Who were the Top Box Office Stars of the 1990s 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 1990s. So far we have box office grosses on 6,125 movies made between 1990 and 1999. 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.
Top 15 Adjusted Domestic Box Office Leaders 1990 – 1999
- Samuel L. Jackson $3,459.40 million in adjusted domestic gross
- Tom Hanks $3,414.50 million in adjusted domestic gross
- Bruce Willis $2,706.30 million in adjusted domestic gross
- Robin Williams $2,686.90 million in adjusted domestic gross
- Bill Paxton $2,616.60 million in adjusted domestic gross
- Whoopi Goldberg $2,507.30 million in adjusted domestic gross
- Julia Roberts $2,413.90 million in adjusted domestic gross
- Tommy Lee Jones $2,395.80 million in adjusted domestic gross
- Jeff Goldblum $2,252.20 million in adjusted domestic gross
- Mel Gibson $2,103.90 million in adjusted domestic gross
- Joe Pesci $2,069.60 million in adjusted domestic gross
- Jim Carrey $1,958.00 million in adjusted domestic gross
- Arnold Schwarzenegger $1,927.70 million in adjusted domestic gross
- Gene Hackman $1,913.00 million in adjusted domestic gross
- Tom Cruise $1,880.40 million in adjusted domestic gross
Top 15 Average Critic/Audience Rating Leaders 1990 – 1999 (minimum 9 movies)
- Tom Hanks 76.0 % critic and audience voting
- Al Pacino 74.1 % critic and audience voting
- Matt Damon 73.7 % critic and audience voting
- Anjelica Huston 73.0 % critic and audience voting
- Ben Kingsley 71.8 % critic and audience voting
- Robert DeNiro 71.4 % critic and audience voting
- Johnny Depp 70.8 % critic and audience voting
- Kevin Spacey 70.3 % critic and audience voting
- Paul Giamatti 69.6 % critic and audience voting
- Harvey Keitel 69.3 % critic and audience voting
- Tom Cruise 69.0 % critic and audience voting
- Sean Penn 68.8 % critic and audience voting
- Meryl Streep 68.2 % critic and audience voting
- Susan Sarandon 67.9 % critic and audience voting
- Holly Hunter 67.5 % critic and audience voting
Top 15 Average UMR Score (combo of box office, reviews & awards) Per Movie 1990-1999
- Tom Hanks 65.85
- Tom Cruise 59.99
- Jim Carrey 54.58
- Matt Damon 53.01
- Mel Gibson 51.13
- Harrison Ford 52.00
- Al Pacino 51.37
- Arnold Schwarzenegger 49.40
- Tommy Lee Jones 46.99
- Kevin Spacey 46.51
- Pierce Brosnan 46.13
- Gene Hackman 46.03
- Morgan Freeman 45.95
- Kevin Costner 45.91
- Robin Williams 45.84
Top Movie Stars 1990-1999 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 1990 and 1999
- Sort by average adjusted domestic box office per movie
- Sort by total adjusted domestic box office from 1990 to 1999
- 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 | UMR Co-Star Links | Movies | AVG B.O. (mil) | B.O. 1990s (mil) | AVG Review | Oscar Noms / Wins | AVG UMR Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel L. Jackson | 42 | $ 82.4 | $3459.4 | 63.2 % | 023 / 06 | 38.48 | |
| Tom Hanks | 13 | $ 262.7 | $3414.5 | 76.0 % | 049 / 15 | 65.85 | |
| Bruce Willis | 25 | $ 108.3 | $2706.3 | 54.0 % | 023 / 02 | 39.15 | |
| Robin Williams | 21 | $ 127.9 | $2686.9 | 56.8 % | 035 / 05 | 45.84 | |
| Bill Paxton | 20 | $ 130.8 | $2616.6 | 62.1 % | 026 / 13 | 39.05 | |
| Whoopi Goldberg | 22 | $ 114.0 | $2507.3 | 60.3 % | 015 / 05 | 40.73 | |
| Julia Roberts | 17 | $ 142.0 | $2413.9 | 55.3 % | 008 / 00 | 45.64 | |
| Tommy Lee Jones | 17 | $ 140.9 | $2395.8 | 60.7 % | 025 / 05 | 46.99 | |
| Jeff Goldblum | 12 | $ 187.7 | $2252.2 | 53.5 % | 008 / 05 | 39.91 | |
| Mel Gibson | 13 | $ 161.8 | $2103.9 | 62.0 % | 015 / 07 | 52.52 | |
| Joe Pesci | 16 | $ 129.4 | $2069.6 | 66.8 % | 016 / 04 | 45.35 | |
| Jim Carrey | 9 | $ 217.6 | $1958.0 | 64.7 % | 007 / 00 | 57.92 | |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | 10 | $ 192.8 | $1927.7 | 53.5 % | 010 / 04 | 49.40 | |
| Gene Hackman | 19 | $ 100.7 | $1913.0 | 66.0 % | 019 / 04 | 46.03 | |
| Tom Cruise | 9 | $ 208.9 | $1880.4 | 69.0 % | 017 / 01 | 59.99 | |
| James Earl Jones | 15 | $ 118.7 | $1779.8 | 66.3 % | 009 / 03 | 42.78 | |
| Harrison Ford | 10 | $ 174.1 | $1740.8 | 62.3 % | 013 / 01 | 52.00 | |
| Kevin Costner | 13 | $ 132.4 | $1721.4 | 58.1 % | 025 / 09 | 45.91 | |
| Will Smith | 8 | $ 208.4 | $1667.2 | 60.6 % | 006 / 02 | 48.52 | |
| Demi Moore | 14 | $ 118.7 | $1661.6 | 53.0 % | 011 / 02 | 40.26 | |
| John Travolta | 16 | $ 103.6 | $1657.2 | 58.8 % | 017 / 01 | 44.04 | |
| Ed Harris | 15 | $ 109.6 | $1643.7 | 65.8 % | 019 / 02 | 45.68 | |
| John Heard | 11 | $ 144.4 | $1588.7 | 64.9 % | 008 / 00 | 44.60 | |
| Pierce Brosnan | 11 | $ 144.3 | $1587.5 | 60.2 % | 003 / 01 | 46.13 | |
| Robert DeNiro | 24 | $ 66.1 | $1585.5 | 71.4 % | 019 / 01 | 44.02 | |
| Julianne Moore | 23 | $ 67.4 | $1551.3 | 61.6 % | 018 / 01 | 38.12 | |
| Danny DeVito | 17 | $ 91.1 | $1549.4 | 60.8 % | 014 / 02 | 41.45 | |
| Eddie Murphy | 12 | $ 128.6 | $1543.6 | 46.1 % | 003 / 01 | 40.31 | |
| Cary Elwes | 10 | $ 149.9 | $1498.6 | 60.1 % | 005 / 03 | 45.79 | |
| Kevin Spacey | 18 | $ 82.9 | $1492.4 | 70.3 % | 022 / 07 | 46.51 | |
| Morgan Freeman | 13 | $ 114.3 | $1485.4 | 60.8 % | 022 / 04 | 45.95 | |
| Liam Neeson | 16 | $ 92.1 | $1472.8 | 61.6 % | 019 / 07 | 38.67 | |
| Daniel Stern | 10 | $ 146.9 | $1469.0 | 53.9 % | 001 / 01 | 39.52 | |
| Sam Neill | 10 | $ 145.3 | $1452.8 | 64.7 % | 018 / 09 | 44.92 | |
| Sally Field | 7 | $ 204.2 | $1429.2 | 64.6 % | 014 / 07 | 47.64 | |
| Denzel Washington | 18 | $ 78.8 | $1417.9 | 65.9 % | 012 / 02 | 44.07 | |
| Harvey Keitel | 24 | $ 59.0 | $1415.9 | 69.3 % | 031 / 07 | 41.14 | |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | 10 | $ 139.8 | $1397.9 | 64.7 % | 017 / 11 | 39.76 | |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | 18 | $ 77.0 | $1385.9 | 67.1 % | 018 / 01 | 41.12 | |
| Kevin Bacon | 16 | $ 86.4 | $1382.8 | 65.2 % | 023 / 04 | 43.00 | |
| Glenn Close | 13 | $ 105.7 | $1373.9 | 64.5 % | 014 / 02 | 43.44 | |
| Nicolas Cage | 18 | $ 76.2 | $1370.7 | 57.8 % | 008 / 01 | 39.28 | |
| Tim Allen | 6 | $ 228.0 | $1368.1 | 75.7 % | 004 / 00 | 57.31 | |
| Meg Ryan | 15 | $ 89.6 | $1343.3 | 63.5 % | 006 / 02 | 43.55 | |
| Danny Glover | 17 | $ 78.9 | $1340.9 | 61.4 % | 004 / 01 | 39.53 | |
| Macaulay Culkin | 9 | $ 147.4 | $1326.3 | 57.6 % | 000 / 00 | 40.40 | |
| Paul Giamatti | 15 | $ 87.8 | $1317.5 | 69.6 % | 021 / 06 | 44.71 | |
| Brad Pitt | 16 | $ 81.0 | $1296.2 | 66.2 % | 019 / 03 | 44.72 | |
| Christopher Walken | 22 | $ 58.7 | $1292.2 | 60.3 % | 012 / 02 | 36.23 | |
| Wesley Snipes | 21 | $ 61.4 | $1290.3 | 56.1 % | 000 / 00 | 35.27 | |
| Michelle Pfeiffer | 15 | $ 85.0 | $1274.3 | 62.2 % | 011 / 02 | 41.92 | |
| Keanu Reeves | 17 | $ 74.5 | $1267.0 | 59.5 % | 011 / 09 | 38.93 | |
| Anthony Hopkins | 22 | $ 57.6 | $1266.8 | 62.9 % | 047 / 12 | 40.94 | |
| Sandra Bullock | 14 | $ 89.5 | $1252.8 | 50.5 % | 003 / 02 | 37.42 | |
| Val Kilmer | 13 | $ 95.7 | $1243.5 | 63.2 % | 006 / 02 | 41.17 | |
| Sean Connery | 13 | $ 95.3 | $1239.1 | 51.8 % | 005 / 01 | 37.93 | |
| Kate Winslet | 8 | $ 154.3 | $1234.2 | 73.9 % | 026 / 12 | 42.63 | |
| Richard Gere | 12 | $ 100.7 | $1208.7 | 57.5 % | 002 / 00 | 39.80 | |
| Garry Marshall | 10 | $ 119.3 | $1193.0 | 57.3 % | 005 / 00 | 42.39 | |
| Christian Slater | 18 | $ 65.9 | $1185.6 | 58.4 % | 006 / 00 | 36.83 | |
| Robert Duvall | 20 | $ 58.7 | $1173.4 | 59.4 % | 010 / 01 | 37.38 | |
| Sharon Stone | 19 | $ 61.1 | $1160.3 | 56.7 % | 005 / 00 | 35.31 | |
| Jeremy Irons | 12 | $ 96.0 | $1151.8 | 65.6 % | 008 / 03 | 39.67 | |
| Al Pacino | 13 | $ 88.5 | $1150.5 | 74.1 % | 026 / 04 | 51.37 | |
| James Woods | 19 | $ 60.5 | $1149.1 | 58.3 % | 012 / 00 | 37.09 | |
| Matt Damon | 9 | $ 126.2 | $1135.8 | 73.7 % | 026 / 07 | 53.01 | |
| Nicole Kidman | 12 | $ 94.1 | $1128.9 | 56.6 % | 006 / 00 | 39.93 | |
| Gary Oldman | 17 | $ 65.8 | $1118.5 | 67.4 % | 019 / 05 | 41.23 | |
| John Candy | 11 | $ 101.3 | $1114.4 | 52.9 % | 008 / 02 | 36.03 | |
| Steve Martin | 13 | $ 83.4 | $1084.6 | 58.7 % | 003 / 01 | 40.67 | |
| Christina Ricci | 15 | $ 70.5 | $1056.9 | 62.1 % | 005 / 01 | 38.19 | |
| Drew Barrymore | 13 | $ 81.2 | $1056.2 | 60.3 % | 003 / 00 | 38.68 | |
| Michael J. Fox | 14 | $ 75.4 | $1055.9 | 61.0 % | 002 / 00 | 39.94 | |
| James Coburn | 10 | $ 103.5 | $1035.4 | 48.5 % | 006 / 02 | 39.11 | |
| Ben Affleck | 13 | $ 79.2 | $1030.1 | 62.0 % | 026 / 09 | 40.68 | |
| Sylvester Stallone | 11 | $ 93.5 | $1028.7 | 47.4 % | 004 / 00 | 36.39 | |
| Cameron Diaz | 11 | $ 92.1 | $1013.4 | 61.8 % | 005 / 00 | 40.93 | |
| Donald Sutherland | 18 | $ 55.9 | $1006.9 | 57.5 % | 012 / 02 | 36.16 | |
| Kevin Kline | 15 | $ 67.1 | $1006.7 | 62.2 % | 006 / 00 | 39.52 | |
| Woody Harrelson | 16 | $ 61.9 | $990.2 | 58.0 % | 009 / 00 | 37.53 | |
| Jodie Foster | 8 | $ 122.3 | $978.3 | 67.9 % | 012 / 05 | 53.12 | |
| Alec Baldwin | 17 | $ 56.1 | $953.3 | 59.1 % | 006 / 01 | 36.15 | |
| Dustin Hoffman | 11 | $ 85.5 | $940.0 | 57.8 % | 013 / 03 | 41.14 | |
| Michael Douglas | 8 | $ 117.3 | $938.3 | 64.9 % | 004 / 01 | 48.63 | |
| Christopher Lloyd | 14 | $ 66.3 | $928.4 | 52.4 % | 004 / 00 | 33.18 | |
| Adam Sandler | 8 | $ 112.2 | $897.7 | 47.4 % | 000 / 00 | 36.72 | |
| Halle Berry | 14 | $ 63.7 | $891.5 | 47.2 % | 001 / 00 | 31.36 | |
| Holly Hunter | 10 | $ 89.0 | $889.7 | 67.5 % | 012 / 03 | 44.00 | |
| Jack Nicholson | 10 | $ 87.2 | $871.7 | 61.1 % | 013 / 02 | 42.25 | |
| Laurence Fishburne | 13 | $ 66.2 | $860.8 | 65.9 % | 009 / 04 | 40.62 | |
| Ewan McGregor | 12 | $ 71.6 | $858.6 | 63.8 % | 008 / 01 | 35.09 | |
| Gabriel Byrne | 20 | $ 42.7 | $854.5 | 59.2 % | 006 / 00 | 34.66 | |
| Annette Bening | 12 | $ 70.8 | $849.9 | 66.3 % | 027 / 07 | 44.82 | |
| Helen Hunt | 7 | $ 120.5 | $843.8 | 65.8 % | 008 / 02 | 39.86 | |
| Natalie Portman | 4 | $ 210.0 | $839.8 | 69.6 % | 003 / 00 | 45.02 | |
| Michael Keaton | 11 | $ 76.1 | $837.4 | 55.5 % | 004 / 00 | 36.25 | |
| Dan Aykroyd | 20 | $ 40.7 | $813.0 | 50.2 % | 003 / 00 | 29.68 | |
| Kurt Russell | 8 | $ 101.2 | $809.8 | 65.3 % | 003 / 00 | 46.64 | |
| John Goodman | 17 | $ 47.2 | $802.4 | 59.6 % | 003 / 00 | 34.91 | |
| Susan Sarandon | 14 | $ 57.1 | $799.4 | 67.9 % | 017 / 02 | 43.06 | |
| Diane Keaton | 11 | $ 72.6 | $798.7 | 60.0 % | 010 / 00 | 39.76 | |
| Tim Burton | 6 | $ 132.9 | $797.5 | 75.2 % | 009 / 03 | 53.68 | |
| James Caan | 12 | $ 66.4 | $796.6 | 57.9 % | 010 / 04 | 38.15 | |
| Winona Ryder | 15 | $ 52.9 | $793.8 | 67.3 % | 016 / 05 | 40.46 | |
| Steven Seagal | 9 | $ 87.6 | $788.5 | 46.7 % | 002 / 00 | 35.37 | |
| Bridget Fonda | 18 | $ 43.6 | $784.1 | 63.2 % | 010 / 00 | 36.79 | |
| Clint Eastwood | 8 | $ 97.9 | $783.2 | 68.9 % | 013 / 04 | 49.50 | |
| John Malkovich | 17 | $ 45.3 | $769.7 | 62.0 % | 010 / 00 | 36.67 | |
| Nick Nolte | 19 | $ 40.4 | $767.1 | 58.3 % | 021 / 01 | 34.93 | |
| Ben Kingsley | 11 | $ 69.6 | $765.8 | 71.8 % | 024 / 09 | 45.71 | |
| Owen Wilson | 7 | $ 107.8 | $754.3 | 52.9 % | 004 / 00 | 38.54 | |
| Keira Knightley | 1 | $ 748.2 | $748.2 | 62.7 % | 003 / 00 | 61.65 | |
| Jamie Lee Curtis | 12 | $ 61.9 | $743.0 | 55.9 % | 001 / 00 | 34.86 | |
| Matthew McConaughey | 13 | $ 57.1 | $742.2 | 58.0 % | 006 / 00 | 36.25 | |
| Charlie Sheen | 17 | $ 43.2 | $735.1 | 46.4 % | 003 / 00 | 28.70 | |
| Ben Stiller | 13 | $ 55.4 | $720.7 | 58.0 % | 000 / 00 | 35.30 | |
| Brendan Fraser | 15 | $ 47.7 | $716.0 | 52.0 % | 003 / 01 | 30.76 | |
| Hugh Grant | 13 | $ 55.0 | $715.3 | 66.1 % | 019 / 03 | 41.62 | |
| Goldie Hawn | 8 | $ 88.8 | $710.1 | 53.8 % | 002 / 01 | 38.48 | |
| Billy Crystal | 9 | $ 78.2 | $703.6 | 60.6 % | 007 / 01 | 39.72 | |
| Charlton Heston | 7 | $ 98.6 | $690.1 | 63.9 % | 005 / 00 | 43.43 | |
| Bill Murray | 12 | $ 57.3 | $688.1 | 66.7 % | 002 / 02 | 40.65 | |
| Patrick Swayze | 8 | $ 85.1 | $680.6 | 60.2 % | 005 / 02 | 37.15 | |
| Jean-Claude Van Damme | 15 | $ 45.0 | $674.6 | 44.0 % | 000 / 00 | 27.52 | |
| Ted Danson | 7 | $ 95.7 | $670.1 | 57.7 % | 011 / 05 | 34.98 | |
| Walter Matthau | 9 | $ 74.4 | $669.8 | 54.0 % | 008 / 02 | 37.24 | |
| Richard Dreyfuss | 13 | $ 51.3 | $666.9 | 61.2 % | 005 / 00 | 37.46 | |
| Andie MacDowell | 14 | $ 47.2 | $661.0 | 59.7 % | 005 / 00 | 35.72 | |
| Billy Bob Thornton | 11 | $ 59.6 | $656.0 | 66.0 % | 009 / 01 | 39.49 | |
| Dennis Quaid | 14 | $ 46.3 | $648.1 | 58.8 % | 004 / 00 | 35.02 | |
| George Clooney | 8 | $ 80.5 | $644.1 | 59.3 % | 010 / 00 | 41.24 | |
| John Lithgow | 11 | $ 58.2 | $640.4 | 57.0 % | 005 / 00 | 36.63 | |
| Willem Dafoe | 17 | $ 37.5 | $637.9 | 58.9 % | 018 / 10 | 32.92 | |
| Robert Downey Jr. | 18 | $ 35.4 | $637.9 | 56.4 % | 008 / 02 | 32.60 | |
| John Cusack | 15 | $ 41.9 | $628.4 | 66.0 % | 025 / 01 | 38.40 | |
| Matt Dillon | 13 | $ 48.3 | $628.1 | 66.1 % | 001 / 00 | 36.78 | |
| Christopher Plummer | 8 | $ 76.8 | $614.4 | 72.6 % | 013 / 00 | 46.87 | |
| Raul Julia | 5 | $ 122.2 | $611.1 | 52.9 % | 002 / 00 | 39.07 | |
| Rob Reiner | 6 | $ 101.8 | $610.9 | 62.4 % | 008 / 01 | 45.06 | |
| Ice Cube | 12 | $ 50.4 | $604.2 | 60.3 % | 002 / 00 | 35.35 | |
| Johnny Depp | 14 | $ 43.0 | $602.4 | 70.8 % | 009 / 03 | 40.39 | |
| Jack Lemmon | 11 | $ 54.3 | $597.1 | 67.4 % | 013 / 02 | 37.91 | |
| Donald Trump | 8 | $ 73.8 | $590.7 | 43.9 % | 000 / 00 | 29.29 | |
| Meryl Streep | 11 | $ 53.6 | $589.4 | 68.2 % | 008 / 01 | 42.98 | |
| Oliver Stone | 8 | $ 73.2 | $585.8 | 66.0 % | 017 / 03 | 45.65 | |
| Dennis Hopper | 13 | $ 44.3 | $575.9 | 62.4 % | 004 / 02 | 35.40 | |
| Robert Redford | 5 | $ 114.6 | $572.9 | 54.7 % | 003 / 00 | 43.72 | |
| William Hurt | 15 | $ 37.0 | $554.4 | 65.4 % | 002 / 00 | 36.30 | |
| Sigourney Weaver | 10 | $ 55.4 | $554.2 | 66.3 % | 001 / 00 | 39.79 | |
| Jay Mohr | 9 | $ 60.9 | $547.8 | 58.7 % | 005 / 01 | 36.23 | |
| Bette Midler | 7 | $ 78.1 | $547.0 | 60.8 % | 002 / 00 | 41.07 | |
| Vince Vaughn | 8 | $ 66.6 | $532.6 | 60.4 % | 001 / 00 | 34.54 | |
| Anjelica Huston | 10 | $ 52.7 | $527.2 | 73.0 % | 006 / 00 | 38.55 | |
| Emilio Estevez | 10 | $ 52.0 | $520.0 | 40.9 % | 001 / 00 | 27.42 | |
| Daryl Hannah | 10 | $ 51.2 | $512.1 | 52.1 % | 000 / 00 | 33.38 | |
| Walter Lemmon | 6 | $ 85.2 | $510.9 | 59.7 % | 008 / 02 | 40.66 | |
| Anne Bancroft | 6 | $ 83.2 | $499.1 | 65.7 % | 000 / 00 | 42.98 | |
| Rick Moranis | 6 | $ 81.1 | $486.3 | 49.3 % | 000 / 00 | 33.80 | |
| Ally Sheedy | 8 | $ 58.9 | $470.9 | 50.9 % | 000 / 00 | 30.75 | |
| Rob Lowe | 6 | $ 76.3 | $458.0 | 61.4 % | 001 / 00 | 40.30 | |
| Michael Biehn | 6 | $ 74.4 | $446.2 | 51.3 % | 001 / 00 | 33.54 | |
| Melanie Griffith | 14 | $ 31.6 | $442.5 | 57.2 % | 002 / 00 | 32.05 | |
| Christian Bale | 10 | $ 43.1 | $431.0 | 63.0 % | 008 / 02 | 35.36 | |
| Vin Diesel | 2 | $ 213.9 | $427.8 | 88.0 % | 011 / 05 | 65.06 | |
| Charlize Theron | 8 | $ 52.7 | $421.2 | 58.9 % | 008 / 02 | 36.37 | |
| Jeff Bridges | 14 | $ 30.1 | $420.9 | 61.4 % | 010 / 01 | 34.45 | |
| James Garner | 5 | $ 83.0 | $415.0 | 55.1 % | 001 / 00 | 38.32 | |
| Ann-Margret | 4 | $ 103.3 | $413.0 | 58.0 % | 000 / 00 | 42.69 | |
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt | 6 | $ 66.6 | $399.4 | 52.2 % | 003 / 01 | 35.15 | |
| Kim Basinger | 8 | $ 49.8 | $398.3 | 54.6 % | 009 / 02 | 34.27 | |
| Warren Beatty | 4 | $ 97.6 | $390.5 | 63.4 % | 018 / 05 | 49.21 | |
| Tom Selleck | 8 | $ 48.5 | $388.2 | 43.4 % | 001 / 00 | 29.86 | |
| Paul Rudd | 6 | $ 64.5 | $387.2 | 58.4 % | 008 / 02 | 38.08 | |
| Jack Palance | 4 | $ 95.6 | $382.2 | 54.0 % | 001 / 01 | 41.80 | |
| Anthony Quinn | 8 | $ 47.4 | $379.2 | 49.4 % | 000 / 00 | 30.58 | |
| Frances McDormand | 13 | $ 28.5 | $370.0 | 64.2 % | 010 / 02 | 35.97 | |
| Bruce Dern | 7 | $ 50.5 | $353.8 | 52.0 % | 000 / 00 | 32.36 | |
| Sean Penn | 12 | $ 29.0 | $347.5 | 68.8 % | 013 / 01 | 38.61 | |
| Jamie Foxx | 7 | $ 48.7 | $340.9 | 49.6 % | 002 / 00 | 31.44 | |
| Mark Wahlberg | 8 | $ 39.9 | $318.9 | 61.4 % | 003 / 00 | 35.33 | |
| Jessica Lange | 10 | $ 31.1 | $310.5 | 64.9 % | 005 / 01 | 36.33 | |
| Jake Gyllenhaal | 5 | $ 61.8 | $309.0 | 61.8 % | 001 / 01 | 37.45 | |
| Mel Brooks | 5 | $ 61.0 | $304.8 | 50.1 % | 000 / 00 | 33.00 | |
| Lauren Bacall | 6 | $ 49.4 | $296.2 | 54.2 % | 003 / 01 | 34.62 | |
| Daniel Day-Lewis | 5 | $ 59.0 | $295.2 | 78.0 % | 015 / 03 | 49.61 | |
| Scarlett Johansson | 7 | $ 40.6 | $284.1 | 47.4 % | 001 / 00 | 28.74 | |
| Michael Caine | 8 | $ 35.4 | $283.3 | 63.4 % | 008 / 02 | 37.38 | |
| Woody Allen | 8 | $ 35.4 | $283.0 | 73.0 % | 005 / 01 | 40.26 | |
| Burt Reynolds | 9 | $ 31.4 | $282.7 | 49.8 % | 003 / 00 | 29.73 | |
| Edward Norton | 6 | $ 46.6 | $279.3 | 77.7 % | 004 / 00 | 46.42 | |
| Tom Berenger | 12 | $ 23.1 | $277.6 | 59.2 % | 001 / 00 | 31.87 | |
| Robert Mitchum | 3 | $ 91.8 | $275.5 | 75.6 % | 002 / 00 | 50.24 | |
| Chevy Chase | 7 | $ 38.8 | $271.9 | 46.0 % | 000 / 00 | 27.70 | |
| Reese Witherspoon | 11 | $ 24.7 | $271.5 | 61.5 % | 004 / 00 | 32.27 | |
| Elizabeth Taylor | 1 | $ 269.7 | $269.7 | 34.5 % | 000 / 00 | 47.22 | |
| Russell Crowe | 13 | $ 20.7 | $268.9 | 64.5 % | 016 / 02 | 34.12 | |
| Martin Sheen | 9 | $ 29.6 | $266.6 | 55.3 % | 001 / 00 | 30.69 | |
| Milla Jovovich | 7 | $ 37.7 | $263.9 | 60.8 % | 004 / 00 | 34.84 | |
| Steve Guttenberg | 5 | $ 52.4 | $262.1 | 51.7 % | 000 / 00 | 27.86 | |
| Faye Dunaway | 10 | $ 25.6 | $255.6 | 53.4 % | 001 / 00 | 29.11 | |
| Sidney Poitier | 3 | $ 84.9 | $254.6 | 47.5 % | 000 / 00 | 35.81 | |
| Alan Alda | 9 | $ 27.9 | $251.2 | 61.4 % | 000 / 00 | 32.88 | |
| Cate Blanchett | 6 | $ 40.3 | $241.5 | 68.4 % | 013 / 01 | 41.08 | |
| Barbra Streisand | 2 | $ 114.1 | $228.2 | 62.8 % | 009 / 00 | 50.76 | |
| Carrie Fisher | 5 | $ 44.1 | $220.3 | 53.7 % | 002 / 00 | 32.23 | |
| George C. Scott | 5 | $ 43.7 | $218.5 | 56.1 % | 000 / 00 | 33.47 | |
| Paul Newman | 5 | $ 43.6 | $217.9 | 66.6 % | 003 / 00 | 38.72 | |
| Shirley MacLaine | 7 | $ 30.9 | $216.1 | 55.8 % | 002 / 00 | 31.84 | |
| Gregory Peck | 2 | $ 104.9 | $209.8 | 61.0 % | 002 / 00 | 45.81 | |
| Jennifer Aniston | 8 | $ 26.1 | $208.9 | 55.8 % | 000 / 00 | 30.47 | |
| Angelina Jolie | 8 | $ 25.4 | $203.0 | 49.6 % | 001 / 01 | 28.75 | |
| Don Ameche | 4 | $ 46.7 | $186.6 | 53.3 % | 000 / 00 | 32.45 | |
| Debra Winger | 7 | $ 24.9 | $174.4 | 61.1 % | 002 / 00 | 33.19 | |
| Debbie Reynolds | 3 | $ 55.2 | $165.7 | 66.5 % | 001 / 00 | 40.36 | |
| Andrew McCarthy | 8 | $ 20.6 | $164.4 | 59.9 % | 000 / 00 | 31.58 | |
| Sophia Loren | 2 | $ 81.0 | $161.9 | 39.7 % | 000 / 00 | 31.11 | |
| Ernest Borgnine | 6 | $ 26.8 | $160.8 | 56.3 % | 001 / 00 | 30.69 | |
| Marlon Brando | 4 | $ 39.6 | $158.2 | 46.3 % | 001 / 00 | 29.10 |
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Wow that’s great
You should do one about the past decade 2010-2019
Hey Abderrahim….thanks for stopping by and for commenting. We do indeed have a 2010-2019 breakdown. https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/top-movie-stars-of-the-2010s/
I think it is more persuasive to add an average box office. In addition, the total number of films should be indicated as the number of leading roles, supporting roles and dubbing
Wow Great
You should do one on the past decade 2010-2019
So much information. Highlights for me? Harvey Keitel getting a mention. Love him as an actor. Very underrated. Gene Hackman almost getting a Top 10 spot. Just reinforces my thinking that he is one of the greatest actors ever. And seeing some all time greats getting on the list. Peck, Quinn, Heston and Mitchum really sticking out.
Hey SteinHOF….thanks for stopping by and commenting…..glad you like that Keitel got some attention….I need to go back and add him to the our 1970s and 1980s pages…..I now have over 50 of his movies in my database completely researched….he will probably be getting a UMR page soon.
Sad that Gene Hackman only worked a few more years after this decade….he retired while he was still near the top. Yep some of the legends make an appearance here….I was glad to be able to include them….as well as Brando.
Good feedback.
I think it is more persuasive to add an average box office. In addition, the total number of films should be indicated as the number of leading roles, supporting roles and dubbing
Hey I recognise all these names, do I win a prize or something?
😉
Hey Charlton Heston did very well on the big chart topping over 100 big names, I like that. It was Steven Seagal’s best decade and aging action hero Chuck Heston effortlessly higher on the rung.
You left out Jean-Claude Van Damme, he did pretty well in the 90s. Chuck Norris was fading fast and kung fu Bruce Lee has been dead for a quarter of a century. [sniff]
And that’s my assessment of the big stars of the 1990s, thank you and goodnight.
Not enough?
Okay one of my favorites Al Pacino did very well on the mini-charts, in his last great decade. Robert De Niro is n/a despite appearing in Goodfellas, Casino, Cape Fear and Heat.
Something not quite right here – Vin Diesel tops Tom Cruise and Harrison Ford on the big chart despite not really becoming a star until Pitch Black and Fast and the Furious in the early 2000s.
Another epic stats-filled movie page Bruce. Vote Up.
Hey Steve
1. Yep you won the grand prize….I shipped it to you yesterday….let me know when it arrives and what you think about it….direct from the Cogerson archives…lol.
2. I thought you would enjoy Heston’s final hurrah…..granted he had successfully turned into a supporting character in this decade….but box office glory is box office glory in my mind.
3. You are 100% correct….I left out JCVD….but I have now included him in the table….looking at box office….JCVD comes in 124th place…right behind Patrick Swayze and right before Ted Danson.
4. JCVD was a busy man…..making 15 movies that got released in North American theaters in the 1990s….but if you look at the worst UMR average score…only Emilio Estevez had a worse decade…..by the end of the 1990s his power box office days were already gone.
5. Glad you Pacino did well……he has never been one of my favorites…..but I respect his acting skills.
6. I think when you sort by UMR score you need to filter out the people that only made one or two films….I used a minimum of 9 movies when compiling my list of leading stars….if you do that people like Vin Diesel quickly get eliminated.
7. Thanks for the visit and the comment.
Love this love this. I know all of these people. Glad to see Tom Hanks as the Top Dog of the decade. Wonderful page.
Hey Helakoski….glad this page is one in which you are more aware of. I am planning on doing at least one more decade page…with a possible 2010 – 2017 one too. I think Tom Hanks owned this decade for sure. Harrison Ford in the 1980s and Hanks in the 1990s. Thanks for the nice compliment about this page.