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Highest Grossing Stars of 2017 at the Worldwide Box Office


See also: Top Domestic 2017 Stars - Top International 2017 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 2017 based on the Worldwide box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 2017 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 2016 Stars Top Worldwide 2018 Stars
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Samuel L. Jackson
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 56 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Kong: Skull Island ($570,852,812 in 2017), Kingsman: The Secret Service ($404,561,724 in 2015), Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children ($295,986,876 in 2016), The Hitman’s Bodyguard ($183,415,183 in 2017), The Hateful Eight ($151,813,358 in 2015)

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Dwayne Johnson
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 29 films.
Top films contributed to this record: The Fate of the Furious ($1,189,009,332 in 2017), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ($961,632,807 in 2017), San Andreas ($474,590,832 in 2015), Central Intelligence ($217,194,805 in 2016), Baywatch ($175,863,783 in 2017)

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Chris Hemsworth
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 16 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,395,316,979 in 2015), Thor: Ragnarok ($850,482,778 in 2017), Ghostbusters ($229,008,658 in 2016), The Huntsman: Winter’s War ($165,149,302 in 2016), In the Heart of the Sea ($94,320,758 in 2015)

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Complete List

Rank Name Star
Score		 Movies Average
Billing
1 Samuel L. Jackson 433 6 4.0
2 Dwayne Johnson 386 5 1.2
3 Chris Hemsworth 318 5 2.4
4 Vin Diesel 313 4 1.0
5 Chris Pratt 307 4 1.5
6 Mark Wahlberg 300 5 1.4
7 Robert Downey, Jr. 292 3 3.7
8 Mark Ruffalo 280 4 3.5
9 Daisy Ridley 275 3 6.0
10 Jennifer Lawrence 274 4 1.5
11 Gal Gadot 273 3 4.3
12 Johnny Depp 257 4 2.0
13 Jeremy Renner 254 3 4.3
14 Tom Cruise 253 4 1.0
15 Josh Gad 251 4 4.5
16 Charlize Theron 250 4 3.3
17 Matt Damon 248 3 1.0
18 Hugh Jackman 247 4 1.5
19 Scarlett Johansson 242 3 3.0
20 Sofia Boutella 237 3 6.0
21 Kevin Hart 231 5 2.0
22 Tom Hanks 228 4 1.3
23 Margot Robbie 227 3 2.7
24 Donnie Yen 225 3 2.3
25 Ben Affleck 223 3 1.3
26 Colin Firth 219 3 1.3
27 Dakota Johnson 216 4 2.5
28 Henry Cavill 215 3 1.3
29 Michael Fassbender 212 3 1.3
30 Idris Elba 205 4 3.5
31 Adam Driver 200 2 3.5
32 John Boyega 200 2 5.5
33 Jason Statham 199 3 2.3
34 Woody Harrelson 198 3 2.3
35 Chris Evans 197 2 2.5
36 Elizabeth Olsen 197 2 10.0
37 Ryan Gosling 193 3 1.7
38 Karen Gillan 190 2 6.0
39 Mads Mikkelsen 188 2 5.0
40 Tom Hiddleston 180 3 2.0
41 Ezra Miller 180 2 3.5
42 Channing Tatum 179 3 3.0
43 Kurt Russell 177 3 3.7
44 Michael Caine 176 3 4.3
45 Zendaya 175 2 4.0
46 Jai Courtney 175 2 4.5
47 Jeff Goldblum 173 2 3.5
48 Zac Efron 170 5 1.8
49 Tom Hardy 169 2 1.5
50 Zoe Saldana 169 2 3.5
51 Ryan Reynolds 168 3 1.7
52 Judi Dench 168 4 3.5
53 Karl Urban 168 2 6.5
54 Chris Pine 167 2 2.5
55 Jamie Dornan 166 2 2.0
56 Eddie Peng 163 4 3.5
57 Taron Egerton 161 2 4.0
58 Mark Strong 161 2 4.0
59 Felicity Jones 160 2 1.5
60 Morgan Freeman 160 4 4.8
61 Dave Bautista 159 2 4.5
62 Cara Delevingne 159 3 5.0
63 Will Smith 158 3 1.0
64 Xuan Huang 157 3 5.0
65 Jared Leto 156 2 2.5
66 James McAvoy 154 2 1.0
67 Katherine Waterston 154 2 5.5
68 Will Ferrell 153 3 1.0
69 Chao Deng 152 3 1.3
70 Amy Adams 151 2 2.0
71 Jason Clarke 150 2 1.5
72 Jack Black 149 2 1.5
73 Rebel Wilson 149 3 2.3
74 Gerard Butler 149 3 3.0
75 Willem Dafoe 149 2 3.5
76 Lily James 147 2 2.0
77 Mila Kunis 146 3 1.3
78 Ben Foster 144 2 4.0
79 Emilia Clarke 143 2 2.5
80 Chadwick Boseman 137 2 7.0
81 Melissa McCarthy 134 3 1.0
82 Jackie Chan 132 4 1.0
83 Baihe Bai 129 2 1.0
84 Anne Hathaway 128 2 2.0
85 Theo James 128 3 2.7
86 Anna Kendrick 126 3 1.3
87 Geoffrey Rush 126 2 5.5
88 Anna Camp 125 2 5.0
89 Brittany Snow 125 2 5.0
90 Talitha Bateman 125 2 8.5
91 Alexis Knapp 125 2 8.5
92 Ester Dean 125 2 9.5
93 Rachel McAdams 124 3 3.0
94 Shailene Woodley 123 2 1.0
95 Michael Keaton 123 3 2.0
96 Chow Yun-Fat 119 3 1.0
97 Dylan O’Brien 119 3 2.3
98 Alicia Vikander 116 2 3.0
99 Michael B. Jordan 115 2 1.5
100 Benedict Cumberbatch 115 2 2.0

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

Samuel L. Jackson: By pinguino k (originally posted to Flickr as samuel l jackson) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Dwayne Johnson: By English: Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer (Flickr) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Chris Hemsworth: Image by Benjamin Ellis licensed under Creative Commons. Original