2017 The Measured Circle's Box Office MVPs
by Bufo_Calvin | created - 07 Aug 2017 | updated - 27 Jan 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 achievement in The Measured Circle's MVP list.
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Projected (we expect that at least one of the movies listed for the actor will break $100m domestically, and that the other will make at least $40m domestically):
Possible (in these cases, we are not as confident that either of the movies will get to $100m, and that the other one will get to $40m):
Why isn't...on the list?
1. Andy Nyman
Actor | Judy
Andy Nyman was born on April 13, 1966 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Judy (2019), Ghost Stories (2017) and Death at a Funeral (2007).
Despicable Me 3 ($264.6m); Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi ($620.2m)
Tentative total: $884.6
2. Andy Serkis
Actor | War for the Planet of the Apes
English film actor, director and author Andy Serkis is known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for such computer-generated characters as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001-2003) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), ...
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi ($620.2m); War for the Planet of the Apes ($146.9m)
Tentative total: $767.1m
3. Karen Gillan
Actress | Selfie
Karen Sheila Gillan was born and raised in Inverness, Scotland, as the only child of Marie Paterson and husband John Gillan, who is a singer and recording artist. She developed a love for acting very early on, attending several youth theatre groups and taking part in a wide range of productions at ...
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ($404.5m); Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($389.8m)
Tentative total: $749.3m
4. Robin Wright
Actress | Forrest Gump
Robin Gayle Wright was born in Dallas, Texas, to Gayle (Gaston), a national director at Mary Kay, and Freddie Wright, a pharmaceutical executive. She grew up in San Diego, California. She started her professional career as a model in 1980 at age 14, and worked both in Paris and Japan. After ...
Wonder Woman ($412.6m); Justice League ($229.0m); Blade Runner 2049 ($92.1m)
Tentative total: $733.7m
5. Luke Evans
Actor | Dracula Untold
Luke George Evans was born in Pontypool, Wales, and grew up in Aberbargoed, in the south of Wales. He is the son of Yvonne (Lewis) and David Evans. He moved to Cardiff at the age 17. He then won a scholarship to the London Studio Centre, and graduated in 2000.
He starred in many of London's West End...
Beauty and the Beast ($504.0m); The Fate of the Furious ($226.0m)
Tentative total: $730.0m
6. Daisy Ridley
Actress | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley is an English actress. She is best known for her breakthrough role as "Rey" in the 2015 film, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). Daisy was born in Westminster, London, on April 10, 1992. She is the daughter of Louise Fawkner-Corbett and Chris Ridley. Her ...
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi ($620.2m); Murder on the Orient Express ($102.8)
Tentative total: $723.0m
7. Wyatt Oleff
Actor | I Am Not Okay with This
Wyatt Oleff was born on July 13, 2003 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for I Am Not Okay with This (2020), It (2017) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).
It ($327.5m); Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($389.8m)
Tentative total: $717.3m
8. Jeff Goldblum
Actor | Jurassic Park
Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum was born October 22, 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of four children of Shirley (Temeles), a radio broadcaster who also ran an appliances firm, and Harold L. Goldblum, a doctor. His father was of Russian Jewish descent and his mother was of Austrian Jewish ancestry.
...
Thor: Ragnarok ($315.1m); Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($389.8m)
Tentative total: $704.9m
9. 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 ...
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ($404.5m); Baywatch ($58.1m); The Fate off the Furious ($226.0m)
Tentative total: $688.6m
10. Domhnall Gleeson
Actor | Ex Machina
Domhnall Gleeson is an Irish actor and writer. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill Weasley in the Harry Potter film franchise (2010-2011), About Time (2013), Ex Machina (2015) and The Revenant (2015).
He is the son of actor Brendan Gleeson, alongside whom he has appeared in several films and ...
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi ($620.2m); American Made ($51.3m)
Tentative total: $671.5m
11. Vin Diesel
Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy
Vin Diesel was born Mark Sinclair in Alameda County, California, along with his fraternal twin brother, Paul Vincent. He was raised by his astrologer/psychologist mother, Delora Sherleen (Sinclair), and adoptive father, Irving H. Vincent, an acting instructor and theatre manager, in an artists' ...
Fate of the Furious ($226.0m); Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($389.8m); xXx: The Return of Xander Cage ($44.9m)
Tentative total: $660.7m
12. Gal Gadot
Actress | Wonder Woman
Gal Gadot is an Israeli actress and model. She was born in Petah Tikva, Israel, to an Ashkenazi Jewish family (from Poland, Austria, Germany, and Czechoslovakia who Hebraized their name from 'Greenstein' to sound less European). She served in the IDF for two years, and won the Miss Israel title in ...
Wonder Woman ($412.6m); Justice League ($229.0m)
Tentative total: $641.6m
13. Connie Nielsen
Actress | Gladiator
Connie Nielsen is set to begin production on Ridley Scott's "Gladiator 2," where she will star alongside Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington, reprising her iconic role of 'Lucilla' from the Academy Award-winning film "Gladiator." She appears in Ava Duvernay's feature, "Origin," based on the book by ...
Wonder Woman ($412.6m); Justice League ($229.0m)
Tentative total: $641.6m
14. David Thewlis
Actor | Naked
David Thewlis was born David Wheeler in 1963 in Blackpool, Lancashire, to Maureen (Thewlis) and Alec Raymond Wheeler, and lived with his parents above their combination wallpaper and toy shop during his childhood. Originally, he came to London with his band Door 66, however he changed his plans and...
Wonder Woman ($412.6m); Justice League ($229.0m)
Tentative total: $641.6m
15. Lisa Loven Kongsli
Actress | Turist
Lisa Loven Kongsli (born 23 September 1979) is a Norwegian actress.
She debuted as an actress in 2008, and has since had key parts in Norwegian films. She has also had roles in films, including Fatso (2008), Knerten (2009), and The Orheim Company (2012).
In 2014, she was nominated in the Best Actress...
Wonder Woman ($412.6m); Justice League ($229.0m)
Tentative total: $641.6m
16. Ann Ogbomo
Actress | Zack Snyder's Justice League
Ann worked extensively in theatre before embarking on her screen career. She was a member of the RSC's Olivier award winning Histories Ensemble and has performed in numerous classical and modern plays at theatre's from The National Theatre in London to The Moscow Arts Theatre, Moscow. She continues...
Wonder Woman ($412.6m); Justice League ($229.0m)
Tentative total: $641.6m
17. Stanley Tucci
Actor | Big Night
Actor Stanley Tucci was born on November 11, 1960, in Peekskill, New York. He is the son of Joan (Tropiano), a writer, and Stanley Tucci, an art teacher. His family is Italian-American, with origins in Calabria.
Tucci took an interest in acting while in high school, and went on to attend the State ...
Beauty and the Beast ($504.0m); Transformers: The Last Knight ($130.2m)
Tentative total: $634.2m
18. Kurt Russell
Actor | Escape from New York
Kurt Vogel Russell was born on March 17, 1951 in Springfield, Massachusetts and raised in Thousand Oaks, California to Louise Julia Russell (née Crone), a dancer & Bing Russell, an actor. He is of English, German, Scottish and Irish descent. His first roles were as a child on television series, ...
Fate of the Furious ($226.0m); Guardians of the Galaxy: Chapter 2 ($389.8m)
Tentative total: $615.8m
19. Gerard Horan
Actor | Beauty and the Beast
Gerard Horan was born on November 11, 1962 in Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Beauty and the Beast (2017), Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994).
Beauty and the Beast ($504.0m); Murder on the Orient Express ($102.8m)
Tentative total: $606.8m
20. Marc Evan Jackson
Actor | The Baby-Sitters Club
Marc Evan Jackson was born on August 21, 1970 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Baby-Sitters Club (2020), The Good Place (2016) and Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013). He has been married to Beth Hagenlocker since April 27, 2002.
