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Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Musical Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Musical Stars - International Leading Musical Stars - Worldwide Leading Adventure Stars - Worldwide Leading Action Stars - Worldwide Leading Comedy Stars - Worldwide Leading Drama Stars - Worldwide Leading Thriller/Suspense Stars - Worldwide Leading Horror Stars - Worldwide Leading Romantic Comedy Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the Musical 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.
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Kristen Bell
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 13 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: Frozen II ($1,451,653,316 in 2019), Frozen ($1,274,215,854 in 2013), Molly and the Moon ($0 in ) |
Complete List
Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Josh Gad | $3,994,566,653 | 3 | $1,331,522,218 |
2 | Idina Menzel | $2,725,869,170 | 2 | $1,362,934,585 |
3 | Kristen Bell | $2,725,869,170 | 3 | $908,623,057 |
4 | Meryl Streep | $1,543,655,268 | 5 | $308,731,054 |
5 | Ewan McGregor | $1,447,897,019 | 2 | $723,948,510 |
6 | Amanda Seyfried | $1,420,733,029 | 3 | $473,577,676 |
7 | Ian McKellen | $1,344,021,429 | 2 | $672,010,715 |
8 | Julie Walters | $1,331,047,077 | 3 | $443,682,359 |
9 | Colin Firth | $1,331,047,077 | 3 | $443,682,359 |
10 | Santino Fontana | $1,274,215,854 | 1 | $1,274,215,854 |
11 | Jonathan Groff | $1,274,215,854 | 2 | $637,107,927 |
12 | Alan Tudyk | $1,274,215,854 | 1 | $1,274,215,854 |
13 | Audra McDonald | $1,268,697,891 | 2 | $634,348,946 |
14 | Kevin Kline | $1,268,697,483 | 1 | $1,268,697,483 |
15 | Gugu Mbatha-Raw | $1,268,697,483 | 1 | $1,268,697,483 |
16 | Emma Watson | $1,268,697,483 | 1 | $1,268,697,483 |
17 | Emma Thompson | $1,268,697,483 | 1 | $1,268,697,483 |
18 | Dan Stevens | $1,268,697,483 | 1 | $1,268,697,483 |
19 | Luke Evans | $1,268,697,483 | 1 | $1,268,697,483 |
20 | Stanley Tucci | $1,268,697,483 | 1 | $1,268,697,483 |
21 | Scarlett Johansson | $1,035,598,770 | 2 | $517,799,385 |
22 | Matthew McConaughey | $1,035,598,770 | 2 | $517,799,385 |
23 | Reese Witherspoon | $1,035,598,770 | 2 | $517,799,385 |
24 | Taron Egerton | $1,035,598,770 | 3 | $345,199,590 |
25 | Tori Kelly | $1,035,598,770 | 2 | $517,799,385 |
26 | Stellan Skarsgård | $985,440,577 | 2 | $492,720,289 |
27 | Christine Baranski | $985,440,577 | 3 | $328,480,192 |
28 | Pierce Brosnan | $985,440,577 | 2 | $492,720,289 |
29 | Dominic Cooper | $985,440,577 | 2 | $492,720,289 |
30 | Hugh Jackman | $864,346,656 | 2 | $432,173,328 |
31 | Gael Garcia Bernal | $796,514,370 | 1 | $796,514,370 |
32 | Benjamin Bratt | $796,514,370 | 2 | $398,257,185 |
33 | Anthony Gonzalez | $796,514,370 | 1 | $796,514,370 |
34 | Zac Efron | $703,447,084 | 2 | $351,723,542 |
35 | John C. Reilly | $631,064,182 | 1 | $631,064,182 |
36 | Seth MacFarlane | $631,064,182 | 1 | $631,064,182 |
37 | Timothée Chalamet | $629,064,276 | 1 | $629,064,276 |
38 | John Travolta | $590,295,178 | 2 | $295,147,589 |
39 | Helena Bonham Carter | $588,622,296 | 2 | $294,311,148 |
40 | Elijah Wood | $542,956,777 | 2 | $271,478,389 |
41 | Cher | $489,728,055 | 2 | $244,864,028 |
42 | Julie Andrews | $450,369,771 | 5 | $90,073,954 |
43 | Paige O'Hara | $438,656,843 | 1 | $438,656,843 |
