Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Per Year Acting > Top Worldwide 2021 Stars
Highest Grossing Stars of 2021 at the Worldwide Box Office
See also: Top Domestic 2021 Stars - Top International 2021 Stars - Top Worldwide 2019 Stars - Top Worldwide 2023 Stars - Top Worldwide 2024 Stars
This list shows the highest grossing stars of 2021 based on the Worldwide 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 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.
| Top Worldwide 2020 Stars | Top Worldwide 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 ($2,748,242,781 in 2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home ($1,132,298,674 in 2019), Captain Marvel ($1,129,576,094 in 2019), Glass ($246,999,039 in 2019), The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard ($67,387,455 in 2021) |
| 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 ($174,008,804 in 2019), Jin gang chuan ($167,007,608 in 2020) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Star Score |
Movies | Average Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel L. Jackson | 401 | 5 | 7.2 |
| 2 | Shen Teng | 326 | 4 | 2.3 |
| 3 | Zhang Yi | 313 | 4 | 2.0 |
| 4 | Tom Holland | 297 | 3 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Dwayne Johnson | 262 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 6 | Will Smith | 252 | 4 | 1.5 |
| 7 | Margot Robbie | 242 | 4 | 2.0 |
| 8 | Wu Jing | 237 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 9 | Donnie Yen | 214 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 10 | Scarlett Johansson | 206 | 3 | 4.7 |
| 11 | Andy Lau | 199 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 12 | Brie Larson | 196 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 13 | Robert Downey, Jr. | 194 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 14 | Karen Gillan | 191 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 15 | Josh Brolin | 191 | 2 | 8.5 |
| 16 | Dave Bautista | 191 | 2 | 13.5 |
| 17 | Zendaya | 188 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 18 | Oscar Isaac | 185 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 19 | Gemma Chan | 185 | 2 | 7.5 |
| 20 | Paul Rudd | 180 | 2 | 6.5 |
| 21 | Salma Hayek | 179 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 22 | Idris Elba | 177 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 23 | Michelle Rodriguez | 176 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 24 | Angelina Jolie | 175 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 25 | Chris Evans | 172 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 26 | Woody Harrelson | 172 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 27 | Eiza González | 170 | 2 | 7.5 |
| 28 | Daniel Craig | 169 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 29 | Chris Hemsworth | 169 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 30 | Ana de Armas | 169 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 31 | Emily Blunt | 167 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 32 | Jia Ling | 166 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 33 | Li Qin | 166 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 34 | Adam Driver | 164 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 35 | Lupita Nyong'o | 164 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 36 | Louis Koo | 161 | 4 | 1.5 |
| 37 | Tony Jaa | 161 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 38 | Zhang Hanyu | 160 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 39 | Gong Li | 158 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 40 | Djimon Hounsou | 157 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 41 | Jackson Yee | 155 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 42 | Florence Pugh | 148 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 43 | Keanu Reeves | 146 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 44 | Jason Statham | 146 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 45 | Mckenna Grace | 142 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 46 | Huang Bo | 141 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 47 | Jamie Lee Curtis | 134 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 48 | James McAvoy | 131 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 49 | Michael Peña | 131 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 50 | Dongyu Zhou | 131 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 51 | Nick Jonas | 131 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 52 | Jack Whitehall | 130 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 53 | Kevin Hart | 130 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 54 | Ryan Reynolds | 129 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 55 | Chao Deng | 129 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 56 | Lea Seydoux | 125 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 57 | Liam Neeson | 124 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 58 | Emma Stone | 122 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 59 | Brad Pitt | 120 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 60 | Ed Skrein | 120 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 61 | Patrick Wilson | 119 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 62 | Timothée Chalamet | 119 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 63 | Lei Jiayin | 116 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 64 | Lance Reddick | 116 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 65 | Ben Whishaw | 115 | 2 | 7.0 |
| 66 | Anya Taylor-Joy | 114 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 67 | Finn Wolfhard | 112 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 68 | Lakeith Lee Stanfield | 112 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 69 | Eliza Scanlen | 111 | 2 | 6.5 |
| 70 | Colin Farrell | 105 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 71 | Naomi Scott | 103 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 72 | Keri Russell | 102 | 2 | 6.5 |
| 73 | Gerard Butler | 101 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 74 | Yu Hewei | 101 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 75 | Mark Ruffalo | 100 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 76 | Jeremy Renner | 100 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 77 | Don Cheadle | 100 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 78 | Danai Gurira | 100 | 1 | 11.0 |
| 79 | Benedict Wong | 100 | 1 | 14.0 |
| 80 | Jon Favreau | 100 | 1 | 15.0 |
| 81 | Gwyneth Paltrow | 100 | 1 | 16.0 |
| 82 | Evangeline Lilly | 100 | 1 | 17.0 |
| 83 | Benedict Cumberbatch | 100 | 1 | 18.0 |
| 84 | Chris Pratt | 100 | 1 | 20.0 |
| 85 | Sebastian Stan | 100 | 1 | 22.0 |
| 86 | Terry Notary | 100 | 1 | 23.0 |
| 87 | Anthony Mackie | 100 | 1 | 24.0 |
| 88 | Tom Hiddleston | 100 | 1 | 25.0 |
| 89 | Letitia Wright | 100 | 1 | 26.0 |
| 90 | Pom Klementieff | 100 | 1 | 28.0 |
| 91 | Paul Bettany | 100 | 1 | 29.0 |
| 92 | Elizabeth Olsen | 100 | 1 | 30.0 |
| 93 | Zoe Saldana | 100 | 1 | 31.0 |
| 94 | Chadwick Boseman | 100 | 1 | 32.0 |
| 95 | Ou Hao | 99 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 96 | Jiang Wu | 99 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 97 | Qianyuan Wang | 99 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 98 | Ewan McGregor | 99 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 99 | Du Chun | 99 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 100 | Li Chen | 99 | 1 | 6.0 |
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
Samuel L. Jackson: By pinguino k (originally posted to Flickr as samuel l jackson) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
