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.
1
Johnny Depp
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 41 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) |
2
Leonardo DiCaprio
| 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) |
3
Geoffrey Rush
| 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 | $1,473,708,952 | 9 | $163,745,439 |
| 8 | Russell Crowe | $1,266,975,239 | 9 | $140,775,027 |
| 9 | Brad Pitt | $1,207,518,495 | 12 | $100,626,541 |
| 10 | Penélope Cruz | $1,093,483,000 | 4 | $273,370,750 |
| 11 | Jude Law | $1,046,214,525 | 11 | $95,110,411 |
| 12 | Cate Blanchett | $1,024,839,450 | 9 | $113,871,050 |
| 13 | Tom Hanks | $1,001,175,489 | 10 | $100,117,549 |
| 14 | Willem Dafoe | $863,975,847 | 14 | $61,712,561 |
| 15 | Matt Damon | $845,190,541 | 10 | $84,519,054 |
| 16 | Ian McShane | $804,642,000 | 2 | $402,321,000 |
| 17 | Tom Cruise | $793,878,107 | 6 | $132,313,018 |
| 18 | Javier Bardem | $738,524,976 | 3 | $246,174,992 |
| 19 | Bill Nighy | $706,486,535 | 6 | $117,747,756 |
| 20 | Hugh Jackman | $682,876,595 | 4 | $170,719,149 |
| 21 | Donnie Yen | $664,816,359 | 9 | $73,868,484 |
| 22 | John Rhys-Davies | $664,219,738 | 4 | $166,054,935 |
| 23 | Jack Davenport | $651,576,067 | 1 | $651,576,067 |
| 24 | Robert Downey, Jr. | $643,757,911 | 8 | $80,469,739 |
| 25 | Yi Zhang | $634,631,282 | 1 | $634,631,282 |
| 26 | Lei Jiayin | $634,631,282 | 1 | $634,631,282 |
| 27 | Shen Teng | $634,631,282 | 1 | $634,631,282 |
| 28 | Yue Yunpeng | $634,631,282 | 1 | $634,631,282 |
| 29 | Jackson Yee | $634,631,282 | 1 | $634,631,282 |
| 30 | Karen Allen | $629,300,129 | 3 | $209,766,710 |
| 31 | Antonio Banderas | $622,971,255 | 3 | $207,657,085 |
| 32 | Shia LaBeouf | $612,639,720 | 4 | $153,159,930 |
| 33 | Christoph Waltz | $602,611,450 | 4 | $150,652,863 |
| 34 | Nicole Kidman | $594,919,467 | 13 | $45,763,036 |
| 35 | Helena Bonham Carter | $591,304,081 | 13 | $45,484,929 |
| 36 | Diane Kruger | $547,367,348 | 4 | $136,841,837 |
| 37 | Mads Mikkelsen | $527,040,935 | 5 | $105,408,187 |
| 38 | Rosie O'Donnell | $505,068,792 | 2 | $252,534,396 |
| 39 | Annabelle Wallis | $502,436,494 | 2 | $251,218,247 |
| 40 | Suraj Sharma | $494,323,346 | 1 | $494,323,346 |
| 41 | John Goodman | $491,777,794 | 5 | $98,355,559 |
| 42 | Ray Winstone | $477,508,315 | 2 | $238,754,158 |
| 43 | Kevin Costner | $475,288,793 | 6 | $79,214,799 |
| 44 | Christian Bale | $462,842,396 | 13 | $35,603,261 |
| 45 | Sean Connery | $446,790,134 | 4 | $111,697,534 |
| 46 | Toby Jones | $444,478,995 | 2 | $222,239,498 |
| 47 | Ralph Fiennes | $442,456,656 | 11 | $40,223,332 |
| 48 | Rachel McAdams | $422,544,941 | 3 | $140,848,314 |
| 49 | Eva Green | $416,225,382 | 6 | $69,370,897 |
| 50 | Ken Watanabe | $415,271,413 | 3 | $138,423,804 |
| 51 | Joel Edgerton | $414,214,866 | 3 | $138,071,622 |
