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Highest Grossing Stars of 1981 at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200)
See also: Top Domestic 2019 Stars - Top Domestic 2020 Stars - Top Domestic 2021 Stars - Top Domestic 2022 Stars - Top Domestic 2023 Stars - Top Domestic 2024 Stars
This list shows the highest grossing stars of 1981 based on the domestic box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 1981 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 domestic 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.
| Rank | Name | Star Score |
Movies | Average Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Faye Dunaway | 76 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 102 | Peter Sellers | 75 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 103 | Charles Grodin | 75 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 104 | James Caan | 74 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 105 | Olivia Newton-John | 74 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 106 | Gene Kelly | 74 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 107 | Marsha Mason | 74 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 108 | George Burns | 73 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 109 | Art Carney | 73 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 110 | Lee Strasberg | 73 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 111 | Richard Gere | 73 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 112 | Bette Midler | 72 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 113 | Kurt Russell | 71 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 114 | Talia Shire | 71 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 115 | Adrienne Barbeau | 70 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 116 | James Remar | 70 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 117 | Dorsey Wright | 70 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 118 | Brian Tyler | 70 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 119 | David Harris | 70 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 120 | Tom McKitterick | 70 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 121 | Thomas G. Waites | 70 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 122 | Terry Michos | 70 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 123 | Marcelino Sanchez | 70 | 1 | 9.0 |
| 124 | Deborah Van Valkenburgh | 70 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 125 | Roger Hill | 70 | 1 | 11.0 |
| 126 | David Patrick Kelly | 70 | 1 | 12.0 |
| 127 | Irene Cara | 69 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 128 | Kathleen Turner | 69 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 129 | John Huston | 68 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 130 | Christopher George | 68 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 131 | Andres Garcia | 68 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 132 | Hugo Stiglitz | 68 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 133 | Frank Langella | 67 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 134 | Jeremy Irons | 67 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 135 | Laurence Olivier | 67 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 136 | Donald Pleasance | 67 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 137 | Kate Nelligan | 67 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 138 | Trevor Eve | 67 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 139 | Warrington Gillette | 66 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 140 | Graham Chapman | 65 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 141 | Terry Gilliam | 65 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 142 | Eric Idle | 65 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 143 | Terry Jones | 65 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 144 | Michael Palin | 65 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 145 | John Cleese | 65 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 146 | Dennis Christopher | 64 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 147 | Daniel Stern | 64 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 148 | Jackie Earle Haley | 64 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 149 | Nick Nolte | 63 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 150 | Mac Davis | 63 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 151 | Alan Alda | 62 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 152 | Barbara Harris | 62 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 153 | John Savage | 61 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 154 | Alain Delon | 60 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 155 | Susan Blakely | 60 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 156 | Robert Wagner | 60 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 157 | Sylvia Kristel | 60 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 158 | George Kennedy | 60 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 159 | Malcolm McDowell | 59 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 160 | Kirk Douglas | 59 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 161 | James Farentino | 59 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 162 | Mary Steenburgen | 59 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 163 | Steve McQueen | 58 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 164 | Tim Conway | 57 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 165 | Don Knotts | 57 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 166 | Moses Gunn | 53 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 167 | Howard E. Rollins, Jr. | 53 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 168 | Debbie Allen | 53 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 169 | James Cagney | 53 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 170 | Pat O'Brien | 53 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 171 | Don Adams | 51 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 172 | Blair Brown | 49 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 173 | Julie Andrews | 48 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 174 | Deborah Harmon | 43 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 175 | Angela Lansbury | 39 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 176 | Edward Fox | 39 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 177 | Kim Novak | 39 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 178 | Rock Hudson | 39 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 179 | Geraldine Chaplin | 39 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 180 | Tony Curtis | 39 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 181 | Elizabeth Taylor | 39 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 182 | Sissy Spacek | 36 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 183 | Eric Roberts | 36 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 184 | Pelé | 34 | 1 | 4.0 |
The Average Billing column contains the average billing position of this cast/crew member for the selected films.
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of 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.