2018 The Measured Circle's Box Office MVPs
by Bufo_Calvin | created - 02 Jan 2019 | updated - 11 Mar 2019 | PublicWho are the Most Valuable Players in the movies?
What actors generate the most American domestic gross (dogro)?
There are a lot of ways to measure this, and The Measured Circle has our own (begun with movies released in 2010).
Here are our rules:
1. You must have been first-billed in a movie that makes at least $100 million dogro in the year in question
2. You must have appeared in at least one other movie that dogroed at least $40 million in the year in question (but you do not have to have been first-billed)
3. Voice roles count: one of the reasons they cast big names in animated features is that they attract audiences
4. Since we base it on release year, it may be well into the following year until the standings are final. We do not count re-releases that do not happen in the same year as the initial release.
Movies in which the actor appeared and earned at least $40 million in the year in question may appear in the description for the actor.
Added in 2016 (starting with our 2015 MVPs): the "On a roll" designation. It's perhaps surprisingly difficult for an actor to repeat on our list two years in a row...and even harder to do it for three or more. We will now recognize that two-in-a-row achievement in The Measured Circle's MVP list.
1. Letitia Wright
Actress | Black Panther
With a career spanning over a decade, Emmy-nominated Letitia Wright has cemented her position as one of the industry's most captivating young actresses. From her breakout role as ambitious Summerhouse resident Chantelle in Top Boy, to her critically acclaimed performance as Nish in Black Mirror, ...
Black Panther ($700.1m); Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8m); Ready Player One ($137.7m)
Tentative total: $1,516.6m
2. Danai Gurira
Actress | Black Panther
Danai Gurira was born in Grinnell, Iowa, to Josephine and Roger Gurira, who were from Zimbabwe. Her father was then teaching Chemistry at Grinnell College. When she was five, the family moved back to Zimbabwe, residing in the capital Harare. Gurira later returned to the United States, and studied ...
Black Panther ($700.1m); Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8m)
Tentative total: $,1378.9m
3. Chadwick Boseman
Actor | Black Panther
Chadwick Boseman was an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of T'Challa / Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2016 to 2019, particularly in Black Panther (2018), and for his starring roles as several pioneering Americans, Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get on...
Black Panther ($700.1m); Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8m)
Tentative total: $1,378.9m
4. Winston Duke
Actor | Black Panther
Winston Duke was born on November 15, 1986 in Trinidad and Tobago. He is an actor and producer, known for Black Panther (2018), Us (2019) and Nine Days (2020).
Black Panther ($700.1m); Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8m)
Tentative total: $1,378.9m
5. Samuel L. Jackson
Actor | Pulp Fiction
Samuel L. Jackson is an American producer and highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000), Formula 51 (2001), Black Snake Moan (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006), and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999-2005), ...
Incredibles 2 ($608.6m); Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8m)
Tentative total: $1,287.4m
On a roll: 2017 ($288.3m)
6. Chris Pratt
Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy
Christopher Michael "Chris" Pratt was born on June 21, 1979 in Virginia, Minnesota and raised in Lake Stevens, Washington, to Kathleen Louise (Indahl), who worked at a supermarket, and Daniel Clifton Pratt, who remodeled houses. He is of mostly Norwegian descent. He graduated from Lake Stevens High...
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($417.7m); Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8m)
Tentative total: $1,096.5m
7. Josh Brolin
Actor | Avengers: Endgame
Rugged features and a natural charm have worked for Josh Brolin, the son of actor James Brolin. He has played roles as a policeman, a hunter, and the President of the United States.
Brolin was born February 12, 1968 in Santa Monica, California, to Jane Cameron (Agee), a Texas-born wildlife activist,...
Deadpool 2 ($318.5m); Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8m); Sicario: Day of the Soldado ($50.1m)
Tentative total: $1,047.4m
8. Angela Bassett
Actress | Strange Days
Captivating, gifted, and sensational, Angela Bassett's presence has been felt in theaters and on stages and television screens throughout the world. Angela Evelyn Bassett was born on August 16, 1958 in New York City, to Betty Jane (Gilbert), a social worker, and Daniel Benjamin Bassett, a ...
Black Panther ($700.1m); Mission:Impossible - Fallout ($220.2); Bumblebee ($127.2m)
Tentative total: $1,047.5m
9. Bradley Cooper
Actor | A Star Is Born
Bradley Charles Cooper was born on January 5, 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His mother, Gloria (Campano), is of Italian descent, and worked for a local NBC station. His father, Charles John Cooper, who was of Irish descent, was a stockbroker. Immediately after Bradley graduated from the ...
A Star Is Born ($214.5m); Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8m); The Mule ($103.7m)
Tentative total: $997.0m
10. Benedict Cumberbatch
Actor | The Imitation Game
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born and raised in London, England. His parents, Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton (born Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch), are both actors. He is a grandson of submarine commander Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, and a great-grandson of diplomat Henry Arnold ...
Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8m); The Grinch ($270.6m)
Tentative total: $949.4m
11. Sope Aluko
Actress | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Sope Aluko (pronounced "Shaw-peh Ahlookoh") is a Nigerian-born actress, primarily raised in the UK. She spent her younger years traveling and living all over the world, including France, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, and Indonesia. She has dual-citizenship in both the US and the UK, and speaks ...
Venom ($213.5m); Black Panther ($700.1m)
Tentative total: $913.6m
12. Paul Bettany
Actor | WandaVision
Paul Bettany is an English actor. He first came to the attention of mainstream audiences when he appeared in the British film Gangster No. 1 (2000), and director Brian Helgeland's film A Knight's Tale (2001). He has gone on to appear in a wide variety of films, including A Beautiful Mind (2001), ...
Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8m); Solo: A Star Wars Story ($213.8m)
Tentative total: $892.6m
13. Michael B. Jordan
Actor | Black Panther
Michael B. Jordan, the middle of three children, was born in Santa Ana, California and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He is the son of Donna (Davis), a high school counselor, and Michael A. Jordan. His middle name, Bakari, means "noble promise" in Swahili. (He is not related to, or named after, ...
Black Panther ($700.1m); Creed II ($115.6m)
Tentative total: $815.7m
14. Sterling K. Brown
Actor | Black Panther
The Emmy Award-winning actor stars in NBC's Emmy and Golden Globe nominated drama series This Is Us (2016). For his role as Randall Pearson, Brown won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, as well as a Golden Globe, becoming the first African-American actor to win his category in ...
Black Panther ($700.1m); The Predator ($51.0m)
Tentative total: $751.1m
15. Florence Kasumba
Actress | Captain America: Civil War
Born in Kampala, Uganda Florence Kasumba is a German actress living in Berlin. She is best known for her work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe productions Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021). She has ...
Black Panther ($700.1m); The Predator ($51.0m)
Tentative total: $751.1m
16. Daniel Kaluuya
Actor | Get Out
Daniel Kaluuya is a British actor and writer. He is best known for Get Out (2017), Black Panther (2018) and for portraying Fred Hampton in Judas & The Black Messiah (2021).
He had a supporting role in Sicario (2015).
He also starred in the Black Mirror episode "Fifteen Million Merits".
For his work in...
Black Panther ($700.1m); Widows ($42.4m)
Tentative total: $742.5m
17. Chris Hemsworth
Actor | Snow White and the Huntsman
Christopher "Chris" Hemsworth was born on August 11, 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Leonie Hemsworth (née van Os), an English teacher & Craig Hemsworth, a social-services counselor. His brothers are actors, Liam Hemsworth & Luke Hemsworth; he is of Dutch (from his immigrant maternal ...
Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8m); 12 Strong ($45.8m)
Tentative total: $724.6m
18. Craig T. Nelson
Actor | Coach
Craig T. Nelson was born on April 4, 1944 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Coach (1989), The Incredibles (2004) and The Family Stone (2005). He has been married to Doria Cook-Nelson since 1987. He was previously married to Robin McCarthy.
Incredibles 2 ($608.6m); Book Club ($68.6m)
Tentative total: $677.2m
19. Holly Hunter
Actress | Broadcast News
Holly Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia, to Opal Marguerite (Catledge), a homemaker, and Charles Edwin Hunter, a part-time sporting goods company representative and farmer with a 250 acre farm. She is the youngest of seven children. Her parents encouraged her talent at an early age, and her first...
Incredibles 2 ($608.6m); Sicario: Day of the Soldado ($50.1m)
Tentative total: $658.7m
20. Randall Park
Actor | WandaVision
Randall Park is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director. He was born in Los Angeles, California, to Korean parents, and graduated from the Humanities Magnet Program at Hamilton High School. Park went on to receive a Bachelor's degree in English and Creative Writing and a Master's degree ...
Aquaman ($333.8); Ant-Man and the Wasp ($216.6m)
Tentative total: $550.4m
21. Alan Tudyk
Actor | Rogue One
Alan Tudyk was born in El Paso, Texas, but grew up in Plano, where he attended Plano Sr. High. In 1990, he went on to study drama at Lon Morris Jr. College. While there, he was awarded the Academic Excellence Award for Drama. He was also named Most Likely to Succeed and Sophomore Beau. During this ...
Ralph Breaks the Internet ($200.5m); Deadpool 2 ($318.5m)
Tentative total: $519.0m
22. Patrick Wilson
Actor | The Phantom of the Opera
Patrick Joseph Wilson was born in Norfolk, Virginia and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, the son of Mary Kathryn (Burton), a voice teacher and professional singer, and John Franklin Wilson, a news anchor.
Wilson has a B.F.A. in Drama from Carnegie-Mellon University. His theater work has produced ...
Aquaman ($333.8m); Insidious: The Last Key ($67.7m); The Nun ($117.5m)
Tentative total: $519.0m
23. Toby Jones
Actor | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Widely regarded as one of the greatest stage and screen actors both in his native Great Britain and internationally, Toby Edward Heslewood Jones was born on September 7, 1966 in Hammersmith, London. His parents, Freddie Jones and Jennie Heslewood, are actors as well. Toby has two brothers: Rupert, ...
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($417.7m); Christopher Robin ($99.2m)
Tentative total: $516.9m
24. Alec Baldwin
Actor | The Departed
Alec Baldwin is the oldest, and best-known, of the four Baldwin brothers in the acting business (the others are Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin and Daniel Baldwin). Alexander Rae Baldwin III was born on April 3, 1958 in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb (Martineau) and Alexander Rae ...
Mission:Impossible - Fallout ($220.2m); A Star Is Born ($214.5m); BlacKkKlansman ($48.7m)
Tentative total: $483.4m
25. T.J. Miller
Actor | Silicon Valley
A comedian. Improvisation, sketch and stand-up are his forte.
Todd Joseph Miller was born in Denver, Colorado, to Leslie, a clinical psychologist, and Kent Miller, an attorney. He went to East High School, and college in Washington, D.C. There, he performed with the group receSs for 4 years, being ...
Deadpool 2 ($318.5m); Ready Player One ($137.7m)
Tentative total: $456.2m
26. Tye Sheridan
Actor | Mud
Tye Sheridan was born on November 11, 1996 in Palestine, Texas as Tye Kayle Sheridan. Having been named 1 of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch, he has emerged as 1 of Hollywood's most sought after young talents. He has been seen in Ready Player One (2018) as the lead character Wade Watts. He also ...
Ready Player One ($137.7m); Deadpool 2 ($318.5m)
Tentative total: $456.2m
27. Dolph Lundgren
Actor | Rocky IV
Dolph Lundgren was born as Hans Lundgren in Stockholm, Sweden, to Sigrid Birgitta (Tjerneld), a language teacher, and Karl Johan Hugo Lundgren, an engineer and economist for the Swedish government. He lived in Stockholm until the age of 13, when he moved in with his grandparents in Nyland, ...