| 52 | Kenneth Branagh | $407,559,091 | 4 | $101,889,773 |
| 53 | Eric Bana | $402,744,666 | 6 | $67,124,111 |
| 54 | Jamie Foxx | $393,675,910 | 3 | $131,225,303 |
| 55 | Mel Gibson | $393,429,489 | 9 | $43,714,388 |
| 56 | Meryl Streep | $391,398,882 | 10 | $39,139,888 |
| 57 | Phoebe Waller-Bridge | $387,200,000 | 1 | $387,200,000 |
| 58 | Boyd Holbrook | $387,200,000 | 2 | $193,600,000 |
| 59 | Ethann Isidore | $387,200,000 | 1 | $387,200,000 |
| 60 | Eddie Peng | $382,799,747 | 2 | $191,399,874 |
| 61 | Bill Skarsgård | $374,628,693 | 3 | $124,876,231 |
| 62 | Jaeden Lieberher | $372,183,872 | 1 | $372,183,872 |
| 63 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | $371,854,282 | 3 | $123,951,427 |
| 64 | Judi Dench | $355,713,209 | 5 | $71,142,642 |
| 65 | Noomi Rapace | $349,292,978 | 4 | $87,323,245 |
| 66 | Jared Harris | $348,815,025 | 1 | $348,815,025 |
| 67 | Gerard Butler | $347,878,318 | 3 | $115,959,439 |
| 68 | Andy Lau | $346,538,556 | 4 | $86,634,639 |
| 69 | Koyuki Kato | $345,700,000 | 1 | $345,700,000 |
| 70 | Armie Hammer | $343,866,366 | 6 | $57,311,061 |
| 71 | Eddie Redmayne | $342,433,257 | 2 | $171,216,629 |
| 72 | Kevin Kline | $341,724,458 | 3 | $113,908,153 |
| 73 | Zhang Ziyi | $338,601,574 | 5 | $67,720,315 |
| 74 | Amanda Seyfried | $330,089,904 | 2 | $165,044,952 |
| 75 | Sofia Boutella | $329,852,780 | 1 | $329,852,780 |
| 76 | Jackie Chan | $322,611,993 | 7 | $46,087,428 |
| 77 | Jet Li | $322,090,357 | 4 | $80,522,589 |
| 78 | Richard Gere | $316,297,158 | 6 | $52,716,193 |
| 79 | Anthony Hopkins | $315,168,392 | 6 | $52,528,065 |
| 80 | Margot Robbie | $310,631,681 | 6 | $51,771,947 |
| 81 | Adrien Brody | $293,024,990 | 9 | $32,558,332 |
| 82 | John Travolta | $289,609,559 | 5 | $57,921,912 |
| 83 | Rodrigo Santoro | $289,459,171 | 2 | $144,729,586 |
| 84 | Zhang Hanyu | $289,329,747 | 1 | $289,329,747 |
| 85 | Zheng Kai | $289,329,747 | 1 | $289,329,747 |
| 86 | Lu Han | $289,329,747 | 1 | $289,329,747 |
| 87 | Cheney Chen | $289,329,747 | 1 | $289,329,747 |
| 88 | Pedro Pascal | $289,329,747 | 2 | $144,664,874 |
| 89 | Kenny Lin | $289,329,747 | 1 | $289,329,747 |
| 90 | Xuan Huang | $289,329,747 | 1 | $289,329,747 |
| 91 | Jian Tian | $289,329,747 | 1 | $289,329,747 |
| 92 | Junkai Wang | $289,329,747 | 1 | $289,329,747 |
| 93 | Anne Hathaway | $288,175,869 | 4 | $72,043,967 |
| 94 | Glenn Close | $287,693,978 | 5 | $57,538,796 |
| 95 | Emily Blunt | $286,635,793 | 4 | $71,658,948 |
| 96 | Sacha Baron Cohen | $286,032,312 | 2 | $143,016,156 |
| 97 | Minnie Driver | $277,847,509 | 5 | $55,569,502 |
| 98 | Tony Goldwyn | $277,100,000 | 1 | $277,100,000 |
| 99 | Lance Henriksen | $277,100,000 | 3 | $92,366,667 |
| 100 | Wayne Knight | $277,100,000 | 1 | $277,100,000 |
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