44 | Robby Benson | $438,656,843 | 1 | $438,656,843 |
45 | Eddie Redmayne | $435,292,452 | 1 | $435,292,452 |
46 | Sacha Baron Cohen | $435,292,452 | 1 | $435,292,452 |
47 | Russell Crowe | $435,292,452 | 1 | $435,292,452 |
48 | Anne Hathaway | $435,292,452 | 2 | $217,646,226 |
49 | Ryan Gosling | $433,850,071 | 1 | $433,850,071 |
50 | Emma Stone | $433,850,071 | 1 | $433,850,071 |
51 | Michelle Williams | $429,054,204 | 1 | $429,054,204 |
52 | Zendaya | $429,054,204 | 1 | $429,054,204 |
53 | Rebecca Ferguson | $429,054,204 | 1 | $429,054,204 |
54 | Olivia Newton-John | $410,234,928 | 2 | $205,117,464 |
55 | Pharrell Williams | $404,534,588 | 1 | $404,534,588 |
56 | Bono | $404,534,588 | 1 | $404,534,588 |
57 | Halsey | $404,534,588 | 1 | $404,534,588 |
58 | Letitia Wright | $404,534,588 | 1 | $404,534,588 |
59 | Nick Kroll | $404,534,588 | 1 | $404,534,588 |
60 | Eric Andre | $404,534,588 | 1 | $404,534,588 |
61 | Alexa Davies | $399,175,380 | 1 | $399,175,380 |
62 | Andy Garcia | $399,175,380 | 1 | $399,175,380 |
63 | Jeremy Irvine | $399,175,380 | 1 | $399,175,380 |
64 | Lily James | $399,175,380 | 1 | $399,175,380 |
65 | Hugh Skinner | $399,175,380 | 1 | $399,175,380 |
66 | Jessica Keenan Wynn | $399,175,380 | 1 | $399,175,380 |
67 | Josh Dylan | $399,175,380 | 1 | $399,175,380 |
68 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | $367,802,477 | 2 | $183,901,239 |
69 | Lin-Manuel Miranda | $345,606,500 | 2 | $172,803,250 |
70 | Emily Blunt | $345,606,500 | 1 | $345,606,500 |
71 | Renée Zellweger | $306,770,545 | 1 | $306,770,545 |
72 | Richard Gere | $306,770,545 | 1 | $306,770,545 |
73 | Jamie Foxx | $295,449,975 | 2 | $147,724,988 |
74 | Ashley Tisdale | $281,312,848 | 2 | $140,656,424 |
75 | Lucas Grabeel | $274,394,260 | 2 | $137,197,130 |
76 | Corbin Bleu | $274,392,880 | 1 | $274,392,880 |
77 | Monique Coleman | $274,392,880 | 1 | $274,392,880 |
78 | Vanessa Hudgens | $274,392,880 | 1 | $274,392,880 |
79 | Ilene Woods | $263,591,415 | 1 | $263,591,415 |
80 | Nicole Kidman | $236,375,629 | 3 | $78,791,876 |
81 | Phil Harris | $197,518,526 | 2 | $98,759,263 |
82 | Adriana Caselotti | $187,171,725 | 1 | $187,171,725 |
83 | Beyoncé Knowles | $155,620,350 | 2 | $77,810,175 |
84 | Emmy Rossum | $153,770,052 | 1 | $153,770,052 |
85 | Gerard Butler | $153,770,052 | 1 | $153,770,052 |
86 | Johnny Depp | $153,329,844 | 1 | $153,329,844 |
87 | Madonna | $151,947,179 | 1 | $151,947,179 |
88 | Bruce Reitherman | $141,843,000 | 1 | $141,843,000 |
89 | Quvenzhané Wallis | $139,829,625 | 1 | $139,829,625 |
90 | Meg Ryan | $139,801,096 | 1 | $139,801,096 |
91 | Judi Dench | $132,308,165 | 2 | $66,154,083 |
92 | Dick Van Dyke | $115,426,756 | 3 | $38,475,585 |
93 | Corey Hawkins | $111,156,359 | 2 | $55,578,180 |
94 | Winslow Fegley | $107,192,068 | 1 | $107,192,068 |
95 | Shawn Mendes | $107,192,068 | 1 | $107,192,068 |
96 | Steve Martin | $105,465,633 | 3 | $35,155,211 |
97 | Jaquel Spivey | $104,404,248 | 1 | $104,404,248 |
98 | Tina Fey | $104,404,248 | 1 | $104,404,248 |
99 | Renée Rapp | $104,404,248 | 1 | $104,404,248 |
100 | Avantika | $104,404,248 | 1 | $104,404,248 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Josh Gad: By Voice Chasers [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Kristen Bell: By Magicland9 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons