Lea Seydoux | 112 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 56 | Brad Pitt | 111 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 57 | Michael Peña | 109 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 58 | Timothée Chalamet | 109 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 59 | Naomi Scott | 108 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 60 | Colin Farrell | 107 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 61 | Salma Hayek | 107 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 62 | Patrick Wilson | 105 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 63 | Ryan Reynolds | 103 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 64 | Liam Neeson | 103 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 65 | Keri Russell | 101 | 2 | 6.5 |
| 66 | Ou Hao | 100 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 67 | Jiang Wu | 100 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 68 | Mark Ruffalo | 100 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 69 | Qianyuan Wang | 100 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 70 | Du Chun | 100 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 71 | Li Chen | 100 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 72 | Jeremy Renner | 100 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 73 | Don Cheadle | 100 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 74 | Danai Gurira | 100 | 1 | 11.0 |
| 75 | Benedict Wong | 100 | 1 | 14.0 |
| 76 | Jon Favreau | 100 | 1 | 15.0 |
| 77 | Gwyneth Paltrow | 100 | 1 | 16.0 |
| 78 | Evangeline Lilly | 100 | 1 | 17.0 |
| 79 | Benedict Cumberbatch | 100 | 1 | 18.0 |
| 80 | Chris Pratt | 100 | 1 | 20.0 |
| 81 | Sebastian Stan | 100 | 1 | 22.0 |
| 82 | Terry Notary | 100 | 1 | 23.0 |
| 83 | Anthony Mackie | 100 | 1 | 24.0 |
| 84 | Tom Hiddleston | 100 | 1 | 25.0 |
| 85 | Letitia Wright | 100 | 1 | 26.0 |
| 86 | Pom Klementieff | 100 | 1 | 28.0 |
| 87 | Paul Bettany | 100 | 1 | 29.0 |
| 88 | Elizabeth Olsen | 100 | 1 | 30.0 |
| 89 | Zoe Saldana | 100 | 1 | 31.0 |
| 90 | Chadwick Boseman | 100 | 1 | 32.0 |
| 91 | Zhang Xiaofei | 98 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 92 | John David Washington | 97 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 93 | Wang Baoqiang | 97 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 94 | Robert Pattinson | 97 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 95 | Liu Haoran | 97 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 96 | Elizabeth Debicki | 97 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 97 | Satoshi Tsumabuki | 97 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 98 | Michael Caine | 97 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 99 | Kenneth Branagh | 97 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 100 | Jake Gyllenhaal | 97 | 1 | 7.0 |
The Average Billing column contains the average billing position of this cast/crew member for the selected films.
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
Samuel L. Jackson: By pinguino k (originally posted to Flickr as samuel l jackson) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
