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Highest Grossing Stars of 1981 at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Bill Cosby | 51 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 202 | Ringo Starr | 50 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 203 | Barbara Bach | 50 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 204 | Shelley Long | 50 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 205 | John Matuszak | 50 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 206 | Avery Schreiber | 50 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 207 | James Coco | 49 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 208 | Blair Brown | 49 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 209 | David L. Lander | 49 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 210 | Paul Sand | 49 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 211 | Laraine Newman | 49 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 212 | John Houseman | 49 | 1 | 11.0 |
| 213 | Richard Dreyfuss | 48 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 214 | Julie Andrews | 48 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 215 | William Holden | 48 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 216 | Amy Irving | 48 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 217 | Rutger Hauer | 47 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 218 | Patrick McGoohan | 46 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 219 | Bruce Dern | 46 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 220 | Ann-Margret | 46 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 221 | George Segal | 45 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 222 | Natalie Wood | 45 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 223 | Valerie Harper | 45 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 224 | Nancy Allen | 44 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 225 | Deborah Harmon | 43 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 226 | Gary Coleman | 42 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 227 | Jacqueline Bisset | 41 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 228 | Geneviève Bujold | 40 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 229 | Jessica Lange | 40 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 230 | Ricky Schroder | 40 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 231 | Angela Lansbury | 39 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 232 | Robert Duvall | 39 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 233 | Edward Fox | 39 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 234 | Kim Novak | 39 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 235 | Rock Hudson | 39 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 236 | Geraldine Chaplin | 39 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 237 | Tony Curtis | 39 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 238 | Elizabeth Taylor | 39 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 239 | Walter Matthau | 38 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 240 | Charlotte Rampling | 37 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 241 | Sissy Spacek | 36 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 242 | Eric Roberts | 36 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 243 | Pelé | 34 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 244 | Kris Kristofferson | 32 | 1 | 2.0 |
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.