As of February 2023, Samuel L. Jackson was the highest-grossing leading actor in the United States and Canada, which combined are known as the North American movie market. Movies featuring Jackson as a protagonist collectively amassed 5.72 billion U.S. dollars domestically.
1. Samuel L. Jackson - $5.72 Billion. While he also had a fairly significant role as Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, nobody can stand up to the vastly diverse career held by Samuel L. Jackson.
Dwayne Johnson
Dwayne Johnson is known as “The Rock” and is currently the most well-known person in the world. Dwayne, who was previously a WWE champion wrestler, is now an actor as well as a producer. He is one the most respected professional wrestlers in the history of the sport.
Tom Cruise's Box Office Record Explained
Over 30 of Cruise's movies have made over $100 million worldwide. Some of those $100 million movies include Jerry Maguire, Rain Man, and Cocktail, and it's hard to imagine those movies making as much money if they were released today or if they didn't star Tom Cruise.
For his services in the lead role of Fletcher Christian in the film, American actor Marlon Brando commanded the first-ever $1 million salary for a movie role.
Six films in total have grossed in excess of $2 billion worldwide, with Avatar ranked in the top position.
Who is the number one richest actor in the world? Currently, Jami Gertz is the richest actor in the world with a net worth of $3 billion.
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Reese Witherspoon has been named the wealthiest self-made female actor in the world by Forbes.
There are 2,668 billionaires on this year's list — and only eight of them are Hollywood stars.
Jesus Christ tops list of world's top ten most significant people EVER (according to Wikipedia)
With over two billion followers, Jesus Christ is of the most influential figures in history.
Drew Barrymore, Nicolas Cage, Mary Chapin Carpenter, George Clooney, David Copperfield, Tom Cruise, Eminem, Tom Hanks, Larry King, Calvin Klein, Alanis Morissette, Jack Nicholson, Kate Winslet and Tiger Woods are some famous personalities with the life path Number 5.
George Lucas is the richest celebrity of 2020 with a net worth $6.5 billion. He is widely known for creating some of the most successful film franchises in film history.
Forbes ranked media mogul Oprah Winfrey as the richest female self-made billionaire, with her net worth estimated at US$2.5 billion. She was widely reported as adding 352 hectares of land in Maui earlier this year to her already-extensive property portfolio on the Hawaiian island.
Avatar, Jurassic Park, Titanic, Star Wars... We review the 53 films that have made history after raising more than a billion dollars.
Titanic became the first movie to gross over $1 billion worldwide on March 1, 1998, in 74 days of release.