Aquaman ($333.8m); Creed II ($115.6m)
Tentative total: $449.4m
28. Angela Lansbury
Actress | The Manchurian Candidate
Angela Lansbury was born in 1925 into a prominent family of the upper middle class living in the Regent's Park neighborhood of London. Her father was socialist politician Edgar Isaac Lansbury (1887-1935), a member of both the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and the Labour Party. Edgar ...
The Grinch ($270.6m); Mary Poppins Returns ($171.5m)
Tentative total: $442.1m
29. Woody Harrelson
Actor | True Detective
Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actor Woodrow Tracy Harrelson was born on July 23, 1961 in Midland, Texas, to Diane Lou (Oswald) and Charles Harrelson. He grew up in Lebanon, Ohio, where his mother was from. After receiving degrees in theater arts and English from Hanover College, he...
Solo: A Star Wars Story ($213.8m); Venom ($213.5m)
Tentative total: $427.3m
On a roll: 2017 ($201.4)
30. Hannah John-Kamen
Actress | Ant-Man and the Wasp
Hannah Dominique E. John-Kamen is a British actress. She is known for her roles as Dutch in the Syfy television series Killjoys, Ornela in the HBO series Game of Thrones, F'Nale Zandor in Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, and Ghost in Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Hannah was born in Beverley, Yorkshire, ...
Ready Player One ($137.7m); Ant-Man and the Wasp ($216.6m); Tomb Raider ($58.3m)
Tentative total: $412.6m
31. Carter Hastings
Carter Hastings is known for The Darkest Minds (2018), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) and Fences (2016).
The Grinch ($270.6m); Ready Player One ($137.7m)
Tentative total: $408.3m
32. Emily Blunt
Actress | Edge of Tomorrow
Emily Olivia Leah Blunt is a British actress known for her roles in The Devil Wears Prada (2006), The Young Victoria (2009), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and The Girl on the Train (2016), among many others.
Blunt was born on February 23, 1983, in Roehampton, South West London, England, the second of ...
A Quiet Place ($188.0m); Mary Poppins Returns ($171.5m); Sherlock Gnomes ($43.2m)
Tentative total: $402.7m
33. Leigh Whannell
Actor | Saw
Leigh Whannell grew up in Melbourne, Australia, where, at the age of four, he developed an obsession with telling stories. Whether it be through acting, writing or filmmaking, his primary love was getting a reaction from an audience. In 1995, at the age of 18, he was accepted into the Royal ...
Aquaman ($333.8m); Insidious: The Last Key ($67.7m)
Tentative total: $401.5m
34. Judy Greer
Actress | 13 Going on 30
Judy Greer was born and raised outside of Detroit, Michigan, as Judith Therese Evans. She is the daughter of Mollie Ann (née Greer), a hospital administrator and former nun, and Richard Evans, a mechanical engineer. She has German, Irish, English, Welsh, and Scottish ancestry. After training for ...
Ant-Man and the Wasp ($216.6m); Halloween ($159.3m)
Tentative total: $375.9m
35. Michael Peña
Actor | American Hustle
Michael Peña was born and raised in Chicago, to Nicolasa, a social worker, and Eleuterio Peña, who worked at a button factory. His parents were originally from Mexico. After graduating from high school, he went to an open casting call for the Peter Bogdanovich feature To Sir, with Love II (1996), ...
Ant-Man and the Wasp ($216.6m); A Wrinkle in Time ($100.5m); 12 Strong ($45.8m)
Tentative total: $362.9m
36. Simon Pegg
Actor | The World's End
English actor, writer, and comedian Simon Pegg was born Simon John Beckingham in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, to Gillian Rosemary (Smith), a civil servant, and John Henry Beckingham, a jazz musician. His parents divorced when he was seven. He later took his stepfather's surname "Pegg." He was ...
Mission:Impossible - Fallout ($220.2m); Ready Player One ($137.7m)
Tentative total: $357.9m
37. Kathryn Hahn
Actress | Afternoon Delight
Kathryn Marie Hahn is an American actress and comedian. She became a worldwide phenomenon when she starred as Agatha Harkness in the Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries WandaVision (2021) for which she received critical acclaim and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding ...
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation ($167.5m); Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ($188.8m)
Tentative total: $356.3m
38. Zoë Kravitz
Actress | Mad Max: Fury Road
Zoë Kravitz has captivated audiences in diverse group of acclaimed major motion picture films, notable independent releases and blockbuster franchises including The Batman, Mad Max and Fantastic Beasts, as well as the celebrated EMMY® Award-winning series Big Little Lies.
Following her role both ...
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindewald ($159.0m); Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ($188.8m)
Tentative total: $347.8m
39. Mika Kubo
Actress | Bumblebee
Mika Kubo is known for Bumblebee (2018), Por la Máscara (2018) and Loli's luck (2021).
Bumblebee ($127.2); Ant-Man and the Wasp ($216.6m)
Tentative total: $343.8m
40. James Corden
Producer | The Late Late Show with James Corden
Describing himself as the "chunky unit," James Kimberley Corden was born in Hillingdon, London, England and raised in Buckinghamshire, England, the son of Margaret (Collins), a social worker, and Malcolm Corden, a musician. He studied drama at the Jackie Palmer Stage School before going on to ...
Peter Rabbit ($115.3m); Ocean's Eight ($140.2); Smallfoot ($83.2m)
Tentative total: $338.7m
41. Julie Walters
Actress | Billy Elliot
For decades, British actress and comedienne Dame Julie Walters has served as a sturdy representation of the working class with her passionate, earthy portrayals on England's stage, screen and television. A bona fide talent, her infectious spirit and self-deprecating sense of humor eventually ...
Mary Poppins Returns ($171.5m); Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again ($120.6m); Sherlock Gnomes ($43.2m)
Tentative total: $335.3m
42. Walton Goggins
Actor | Justified
Walton Goggins is an actor of considerable versatility and acclaim who has delivered provocative performances in a multitude of feature films and television series. He won a Critics' Choice Award for his performance in the HBO comedy series "Vice Principals" and landed an Emmy nomination for his ...
Ant-Man and the Wasp ($216.6m); Tomb Raider ($58.3m); Maze Runner: The Death Cure ($58.0m)
Tentative total: $332.9m
43. Rashida Jones
Actress | Parks and Recreation
Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the younger daughter of media mogul, producer, and musician Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. She has an older sister, Kidada Jones, and five half-siblings by her father's other relationships. Her father is African-American and her mother is ...
The Grinch ($270.6m); Tag ($54.7m)
Tentative total: $325.3m
44. Laurence Fishburne
Actor | The Matrix
Critically hailed for his forceful, militant, authoritative figures and one of Hollywood's most talented and versatile performers, Laurence (John) Fishburne III has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a number of NAACP Image honors.
Born in Augusta, Georgia on July 30, 1961, to Hattie ...
Ant-Man and the Wasp ($216.6m); The Mule ($103.7m)
Tentative total: $320.3m
45. Hailee Steinfeld
Actress | True Grit
Hailee Steinfeld was born on December 11, 1996 in Tarzana, California, to Cheri (Domasin), an interior designer, and Peter Steinfeld, a personal fitness trainer. She has a brother, Griffin. Her uncle is Jake Steinfeld, a fitness trainer, and her great-uncle is actor Larry Domasin. Her father is of ...
Bumblebee ($127.2m); Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse ($188.8m)
Tentative total: $316.0m
46. Awkwafina
Actress | Ocean's Eight
Nora Lum, known professionally as Awkwafina, is an American actress and rapper. She has played supporting roles in the comedy films Ocean's 8 and Crazy Rich Asians (2018), and her leading role in the comedy-drama The Farewell (2019) earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress nomination.
She ...
Crazy Rich Asians ($174.5m); Ocean's Eight ($140.2m)
Tentative total: $314.7m
47. Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Actor | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Ólafur Darri was born on the 3rd of March in Connecticut, USA in 1973. Growing up in Iceland from the age of 4 he went to The Icelandic Drama School. Olafur Darri has been fortunate enough to work full time as an actor from his graduation with the help of a lot of good people. He is one of the ...
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindewald ($159.0m); The Meg ($145.4m)
Tentative total: $304.4m
48. Andy Garcia
Actor | Ocean's Eleven
One of Hollywood's most private and guarded leading men, Andy Garcia has created iconic characters while at the same time staying true to his acting roots and personal projects.
Garcia was born Andrés Arturo García Menéndez on April 12, 1956, in Havana, Cuba, to Amelie Menéndez, a teacher of English...
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again ($120.6m); The Mule ($103.7m); Book Club ($68.6m)
Tentative total: $292.9m
49. Meryl Streep
Actress | Out of Africa
Considered by many critics to be the greatest living actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 21 times, and has won it three times. Meryl was born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, to Mary Wolf (Wilkinson), a commercial artist, and Harry William ...
Mary Poppins Returns ($171.5m); Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again ($120.6m)
Tentative total: $292.1m
50. Colin Firth
Actor | A Single Man
Colin Andrew Firth was born into an academic family in Grayshott, Hampshire, England. His mother, Shirley Jean (Rolles), was a comparative religion lecturer at the Open University, and his father, David Norman Lewis Firth, lectured on history at Winchester University College (formerly King Alfred's...
Mary Poppins Returns ($171.5m); Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again ($120.6m)
Tentative total: $292.1m
51. Chris Pine
Actor | Star Trek
Chris Pine was born in Los Angeles. His parents are actors Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford, and his maternal grandparents were Max M. Gilford, a president of the Hollywood Bar Association, and actress Anne Gwynne. His sister, Katherine Pine, has also acted. Chris's ancestry is Russian Jewish (from ...
A Wrinkle in Time ($100.5m); Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ($188.8m)
Tentative total: $289.3m
52. Liang Yang
Stunts | Skyfall
Liang Yang was born in China. He is known for Skyfall (2012), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and Rush (2013).
Mission:Impossible - Fallout ($220.2m); Pacific Rim Uprising ($59.9m)
Tentative total: $280.1m
53. Aidan Gillen
Actor | Game of Thrones
Aidan Gillen is an Irish actor. He is best known for portraying Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Stuart Alan Jones in the Channel 4 series Queer as Folk (1999), John Boy in the RTÉ Television series ...
Bohemian Rhapsody ($214.5m); Maze Runner: The Death Cure ($58.0m)
Tentative total: $272.5m
54. Kurt Yue
Actor | Will Trent
Kurt Yue was born in Beijing, China and moved to the United States with his parents when he was four years old. He spent his formative years moving around the country from Iowa to Arizona to Ohio. Unlike many actors, Kurt never dreamed of acting when he was growing up. He never participated in ...
Venom ($213.5m); Tag ($54.7m)
Tentative total: $268.2m
55. Michelle Williams
Actress | Blue Valentine
A small-town girl born and raised in rural Kalispell, Montana, Michelle Ingrid Williams is the daughter of Carla Ingrid (Swenson), a homemaker, and Larry Richard Williams, a commodity trader and author. Her ancestry is Norwegian, as well as German, British Isles, and other Scandinavian. She was ...
Venom ($213.5m); I Feel Pretty ($48.8m)
Tentative total: $262.3m
56. Michael Harney
Actor | Soy Nero
An actor on television since the early 1990s, Michael Harney frequently essayed tough men with deeply complicated interior lives in such acclaimed series as NYPD Blue (1993) for ABC, Deadwood (2004) for HBO, and Weeds (2005) for Showtime. His ability to tap into the emotional and spiritual elements...
A Star Is Born ($214.5m); Widows ($42.4m)
Tentative total: $256.9m
57. Taraji P. Henson
Actress | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Taraji Penda Henson is an American actress and singer. She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career in guest roles on several television shows before making her breakthrough in Baby Boy (2001). She played a prostitute in Hustle & Flow (2005), for which she received a ...
Ralph Breaks the Internet ($200.5m); Acrimony ($43.5m)
Tentative total: $244.0m
58. Mindy Kaling
Actress | The Office
Vera Mindy Chokalingam is an Indian-American actress, comedienne, producer, writer and director from Cambridge, Massachusetts known for playing Kelly Kapoor in The Office, Disgust in Inside Out, and creating The Mindy Project. She also appeared in Wreck-It Ralph, Despicable Me, The 40-Year-Old ...
A Wrinkle in Time ($100.5m); Ocean's Eight ($140.2m)
Tentative total: $240.7m
59. Henry Golding
Actor | Crazy Rich Asians
British-Malaysian television host, actor and model Henry Ewan Golding was born in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, to Margaret Likan and Clive Golding. His father is English and his mother is Malaysian. His mother is from the Iban people, an Indigenous group in Sarawak, and Henry completed the bejalai, ...
Crazy Rich Asians ($174.5m); A Simple Favor ($53.5m)
Tentative total: $228.0m
60. Ken Jeong
Actor | The Hangover
Ken Jeong is an American actor, comedian, and physician. He is known for his roles as Ben Chang on the critically acclaimed NBC/Yahoo! sitcom Community (2009) and gangster Leslie Chow in The Hangover (2009) Trilogy. He appeared in Michael Bay's Pain & Gain (2013), as Johnny Wu, a motivational ...
Crazy Rich Asians ($174.5m); Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween ($46.7m)
Tentative total: $221.2m
61. Taissa Farmiga
Actress | The Final Girls
Taissa Farmiga is an American actress, and the younger sister of Academy Award nominee Vera Farmiga, who is 21 years her senior. She was born in Readington Township, New Jersey, USA, to Ukrainian-born parents Michael and Lubomyra (Spas) Farmiga.
Unlike her older sister, Taissa initially had no ...
The Nun ($117.5m); The Mule ($103.7m)
Tentative total: $221.2m
62. Miles Robbins
Actor | Blockers
Miles Guthrie Tomalin Robbins is an American musician and actor. Miles Guthrie Tomalin Robbins was born on May 4, 1992, in New York City. He studied documentary film and music production at Brown University for three years but left before graduation. He is a son of the actors Tim Robbins and Susan ...
Halloween ($159.3m); Blockers ($60.3m)
Tentative total: $219.6m
63. Keegan-Michael Key
Actor | Keanu
Keegan-Michael Key was born in Southfield, Michigan and raised in Detroit. He was adopted as a child by a black father and a white mother. In 1989, he graduated from Shrine Catholic High School in Royal Oak, Michigan. Key attended the University of Detroit Mercy as an undergraduate and earned his ...
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation ($167.5m); The Predator ($51.0m)
Tentative total: $218.5m
64. Chris Parnell
Actor | Rick and Morty
Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Chris Parnell enrolled at Germantown High School where he took drama and auditioned for every play. In 1985, when he was a senior at Germantown, he was voted "Most Talented" by his classmates. Right after graduating high school, Chris attended North Carolina ...
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation ($167.5m); Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween ($46.7m)
Tentative total: $214.2m
65. Deidre Goodwin
Actress | Chicago
Deidre Goodwin was born on September 15, 1969 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. She is an actress, known for Chicago (2002), Across the Universe (2007) and Half Nelson (2006).
Ocean's Eight ($140.2m); The First Purge ($69.5m)
Tentative total: $209.7m
66. Cate Blanchett
Actress | Carol
Cate Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to June (Gamble), an Australian teacher and property developer, and Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr., an American advertising executive, originally from Texas. She has an older brother and a younger sister. When she was ten ...
Ocean's Eight ($140.2m); The House with a Clock in Its Walls ($68.5m)
Tentative total: $208.7m
67. Drew Scheid
Actor | Halloween
Drew Scheid is known for Halloween (2018), Mare of Easttown (2021) and Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021).
Halloween ($159.3m); Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween ($46.7m)
Tentative total: $206.0m
68. Victor Rasuk
Actor | Lords of Dogtown
Victor Rasuk was born on January 15, 1984 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Lords of Dogtown (2005), Godzilla (2014) and Fifty Shades of Grey (2015).
Fifty Shades Freed ($100.4m); The Mule ($103.7m)
Tentative total: $204.1m
69. Johnny Depp
Actor | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II was born on June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Betty Sue Palmer (née Wells), a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer. He was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school when he was 15, and fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one ...
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindewald ($159.0m); Sherlock Gnomes ($43.2m)
Tentative total: $202.2
70. John Cena
Actor | The Suicide Squad
John Felix Anthony Cena was born on April 23, 1977 in West Newbury, Massachusetts to Carol Cena and John Joseph Cena. He is of Italian (father) and French-Canadian and English (mother) descent, and is the grandson of baseball player Tony Lupien. When he was in college, he played football. He then ...
Bumblebee ($127.2m); Blockers ($60.3m)
Tentative total: $187.5m
On a roll: 2017 ($188.4m)
71. Jack Quaid
Actor | The Hunger Games
Jack Henry Quaid is an American actor. He made his acting debut with a minor role in the dystopian film The Hunger Games (2012) before his breakout role as vigilante Hughie Campbell in the Amazon Prime Video superhero series The Boys (2019). Among other roles, he was part of the main cast of HBO's ...
Rampage ($101.1m); Smallfoot ($83.2m)
Tentative total: $184.3m
72. Rose Byrne
Actress | Spy
Rose Byrne was born in Balmain, Sydney, Australia. She is the daughter of Jane, a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a semi-retired statistician and market researcher.
She landed her first role in a movie, Dallas Doll (1994), when she was 15 years old.
Since then, Rose has appeared in a ...
Peter Rabbit ($115.3m); Insidious: The Last Key ($67.7m)
Tentative total: $183.0m
73. P.J. Byrne
Actor | Babylon
PJ Byrne is a SAG Award nominated actor for his ensemble role in "Babylon", he has worked with some of the best directors of our time. That list includes Martin Scorsese, Damien Chazelle, Mike Nichols, Nora Ephron, Clint Eastwood, Jean-Marc Vallee, Jay Roach, Peter and Bob Farrelly among many ...
Rampage ($101.1m); Green Book ($80.1m)
Tentative total: $181.2m
74. Omid Djalili
Actor | The Mummy
An actor and stand up comedian, born in London to Iranian parents of the Baha'i faith. He studied English and Theatre Studies. He recently starred in the Netflix Global drama The Letter for the King (2020) as Sir Fantumar and the HBO/BBC series His Dark Materials (2019). A Perrier Award nominee in ...
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again ($120.6m); The Nutcracker and the Four Realms ($54.9m)
Tentative total: $175.5m
75. Dwayne Johnson
Actor | Black Adam
Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known as The Rock, was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). His father, from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, is black (of Black Nova ...
Rampage ($101.0m); Skyscraper ($68.4m)
Tentative total: $169.4m
On a roll: 2017 ($688.6m) | 2016 ($376.2m) | 2015 ($505.0m)
76. Elizabeth Debicki
Actress | The Great Gatsby
Debicki was born in Paris to a Polish father and an Australian mother of Irish descent who were both dancers. When she was five, the family moved to Melbourne, where she grew up with two younger siblings. She became interested in ballet at an early age and trained as a dancer until deciding to ...
Peter Rabbit ($115.3m); Widows ($42.4m)
Tentative total: $157.7
On a roll: 2017 ($431.0m)
77. Eric Johnson
Actor | Fifty Shades Darker
Eric Johnson was born on August 7, 1979 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for Fifty Shades Darker (2017), The Knick (2014) and Vikings (2013). He has been married to Adria Budd Johnson since August 7, 2004. They have one child.
Fifty Shades Freed ($100.4m); A Simple Favor ($53.5m)
Tentative total: $153.9m
78. Sakina Jaffrey
Actress | Raising Helen
Sakina Jaffrey was born on February 14, 1962 in Manhattan, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Raising Helen (2004), Definitely, Maybe (2008) and The Truth About Charlie (2002). She has been married to Francis Wilkinson since September 8, 1990. They have two children.
The Equalizer 2 ($102.1m); Red Sparrow ($46.9m)
Tentative total: $149.0m
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