Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Per Year Acting > Top Worldwide 2006 Stars
Highest Grossing Stars of 2006 at the Worldwide Box Office
See also: Top Domestic 2006 Stars - Top International 2006 Stars - Top Worldwide 2020 Stars - Top Worldwide 2021 Stars - Top Worldwide 2022 Stars - Top Worldwide 2023 Stars - Top Worldwide 2024 Stars - Top Worldwide 2025 Stars
This list shows the highest grossing stars of 2006 based on the Worldwide box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 2006 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 worldwide 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 26 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Night at the Museum ($579,446,407 in 2006), Meet the Fockers ($516,567,575 in 2004), Along Came Polly ($173,044,410 in 2004), Starsky & Hutch ($170,200,225 in 2004), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story ($167,791,704 in 2004) |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 39 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Ocean’s Twelve ($362,989,076 in 2004), The Bourne Supremacy ($311,001,124 in 2004), The Departed ($289,660,619 in 2006), The Brothers Grimm ($105,299,638 in 2005), The Good Shepherd ($100,378,271 in 2006) |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 36 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Mr. and Mrs. Smith ($486,124,090 in 2005), Troy ($483,152,040 in 2004), Ocean’s Twelve ($362,989,076 in 2004), Babel ($132,121,212 in 2006) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Star Score |
Movies | Average Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Stiller | 397 | 5 | 1.6 |
| 2 | Matt Damon | 362 | 5 | 1.6 |
| 3 | Brad Pitt | 339 | 4 | 1.3 |
| 4 | Clive Owen | 316 | 6 | 2.5 |
| 5 | Jamie Foxx | 307 | 5 | 1.8 |
| 6 | Vince Vaughn | 307 | 4 | 2.0 |
| 7 | Tom Hanks | 300 | 4 | 1.0 |
| 8 | Orlando Bloom | 287 | 4 | 1.8 |
| 9 | Johnny Depp | 283 | 4 | 1.0 |
| 10 | Will Smith | 270 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 11 | Tom Cruise | 269 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 12 | Denzel Washington | 258 | 4 | 1.0 |
| 13 | Adam Sandler | 251 | 4 | 1.0 |
| 14 | Leonardo DiCaprio | 239 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 15 | Keira Knightley | 239 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 16 | Hugh Jackman | 224 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 17 | Christian Bale | 218 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 18 | Owen Wilson | 217 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 19 | Natalie Portman | 213 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 20 | Kate Beckinsale | 211 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 21 | Jennifer Aniston | 207 | 4 | 1.8 |
| 22 | Daniel Radcliffe | 197 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 23 | Rupert Grint | 197 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 24 | Emma Watson | 197 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 25 | Jim Carrey | 192 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 26 | Angelina Jolie | 190 | 4 | 2.0 |
| 27 | Dakota Fanning | 186 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 28 | Nicolas Cage | 182 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 29 | Will Ferrell | 182 | 4 | 1.3 |
| 30 | Eva Green | 182 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 31 | Nicole Kidman | 178 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 32 | Ewan McGregor | 176 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 33 | Kate Winslet | 166 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 34 | Ioan Gruffudd | 165 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 35 | Jodie Foster | 164 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 36 | Joaquin Phoenix | 163 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 37 | Jessica Alba | 162 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 38 | Rachel McAdams | 161 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 39 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | 158 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 40 | Eric Bana | 156 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 41 | Steve Carell | 155 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 42 | Sandra Bullock | 154 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 43 | Anne Hathaway | 151 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 44 | Sarah Michelle Gellar | 145 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 45 | Jude Law | 145 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 46 | Julia Roberts | 145 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 47 | Dennis Quaid | 144 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 48 | Bernie Mac | 144 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 49 | Don Cheadle | 142 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 50 | Colin Farrell | 140 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 51 | Jennifer Lopez | 139 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 52 | Cate Blanchett | 138 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 53 | Burt Reynolds | 138 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 54 | Keanu Reeves | 137 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 55 | Steve Martin | 136 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 56 | George Clooney | 135 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 57 | Kurt Russell | 135 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 58 | Heath Ledger | 134 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 59 | Robin Williams | 132 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 60 | Vin Diesel | 131 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 61 | Ashton Kutcher | 130 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 62 | Reese Witherspoon | 129 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 63 | Lindsay Lohan | 127 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 64 | Jake Gyllenhaal | 126 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 65 | Tim Allen | 122 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 66 | Jack Black | 122 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 67 | Scarlett Johansson | 120 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 68 | Bruce Willis | 119 | 4 | 5.3 |
| 69 | Cameron Diaz | 115 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 70 | Meryl Streep | 114 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 71 | Zhang Ziyi | 111 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 72 | Amy Smart | 108 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 73 | Ice Cube | 107 | 4 | 1.3 |
| 74 | Bryce Dallas Howard | 107 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 75 | John Travolta | 106 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 76 | Brittany Snow | 100 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 77 | Hayden Christensen | 100 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 78 | Bill Nighy | 100 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 79 | Tobey Maguire | 99 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 80 | Audrey Tautou | 99 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 81 | Georgie Henley | 98 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 82 | Skandar Keynes | 98 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 83 | William Moseley | 98 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 84 | Anna Popplewell | 98 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 85 | Tilda Swinton | 98 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 86 | Daniel Craig | 97 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 87 | James Caviezel | 96 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 88 | Andy Serkis | 96 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 89 | Mizuo Peck | 96 | 1 | 13.0 |
| 90 | Patrick Gallagher | 96 | 1 | 14.0 |
| 91 | Matthew Lillard | 95 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 92 | Robert De Niro | 94 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 93 | Dustin Hoffman | 94 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 94 | Ian McKellen | 94 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 95 | Barbra Streisand | 94 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 96 | Blythe Danner | 94 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 97 | Teri Polo | 94 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 98 | Patrick Stewart | 94 | 1 | 12.0 |
| 99 | Freddie Highmore | 93 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 100 | Diane Kruger | 93 | 1 | 4.0 |
The Average Billing column contains the average billing position of this cast/crew member for the selected films.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Ben Stiller: By Jiyang ChenUploaded by MyCanon (This file was derived from:Benstillernyc2.jpg) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Matt Damon: By nicolas genin from Paris, France [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Brad Pitt: By Blake Nelson Boyd (Blake Nelson Boyd) [GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
