Marvelhas demonstrated time and again that it can skim in hugebox role profits . So it ’s no surprisal that its heroes are some of the highest - gross actor across the action musical genre .
In fact , according to a new study fromUswitch , all five of the genre ’s highest - gross actors herald from theMCU.Samuel L. Jackson , who plays Nick Fury in a number of MCU blockbuster , is at the top of the list . The worldwide box part stats from activeness movie featuring him full nearly $ 19 billion . Below him areRobert Downey Jr.(Iron Man ) , Zoe Saldana ( Gamora ) , Elizabeth Olsen ( Wanda Maximoff ) , and Chris Evans ( Captain America ) .
Over inhorror corner , Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reign supreme . The pair stars as paranormal investigatorsEd and Lorraine WarreninThe Conjuringseries , and each has a number of otherhorrorcredits to their name . Farmiga ’s admit 2009’sOrphanand 2007’sJoshua ; while Wilson has kept busy with the pernicious series and standalone flick like 2019’sIn the Tall Grass . ( Musical theater fans wondering if Wilson will ever get back toBroadwaycan rest ensure thathe ’s hoping to at some point . )
It ’s also barely a shocker that Julia Roberts necessitate the top spot for romance with a tidy $ 1.24 billion in corner part earnings . Pretty Woman(1990),Runaway Bride(1999 ) , andNotting Hill(1999 ) are some of thehighest - grossing romantic comediesof all time .
Ben Stiller , who came in 5th place for both romance and comedy , was the only actor to make two lists . His $ 3.22 billion in comedy motion picture revenue was n’t quite enough to butt against out the $ 3.94 billion that down Bill Hader in first place . Though theSNLalum has appear in plenty of live - action drollery , fromSuperbad(2007 ) toTrainwreck(2015 ) , it ’s probably his vocalisation work in animate oblation likeCloudy With a Chance of Meatballs(2009 ) andInside Out(2015 ) that helped nudge him into the top spot .
If you ’re wondering why you do n’t see anyOld Hollywoodstars in the crack-up below , it ’s because Uswitch only include living actors in the analysis . ( Anyone who did n’t have at least 10 feature part on their IMDb Sir Frederick Handley Page was also debar . ) Find out other takeaway from the studyhere .
