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Highest Grossing Stars of 2012 at the Worldwide Box Office


See also: Top Domestic 2012 Stars - Top International 2012 Stars - Top Worldwide 2019 Stars - Top Worldwide 2020 Stars - Top Worldwide 2021 Stars - Top Worldwide 2022 Stars - Top Worldwide 2023 Stars - Top Worldwide 2024 Stars

This list shows the highest grossing stars of 2012 based on the Worldwide box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 2012 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.

Top Worldwide 2011 Stars Top Worldwide 2013 Stars
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Taylor Lautner photo
Taylor Lautner
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 9 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 ($829,724,737 in 2012), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($706,101,755 in 2010), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 ($684,436,752 in 2011), Valentine's Day ($217,569,328 in 2010), Abduction ($86,648,359 in 2011)

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Kristen Stewart
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 25 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 ($829,724,737 in 2012), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($706,101,755 in 2010), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 ($684,436,752 in 2011), Snow White and the Huntsman ($401,021,746 in 2012)

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Robert Downey, Jr.
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 30 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Avengers ($1,515,100,211 in 2012), Iron Man 2 ($621,156,389 in 2010), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ($535,663,443 in 2011), Due Date ($211,739,043 in 2010)

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Complete List

Rank Name Star
Score		 Movies Average
Billing
1 Taylor Lautner 374 5 5.0
2 Kristen Stewart 368 4 1.0
3 Robert Downey, Jr. 348 4 1.0
4 Liam Neeson 347 6 2.2
5 Johnny Depp 342 4 1.0
6 Bradley Cooper 340 5 1.8
7 Robert Pattinson 327 5 1.8
8 Jeremy Renner 323 4 3.8
9 Leonardo DiCaprio 282 4 1.5
10 Chris Hemsworth 275 4 2.5
11 Ralph Fiennes 272 3 6.0
12 Matt Damon 267 6 1.3
13 Helena Bonham Carter 243 3 4.0
14 Jennifer Lawrence 242 3 2.0
15 Daniel Craig 239 3 1.0
16 Daniel Radcliffe 238 3 3.3
17 Mickey Rourke 236 3 6.0
18 Tom Cruise 234 3 1.0
19 Scarlett Johansson 232 3 3.7
20 Channing Tatum 229 4 1.5
21 Denzel Washington 226 4 1.0
22 Mark Wahlberg 221 4 1.3
23 Natalie Portman 220 3 1.3
24 Tommy Lee Jones 217 3 2.0
25 Dwayne Johnson 214 3 1.7
26 Sacha Baron Cohen 207 3 3.3
27 Jude Law 203 4 5.0
28 Adam Sandler 199 3 1.0
29 Ashton Kutcher 199 4 11.3
30 Amanda Seyfried 198 4 1.8
31 Emma Watson 198 2 4.0
32 Rupert Grint 198 2 6.5
33 Jennifer Aniston 191 3 2.3
34 Robert De Niro 191 4 3.5
35 Milla Jovovich 190 3 1.3
36 Zach Galifianakis 189 3 2.3
37 Anne Hathaway 189 3 5.3
38 Julia Roberts 189 4 5.5
39 Geoffrey Rush 187 2 2.5
40 Tom Hiddleston 186 2 5.0
41 Chris Evans 184 2 1.5
42 Russell Crowe 181 3 1.3
43 Nicolas Cage 179 4 2.5
44 Jessica Biel 178 3 6.7
45 Andy Serkis 172 2 1.5
46 Jason Statham 172 4 1.5
47 Noomi Rapace 172 2 2.0
48 Will Ferrell 171 3 1.0
49 Christian Bale 171 3 1.3
50 Chloë Grace Moretz 171 3 5.0
51 Justin Timberlake 170 3 1.7
52 Cameron Diaz 169 3 1.3
53 Anthony Hopkins 169 3 2.3
54 Jake Gyllenhaal 168 3 1.0
55 Jet Li 167 3 2.3
56 Taylor Kitsch 166 3 1.0
57 Sam Worthington 164 2 1.0
58 Hugh Jackman 164 2 1.0
59 Owen Wilson 162 3 1.7
60 Jessica Alba 162 3 2.7
61 Josh Brolin 162 2 3.0
62 Jeff Bridges 158 2 1.0
63 Freida Pinto 156 2 3.5
64 Kevin James 154 4 1.5
65 Rachel McAdams 154 3 2.0
66 Joseph Gordon-Levitt 153 2 2.0
67 Ryan Reynolds 151 3 1.3
68 Angelina Jolie 151 2 1.5
69 Jamie Foxx 151 2 4.5
70 Sylvester Stallone 149 2 1.0
71 Ben Kingsley 149 2 2.0
72 Dolph Lundgren 149 2 5.0
73 Shia LaBeouf 148 2 1.5
74 Don Cheadle 146 2 3.5
75 Kate Beckinsale 143 3 1.7
76 Jackie Chan 141 2 1.5
77 Tom Wilkinson 141 2 8.5
78 Emma Stone 140 3 2.0
79 Gwyneth Paltrow 136 2 3.5
80 Ben Stiller 134 3 1.3
81 Colin Farrell 134 2 3.0
82 Simon Pegg 131 2 2.0
83 Steve Carell 129 3 1.0
84 Christoph Waltz 128 2 7.0
85 Sarah Jessica Parker 125 2 17.0
86 Bruce Willis 124 4 1.0
87 Michael Peña 123 2 7.0
88 Katherine Heigl 123 3 8.7
89 Ben Affleck 120 2 1.0
90 Michelle Pfeiffer 118 2 1.5
91 Jackie Earle Haley 114 2 3.0
92 Hector Elizondo 114 2 45.0
93 Luke Evans 112 2 4.0
94 Logan Lerman 111 2 1.0
95 Penélope Cruz 108 2 3.0
96 Colin Firth 107 2 3.0
97 Elliot Page 107 2 5.5
98 Chris Pine 106 2 2.0
99 Idris Elba 106 2 7.0
100 Amy Adams 103 2 2.5

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

Taylor Lautner: By Taylor_Lautner.jpg: Dalboz17 derivative work: Gage (Taylor_Lautner.jpg) [CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons

Kristen Stewart: By lukeford.net [CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons

Robert Downey, Jr.: Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons