Who were the Top Movie Stars of the 1980s statistically? This page will attempt to answer that question. Our main source of information was our Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) pages that covered movie stars that made movies in the 1980s. So far we have box office grosses on 4,678 movies made between 1980 and 1989. Granted this is far from all the movies made during that time frame….but it does cover most of the major movie releases in that decade.
We have included four lists of information. List one looks at the Top 15 stars by adjusted domestic box office. List two looks at the Top 15 stars by highest average rating per movie according to critics and audiences. List three looks at the Top 15 Stars by highest average UMR score per movie. List four shows our entire table of all the stars we looked at while complying these lists.
How good are you? Ten of our favorite movie quotes from the 1980s….can you name them all? (1) “As you wish”. (2) “I don’t know, I’m making this up as I go!” (3) “Are you telling me that you built a time machine… out of a DeLorean?” (4) “Welcome to the party, pal!” (5) “Chew, if only you could see what I’ve seen with your eyes!” (6) “You can be my wingman any time.” (7) “I’ll be back.” (8) “If you build it, he will come.” (9) “I gave her my heart, and she gave me a pen.” (10) “You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?”
Top 15 Adjusted Domestic Box Office Leaders 1980 – 1989
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- Harrison Ford $3,973,300,000
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- Dan Aykroyd $2,802,800,000
- James Earl Jones $2,506,600,000
- Carrie Fisher $2,436,400,000
- Billy Dee Williams $2,375,500,000
- Eddie Murphy $2,268,700,000
- Bill Murray $2,152,200,000
- Sylvester Stallone $2,048,400,000
- Judge Reinhold $2,036,400,000
- Christopher Lloyd $1,939,400,000
- Alec Guinness $1,884,100,000
- Tom Cruise $1,878,800,000
- Rick Moranis $1,840,600,000
- John Candy $1,837,800,000
- Mark Hamill $1,820,500,000
- Jack Nicholson $1,659,300,000
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Top 15 Average Critic/Audience Rating Leaders 1980 – 1989 (minimum 9 movies)
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- Jack Nicholson 77.2 % critic and audience voting
- Robert DeNiro 75.5 % critic and audience voting
- William Hurt 75.0 % critic and audience voting
- Tom Berenger 72.60 % critic and audience voting
- John Cusack 71.0 % critic and audience voting
- Steve Martin 70.6 % critic and audience voting
- Harrison Ford 83.6 % critic and audience voting
- Matthew Broderick 70.5 % critic and audience voting
- Christopher Lloyd 70.4 % critic and audience voting
- Nicolas Cage 70.2 % critic and audience voting
- Glenn Close 70.0 % critic and audience voting
- James Woods 70.0 % critic and audience voting
- Bill Murray 69.9 % critic and audience voting
- Kathleen Turner 69.0 % critic and audience voting
- Sigourney Weaver 68.9 % critic and audience voting
Top 15 Average UMR Score (combo of box office, reviews & awards) Per Movie 1980-1989
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- Harrison Ford
- Bill Murray
- Eddie Murphy
- Michael Douglas
- Sigourney Weaver
- William Hurt
- Tom Cruise
- Glenn Close
- Tom Berenger
- Christopher Lloyd
- Kathleen Turner
- Jack Nicholson
- Meryl Streep
- Danny DeVito
- Dan Aykroyd
Top Movie Stars 1980-1989 Main Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort by actor or actress
- Sort by movies made between 1970 and 1979
- Sort by total adjusted domestic box office from 1970 to 1979
- Sort by total adjusted worldwide box office from 1970 to 1979
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each performers’ movies earned
