Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Per Year Acting > Top Worldwide 2009 Stars
Highest Grossing Stars of 2009 at the Worldwide Box Office
See also: Top Domestic 2009 Stars - Top International 2009 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 2009 based on the Worldwide box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 2009 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: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($836,519,699 in 2009), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($786,635,413 in 2008), Transformers ($708,272,592 in 2007), Eagle Eye ($180,585,259 in 2008), Disturbia ($118,537,627 in 2007) |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 28 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: 300 ($454,161,935 in 2007), The Ugly Truth ($205,298,907 in 2009), P.S. I Love You ($155,769,678 in 2007), Law Abiding Citizen ($131,159,781 in 2009), Nim's Island ($101,857,425 in 2008) |
| Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 36 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ($329,631,958 in 2008), Inglourious Basterds ($316,802,281 in 2009), Ocean\'s Thirteen ($311,744,465 in 2007), Burn After Reading ($168,167,798 in 2008) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | Star Score |
Movies | Average Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shia LaBeouf | 406 | 5 | 2.2 |
| 2 | Gerard Butler | 320 | 5 | 2.0 |
| 3 | Brad Pitt | 313 | 4 | 2.3 |
| 4 | Robert Downey, Jr. | 287 | 4 | 2.0 |
| 5 | George Clooney | 267 | 5 | 1.0 |
| 6 | Nicolas Cage | 259 | 4 | 1.0 |
| 7 | Christian Bale | 257 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 8 | John Travolta | 254 | 4 | 1.5 |
| 9 | Johnny Depp | 252 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 10 | Will Smith | 250 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 11 | Meryl Streep | 241 | 5 | 1.2 |
| 12 | Amy Adams | 238 | 4 | 2.0 |
| 13 | Adam Sandler | 232 | 4 | 1.0 |
| 14 | Matt Damon | 230 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 15 | Cate Blanchett | 209 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 16 | Ben Stiller | 206 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 17 | Katherine Heigl | 202 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 18 | Daniel Radcliffe | 198 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 19 | Sandra Bullock | 198 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 20 | Rupert Grint | 198 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 21 | Emma Watson | 198 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 22 | Megan Fox | 193 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 23 | Zoe Saldana | 188 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 24 | Malin Akerman | 187 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 25 | Russell Crowe | 183 | 4 | 1.5 |
| 26 | Kristen Stewart | 182 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 27 | Robert Pattinson | 182 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 28 | Taylor Lautner | 182 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 29 | Brendan Fraser | 181 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 30 | Mark Wahlberg | 172 | 4 | 1.0 |
| 31 | Vince Vaughn | 172 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 32 | Owen Wilson | 167 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 33 | Nicole Kidman | 166 | 3 | 5.7 |
| 34 | Steve Carell | 160 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 35 | Michelle Monaghan | 156 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 36 | Bradley Cooper | 156 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 37 | Keira Knightley | 155 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 38 | Hugh Jackman | 154 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 39 | Kristin Davis | 154 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 40 | John Cusack | 152 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 41 | Bruce Willis | 152 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 42 | Robin Williams | 149 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 43 | Tom Hanks | 144 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 44 | Jennifer Aniston | 143 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 45 | Denzel Washington | 142 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 46 | Ralph Fiennes | 142 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 47 | James McAvoy | 141 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 48 | James Marsden | 141 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 49 | Zac Efron | 140 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 50 | Kevin James | 139 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 51 | Jet Li | 138 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 52 | Seth Rogen | 137 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 53 | Sienna Miller | 137 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 54 | Josh Hutcherson | 135 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 55 | Dennis Quaid | 131 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 56 | Jackie Chan | 130 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 57 | Will Ferrell | 129 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 58 | Scarlett Johansson | 128 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 59 | Morgan Freeman | 127 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 60 | Drew Barrymore | 127 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 61 | Patrick Dempsey | 126 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 62 | Anne Hathaway | 123 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 63 | Marion Cotillard | 122 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 64 | Simon Pegg | 122 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 65 | Sarah Jessica Parker | 120 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 66 | Abigail Breslin | 118 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 67 | Heath Ledger | 115 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 68 | Jeff Bridges | 111 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 69 | Al Pacino | 111 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 70 | Cameron Diaz | 109 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 71 | Dwayne Johnson | 109 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 72 | Jude Law | 108 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 73 | Javier Bardem | 106 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 74 | AnnaSophia Robb | 105 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 75 | Christopher Mintz-Plasse | 104 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 76 | Kristen Bell | 103 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 77 | Vin Diesel | 102 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 78 | Daniel Craig | 101 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 79 | Jim Carrey | 101 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 80 | Ben Affleck | 101 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 81 | Kate Hudson | 101 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 82 | Sam Worthington | 100 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 83 | Jessica Alba | 100 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 84 | Geoffrey Rush | 100 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 85 | Orlando Bloom | 100 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 86 | Jack Davenport | 100 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 87 | Harrison Ford | 99 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 88 | Karen Allen | 99 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 89 | Ray Winstone | 99 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 90 | Tobey Maguire | 98 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 91 | Chris Evans | 98 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 92 | Jamie Foxx | 94 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 93 | Terrence Howard | 94 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 94 | Gwyneth Paltrow | 94 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 95 | Ashley Tisdale | 93 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 96 | Pierce Brosnan | 93 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 97 | Colin Firth | 93 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 98 | Jonah Hill | 93 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 99 | Stellan Skarsgård | 93 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 100 | Julie Walters | 93 | 1 | 5.0 |
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
Gerard Butler: By Siebbi (ipernity.com) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Brad Pitt: By Blake Nelson Boyd (Blake Nelson Boyd) [GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
