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Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Science Fiction Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Science Fiction Stars - International Leading Science Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Contemporary Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Kids Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Historical Fiction Stars - Worldwide Leading Super Hero Stars - Worldwide Leading Fantasy Stars - Worldwide Leading Dramatization Stars - Worldwide Leading Factual Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the Science 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.
1
Zoe Saldana
| Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 19 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,923,706,026 in 2009), Avatar: The Way of Water ($2,317,514,386 in 2022), Star Trek Into Darkness ($467,381,584 in 2013), Star Trek ($386,839,614 in 2009), Star Trek Beyond ($335,673,708 in 2016), Avatar: Fire and Ash ($0 in 2025), Star Trek 4 ($0 in 2025) |
2
Sam Worthington
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 19 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,923,706,026 in 2009), Avatar: The Way of Water ($2,317,514,386 in 2022), Simulant ($250,289 in 2023), Avatar 4 ($0 in 2029), Avatar: Fire and Ash ($0 in 2025) |
3
John Boyega
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 12 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens ($2,056,046,835 in 2015), Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi ($1,322,581,071 in 2017), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($1,069,951,814 in 2019), Pacific Rim: Uprising ($290,930,148 in 2018), Attack the Block ($6,459,183 in 2011), Attack the Block 2 ($0 in ), The Freshening ($0 in 2023), Hold Back the Stars ($0 in 2019), They Cloned Tyrone ($0 in 2023) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoe Saldana | $6,431,115,318 | 7 | $918,730,760 |
| 2 | Sam Worthington | $5,241,470,701 | 5 | $1,048,294,140 |
| 3 | John Boyega | $4,745,969,051 | 9 | $527,329,895 |
| 4 | Adam Driver | $4,532,095,056 | 6 | $755,349,176 |
| 5 | Daisy Ridley | $4,475,651,889 | 4 | $1,118,912,972 |
| 6 | Chris Pratt | $4,304,851,207 | 6 | $717,475,201 |
| 7 | Mark Hamill | $4,199,297,262 | 5 | $839,859,452 |
| 8 | Jennifer Lawrence | $3,257,766,150 | 5 | $651,553,230 |
| 9 | Carrie Fisher | $3,129,894,144 | 5 | $625,978,829 |
| 10 | Will Smith | $3,036,032,123 | 10 | $303,603,212 |
| 11 | Dwayne Johnson | $2,914,052,550 | 7 | $416,293,221 |
| 12 | Oscar Isaac | $2,860,736,037 | 4 | $715,184,009 |
| 13 | Natalie Portman | $2,725,494,978 | 5 | $545,098,996 |
| 14 | Ewan McGregor | $2,715,771,307 | 6 | $452,628,551 |
| 15 | Shia LaBeouf | $2,680,136,248 | 5 | $536,027,250 |
| 16 | Harrison Ford | $2,408,525,207 | 7 | $344,075,030 |
| 17 | Anthony Daniels | $2,392,532,885 | 2 | $1,196,266,443 |
| 18 | Bryce Dallas Howard | $2,312,327,894 | 2 | $1,156,163,947 |
| 19 | Mark Wahlberg | $2,231,937,536 | 6 | $371,989,589 |
| 20 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | $2,203,799,311 | 10 | $220,379,931 |
| 21 | Keanu Reeves | $2,171,025,505 | 12 | $180,918,792 |
| 22 | Simon Pegg | $1,954,186,801 | 8 | $244,273,350 |
| 23 | Tommy Lee Jones | $1,858,054,697 | 6 | $309,675,783 |
| 24 | Josh Brolin | $1,819,235,685 | 4 | $454,808,921 |
| 25 | Kevin Hart | $1,789,928,218 | 3 | $596,642,739 |
| 26 | Jack Black | $1,789,928,218 | 3 | $596,642,739 |
| 27 | Karen Gillan | $1,757,289,417 | 3 | $585,763,139 |
| 28 | Nick Jonas | $1,756,989,719 | 2 | $878,494,860 |
| 29 | Hayden Christensen | $1,728,347,351 | 4 | $432,086,838 |
| 30 | Andy Serkis | $1,671,223,033 | 3 | $557,074,344 |
| 31 | Ben Mendelsohn | $1,634,139,249 | 2 | $817,069,625 |
| 32 | Tom Cruise | $1,620,606,862 | 4 | $405,151,716 |
| 33 | Lupita Nyong'o | $1,603,005,806 | 4 | $400,751,452 |
| 34 | Megan Fox | $1,544,894,210 | 3 | $514,964,737 |
| 35 | Milla Jovovich | $1,541,915,981 | 12 | $128,492,998 |
| 36 | Shen Teng | $1,513,351,391 | 3 | $504,450,464 |
