Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Per Year Acting > Top Worldwide 2016 Stars
Highest Grossing Stars of 2016 at the Worldwide Box Office
See also: Top Domestic 2016 Stars - Top International 2016 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 2016 based on the Worldwide box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 2016 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 Actress based on credits in that role in 23 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 ($766,575,131 in 2014), X-Men: Days of Future Past ($747,862,775 in 2014), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 ($646,219,954 in 2015), X-Men: Apocalypse ($542,537,546 in 2016), Passengers ($302,239,672 in 2016), Joy ($101,134,059 in 2015) |
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 54 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($714,401,889 in 2014), Kingsman: The Secret Service ($404,561,724 in 2015), Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children ($295,986,876 in 2016), The Hateful Eight ($151,813,358 in 2015) |
Best known as a Lead Ensemble Member Actress based on credits in that role in 18 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Captain America: Civil War ($1,151,899,586 in 2016), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($714,401,889 in 2014), Lucy ($457,507,776 in 2014) |
Complete List
Rank | Name | Star Score |
Movies | Average Billing |
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1 | Jennifer Lawrence | 466 | 6 | 2.0 |
2 | Samuel L. Jackson | 393 | 5 | 6.0 |
3 | Scarlett Johansson | 374 | 4 | 2.8 |
4 | Chris Pratt | 311 | 4 | 1.5 |
5 | Matt Damon | 299 | 4 | 1.3 |
6 | Chris Evans | 291 | 3 | 2.0 |
7 | Shailene Woodley | 270 | 4 | 1.0 |
8 | Mark Wahlberg | 266 | 4 | 1.3 |
9 | Jeremy Renner | 254 | 3 | 4.3 |
10 | Michael Fassbender | 247 | 3 | 2.0 |
11 | Margot Robbie | 225 | 3 | 2.7 |
12 | Chris Hemsworth | 221 | 4 | 2.8 |
13 | Tom Cruise | 218 | 3 | 1.0 |
14 | Ben Affleck | 218 | 3 | 1.3 |
15 | Dwayne Johnson | 211 | 3 | 1.0 |
16 | Donnie Yen | 205 | 3 | 2.0 |
17 | Robert Downey, Jr. | 202 | 3 | 1.3 |
18 | Theo James | 201 | 4 | 2.5 |
19 | Felicity Jones | 199 | 3 | 1.7 |
20 | Elizabeth Olsen | 197 | 2 | 10.0 |
21 | Sebastian Stan | 194 | 2 | 3.5 |
22 | Emily Blunt | 189 | 4 | 1.8 |
23 | Mark Ruffalo | 188 | 3 | 2.0 |
24 | Mads Mikkelsen | 188 | 2 | 5.0 |
25 | Kevin Hart | 185 | 5 | 1.8 |
26 | Dylan O’Brien | 185 | 3 | 2.3 |
27 | Aaron Taylor-Johnson | 184 | 2 | 5.5 |
28 | James McAvoy | 182 | 2 | 1.5 |
29 | Tom Hanks | 179 | 3 | 1.0 |
30 | Benedict Cumberbatch | 178 | 3 | 1.7 |
31 | Channing Tatum | 177 | 3 | 1.3 |
32 | Hugh Jackman | 176 | 3 | 1.7 |
33 | Jai Courtney | 175 | 2 | 4.5 |
34 | Zoe Saldana | 173 | 2 | 3.5 |
35 | Rebel Wilson | 171 | 3 | 4.3 |
36 | Tom Hardy | 169 | 2 | 1.5 |
37 | Jason Statham | 160 | 3 | 2.0 |
38 | Joel Kinnaman | 159 | 3 | 2.3 |
39 | Liam Neeson | 158 | 4 | 2.5 |
40 | Sofia Boutella | 158 | 2 | 7.5 |
41 | Michael Caine | 156 | 2 | 5.5 |
42 | Will Smith | 155 | 3 | 1.0 |
43 | Melissa McCarthy | 154 | 4 | 1.0 |
44 | Michael Peña | 154 | 3 | 4.3 |
45 | Kaya Scodelario | 153 | 2 | 2.0 |
46 | Thomas Brodie-Sangster | 153 | 2 | 3.0 |
47 | Amy Adams | 151 | 2 | 2.0 |
48 | Jason Clarke | 150 | 2 | 1.5 |
49 | Alicia Vikander | 149 | 3 | 3.3 |
50 | Chris Pine | 147 | 3 | 3.3 |
51 | Ben Foster | 144 | 2 | 4.0 |
52 | Eva Green | 143 | 2 | 1.5 |
53 | Emilia Clarke | 143 | 2 | 2.5 |
54 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | 143 | 2 | 9.0 |
55 | Vin Diesel | 142 | 2 | 1.0 |
56 | Zhang Hanyu | 142 | 2 | 3.0 |
57 | Colin Firth | 141 | 2 | 1.5 |
58 | Charlize Theron | 141 | 3 | 2.0 |
59 | Tilda Swinton | 141 | 2 | 10.0 |
60 | Chao Deng | 140 | 3 | 1.0 |
61 | Morgan Freeman | 140 | 3 | 6.0 |
62 | Andrew Garfield | 139 | 2 | 1.0 |
63 | Chadwick Boseman | 137 | 2 | 7.0 |
64 | Brad Pitt | 135 | 3 | 2.0 |
65 | Dakota Johnson | 133 | 3 | 3.0 |
66 | Eddie Redmayne | 132 | 2 | 1.0 |
67 | Jeff Goldblum | 132 | 2 | 4.0 |
68 | Owen Wilson | 131 | 2 | 9.5 |
69 | Baihe Bai | 129 | 2 | 1.0 |
70 | Ryan Gosling | 129 | 2 | 2.0 |
71 | Henry Cavill | 128 | 2 | 1.0 |
72 | George Clooney | 128 | 3 | 1.0 |
73 | Aaron Kwok | 128 | 3 | 1.7 |
74 | Anne Hathaway | 128 | 2 | 2.0 |
75 | Huang Bo | 128 | 2 | 2.5 |
76 | Rachel McAdams | 126 | 3 | 3.0 |
77 | Willem Dafoe | 126 | 2 | 4.5 |
78 | Xu Zheng | 123 | 2 | 1.0 |
79 | Chow Yun-Fat | 120 | 3 | 1.0 |
80 | Johnny Depp | 120 | 3 | 1.0 |
81 | Jude Law | 119 | 2 | 5.0 |
82 | Sylvester Stallone | 118 | 2 | 1.5 |
83 | Zac Efron | 117 | 4 | 1.8 |
84 | Christian Bale | 115 | 2 | 1.0 |
85 | Michael B. Jordan | 115 | 2 | 1.5 |
86 | Bradley Cooper | 115 | 2 | 2.0 |
87 | Keira Knightley | 113 | 3 | 3.0 |
88 | Lu Han | 113 | 2 | 4.0 |
89 | Eddie Peng | 112 | 3 | 4.3 |
90 | Corey Stoll | 112 | 2 | 5.5 |
91 | Adam Sandler | 111 | 2 | 1.0 |
92 | Mila Kunis | 111 | 2 | 1.5 |
93 | Emma Stone | 111 | 2 | 4.0 |
94 | Robert De Niro | 109 | 3 | 1.3 |
95 | Skyler Gisondo | 109 | 2 | 8.0 |
96 | Kevin Costner | 105 | 2 | 3.0 |
97 | Cara Delevingne | 105 | 2 | 6.5 |
98 | Will Ferrell | 104 | 2 | 1.0 |
99 | Wallace Chung | 104 | 2 | 2.5 |
100 | Kevin James | 103 | 2 | 1.5 |
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
Jennifer Lawrence: By Jennifer_Lawrence_at_the_83rd_Academy_Awards.jpg: Mingle MediaTV derivative work: Tabercil (Jennifer_Lawrence_at_the_83rd_Academy_Awards.jpg) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org)], via Wikimedia Commons
Samuel L. Jackson: By pinguino k (originally posted to Flickr as samuel l jackson) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Scarlett Johansson: Foto: © JCS / , via Wikimedia Commons