Kong: Skull Island ($168.1m); Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ($404.5m)
Tentative total: $572.6m
21. Josh Gad
Actor | Frozen
Josh Gad is an American actor and singer who is well-known for voicing Olaf the Snowman in Disney's Frozen franchise. He was also in Beauty and the Beast as LeFou, Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Muncher, The Wedding Ringer, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Pixels, The Internship, The Rocker, 21 and The ...
Beauty and the Beast ($504.0m); A Dog's Purpose ($64.3m)
Tentative total: $568.3m
22. Laura Haddock
Actress | Guardians of the Galaxy
Laura Haddock was born on August 21, 1985 in England, UK. She is an actress, known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). She was previously married to Sam Claflin.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Chapter 2 ($389.8m); Transformers: The Last Knight ($130.2m)
Tentative total: $520.0m
23. Zendaya
Actress | Spider-Man: Homecoming
Zendaya (which means "to give thanks" in the language of Shona) is an American actress and singer born in Oakland, California. She began her career appearing as a child model working for Macy's, Mervyns and Old Navy. She was a backup dancer before gaining prominence for her role as Rocky Blue on ...
Spider-Man: Homecoming ($334.2m); The Greatest Showman ($174.3m)
Tentative total: $508.5m
24. Dave Bautista
Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy
David Michael Bautista, Jr. was born on January 18, 1969 in Washington, D.C., to Donna Raye (Mullins) and David Michael Bautista, a hairdresser. He has Filipino and Greek ancestry.
When WCW officials told him he'd never make it in sports entertainment, Bautista pushed himself to achieve his dream of...
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($389.8m); Blade Runner 2049 ($92.1m)
Tentative total: $481.9m
25. Bobby Cannavale
Actor | The Station Agent
In both career and in real life, Bobby Cannavale tends to choose the unconventional way of doing things. In the beginning, his decisions may have cost the dark, swarthily good-looking actor some acting roles and/or good-paying parts but, in the end, his strong work ethic and sense of self, despite ...
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ($404.5m); Ferdinand ($84.4m)
Tentative total: $488.9m
26. Tom Hiddleston
Actor | The Avengers
Thomas William Hiddleston was born in Westminster, London, to English-born Diana Patricia (Servaes) and Scottish-born James Norman Hiddleston. His mother is a former stage manager, and his father, a scientist, was the managing director of a pharmaceutical company. He started off at the preparatory ...
Thor: Ragnarok ($315.1m); Kong: Skull Island ($168.1m)
Tentative total: $483.2m
27. Kevin Hart
Actor | Ride Along
Kevin Darnell Hart is an African-American comedian and actor who is known for his roles in the Jumanji sequels including Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), Undeclared (2001), Scary Movie 3 (2003), Think Like a Man (2012), Ride Along (2014), The Secret Life of ...
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ($404.5m); Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie ($73.9m)
Tentative total: $478.4m
28. Anthony Hopkins
Actor | The Silence of the Lambs
Anthony Hopkins was born on December 31, 1937, in Margam, Wales, to Muriel Anne (Yeats) and Richard Arthur Hopkins, a baker. His parents were both of half Welsh and half English descent. Influenced by Richard Burton, he decided to study at College of Music and Drama and graduated in 1957. In 1965, ...
Thor: Ragnarok ($315.1m); Transformers: The Last Knight ($130.2m)
Tentative total: $445.3m
29. Jenny Slate
Actress | Obvious Child
Jenny Sarah Slate is an American actress, comedian, and author. Born and raised in Milton, Massachusetts, Slate was educated at Milton Academy and studied literature at Columbia University, where she became involved in the improvise and comedy scene. She lent voice performances to the animated ...
The Lego Batman Movie ($175.8m); Despicable Me 3 ($264.6m)
Tentative total: $440.4m
On a roll: 2016 ($709.6m)
30. 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 ...
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($389.8m); Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ($41.2m)
Tentative total: $431.0m
31. Hugh Jackman
Actor | Les Misérables
Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor, singer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer and producer. Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as superhero, period, and romance characters. He is best known for his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men film ...