| 37 | Joonas Suotamo | $1,463,103,161 | 2 | $731,551,581 |
| 38 | Domhnall Gleeson | $1,445,271,456 | 3 | $481,757,152 |
| 39 | Dave Bautista | $1,410,981,797 | 7 | $201,568,828 |
| 40 | Dylan O’Brien | $1,390,628,061 | 5 | $278,125,612 |
| 41 | Kelly Marie Tran | $1,322,581,071 | 1 | $1,322,581,071 |
| 42 | Benicio del Toro | $1,322,581,071 | 1 | $1,322,581,071 |
| 43 | Gwendoline Christie | $1,322,581,071 | 1 | $1,322,581,071 |
| 44 | Liam Neeson | $1,300,825,412 | 3 | $433,608,471 |
| 45 | Matt Damon | $1,295,151,412 | 6 | $215,858,569 |
| 46 | Bruce Willis | $1,278,843,681 | 9 | $142,093,742 |
| 47 | Rebecca Ferguson | $1,256,772,703 | 4 | $314,193,176 |
| 48 | Karl Urban | $1,231,362,512 | 5 | $246,272,502 |
| 49 | Zachary Quinto | $1,203,211,533 | 5 | $240,642,307 |
| 50 | John Cho | $1,198,921,043 | 5 | $239,784,209 |
| 51 | Chris Pine | $1,190,443,885 | 4 | $297,610,971 |
| 52 | Keri Russell | $1,156,318,377 | 3 | $385,439,459 |
| 53 | Charlotte Rampling | $1,154,225,575 | 4 | $288,556,394 |
| 54 | Stellan Skarsgård | $1,139,507,721 | 3 | $379,835,907 |
| 55 | Timothée Chalamet | $1,139,507,721 | 2 | $569,753,861 |
| 56 | Zendaya | $1,139,507,721 | 2 | $569,753,861 |
| 57 | Emily Blunt | $1,125,487,331 | 4 | $281,371,833 |
| 58 | Jack Reynor | $1,114,437,596 | 2 | $557,218,798 |
| 59 | Nicola Peltz | $1,104,054,072 | 1 | $1,104,054,072 |
| 60 | Diego Luna | $1,100,257,334 | 2 | $550,128,667 |
| 61 | Jimmy Vee | $1,069,951,814 | 1 | $1,069,951,814 |
| 62 | Riz Ahmed | $1,055,097,373 | 3 | $351,699,124 |
| 63 | Donnie Yen | $1,055,083,596 | 1 | $1,055,083,596 |
| 64 | Felicity Jones | $1,055,083,596 | 1 | $1,055,083,596 |
| 65 | Mads Mikkelsen | $1,055,083,596 | 1 | $1,055,083,596 |
| 66 | Alan Tudyk | $1,055,083,596 | 1 | $1,055,083,596 |
| 67 | Jake Lloyd | $1,046,515,409 | 1 | $1,046,515,409 |
| 68 | Peter Cullen | $1,042,135,089 | 2 | $521,067,545 |
| 69 | Peter Dinklage | $1,032,405,619 | 5 | $206,481,124 |
| 70 | Jason Statham | $1,002,518,408 | 4 | $250,629,602 |
| 71 | Sigourney Weaver | $996,558,254 | 7 | $142,365,465 |
| 72 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | $996,253,299 | 3 | $332,084,433 |
| 73 | Kaya Scodelario | $966,673,650 | 4 | $241,668,413 |
| 74 | Michael J. Fox | $964,445,949 | 3 | $321,481,983 |
| 75 | Matthew McConaughey | $925,630,946 | 3 | $308,543,649 |
| 76 | Thomas Brodie-Sangster | $924,764,559 | 3 | $308,254,853 |
| 77 | Woody Harrelson | $890,148,698 | 3 | $296,716,233 |
| 78 | Elliot Page | $871,092,938 | 3 | $290,364,313 |
| 79 | Idris Elba | $860,138,141 | 3 | $286,712,714 |
| 80 | Chris Hemsworth | $854,289,009 | 6 | $142,381,502 |
| 81 | Zhang Xiaofei | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 82 | Jia Ling | $839,098,445 | 1 | $839,098,445 |
| 83 | Brad Pitt | $836,109,389 | 3 | $278,703,130 |
| 84 | Leonardo DiCaprio | $825,786,894 | 1 | $825,786,894 |
| 85 | Emilia Clarke | $825,354,503 | 3 | $275,118,168 |
| 86 | John Cusack | $824,664,973 | 3 | $274,888,324 |
| 87 | Henry Thomas | $797,307,407 | 1 | $797,307,407 |
| 88 | Awkwafina | $795,832,974 | 4 | $198,958,244 |
| 89 | Scarlett Johansson | $795,667,312 | 5 | $159,133,462 |
| 90 | Austin Butler | $769,117,151 | 2 | $384,558,576 |
| 91 | T.J. Miller | $750,357,879 | 2 | $375,178,940 |
| 92 | Theo James | $743,357,453 | 5 | $148,671,491 |
| 93 | Shailene Woodley | $743,308,727 | 4 | $185,827,182 |
| 94 | Anton Yelchin | $722,513,322 | 2 | $361,256,661 |
| 95 | Michelle Rodriguez | $721,040,021 | 4 | $180,260,005 |
| 96 | Lea Seydoux | $710,818,656 | 4 | $177,704,664 |
| 97 | Brian Tyree Henry | $709,912,359 | 3 | $236,637,453 |
| 98 | Florence Pugh | $709,565,868 | 1 | $709,565,868 |
| 99 | Christopher Walken | $709,565,868 | 1 | $709,565,868 |
| 100 | Mel Gibson | $697,843,250 | 7 | $99,691,893 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Zoe Saldana: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Sam Worthington: By Eva RinaldiUploaded by MyCanon (Sam Worthington) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
John Boyega: Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
