Box Office Star Records > Domestic > Per Year Acting > Top Domestic 1984 Stars
Highest Grossing Stars of 1984 at the Domestic Box Office
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 1984 based on the domestic box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 1984 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.
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 44 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Beverly Hills Cop ($234,760,478 in 1984), Trading Places ($90,400,000 in 1983), 48 Hrs. ($75,936,265 in 1982) |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 36 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi ($316,465,003 in 1983), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ($179,880,271 in 1984), Blade Runner ($32,656,328 in 1982) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Star Score |
Movies | Average Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clint Eastwood | 347 | 4 | 2.8 |
| 2 | Eddie Murphy | 337 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 3 | Harrison Ford | 277 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 4 | Dan Aykroyd | 238 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 5 | Sylvester Stallone | 237 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 6 | William Shatner | 234 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 7 | Patrick Swayze | 232 | 3 | 5.3 |
| 8 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | 230 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 9 | Tom Cruise | 227 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 10 | Richard Gere | 226 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 11 | William Hurt | 213 | 3 | 5.3 |
| 12 | Jeff Bridges | 207 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 13 | Leonard Nimoy | 188 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 14 | DeForest Kelley | 188 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 15 | Dennis Quaid | 187 | 3 | 5.7 |
| 16 | C. Thomas Howell | 186 | 3 | 4.7 |
| 17 | Meryl Streep | 184 | 3 | 10.0 |
| 18 | Steve Martin | 178 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 19 | Glenn Close | 174 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 20 | Phoebe Cates | 173 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 21 | Tom Hanks | 171 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 22 | Ralph Macchio | 170 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 23 | John Travolta | 164 | 2 | 10.0 |
| 24 | Goldie Hawn | 147 | 2 | 10.0 |
| 25 | Rob Lowe | 144 | 2 | 7.5 |
| 26 | Chuck Norris | 143 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 27 | Steve Guttenberg | 142 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 28 | Al Pacino | 135 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 29 | Kurt Russell | 133 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 30 | Chevy Chase | 132 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 31 | Kathleen Turner | 132 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 32 | Matt Dillon | 132 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 33 | Molly Ringwald | 116 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 34 | Mel Gibson | 110 | 2 | 10.0 |
| 35 | James Garner | 101 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 36 | Bill Murray | 100 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 37 | Mark Hamill | 100 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 38 | Carrie Fisher | 100 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 39 | Henry Thomas | 100 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 40 | Harold Ramis | 100 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 41 | Debra Winger | 99 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 42 | Dustin Hoffman | 99 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 43 | Shirley MacLaine | 99 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 44 | Jennifer Beals | 98 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 45 | Kate Capshaw | 98 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 46 | Jonathan Ke Quan | 98 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 47 | Zach Galligan | 97 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 48 | Hoyt Axton | 97 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 49 | Polly Holliday | 97 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 50 | Frances Lee McCain | 97 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 51 | Pat Morita | 96 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 52 | Ally Sheedy | 96 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 53 | Roger Moore | 95 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 54 | Kim Cattrall | 95 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 55 | Bubba Smith | 95 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 56 | George Gaynes | 95 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 57 | G.W. Bailey | 95 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 58 | Leslie Easterbrook | 95 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 59 | David Graf | 95 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 60 | Marion Ramsey | 95 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 61 | Michael Winslow | 95 | 1 | 9.0 |
| 62 | Hugh Wilson | 95 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 63 | Donovan Scott | 95 | 1 | 11.0 |
| 64 | Andrew Rubin | 95 | 1 | 12.0 |
| 65 | Bruce Mahler | 95 | 1 | 13.0 |
| 66 | Nick Nolte | 94 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 67 | Kevin Bacon | 94 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 68 | Heather O'Rourke | 93 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 69 | Burt Reynolds | 92 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 70 | Michael Douglas | 92 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 71 | Dolly Parton | 92 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 72 | Catherine Mary Stewart | 92 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 73 | Prince | 91 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 74 | Rebecca De Mornay | 91 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 75 | Beverly D'Angelo | 90 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 76 | Daryl Hannah | 90 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 77 | Christie Brinkley | 90 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 78 | Paul Newman | 90 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 79 | Ben Kingsley | 89 | 1 | 30.0 |
| 80 | Tom Berenger | 88 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 81 | Tom Hulce | 88 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 82 | Jeff Goldblum | 88 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 83 | Kevin Kline | 88 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 84 | Mary Kay Place | 88 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 85 | Meg Tilly | 88 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 86 | JoBeth Williams | 88 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 87 | Robert Redford | 86 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 88 | Bess Armstrong | 86 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 89 | Simon MacCorkindale | 86 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 90 | Louis Gossett Jr. | 86 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 91 | Barbra Streisand | 83 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 92 | Mandy Patinkin | 83 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 93 | Amy Irving | 83 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 94 | Cher | 82 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 95 | Adrian Zmed | 81 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 96 | William Tepper | 81 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 97 | Tawny Kitaen | 81 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 98 | Sigourney Weaver | 80 | 2 | 10.0 |
| 99 | Sean Young | 79 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 100 | Rodney Dangerfield | 78 | 1 | 1.0 |
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.
Image attributions
Clint Eastwood: gdcgraphics [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Eddie Murphy: By David Shankbone (flickr) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Harrison Ford: Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