Logan ($226.3m); The Greatest Showman ($174.3m)
Tentative total: $400.6m
32. Lara Grice
Actress | Girls Trip
Lara Grice was born on August 11, 1971 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She is an actress, known for Girls Trip (2017), Logan (2017) and Queen Sugar (2016). She has been married to Stephen Perret since November 23, 2012.
Girls Trip ($115.2m); Logan ($226.3m); American Made ($51.3m)
Tentative total: $392.8m
33. Hannibal Buress
Actor | Tag
Hannibal Buress was born on February 4, 1983 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Tag (2018), Neighbors (2014) and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).
Spider-Man: Homecoming ($334.2m); Baywatch ($58.1m)
Tentative total: $392.3m
On a roll: 2016 ($531.1m)
34. John Goodman
Actor | 10 Cloverfield Lane
John Stephen Goodman's an American film, TV & stage actor. He was born in Affton, Missouri to Virginia Roos (Loosmore), a waitress and saleswoman & Leslie Francis Goodman, a postal worker who died when he was a small child. He's of English, Welsh & German ancestry. He's best known for his role as ...
Kong: Skull Island ($168.1m); Transformers: The Last Knight ($130.2m); Atomic Blonde ($51.6m); Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ($41.2m)
Tentative total: $391.1m
35. Bill Skarsgård
Actor | It
Bill Istvan Gunther Skarsgard is a Swedish actor, producer, director, writer, voice actor, and model. He is best known for portraying Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the supernatural horror films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), based on Stephen King's novel of the same name. He also voiced the ...
It ($327.5m); Atomic Blonde ($51.7m)
Tentative total: $379.2m
36. Nicholas Hamilton
Actor | It
Nicholas was born in Lismore, Australia on May 4, 2000 as Nicholas William Hamilton. Nic has worked constantly throughout his teen years. He is most commonly known for his portrayal of Henry Bowers in IT (2017), based on the acclaimed Stephen King novel, and also appears in The Dark Tower, starring...
It ($327.5m); The Dark Tower ($50.7m)
Tentative total: $378.2m
37. Idris Elba
Actor | Beasts of No Nation
An only child, Idrissa Akuna Elba was born and raised in London, England. His father, Winston, is from Sierra Leone and worked at Ford Dagenham; his mother, Eve, is from Ghana and had a clerical duty. Idris attended school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting, before he dropped...
Thor: Ragnarok ($315.1m); The Dark Tower ($50.7m)
Tentative total: $365.8m
38. Gabriel Iglesias
Actor | Magic Mike XXL
Gabriel Iglesias is one of America's most successful stand-up comedians performing to sold-out concerts around the world. Iglesias was featured in The Hollywood Reporter's Top 40 Comedy Players of 2018 issue alongside comedy giants Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Lorne Michaels. Unlike many in the ...
Coco ($209.7m); Smurfs: The Lost Village ($45.0m); Ferdinand ($84.4m)
Tentative total: $339.1m
39. Toby Kebbell
Actor | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Toby Kebbell was born in 1982 in Pontefract, Yorkshire. He then moved to Nottinghamshire, where he grew up. Aged 17 he joined the Central Television Workshop in Nottingham.
Toby's breakthrough came when Shane Meadows saw him at the Central Television Workshop and cast him in the role of Anthony in ...
Kong: Skull Island ($168.1m); War for the Planet of the Apes ($146.9m)
Tentative total: $315.0m
40. Terry Notary
Actor | Kong: Skull Island
TERRY NOTARY began taking gymnastics class at the age of eight and by the time he graduated high school was the top collegiate pick with athletic scholarships to Berkeley, West Point, Stanford and UCLA. While at UCLA, Notary was a four-time NCAA All American and captain of the gymnastics team. Upon...
War for the Planet of the Apes ($146.9m); Kong: Skull Island ($168.1m)
Tentative total: $315.0m
41. Patrick Stewart
Actor | Logan
Sir Patrick Stewart was born in Mirfield, Yorkshire, England, to Gladys (Barrowclough), a textile worker and weaver, and Alfred Stewart, who was in the army. He was a member of various local drama groups from about age 12. He left school at age 15 to work as a junior reporter on a local paper; he ...
Logan ($226.3m); The Emoji Movie ($86.1m)
Tentative total: $312.4m
42. Steve Buscemi
Actor | Fargo
Steve Buscemi was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Dorothy (Wilson), a restaurant hostess, and John Buscemi, a sanitation worker. He is of Italian (father) and English, Dutch, and Irish (mother) descent. He became interested in acting during his last year of high school. After graduating, he moved to...
The Boss Baby ($175.0m); Transformers: The Last Knight ($130.2m)
Tentative total: $305.2m
43. Edward James Olmos
Actor | Battlestar Galactica
Born February 24, 1947, in East Los Angeles, at The First Japanese Hospital to Pedro Olmos and Eleanor Huizar. Raised on Cheesebrough's Lane, he attended Greenwood Elementary and Montebello Junior High. He then graduated from Montebello High School in 1964. After which he received an Associative ...
Coco ($209.7m); Blade Runner 2049 ($92.1m)
Tentative total: $301.8m
44. Richard E. Grant
Actor | Gosford Park
Richard E. Grant is an actor and presenter. He made his film debut as Withnail in the comedy Withnail and I (1987). Grant received critical acclaim for his role as Jack Hock in Marielle Heller's drama film Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018), winning various awards including the Independent Spirit ...
Logan ($226.3m); The Hitman's Bodyguard ($75.3m)
Tentative total: $301.46
45. Kenneth Branagh
Actor | Henry V
Kenneth Charles Branagh was born on December 10, 1960, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to parents William Branagh, a plumber and carpenter, and Frances (Harper), both born in 1930. He has two siblings, William Branagh, Jr. (born 1955) and Joyce Branagh (born 1970). When he was nine, his family ...
Murder on the Orient Express ($102.8); Dunkirk ($188.0m)
Tentative total: $290.8m
46. John Wilmot
Actor | Monster's Ball
John Wilmot is known for Monster's Ball (2001), Get Out (2017) and Parker (2013).
Get Out ($175.5m); Girls Trip ($115.1m)
Tentative total: $290.6m
47. 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), ...
Kong: Skull Island ($168.1m); xXx: Return of Xander Cage ($44.9m); Hitman's Bodyguard ($75.3m)
Tentative total: $288.3m
48. Owen Wilson
Actor | The Royal Tenenbaums
Self-proclaimed troublemaker Owen Cunningham Wilson was born in Dallas, to Irish-American parents originally from Massachusetts. He grew up in Texas with his mother, Laura (Cunningham), a photographer; his father, Robert Andrew Wilson, an ad exec; and his brothers, Andrew Wilson (the eldest) and ...
Cars 3 ($152.9); Wonder ($132.4m)
Tentative total: $285.3m
49. Caleb Landry Jones
Actor | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Caleb Landry Jones is an American actor and musician, known for his roles as Banshee in X-Men: First Class, Jeremy Armitage in Get Out, Red Welby in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Ty Carter in The Outpost, Jeff in Finch, and Martin Bryant in Nitram. His accolades include a Cannes Film ...
Get Out ($176.0m); American Made ($51.3m); Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ($54.5m)
Tentative total: $281.8m
50. John Ortiz
Actor | Silver Linings Playbook
John Ortiz was born on November 21, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Silver Linings Playbook (2012), American Gangster (2007) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007). He is married to Jennifer Ortiz. They have one child.
Kong: Skull Island ($168.1m); A Dog's Purpose ($64.3m); Going in Style ($45.0m)
Tentative total: $277.4m
51. Charlize Theron
Producer | Monster
Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (née Maritz) and Charles Theron. She was raised on a farm outside the city. Theron is of Afrikaner (Dutch, with some French Huguenot and German) descent, and Afrikaner ...
The Fate of the Furious ($225.8m); Atomic Blonde ($51.6m)
Tentative total: $277.4m
52. Michelle Rodriguez
Actress | Fast & Furious 7
Mayte Michelle Rodríguez was born on July 12, 1978 in San Antonio, Texas to Carmen Milady Pared Espinal, a housewife, and Rafael Rodríguez Santiago, a U.S. Army solider. Known for tough-chick roles, Michelle is proof that there is a cross between beauty and brawn. Michelle always knew she was ...
Fate of the Furious ($225.8m); Smurfs: The Lost Village ($45.0m)
Tentative total: $270.8m
53. Conrad Vernon
Actor | Shrek 2
Conrad Vernon is an American voice actor, storyboard artist, writer and director from Texas. He provided the voices of the Gingerbread Man in the Shrek franchise and Mason from the Madagascar franchise. He would direct Shrek 2, Sausage Party, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Monsters vs. Aliens ...
The Boss Baby ($175.0m); The Emoji Movie ($86.1m)
Tentative total: $261.1m
54. Adam Brown
Actor | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Adam is an actor and comedy writer. He is best known for playing 'Ori' in The Hobbit (Warner Brothers), directed by Peter Jackson as well as Jack Sparrow's new recruit in Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tale No Tales (Disney). Recently, he appeared on stage alongside Ian McKellen in Mother Goose...
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ($172.6m); The Emoji Movie ($86.1m)
Tentative total: $258.7m
55. Austyn Johnson
Actress | The Greatest Showman
Austyn Johnson was born on April 28, 2006 in New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Greatest Showman (2017), The Post (2017) and Lost Girls (2020).
The Greatest Showman ($174.3m); The Post ($81.9m)
Tentative total: $256.2m
56. David Soren
Writer | Turbo
David Soren is a director, writer, and actor known for Captain Underpants (2017), Turbo (2013), and Merry Madagascar (2009). A DreamWorks veteran of twenty years, Soren has worked as a story artist on "The Road to El Dorado," "Chicken Run" and "Shrek." He then served as the head of story on the hit...
The Boss Baby ($175.0m); Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie ($73.9m)
Tentative total: $248.9m
57. James Ryan
Actor | Shark Tale
James Ryan, ACE, is a Film Editor known for Puss in Boots The Last Wish (2022) and The Croods: A New Age (2020). Originally from Chicago, James attended the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television. He is a member of American Cinema Editors, The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts ...
The Boss Baby ($175.0m); Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie ($73.9m)
Tentative total: $248.9m
58. Mark Wahlberg
Producer | The Fighter
American actor Mark Wahlberg is one of a handful of respected entertainers who successfully made the transition from teen pop idol to acclaimed actor. A Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee for The Departed (2006) who went on to receive positive critical reviews for his performance in The Fighter (...
Transformers: The Last Knight ($130.2m); Daddy's Home 2 ($104.1m)
Tentative total: $234.3m
59. Zac Efron
Actor | High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Zachary David Alexander Efron was born October 18, 1987 in San Luis Obispo, California, to Starla Baskett, a secretary, and David Efron, an electrical engineer. He has a younger brother, Dylan. The surname "Efron", which is Hebrew and a Biblical place name, comes from Zac's Polish Jewish paternal ...
The Greatest Showman ($174.3m); Baywatch ($58.1m)
Tentative total: $232.4m
60. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Actor | Aquaman
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is an American actor. He portrayed David Kane, the Black Manta in the DC Extended Universe Aquaman films and Bobby Seale in the Netflix historical legal drama The Trial of the Chicago 7. For his portrayal of Cal Abar in the HBO limited series Watchmen, he won a Primetime Emmy ...
The Greatest Showman ($174.3m); Baywatch ($58.1m)
Tentative total: $232.4m
61. Neal Huff
Actor | Spotlight
Neal Huff was born in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Spotlight (2015), Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and Vanishing on 7th Street (2010).
Split ($138.3m); The Post ($81.9m)
Tentative total: $220.2m
62. Daveed Diggs
Actor | Hamilton
Daveed Daniele Diggs is an actor, singer, producer, writer and rapper. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group Clipping. Diggs originated the role of, and won a Grammy and Tony for, the Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson in the 2015 musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Wonder ($132.4m); Ferdinand ($84.4m)
Tentative total: $216.8m
63. Jerrod Carmichael
Producer | On the Count of Three
Jerrod Carmichael was born on April 6, 1987 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for On the Count of Three (2021), 8 (2017) and The Carmichael Show (2015).
Transformers: The Last Knight ($130.2m); Ferdinand ($84.4m)
Tentative total: $214.6m
64. John Lithgow
Actor | The World According to Garp
If "born to the theater" has meaning in determining a person's life path, then John Lithgow is a prime example of this truth. He was born in Rochester, New York, to Sarah Jane (Price), an actress, and Arthur Washington Lithgow III, who was both a theatrical producer and director. John's father was ...
Pitch Perfect 3 ($104.9m); Daddy's Home 2 ($104.0m)
Tentative total: $208.9m
65. Ty Olsson
Actor | X2
Ty Olsson was born on January 28, 1974 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is an actor, known for X2 (2003), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011). He was previously married to Leanna Nash.
War for the Planet of the Apes ($146.9m); The Shack ($57.4m)
Tentative total: $204.3m
66. 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...
War for the Planet of the Apes ($146.9m), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ($54.5m)
Tentative total: $201.4m
67. Bryce Gheisar
Actor | Wonder
Bryce Gheisar is an American actor, best known for his leading roles as young Ethan in A Dog's Purpose and Julian in Wonder. Gheisar currently portrays Elliot Combs in The Astronauts.
Bryce Gheisar was born on December 30, 2004, in Plano, Texas, into a family of three, made up of his parents, Todd ...
Wonder ($132.4m); A Dog's Purpose ($64.5m)
Tentative total: $196.9m
68. Elizabeth Banks
Actress | The Hunger Games
Elizabeth Banks was born Elizabeth Mitchell in Pittsfield, a small city in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts near the New York border, on February 10, 1974. She is the daughter of Anne Marie (Wallace), who worked in a bank, and Mark Phineas Mitchell, a factory worker. Elizabeth describes ...
Pitch Perfect 3 ($104.9); Power Rangers ($85.4m)
Tentative total: $190.3m
69. James McAvoy
Actor | Filth
McAvoy was born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland, to James, a bus driver, and Elizabeth (née Johnstone), a nurse. He was raised on a housing estate in Drumchapel, Glasgow by his maternal grandparents (James, a butcher, and Mary), after his parents divorced when James was 11. He went to St ...
Split ($138.3m); Atomic Blonde ($51.7m)
Tentative total: $190.0m
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 ...
Daddy's Home 2 ($104.0m); Ferdinand ($84.4m)
Tentative total: $188.4m
71. Julia Roberts
Actress | Pretty Woman
Julia Fiona Roberts never dreamed she would become the most popular actress in America. She was born in Smyrna, Georgia, to Betty Lou (Bredemus) and Walter Grady Roberts, one-time actors and playwrights, and is of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, German, and Swedish descent. As a child, due to her ...
Wonder ($132.4m); Smurfs: The Lost Village ($45.0m)
Tentative total: $177.4m
72. Mandy Patinkin
Actor | Homeland
Mandy Patinkin was born Mandel Bruce Patinkin in Chicago, Illinois, to Doris "Doralee" (Sinton), a homemaker and cookbook writer, and Lester Patinkin, who operated two scrap metal plants. He is of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent. Growing up, he began singing in synagogue choirs at the age...
Wonder ($132.4m); Smurfs: The Lost Village ($45.0m)
Tentative total: $177.4m
73. 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 ...
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ($172.6m); Murder on the Orient Express ($102.8m)
Tentative total: $172.6m
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