- Sort by average Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| Rank | Thespian | Movies | Adj. Domestic B.O. | Adj. Worldwide B.O. | AVG Review % | Oscar Noms / Wins | AVG UMR Score |
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| Harrison Ford | 10 | $3,973,300,000 | $6,923,800,000 | 82.3 % | 036 / 11 | 84.96 | |
| Dan Aykroyd | 17 | $2,802,800,000 | $3,747,400,000 | 60.2 % | 014 / 05 | 65.92 | |
| James Earl Jones | 14 | $2,506,600,000 | $4,347,200,000 | 64.9 % | 013 / 02 | 61.25 | |
| Carrie Fisher | 14 | $2,436,400,000 | $3,813,200,000 | 67.9 % | 015 / 05 | 62.62 | |
| Billy Dee Williams | 7 | $2,375,500,000 | $4,091,100,000 | 73.8 % | 008 / 03 | 67.41 | |
| Eddie Murphy | 9 | $2,268,700,000 | $3,437,900,000 | 59.2 % | 006 / 00 | 74.11 | |
| Bill Murray | 9 | $2,152,200,000 | $2,652,900,000 | 71.5 % | 015 / 01 | 75.76 | |
| Sylvester Stallone | 13 | $2,048,400,000 | $4,449,600,000 | 48.8 % | 002 / 00 | 60.54 | |
| Judge Reinhold | 13 | $2,036,400,000 | $2,598,500,000 | 65.1 % | 002 / 00 | 63.63 | |
| Christopher Lloyd | 19 | $1,939,400,000 | $3,279,800,000 | 65.5 % | 012 / 04 | 59.83 | |
| Alec Guinness | 7 | $1,884,100,000 | $3,232,200,000 | 74.7 % | 021 / 04 | 67.02 | |
| Tom Cruise | 12 | $1,878,800,000 | $3,132,500,000 | 60.9 % | 026 / 08 | 69.62 | |
| Rick Moranis | 12 | $1,840,600,000 | $2,280,700,000 | 66.0 % | 006 / 00 | 65.78 | |
| John Candy | 20 | $1,837,800,000 | $1,837,800,000 | 62.3 % | 003 / 00 | 62.42 | |
| Mark Hamill | 6 | $1,820,500,000 | $3,168,600,000 | 74.3 % | 007 / 02 | 65.05 | |
| Jack Nicholson | 11 | $1,659,300,000 | $2,064,300,000 | 77.3 % | 043 / 10 | 78.43 | |
| Danny DeVito | 13 | $1,642,200,000 | $2,204,200,000 | 65.0 % | 013 / 05 | 68.10 | |
| Chevy Chase | 16 | $1,581,900,000 | $1,581,900,000 | 56.8 % | 000 / 00 | 62.08 | |
| Richard Pryor | 15 | $1,561,000,000 | $1,788,700,000 | 55.7 % | 001 / 00 | 61.07 | |
| Sigourney Weaver | 10 | $1,535,200,000 | $2,082,600,000 | 70.5 % | 021 / 04 | 68.71 | |
| Drew Barrymore | 7 | $1,517,700,000 | $2,626,400,000 | 64.3 % | 011 / 04 | 60.01 | |
| Burt Reynolds | 20 | $1,432,300,000 | $1,432,300,000 | 44.5 % | 003 / 00 | 51.27 | |
| Harold Ramis | 7 | $1,401,000,000 | $1,780,900,000 | 62.3 % | 002 / 00 | 67.04 | |
| Steve Guttenberg | 16 | $1,388,800,000 | $1,412,400,000 | 52.8 % | 002 / 02 | 56.26 | |
| Kathleen Turner | 13 | $1,330,300,000 | $2,044,500,000 | 70.9 % | 022 / 05 | 68.08 | |
| Clint Eastwood | 12 | $1,286,500,000 | $1,286,500,000 | 58.6 % | 002 / 01 | 63.45 | |
| Michael J. Fox | 9 | $1,276,300,000 | $2,203,700,000 | 64.7 % | 005 / 01 | 64.22 | |
| Michael Douglas | 9 | $1,270,700,000 | $2,183,700,000 | 66.6 % | 013 / 01 | 72.28 | |
| Tom Hanks | 13 | $1,235,400,000 | $1,410,100,000 | 57.4 % | 003 / 00 | 61.43 | |
| Leonard Nimoy | 6 | $1,234,700,000 | $1,418,100,000 | 66.7 % | 004 / 00 | 75.83 | |
| Michael Keaton | 10 | $1,219,700,000 | $1,611,100,000 | 60.8 % | 002 / 02 | 61.47 | |
| Debra Winger | 9 | $1,144,400,000 | $1,144,400,000 | 68.5 % | 017 / 07 | 68.23 | |
| Danny Glover | 9 | $1,114,400,000 | $1,550,800,000 | 76.9 % | 030 / 04 | 72.88 | |
| Sean Connery | 12 | $1,105,200,000 | $2,331,300,000 | 63.2 % | 008 / 02 | 60.72 | |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | 10 | $1,089,800,000 | $1,855,300,000 | 59.3 % | 001 / 00 | 63.93 | |
| Forest Whitaker | 10 | $1,082,400,000 | $1,082,400,000 | 73.6 % | 014 / 06 | 68.16 | |
| Kim Basinger | 11 | $1,081,500,000 | $1,810,800,000 | 58.0 % | 005 / 01 | 56.64 | |
| Glenn Close | 11 | $1,072,000,000 | $1,453,000,000 | 71.0 % | 026 / 03 | 69.64 | |
| Jane Fonda | 6 | $1,061,300,000 | $1,061,300,000 | 61.1 % | 015 / 03 | 68.28 | |
| Bill Paxton | 14 | $1,042,000,000 | $1,207,900,000 | 65.3 % | 007 / 02 | 58.77 | |
| John Lithgow | 15 | $1,023,200,000 | $1,060,800,000 | 64.1 % | 021 / 06 | 60.47 | |
| Geena Davis | 7 | $1,010,200,000 | $1,204,500,000 | 74.1 % | 016 / 04 | 72.19 | |
| Gene Hackman | 19 | $1,005,100,000 | $1,463,900,000 | 64.9 % | 022 / 04 | 58.03 | |
| Charlie Sheen | 12 | $999,100,000 | $999,100,000 | 65.3 % | 009 / 05 | 62.17 | |
| Wilford Brimley | 17 | $994,800,000 | $1,042,600,000 | 63.4 % | 017 / 04 | 59.44 | |
| Steve Martin | 12 | $985,800,000 | $1,046,000,000 | 72.2 % | 007 / 00 | 66.36 | |
| William Shatner | 7 | $974,600,000 | $1,158,000,000 | 63.6 % | 004 / 00 | 68.48 | |
| Dustin Hoffman | 4 | $973,800,000 | $1,498,000,000 | 66.5 % | 018 / 05 | 77.19 | |
| Tom Berenger | 10 | $971,400,000 | $1,180,300,000 | 73.1 % | 019 / 06 | 69.31 | |
| Robin Williams | 9 | $951,100,000 | $1,308,000,000 | 64.6 % | 011 / 01 | 66.11 | |
| Dolly Parton | 4 | $947,900,000 | $975,800,000 | 55.4 % | 003 / 00 | 70.60 | |
| John Gielgud | 17 | $928,600,000 | $1,161,000,000 | 64.5 % | 031 / 14 | 58.92 | |
| Richard Crenna | 9 | $915,700,000 | $1,842,200,000 | 56.5 % | 001 / 00 | 59.02 | |
| Sally Field | 9 | $910,600,000 | $938,500,000 | 59.5 % | 013 / 02 | 66.23 | |
| Elisabeth Shue | 6 | $904,500,000 | $1,601,100,000 | 57.4 % | 002 / 00 | 65.16 | |
| Meg Ryan | 9 | $896,200,000 | $1,330,900,000 | 55.8 % | 006 / 02 | 57.66 | |
| Mel Gibson | 11 | $887,500,000 | $1,343,900,000 | 70.2 % | 008 / 02 | 63.32 | |
| Brian Dennehy | 16 | $870,900,000 | $1,136,200,000 | 67.0 % | 005 / 02 | 59.75 | |
| Daryl Hannah | 12 | $866,900,000 | $894,800,000 | 67.7 % | 007 / 01 | 62.53 | |
| Don Ameche | 6 | $859,900,000 | $1,239,400,000 | 66.3 % | 006 / 03 | 71.46 | |
| Teri Garr | 14 | $843,900,000 | $964,700,000 | 58.6 % | 012 / 01 | 53.35 | |
| Harry Dean Stanton | 18 | $843,100,000 | $843,100,000 | 65.9 % | 006 / 00 | 56.87 | |
| Dudley Moore | 12 | $843,000,000 | $843,000,000 | 52.8 % | 004 / 02 | 53.85 | |
| Jack Palance | 7 | $834,500,000 | $1,330,500,000 | 59.3 % | 002 / 01 | 56.58 | |
| Robert Redford | 5 | $825,000,000 | $1,284,600,000 | 70.2 % | 022 / 11 | 84.25 | |
| Ralph Macchio | 8 | $821,500,000 | $821,500,000 | 56.1 % | 002 / 00 | 59.72 | |
| Michelle Pfeiffer | 14 | $818,200,000 | $961,400,000 | 65.5 % | 013 / 03 | 60.24 | |
| John Travolta | 7 | $814,900,000 | $1,356,200,000 | 47.3 % | 000 / 00 | 57.26 | |
| Bette Midler | 8 | $809,600,000 | $809,600,000 | 64.3 % | 001 / 00 | 65.36 | |
| Kurt Russell | 13 | $797,700,000 | $1,093,600,000 | 66.6 % | 007 / 00 | 60.58 | |
| Richard Dreyfuss | 11 | $793,900,000 | $863,400,000 | 65.3 % | 003 / 00 | 62.03 | |
| Jessica Tandy | 10 | $793,600,000 | $982,100,000 | 64.0 % | 016 / 06 | 63.64 | |
| Dianne Wiest | 13 | $790,700,000 | $850,900,000 | 69.9 % | 014 / 03 | 62.72 | |
| Terence Stamp | 8 | $790,500,000 | $1,216,400,000 | 63.9 % | 001 / 01 | 61.26 | |
| Goldie Hawn | 7 | $764,300,000 | $764,300,000 | 58.4 % | 005 / 00 | 63.38 | |
| Christopher Reeve | 10 | $760,600,000 | $1,366,800,000 | 56.5 % | 003 / 00 | 55.6 | |
| Roger Moore | 8 | $758,700,000 | $1,826,900,000 | 52.3 % | 001 / 00 | 57.85 | |
| Jessica Lange | 9 | $757,000,000 | $877,800,000 | 69.2 % | 018 / 01 | 63.45 | |
| Jamie Lee Curtis | 14 | $747,200,000 | $747,200,000 | 58.9 % | 004 / 01 | 55.48 | |
| Matthew Broderick | 11 | $740,000,000 | $758,900,000 | 71.1 % | 007 / 03 | 62.82 | |
| Michael Caine | 21 | $739,700,000 | $814,100,000 | 59.0 % | 011 / 03 | 53.63 | |
| Louis Gossett Jr. | 9 | $729,600,000 | $729,600,000 | 52.7 % | 006 / 02 | 54.40 | |
| William Hurt | 10 | $726,700,000 | $764,200,000 | 74.5 % | 025 / 03 | 69.99 | |
| Kevin Bacon | 13 | $721,300,000 | $721,300,000 | 61.4 % | 005 / 00 | 57.19 | |
| Samuel L. Jackson | 6 | $715,600,000 | $1,213,900,000 | 72.8 % | 012 / 00 | 71.61 | |
| Morgan Freeman | 12 | $713,100,000 | $803,100,000 | 65.6 % | 016 / 07 | 61.44 | |
| Max Von Sydow | 12 | $713,000,000 | $1,106,300,000 | 68.6 % | 010 / 04 | 62.29 | |
| Margot Kidder | 10 | $708,500,000 | $1,314,700,000 | 54.6 % | 000 / 00 | 54.41 | |
| Kelly McGillis | 7 | $707,700,000 | $1,142,400,000 | 69.0 % | 015 / 04 | 64.41 | |
| Michael Biehn | 7 | $702,400,000 | $892,500,000 | 72.7 % | 011 / 03 | 65.87 | |
| Meryl Streep | 11 | $702,000,000 | $1,161,600,000 | 67.7 % | 029 / 08 | 66.56 | |
| Paul Newman | 9 | $701,400,000 | $701,400,000 | 67.0 % | 014 / 01 | 65.74 | |
| Richard Gere | 9 | $690,000,000 | $690,000,000 | 59.0 % | 008 / 02 | 56.32 | |
| Willem Dafoe | 9 | $679,600,000 | $888,500,000 | 76.5 % | 025 / 07 | 67.60 | |
| Dennis Quaid | 16 | $670,300,000 | $670,300,000 | 59.2 % | 009 / 05 | 54.72 | |
| Nick Nolte | 12 | $669,800,000 | $669,800,000 | 65.6 % | 000 / 00 | 58.51 | |
| Tim Robbins | 10 | $667,300,000 | $1,155,200,000 | 60.4 % | 005 / 01 | 55.13 | |
| John Turturro | 12 | $667,100,000 | $689,500,000 | 72.8 % | 021 / 06 | 62.61 | |
| Paul Hogan | 2 | $663,400,000 | $1,040,100,000 | 58.8 % | 001 / 00 | 77.70 | |
| Ted Danson | 8 | $662,700,000 | $675,100,000 | 64.5 % | 001 / 00 | 58.49 | |
| Shirley MacLaine | 6 | $661,300,000 | $689,200,000 | 62.9 % | 012 / 05 | 66.04 | |
| Ally Sheedy | 10 | $659,300,000 | $673,800,000 | 65.7 % | 001 / 00 | 58.54 | |
| John Heard | 13 | $650,900,000 | $732,300,000 | 68.7 % | 006 / 02 | 59.08 | |
| Val Kilmer | 5 | $650,400,000 | $1,085,100,000 | 64.9 % | 006 / 01 | 63.93 | |
| John Goodman | 15 | $649,400,000 | $853,700,000 | 61.1 % | 001 / 00 | 54.75 | |
| John Houseman | 9 | $649,200,000 | $649,200,000 | 61.8 % | 001 / 00 | 59.77 | |
| Danny Aiello | 16 | $647,000,000 | $772,000,000 | 66.5 % | 012 / 03 | 56.91 | |
| Burgess Meredith | 9 | $643,100,000 | $1,092,400,000 | 52.7 % | 002 / 00 | 51.91 | |
| Laurence Fishburne | 12 | $641,700,000 | $764,900,000 | 62.4 % | 013 / 00 | 56.70 | |
| Dean Stockwell | 14 | $639,000,000 | $979,900,000 | 65.0 % | 008 / 00 | 55.89 | |
| Jeff Bridges | 15 | $637,800,000 | $637,800,000 | 63.7 % | 010 / 00 | 56.85 | |
| Giancarlo Esposito | 7 | $633,300,000 | $655,700,000 | 65.9 % | 005 / 00 | 64.04 | |
| Tom Selleck | 7 | $631,600,000 | $631,600,000 | 57.8 % | 000 / 00 | 57.63 | |
| Emilio Estevez | 10 | $620,100,000 | $634,600,000 | 64.4 % | 000 / 00 | 58.81 | |
| Bruce Willis | 5 | $615,400,000 | $1,168,500,000 | 61.4 % | 005 / 00 | 65.05 | |
| Cher | 6 | $609,700,000 | $609,700,000 | 75.8 % | 014 / 04 | 75.53 | |
| Kevin Costner | 9 | $607,500,000 | $909,600,000 | 73.3 % | 010 / 01 | 58.75 | |
| Robert DeNiro | 12 | $588,700,000 | $963,100,000 | 77.6 % | 021 / 04 | 65.82 | |
| Chuck Norris | 13 | $583,600,000 | $583,600,000 | 53.2 % | 000 / 00 | 51.78 | |
| Gene Wilder | 6 | $583,400,000 | $583,400,000 | 56.2 % | 001 / 01 | 57.20 | |
| Ralph Bellamy | 5 | $581,600,000 | $937,500,000 | 64.8 % | 003 / 00 | 63.57 | |
| Albert Brooks | 6 | $574,400,000 | $649,500,000 | 69.5 % | 010 / 00 | 66.51 | |
| Patrick Swayze | 10 | $573,000,000 | $922,500,000 | 55.0 % | 000 / 00 | 54.58 | |
| Sondra Locke | 4 | $565,600,000 | $565,600,000 | 54.1 % | 000 / 00 | 64.15 | |
| Shelley Duvall | 4 | $560,900,000 | $596,600,000 | 77.0 % | 000 / 00 | 77.17 | |
| Jeff Daniels | 10 | $558,000,000 | $558,000,000 | 70.2 % | 022 / 05 | 59.94 | |
| Billy Crystal | 6 | $535,300,000 | $535,300,000 | 76.5 % | 003 / 00 | 68.57 | |
| Anthony Michael Hall | 7 | $534,800,000 | $549,300,000 | 67.2 % | 000 / 00 | 61.57 | |
| John Mahoney | 10 | $534,200,000 | $534,200,000 | 71.9 % | 006 / 03 | 61.93 | |
| John Cleese | 9 | $526,100,000 | $526,100,000 | 71.2 % | 006 / 01 | 61.60 | |
| Joe Pesci | 8 | $524,100,000 | $731,400,000 | 71.1 % | 009 / 02 | 61.26 | |
| Scatman Crothers | 7 | $521,700,000 | $559,300,000 | 63.6 % | 001 / 00 | 59.88 | |
| Ian Holm | 10 | $520,900,000 | $520,900,000 | 80.0 % | 015 / 05 | 65.03 | |
| Lloyd Bridges | 7 | $517,000,000 | $517,000,000 | 65.5 % | 003 / 00 | 57.56 | |
| Kevin Kline | 8 | $515,000,000 | $561,600,000 | 71.0 % | 016 / 02 | 64.66 | |
| Sterling Hayden | 3 | $508,100,000 | $508,100,000 | 52.2 % | 001 / 00 | 55.60 | |
| Paul Winfield | 9 | $501,800,000 | $666,400,000 | 64.8 % | 000 / 00 | 57.15 | |
| Robert Downey Jr. | 10 | $495,800,000 | $495,800,000 | 56.4 % | 001 / 00 | 53.58 | |
| Daniel Stern | 13 | $493,500,000 | $493,500,000 | 65.9 % | 009 / 04 | 57.10 | |
| Martin Sheen | 15 | $493,400,000 | $725,800,000 | 57.1 % | 012 / 09 | 52.04 | |
| Nicolas Cage | 10 | $493,000,000 | $507,800,000 | 70.4 % | 011 / 03 | 61.25 | |
| Andrew McCarthy | 9 | $492,500,000 | $492,500,000 | 57.6 % | 001 / 00 | 55.60 | |
| Jeff Goldblum | 11 | $484,500,000 | $534,100,000 | 66.7 % | 014 / 05 | 58.27 | |
| Timothy Hutton | 11 | $483,400,000 | $483,400,000 | 63.2 % | 006 / 04 | 57.92 | |
| Rodney Dangerfield | 3 | $475,900,000 | $475,900,000 | 68.4 % | 000 / 00 | 75.74 | |
| Sissy Spacek | 10 | $475,000,000 | $475,000,000 | 67.2 % | 018 / 03 | 61.70 | |
| Rob Lowe | 10 | $472,500,000 | $472,500,000 | 54.6 % | 000 / 00 | 52.91 | |
| Sean Penn | 12 | $471,200,000 | $471,200,000 | 65.2 % | 000 / 00 | 55.77 | |
| Carol Burnett | 5 | $468,300,000 | $468,300,000 | 56.8 % | 002 / 00 | 58.43 | |
| Jack Warden | 11 | $467,600,000 | $467,600,000 | 58.8 % | 006 / 00 | 54.12 | |
| Liza Minnelli | 5 | $462,900,000 | $462,900,000 | 57.7 % | 004 / 02 | 56.83 | |
| Sidney Poitier | 5 | $461,200,000 | $461,200,000 | 59.1 % | 000 / 00 | 56.92 | |
| Jason Robards | 12 | $451,500,000 | $511,700,000 | 62.5 % | 005 / 02 | 54.75 | |
| Al Pacino | 5 | $451,400,000 | $571,400,000 | 62.7 % | 000 / 00 | 62.66 | |
| Liam Neeson | 14 | $443,900,000 | $443,900,000 | 60.5 % | 008 / 01 | 54.03 | |
| Matt Dillon | 14 | $439,500,000 | $439,500,000 | 64.6 % | 000 / 00 | 54.45 | |
| Ed Harris | 12 | $436,600,000 | $518,200,000 | 72.3 % | 021 / 07 | 60.29 | |
| Sam Shepard | 9 | $435,800,000 | $463,700,000 | 69.9 % | 017 / 04 | 62.21 | |
| Christopher Plummer | 11 | $435,300,000 | $456,900,000 | 56.5 % | 001 / 00 | 52.54 | |
| Helen Mirren | 10 | $433,600,000 | $433,600,000 | 65.5 % | 008 / 01 | 57.79 | |
| Rip Torn | 17 | $431,500,000 | $431,500,000 | 51.2 % | 004 / 00 | 49.42 | |
| Kelly Preston | 13 | $429,300,000 | $661,300,000 | 51.5 % | 000 / 00 | 49.49 | |
| Molly Ringwald | 8 | $429,000,000 | $443,500,000 | 64.3 % | 000 / 00 | 56.98 | |
| Richard Benjamin | 10 | $428,900,000 | $471,900,000 | 49.9 % | 000 / 00 | 50.27 | |
| Warren Oates | 4 | $427,900,000 | $427,900,000 | 71.0 % | 001 / 00 | 66.82 | |
| Alec Baldwin | 7 | $427,200,000 | $537,900,000 | 67.5 % | 008 / 02 | 61.39 | |
| Michael J. Pollard | 8 | $425,800,000 | $554,300,000 | 57.9 % | 004 / 02 | 55.55 | |
| Mary Steenburgen | 11 | $425,400,000 | $485,600,000 | 68.2 % | 018 / 02 | 58.96 | |
| Glenn Ford | 2 | $424,400,000 | $850,300,000 | 71.6 % | 000 / 00 | 70.30 | |
| Demi Moore | 9 | $421,800,000 | $421,800,000 | 48.9 % | 000 / 00 | 50.57 | |
| George Segal | 4 | $419,600,000 | $779,600,000 | 49.1 % | 000 / 00 | 54.41 | |
| Christopher Walken | 13 | $416,400,000 | $697,300,000 | 63.3 % | 005 / 01 | 54.56 | |
| Keanu Reeves | 6 | $414,900,000 | $475,100,000 | 72.9 % | 009 / 03 | 64.51 | |
| Susan Sarandon | 11 | $412,800,000 | $412,800,000 | 64.5 % | 009 / 00 | 56.14 | |
| Johnny Depp | 3 | $410,300,000 | $410,300,000 | 75.6 % | 008 / 04 | 71.95 | |
| Donald Sutherland | 15 | $403,500,000 | $403,500,000 | 54.5 % | 007 / 04 | 49.96 | |
| Scott Glenn | 13 | $402,500,000 | $402,500,000 | 62.0 % | 014 / 05 | 54.64 | |
| John Cusack | 11 | $402,500,000 | $402,500,000 | 72.6 % | 002 / 00 | 59.07 | |
| Albert Finney | 8 | $401,300,000 | $401,300,000 | 62.3 % | 009 / 00 | 57.41 | |
| Whoopi Goldberg | 8 | $394,500,000 | $517,700,000 | 57.8 % | 011 / 00 | 53.88 | |
| Tommy Lee Jones | 8 | $381,600,000 | $381,600,000 | 61.3 % | 007 / 01 | 55.50 | |
| Bill Pullman | 5 | $380,800,000 | $380,800,000 | 70.3 % | 004 / 01 | 65.43 | |
| Celeste Holm | 1 | $379,300,000 | $379,300,000 | 66.0 % | 000 / 00 | 82.00 | |
| Katharine Hepburn | 2 | $375,800,000 | $375,800,000 | 60.5 % | 010 / 03 | 73.45 | |
| Michael Palin | 6 | $375,300,000 | $375,300,000 | 81.6 % | 005 / 01 | 66.51 | |
| Ray Walston | 13 | $374,500,000 | $410,200,000 | 56.7 % | 000 / 00 | 49.56 | |
| Mia Farrow | 12 | $369,600,000 | $402,500,000 | 74.0 % | 017 / 03 | 60.21 | |
| Henry Fonda | 1 | $369,600,000 | $369,600,000 | 79.5 % | 010 / 03 | 107.7 | |
| Dennis Hopper | 19 | $367,300,000 | $367,300,000 | 62.5 % | 003 / 00 | 51.31 | |
| Diane Keaton | 9 | $365,500,000 | $365,500,000 | 66.7 % | 017 / 03 | 59.54 | |
| Kevin Spacey | 5 | $362,300,000 | $461,500,000 | 64.6 % | 007 / 01 | 62.54 | |
| Carl Reiner | 6 | $358,000,000 | $358,000,000 | 60.0 % | 000 / 00 | 58.33 | |
| Jane Alexander | 7 | $354,200,000 | $354,200,000 | 61.8 % | 007 / 03 | 58.33 | |
| Mickey Rourke | 15 | $350,600,000 | $350,600,000 | 65.5 % | 002 / 00 | 54.25 | |
| Andy Garcia | 7 | $349,500,000 | $807,800,000 | 62.1 % | 007 / 01 | 55.74 | |
| Peter Boyle | 13 | $345,500,000 | $345,500,000 | 53.1 % | 001 / 00 | 49.51 | |
| Ruth Gordon | 7 | $345,000,000 | $345,000,000 | 49.8 % | 000 / 00 | 49.88 | |
| Eileen Brennan | 8 | $342,500,000 | $342,500,000 | 55.6 % | 003 / 00 | 50.79 | |
| Candice Bergen | 4 | $342,300,000 | $574,700,000 | 63.0 % | 016 / 08 | 66.19 | |
| Jackie Chan | 19 | $341,200,000 | $1,239,400,000 | 61.2 % | 000 / 00 | 51.87 | |
| Kristy McNichol | 10 | $340,200,000 | $340,200,000 | 58.2 % | 003 / 00 | 52.20 | |
| John Malkovich | 9 | $331,100,000 | $433,600,000 | 70.5 % | 027 / 08 | 61.05 | |
| Ethel Merman | 1 | $327,200,000 | $327,200,000 | 83.5 % | 000 / 00 | 90.20 | |
| Woody Allen | 9 | $315,400,000 | $315,400,000 | 79.9 % | 016 / 03 | 64.50 | |
| Ralph Richardson | 4 | $313,100,000 | $313,100,000 | 74.0 % | 003 / 00 | 65.73 | |
| Robert Duvall | 8 | $312,900,000 | $312,900,000 | 63.6 % | 009 / 02 | 57.32 | |
| Dean Martin | 2 | $312,600,000 | $312,600,000 | 36.8 % | 000 / 00 | 58.20 | |
| George Kennedy | 11 | $307,900,000 | $307,900,000 | 51.7 % | 000 / 00 | 48.96 | |
| Daniel Day-Lewis | 9 | $303,300,000 | $535,700,000 | 76.6 % | 027 / 13 | 63.42 | |
| Sharon Stone | 10 | $299,800,000 | $299,800,000 | 48.6 % | 000 / 00 | 48.10 | |
| Judd Nelson | 8 | $297,000,000 | $311,500,000 | 63.6 % | 000 / 00 | 53.91 | |
| Ethan Hawke | 3 | $296,000,000 | $629,600,000 | 71.9 % | 005 / 01 | 69.00 | |
| Sarah Jessica Parker | 5 | $295,800,000 | $295,800,000 | 57.6 % | 002 / 00 | 56.25 | |
| Holly Hunter | 7 | $295,700,000 | $417,500,000 | 66.9 % | 008 / 00 | 58.35 | |
| Peter O'Toole | 8 | $291,500,000 | $324,400,000 | 59.5 % | 012 / 09 | 56.96 | |
| Anne Bancroft | 9 | $289,500,000 | $289,500,000 | 69.5 % | 012 / 00 | 58.52 | |
| John Hurt | 15 | $289,300,000 | $289,300,000 | 63.0 % | 009 / 00 | 52.77 | |
| Burt Lancaster | 9 | $288,200,000 | $334,000,000 | 66.9 % | 008 / 00 | 57.01 | |
| Norman Lloyd | 2 | $286,600,000 | $607,800,000 | 75.8 % | 004 / 01 | 74.41 | |
| Sam Elliott | 5 | $285,900,000 | $285,900,000 | 60.1 % | 001 / 01 | 57.51 | |
| Laurence Olivier | 6 | $282,600,000 | $282,600,000 | 50.8 % | 000 / 00 | 50.40 | |
| Roy Scheider | 8 | $280,200,000 | $280,200,000 | 57.6 % | 006 / 00 | 52.44 | |
| Trevor Howard | 12 | $278,200,000 | $510,600,000 | 61.2 % | 011 / 08 | 53.44 | |
| Andie MacDowell | 3 | $278,100,000 | $278,100,000 | 69.0 % | 004 / 00 | 65.96 | |
| Raul Julia | 9 | $275,400,000 | $418,600,000 | 65.1 % | 007 / 01 | 55.89 | |
| Anjelica Huston | 12 | $274,300,000 | $274,300,000 | 69.5 % | 017 / 01 | 56.97 | |
| Brian Keith | 6 | $268,200,000 | $268,200,000 | 56.4 % | 000 / 00 | 52.98 | |
| Sylvia Miles | 7 | $266,700,000 | $266,700,000 | 61.4 % | 001 / 01 | 54.32 | |
| Charles Bronson | 12 | $262,300,000 | $262,300,000 | 42.7 % | 000 / 00 | 43.76 | |
| Gary Busey | 10 | $262,100,000 | $390,300,000 | 61.2 % | 001 / 00 | 52.45 | |
| Alan Alda | 4 | $259,200,000 | $259,200,000 | 66.2 % | 003 / 00 | 61.40 | |
| Joaquin Phoenix | 3 | $258,500,000 | $318,700,000 | 69.2 % | 002 / 00 | 62.33 | |
| Laura Dern | 8 | $254,800,000 | $254,800,000 | 67.5 % | 002 / 01 | 56.06 | |
| Vincent D'Onofrio | 5 | $254,100,000 | $254,100,000 | 68.4 % | 001 / 00 | 59.08 | |
| Barbra Streisand | 3 | $249,300,000 | $249,300,000 | 54.2 % | 005 / 01 | 60.42 | |
| Walter Matthau | 9 | $247,400,000 | $247,400,000 | 54.0 % | 001 / 00 | 50.14 | |
| Dyan Cannon | 5 | $247,400,000 | $247,400,000 | 50.4 % | 000 / 00 | 51.59 | |
| James Mason | 5 | $246,900,000 | $246,900,000 | 64.8 % | 005 / 00 | 59.34 | |
| Oprah Winfrey | 2 | $244,900,000 | $368,100,000 | 77.7 % | 011 / 00 | 75.49 | |
| Maggie Smith | 9 | $243,700,000 | $243,700,000 | 68.6 % | 008 / 03 | 57.12 | |
| Diane Lane | 11 | $243,100,000 | $243,100,000 | 62.4 % | 002 / 00 | 52.00 | |
| George C. Scott | 4 | $242,200,000 | $242,200,000 | 56.2 % | 001 / 00 | 56.53 | |
| Rutger Hauer | 13 | $242,100,000 | $242,100,000 | 64.5 % | 004 / 00 | 52.35 | |
| Royal Dano | 10 | $241,200,000 | $241,200,000 | 57.1 % | 008 / 04 | 52.14 | |
| Peter Fonda | 4 | $240,900,000 | $240,900,000 | 50.6 % | 000 / 00 | 51.89 | |
| Marsha Mason | 3 | $239,400,000 | $239,400,000 | 69.9 % | 004 / 00 | 66.9 | |
| Julia Roberts | 4 | $239,000,000 | $266,900,000 | 55.9 % | 001 / 00 | 55.75 | |
| John Saxon | 6 | $232,600,000 | $232,600,000 | 56.1 % | 000 / 00 | 52.20 | |
| Cloris Leachman | 8 | $232,500,000 | $232,500,000 | 58.7 % | 000 / 00 | 51.66 | |
| Wesley Snipes | 4 | $232,300,000 | $232,300,000 | 53.6 % | 000 / 00 | 53.10 | |
| Genevieve Bujold | 8 | $232,100,000 | $232,100,000 | 66.1 % | 000 / 00 | 54.36 | |
| Winona Ryder | 6 | $231,300,000 | $255,300,000 | 69.3 % | 001 / 01 | 57.96 | |
| Patrick Stewart | 7 | $230,900,000 | $230,900,000 | 62.1 % | 002 / 00 | 54.37 | |
| James Woods | 15 | $230,500,000 | $252,800,000 | 68.3 % | 003 / 00 | 54.95 | |
| Mel Brooks | 3 | $230,300,000 | $230,300,000 | 68.3 % | 001 / 00 | 64.13 | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 4 | $228,400,000 | $228,400,000 | 66.9 % | 006 / 04 | 64.27 | |
| Jim Broadbent | 7 | $226,600,000 | $259,500,000 | 67.6 % | 002 / 00 | 56.72 | |
| Ben Johnson | 9 | $224,300,000 | $224,300,000 | 57.1 % | 000 / 00 | 49.89 | |
| Jennifer Jason Leigh | 12 | $223,800,000 | $223,800,000 | 58.6 % | 000 / 00 | 50.08 | |
| James Garner | 7 | $223,300,000 | $225,500,000 | 59.7 % | 010 / 01 | 54.88 | |
| Pam Grier | 7 | $222,700,000 | $222,700,000 | 60.6 % | 000 / 00 | 52.63 | |
| Melanie Griffith | 8 | $221,800,000 | $308,600,000 | 65.9 % | 007 / 02 | 56.24 | |
| Jim Carrey | 4 | $220,000,000 | $220,000,000 | 59.6 % | 003 / 00 | 56.52 | |
| Robert Morley | 6 | $219,500,000 | $219,500,000 | 54.7 % | 003 / 00 | 51.74 | |
| Linda Hamilton | 6 | $219,300,000 | $327,800,000 | 65.6 % | 000 / 00 | 54.93 | |
| Louis Jourdan | 3 | $216,700,000 | $562,500,000 | 56.7 % | 000 / 00 | 56.33 | |
| Helen Hunt | 7 | $215,800,000 | $215,800,000 | 59.9 % | 003 / 00 | 52.64 | |
| Kirk Douglas | 6 | $215,100,000 | $215,100,000 | 53.7 % | 000 / 00 | 50.77 | |
| Eric Idle | 5 | $214,600,000 | $214,600,000 | 63.7 % | 004 / 00 | 56.66 | |
| Robert Preston | 4 | $214,100,000 | $214,100,000 | 75.1 % | 007 / 01 | 65.63 | |
| Peter Falk | 8 | $211,700,000 | $211,700,000 | 67.1 % | 003 / 00 | 54.5 | |
| Prince | 2 | $210,200,000 | $210,200,000 | 48.3 % | 000 / 00 | 58.93 | |
| José Ferrer | 5 | $209,500,000 | $209,500,000 | 62.3 % | 002 / 00 | 55.69 | |
| Julie Andrews | 6 | $207,900,000 | $207,900,000 | 64.7 % | 008 / 01 | 57.62 | |
| Judith Anderson | 2 | $207,400,000 | $236,200,000 | 67.3 % | 000 / 00 | 66.31 | |
| Bo Derek | 3 | $203,300,000 | $203,300,000 | 34.2 % | 000 / 00 | 46.64 | |
| Ben Kingsley | 7 | $201,300,000 | $433,700,000 | 70.9 % | 013 / 08 | 60.02 |
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It should be Harrison ford at no 1 correct, but Stallone at 2 , how can you put these supporting actors ahead of Stallone, carries fisher and Mark hamill are not superstars like Stallone, they are part of a successful series of movie’s which doesn’t have a main Star, the concept and story are the stars, example cast Mark Hamill as Rocky or Rambo would those movies been hits, no. I rest my case, adjust the list.
Right on brother..I agree 100%
Thanks for the feedback Anonymous.
Arnold is 30th on the list.
Thank you In The Shadows…Arnold has dropped to 35th with the latest update.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is nowhere in this list.
Rob Lowe, Andie McDowell and Ally Sheedy? I see some St. Elmo’s Fire stars but not these or Andrew McCarthy.
Hey Trina…all 4 were added to the table….only Ally Sheedy was able to crack the Top 100. Thanks for the suggestions.
HI BRUCE
1 Your pages have well demonstrated that in the first couple of decades of the Classic Era a select group of male stars such as Gable Tracy, Hope, Crosby and Cooper dominated at the box office.
2 My personal recollection of the 1990s was that the counterparts of the above-mentioned performers as box office champions were the likes of Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Cruise, Hanks, Stallone and Arnie who dominated into the next century. Your further reviews of the decades will demonstrate no doubt the extent of their domination in the years after the 1990s
3 However whilst Stallone did well in the 1970s and for example Hanks was a greater force in the 1990s than in the 1980s your 80s chart shows the pack that would dominate in the future starting to take shape as a group. Nicholson of course was in the 1980s continuing with his good work as a box office force AND a perceived great actor and Clint – who amazingly is STILL around – continued to churn out a consistent stream of respectable hits. . Sadly though the Duke had passed on when that decade arrived and other old friends such as Mr Mumbles and Chuck Heston were no longer a cinematic force.
4 Anyway you have given us another comprehensively informative document as an excellent source of future reference and that is appreciated.
Hey Bob
1. Thanks for checking out my latest decade page…at least two more to go….with a possibility of doing a 2010 one too….which of course will not be complete.
2. Of the ones you mentioned…I think only Gibson does not have the stats to back up that personal memory….but he will be much stronger in the 1990s.
3. I agree it is sad to see thespians that had been in the pages dropping off….but like life with death goes life…as in this guess….many current stars made their debuts….Willis, Cruise, Murphy, Costner and Gibson just to name a few.
4. Thanks for the kind words. 🙂