Creating a billion-dollar movie or franchise has no magic formula, but the cast is a big factor. When the cast is known to bring home billions to the box office, it goes an extra mile to rally a big audience to watch the movie. Some movie stars are known for their appearances in big budget, high-grossing films that dominate the box office for months and gross hundreds of millions of dollars all over the globe.
Here are the top 20 highest grossing movie stars of all time.
| Rank | Name | Worldwide gross |
| 1. | Samuel L. Jackson | $23.88 billion |
| 2. | Robert Downey Jr. | $15.08 billion |
| 3. | Scarlett Johansson | $14.29 billion |
| 4. | Paul Bettany | $13.40 billion |
| 5. | Andy Serkis | $13.18 billion |
| 6. | Benedict Cumberbatch | $12.05 billion |
| 7. | Zoe Saldana | $12.03 billion |
| 8. | Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson | $11.94 billion |
| 9. | Jeremy Renner | $11.93 billion |
| 10. | Don Cheadle | $11.77 billion |
| 11. | Chris Hemsworth | $11.69 billion |
| 12. | Chris Evans | $11.68 billion |
| 13. | Cate Blanchett | $11.66 billion |
| 14. | Gwyneth Paltrow | $11.57 billion |
| 15. | Chris Pratt | $11.52 billion |
| 16. | Idris Elba | $11.51 billion |
| 17. | Bradley Cooper | $11.35 billion |
| 18. | Vin Diesel | $10.75 billion |
| 19. | Mark Ruffalo | $10.73 billion |
| 20. | Johnny Depp | $10.71 billion |