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I have some sort of an obsession when it comes to numbers, and one think that I have always done is add-up the amount of money that an actor or actress has made world-wide. The difference from other online websites is that I add my own discretion in tallying up the box-office draw. Basically, if the actor or actress only makes a cameo or only has a minor-role, I don't count them. The numbers are usually quite a ways off, but it gives a "so-so" idea for what they've got. It's long, but my hope is that it might serve a purpose in the "commercial" portion of this thread. This is a "by movie" thing, but adding up their box-office tally as a whole.
Gary Oldman: 9299
Samuel L. Jackson: 8563
Tom Hanks: 8236
Emma Watson: 8023
Morgan Freeman: 7960
Johnny Depp: 7923
Tom Cruise: 7868
Bruce Willis: 7527
Eddie Murphy: 7322
Liam Neeson: 7311
Harrison Ford: 6787
Will Smith: 6642
Cameron Diaz: 6582
Robert Downey Jr.: 6451
Orlando Bloom: 6369
Brad Pitt: 6317
Michael Caine: 6281
Cate Blanchett: 6421
Ben Stiller: 6136
Ian McKellen: 6124
Leonardo DiCaprio: 6001
Ralph Fiennes: 5964
Sigourney Weaver: 5848
Robin Williams: 5802
Julia Roberts: 5563
Matt Damon: 5490
Robert De Niro: 5440
Nicholas Cage: 5314
Helana Bonham Carter: 5066
Dustin Hoffman: 4962
Tommy Lee Jones: 4839
Angelina Jolie: 4730
Hugh Jackman: 4632
Sylvester Stallone: 4618
Jim Carey: 4422
Mel Gibson: 4418
Mike Meyers: 4392
John Travolta: 4371
Kathy Bates: 4317
Christian Bale: 4298
John Goodman: 4298
Steve Buscemi: 4277
Kristen Stewart: 4232
James Franco: 4184
Natalie Portman: 4133
Keanu Reeves: 4108
Arnold Swartzeneggar: 4103
Dwayne Johnson: 4097
Scarlett Johanson: 3882
Adam Sandler: 3878
Jon Voight: 3800
Willem Dafoe: 3798
George Clooney: 3713
Anthony Hopkins: 3659
Sandra Bullock: 3616
Seth Rogen: 3609
Jack Black: 3596
Steve Carrell: 3582
Halle Barry: 3471
Ben Kingsley: 3437
Tobey Maguire: 3410
Mark Whalberg: 3387
Ben Affleck: 3184
Sean Connery: 3178
Jamie Foxx: 3152
Michael Keaton: 3127
Joseph-Gorden Levitt: 3090
Jack Nicholson: 3059
Tim Allen: 3055
Mark Ruffalo: 3046
Vin Diesel: 2974
Michelle Pfeiffer: 2850
Ryan Reynolds: 2582
Clint Eastwood: 2509
Chris Hemsworth: 2568
Gerard Butler: 2432
Vince Vaugn: 2424
John Cussack: 2288
Patrick Stewart: 2216
Jennifer Aniston: 2105
Josh Hutcherson: 2041
Justin Long: 1974
Justin Timberlake: 1959
Jason Stathem: 1953
Leslie Mann: 1930
Reese Whitherspoon: 1941
Mila Kunis: 1879
Jake Gyllenhaal: 1821
Mark Hamill: 1810
Elizabeth Banks: 1749
Jason Segel: 1723
Jamie Lee Curtis: 1677
Edward Norton: 1673
Ron Perlman: 1658
Neal Patrick Harris: 1654
Heather Graham: 1592
Miranda Cosgrove: 1550
Brad Douriff: 1550
Chris Pine: 1540
Jesse Eisenberg: 1425
Zooey Deschanel: 1375
Jennifer Lawrence: 1353
Bryan Cranston: 1342
Jason Biggs: 1302
Matthew Lillard: 1299
Vera Farmiga: 1254
Patrick Wilson: 1248
Andrew Garfield: 1188
Jaden Smith: 1143
Patrick Swayze: 1075
Hillary Swank: 978
Tara Reid: 951
Logan Lerman: 914
Katie Holmes: 882
Ethan Hawke: 878
David Arquette: 867
Zach Braff: 866
Chloe Grace Moretz: 862
Daniel Day-Lewis: 855
Emma Roberts: 815
Neve Campbell: 760
Ryan Gosling: 751
Will Poulter: 695
Nick Swardson: 652
Danny Trejo: 649
Miley Cyrus: 645
Selena Gomez: 553
Jackie Earl Haley: 535
Frank Welker: 484
Dane Cook: 456
Charlie Hunnam: 428
Robert Englund: 367
Hulk Hogan: 334
Bill Cosby: 225
Will Wheaton: 138
Bruce Campbell: 123
Jane Levy: 109
John Cena: 50
Daniel Tosh: 41
Roddy Piper: 25
Glen Jacobs: 15
Victoria Justice: 11
It doesn't include a couple of noteworthy movies like Gravity, Frozen, or the new Hobbit, because I like to wait until they're fully released, so I don't have to redo the math. The numbers represent "millions" made by the way.
Edit: Keep in-mind, it doesn't adjust for inflation, so somebody like, say, Jack Nicholson, has technically made much more.