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Top Worldwide Leading Stars for Searchlight Pictures Movies
See also: Domestic Leading Searchlight Pictures Stars - International Leading Searchlight Pictures Stars - Worldwide Leading Walt Disney Stars - Worldwide Leading Warner Bros. Stars - Worldwide Leading Universal Stars - Worldwide Leading Sony Pictures Stars - Worldwide Leading Paramount Pictures Stars - Worldwide Leading 20th Century Fox Stars - Worldwide Leading Lionsgate Stars - Worldwide Leading MGM Stars
This chart contains the top 100 stars based on the cumulative worldwide box office of all the Searchlight Pictures movies a star has had a leading role in over their lifetime.
Roles in animated movies and other voice-only roles are included in the calculations in this chart.
1
![Emma Stone photo](https://www.the-numbers.com/images/people/Stone-Emma-Thumbnail.jpg)
Emma Stone
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 11 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: Poor Things ($111,894,450 in 2023), Kinds of Kindness ($13,727,701 in 2024) |
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![Frances McDormand photo](https://www.the-numbers.com/images/people/McDormand-Frances-Thumbnail.jpg)
Frances McDormand
Best known as a Supporting Actress based on credits in that role in 16 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: The French Dispatch ($45,137,404 in 2021), Nomadland ($38,728,987 in 2021) |
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![Nicholas Hoult photo](https://www.the-numbers.com/images/people/Hoult-Nicholas-Thumbnail.jpg)
Nicholas Hoult
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 13 films. |
Top films contributed to this record: The Menu ($75,820,378 in 2022) |
Complete List
Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Emma Stone | $125,622,151 | 2 | $62,811,076 |
2 | Frances McDormand | $83,866,391 | 2 | $41,933,196 |
3 | Nicholas Hoult | $75,820,378 | 1 | $75,820,378 |
4 | Ralph Fiennes | $75,820,378 | 1 | $75,820,378 |
5 | Anya Taylor-Joy | $75,820,378 | 1 | $75,820,378 |
6 | Adrien Brody | $65,989,079 | 2 | $32,994,540 |
7 | Tilda Swinton | $59,768,058 | 2 | $29,884,029 |
8 | Brendan Gleeson | $52,344,724 | 1 | $52,344,724 |
9 | Colin Farrell | $52,344,724 | 1 | $52,344,724 |
10 | Willem Dafoe | $51,265,474 | 2 | $25,632,737 |
11 | Jesse Plemons | $49,408,103 | 2 | $24,704,052 |
12 | Owen Wilson | $45,137,404 | 1 | $45,137,404 |
13 | Lyna Khoudri | $45,137,404 | 1 | $45,137,404 |
14 | Benicio del Toro | $45,137,404 | 1 | $45,137,404 |
15 | Mathieu Amalric | $45,137,404 | 1 | $45,137,404 |
16 | Stephen Park | $45,137,404 | 1 | $45,137,404 |
17 | Jeffrey Wright | $45,137,404 | 1 | $45,137,404 |
18 | Bill Murray | $45,137,404 | 1 | $45,137,404 |
19 | Timothée Chalamet | $45,137,404 | 2 | $22,568,702 |
20 | Lea Seydoux | $45,137,404 | 1 | $45,137,404 |
21 | Cate Blanchett | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
22 | Ron Perlman | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
23 | Toni Collette | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
24 | Richard Jenkins | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
25 | Rooney Mara | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
26 | David Strathairn | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
27 | Mary Steenburgen | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
28 | Bradley Cooper | $37,537,773 | 1 | $37,537,773 |
29 | Jeremy T. Thomas | $35,680,402 | 1 | $35,680,402 |
30 | Keri Russell | $35,680,402 | 1 | $35,680,402 |
31 | Reece Shearsmith | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
32 | Paul Chahidi | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
33 | Ruth Wilson | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
34 | Sian Clifford | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
35 | Sam Rockwell | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
36 | Harris Dickinson | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
37 | Pippa Bennett-Warner | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
38 | Pearl Chanda | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
39 | Saoirse Ronan | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
40 | Jacob Fortune-Lloyd | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
41 | Shirley Henderson | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
42 | Charlie Cooper | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
43 | David Oyelowo | $20,851,675 | 1 | $20,851,675 |
44 | Claire Foy | $19,889,025 | 1 | $19,889,025 |
45 | Andrew Scott | $19,889,025 | 1 | $19,889,025 |
46 | Paul Mescal | $19,889,025 | 1 | $19,889,025 |
47 | Jamie Bell | $19,889,025 | 1 | $19,889,025 |
48 | Kaimana | $17,937,256 | 1 | $17,937,256 |
49 | Oscar Kightley | $17,937,256 | 1 | $17,937,256 |
50 | Semu Filipo | $17,937,256 | 1 | $17,937,256 |
51 | Michael Fassbender | $17,937,256 | 1 | $17,937,256 |
52 | David Fane | $17,937,256 | 1 | $17,937,256 |
53 | Uli Latukefu | $17,937,256 | 1 | $17,937,256 |
54 | Will Arnett | $17,937,256 | 1 | $17,937,256 |
55 | Beulah Koale | $17,937,256 | 1 | $17,937,256 |
56 | Rachel House | $17,937,256 | 1 | $17,937,256 |
57 | Elisabeth Moss | $17,937,256 | 1 | $17,937,256 |
58 | Lehi Falepapalangi | $17,937,256 | 1 | $17,937,256 |
59 | Rebecca Hall | $15,493,093 | 1 | $15,493,093 |
60 | Morfydd Clark | $14,630,654 | 1 | $14,630,654 |
61 | Peter Capaldi | $14,630,654 | 1 | $14,630,654 |
62 | Daisy May Cooper | $14,630,654 | 1 | $14,630,654 |
63 | Dev Patel | $14,630,654 | 1 | $14,630,654 |
64 | Ben Whishaw | $14,630,654 | 1 | $14,630,654 |
65 | Rosalind Eleazar | $14,630,654 | 1 | $14,630,654 |
66 | Aneurin Barnard | $14,630,654 | 1 | $14,630,654 |
67 | Hugh Laurie | $14,630,654 | 1 | $14,630,654 |
68 | Hong Chau | $13,727,701 | 1 | $13,727,701 |
69 | Hunter Schafer | $13,727,701 | 1 | $13,727,701 |
70 | Margaret Qualley | $13,727,701 | 1 | $13,727,701 |
71 | Joe Alwyn | $13,727,701 | 1 | $13,727,701 |
72 | Mamoudou Athie | $13,727,701 | 1 | $13,727,701 |
73 | Emma Thompson | $13,141,633 | 1 | $13,141,633 |
74 | Daryl McCormack | $13,141,633 | 1 | $13,141,633 |
75 | Olivia Colman | $11,577,891 | 1 | $11,577,891 |
76 | Michael Ward | $11,577,891 | 1 | $11,577,891 |
77 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | $9,159,383 | 1 | $9,159,383 |
78 | Will Ferrell | $9,159,383 | 1 | $9,159,383 |
79 | Nathan Lee Graham | $4,645,189 | 1 | $4,645,189 |
80 | Amy Sedaris | $4,645,189 | 1 | $4,645,189 |
81 | Jimmy Tatro | $4,645,189 | 1 | $4,645,189 |
82 | Ben Platt | $4,645,189 | 1 | $4,645,189 |
83 | Alan S. Kim | $4,645,189 | 1 | $4,645,189 |
84 | Ayo Edebiri | $4,645,189 | 1 | $4,645,189 |
85 | Molly Gordon | $4,645,189 | 1 | $4,645,189 |
86 | Patti Harrison | $4,645,189 | 1 | $4,645,189 |
87 | Caroline Aaron | $4,645,189 | 1 | $4,645,189 |
88 | Noah Galvin | $4,645,189 | 1 | $4,645,189 |
89 | Owen Thiele | $4,645,189 | 1 | $4,645,189 |
90 | Kelvin Harrison Jr | $3,864,206 | 1 | $3,864,206 |
91 | Jessica Chastain | $2,707,904 | 1 | $2,707,904 |
92 | Devin France | $267,124 | 1 | $267,124 |
93 | Yashua Mack | $267,124 | 1 | $267,124 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Image attributions
Emma Stone: Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Frances McDormand: By Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Nicholas Hoult: Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons