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Highest Grossing Stars of 2002 at the Worldwide Box Office


See also: Top Domestic 2002 Stars - Top International 2002 Stars - Top Worldwide 2019 Stars - Top Worldwide 2020 Stars - Top Worldwide 2021 Stars - Top Worldwide 2022 Stars - Top Worldwide 2023 Stars - Top Worldwide 2024 Stars

This list shows the highest grossing stars of 2002 based on the Worldwide box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 2002 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 worldwide 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.

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Mel Gibson
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 50 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Signs ($408,250,578 in 2002), What Women Want ($374,105,123 in 2000), The Patriot ($215,300,000 in 2000), We Were Soldiers ($114,658,262 in 2002)

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Robert De Niro
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 70 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Meet the Parents ($330,425,040 in 2000), The Score ($113,542,091 in 2001), Men of Honor ($82,339,483 in 2000), Showtime ($78,948,765 in 2002)

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Ian McKellen
Best known as a Supporting Actor based on credits in that role in 20 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ($921,715,176 in 2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ($894,316,394 in 2001), X-Men ($296,872,367 in 2000)

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Complete List

Rank Name Star
Score		 Movies Average
Billing
1 Mel Gibson 337 4 1.0
2 Robert De Niro 320 7 1.3
3 Ian McKellen 291 3 2.3
4 Brad Pitt 287 4 2.8
5 Tom Cruise 272 3 1.0
6 Sandra Bullock 265 5 1.0
7 Tom Hanks 265 3 1.3
8 Ben Affleck 255 5 1.0
9 George Clooney 238 3 1.0
10 Nicolas Cage 235 4 3.3
11 Richard Gere 235 4 3.8
12 Bruce Willis 234 5 1.2
13 Shannon Elizabeth 234 4 3.0
14 Samuel L. Jackson 233 4 1.8
15 Julia Roberts 231 3 1.3
16 Eddie Murphy 228 4 1.3
17 Hugh Jackman 227 4 2.3
18 Russell Crowe 226 3 1.3
19 Josh Hartnett 218 3 1.3
20 Tommy Lee Jones 213 3 1.3
21 Nicole Kidman 212 3 1.7
22 Jennifer Lopez 211 5 4.6
23 Anthony Hopkins 210 3 1.0
24 Matt Damon 207 4 3.8
25 Johnny Depp 203 4 2.0
26 Elijah Wood 199 2 1.0
27 Daniel Radcliffe 199 2 1.0
28 Ben Stiller 199 4 2.0
29 Rupert Grint 199 2 2.0
30 Emma Watson 199 2 3.0
31 Viggo Mortensen 199 2 4.0
32 Vin Diesel 198 3 1.3
33 Cameron Diaz 198 3 1.7
34 Seann William Scott 194 3 4.3
35 Diane Lane 193 4 4.5
36 Jackie Chan 191 3 1.0
37 Denzel Washington 189 3 1.0
38 Jim Carrey 185 3 1.0
39 Leonardo DiCaprio 183 3 1.0
40 Morgan Freeman 176 3 1.7
41 Ewan McGregor 174 2 1.5
42 Renée Zellweger 174 2 1.5
43 Angelina Jolie 172 2 1.5
44 Maggie Smith 172 3 10.7
45 Billy Crystal 171 2 2.0
46 Edward Norton 168 3 2.0
47 Cuba Gooding, Jr. 168 3 2.3
48 Will Smith 167 3 1.3
49 Catherine Zeta-Jones 162 2 2.0
50 Téa Leoni 160 2 2.5
51 Shawn Wayans 157 2 2.0
52 Marlon Wayans 157 2 3.0
53 Anna Faris 157 2 3.0
54 Zhang Ziyi 157 2 6.5
55 Michelle Rodriguez 156 3 2.3
56 John Cusack 150 3 2.0
57 Brendan Fraser 148 2 1.0
58 Michael Douglas 148 3 7.0
59 Michelle Pfeiffer 147 2 6.0
60 Kate Beckinsale 145 2 2.5
61 Antonio Banderas 144 2 1.0
62 Carla Gugino 144 2 2.0
63 Alexa Vega 144 2 3.0
64 Daryl Sabara 144 2 4.0
65 Reese Witherspoon 143 2 1.0
66 Jude Law 135 2 2.0
67 Jet Li 131 2 5.5
68 Patrick Stewart 129 2 1.0
69 Helen Hunt 129 2 2.0
70 Matthew Lillard 129 2 3.0
71 Winona Ryder 128 2 2.0
72 Harrison Ford 126 2 1.0
73 Michael Clarke Duncan 123 2 4.0
74 Gwyneth Paltrow 122 3 2.7
75 Teri Polo 121 2 3.5
76 Natalie Portman 117 2 6.0
77 Haley Joel Osment 116 2 2.0
78 Keanu Reeves 116 4 3.3
79 Meg Ryan 113 3 1.0
80 Deon Richmond 113 2 6.5
81 Julianne Moore 111 2 3.0
82 Gene Hackman 110 4 2.0
83 Adam Sandler 105 2 1.0
84 David Arquette 104 3 1.0
85 Arnold Schwarzenegger 103 2 6.0
86 Chris Rock 100 3 3.0
87 Robbie Coltrane 100 1 5.0
88 Richard Harris 100 1 8.0
89 Alan Rickman 100 1 11.0
90 Kenneth Branagh 99 1 4.0
91 Tobey Maguire 98 1 1.0
92 John Goodman 98 1 1.0
93 John Travolta 98 2 1.0
94 Hayden Christensen 97 1 3.0
95 Drew Barrymore 96 2 1.5
96 Andy Garcia 96 1 3.0
97 Pierce Brosnan 95 1 1.0
98 Halle Berry 95 1 2.0
99 Orlando Jones 95 3 2.0
100 Rachel Weisz 94 1 2.0

The Average Billing column contains the average billing position of this cast/crew member for the selected films.

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.

Image attributions

Mel Gibson: Georges Biard [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Robert De Niro: By David Shankbone (Own work) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Ian McKellen: By Gage Skidmore (Ian McKellen) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons