Continuing on with the Top 25 Highest Grossing Actors of All Time, we’ve arrived at Day 2 covering the thespians making up numbers 20-16. If you missed part 1 featuring nos. 25-21, you can find that here:
https://toddmthatcher.com/2014/08/09/top-25-highest-grossing-actors-of-all-time-nos-25-21/
Let’s get to it:
20. Ben Stiller
Career Earnings: $2.6 billion
Franchises: The Meet the Parents, Night at the Museum and Madagascar series
Highest Grossing Picture: Meet the Fockers – $279 million
Numbers of $100M+ Earners: 11. There’s Something About Mary, Meet the Parents, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Meet the Fockers, Madagascar, Night at the Museum, Tropic Thunder, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Little Fockers, Madagascar: Europe’s Most Wanted.
Lowest Grosser: If Lucy Fell – $2.4 million
19. Emma Watson
Career Earnings: $2.6 billion
Franchises: The Harry Potter series
Highest Grossing Picture: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – $381 million
Number of $100M+ Earners: 10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, This is the End, Noah.
Lowest Grosser: The Bling Ring – $5.8 million
18. Liam Neeson
Career Earnings: $2.7 billion
Franchises: The Star Wars, Dark Knight, and Taken series. Clash of the Titans/Wrath of the Titans.
Highest Grossing Picture: Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace – $474 million
Numbers of $100M+ Earners: 7. Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, Batman Begins, Taken, Clash of the Titans, The Dark Knight Rises, Taken 2, The LEGO Movie.
Lowest Grosser: Lamb – $5,000
17. Matt Damon
Career Earnings: $2.7 billion
Franchises: The Bourne and Ocean’s series.
Highest Grossing Picture: The Bourne Ultimatum – $227 million
Numbers of $100M+ Earners: 10. Good Will Hunting, Saving Private Ryan, Ocean’s Eleven, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, Ocean’s Twelve, The Departed, Ocean’s Thirteen, The Bourne Ultimatum, True Grit.
Lowest Grosser: Margaret – $46,000
16. Will Smith
Career Earnings: $2.7 billion
Franchises: The Bad Boys and Men in Black series.
Highest Grossing Picture: Independence Day – $306 million
Numbers of $100M+ Earners: 12. Independence Day, Men in Black, Enemy of the State, Wild Wild West, Men in Black II, Bad Boys II, I, Robot, Shark Tale, Hitch, The Pursuit of Happyness, I Am Legend, Hancock, MIB 3.
Lowest Grosser: Where the Day Takes You – $390,000
We’ll get to numbers 15-11 tomorrow. Until then!