Ariana Greenblatt is one of the youngest actors to appear in more than one billion-dollar movie.

Ariana Greenblatt has starred in "Barbie" and "Avengers: Infinity War."


Ariana Greenblatt has starred in “Barbie” and “Avengers: Infinity War.” Warner Bros. Pictures / Albert L. Ortega / Getty Images / Marvel Studios
Movies: “Avengers: Infinity War,” and “Barbie”

Ariana Greenblatt, 15, is the latest actor to star in more than one movie that has hit $1 billion dollars at the global box office after the success of “Barbie.”

Greenblatt also had a small role in “Avengers: Infinity War” as the younger version of Gamora (Zoe Saldaña).

Samuel L. Jackson has been in 10 movies that have hit $1 billion.

Samuel L. Jackson has starred in numerous Marvel and "Star Wars" movies.
Samuel L. Jackson has starred in numerous Marvel and “Star Wars” movies. Marvel Studios / Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic via Getty Images / Lucasfilm
Movies: “Jurassic Park,” “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace,” “Avengers Assemble,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Incredibles 2,” “Captain Marvel,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” and “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker”

Chris Pratt’s latest film to hit $1 billion dollars is “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.”

Chris Pratt has starred in numerous Marvel and "Jurassic World" films.
Chris Pratt has starred in numerous Marvel and “Jurassic World” films. Marvel Studios / Disney / Jon Kopaloff / WireImage / Universal Pictures/
Movies: “Jurassic World,” “Avengers: Infinity War,””Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” “Avengers: Endgame,”   “Jurassic World: Dominion,” “The Super Mario Bros Movie”

All three “Jurassic World” movies, in which Chris Pratt stars as animal behavioral scientist Owen Grady, have made more than $1 billion dollars at the box office.

Pratt also starred in the last two “Avengers” movies as Star-Lord.

Many Marvel stars including Robert Downey Jr. have starred in billion-dollar hits.

Robert Downey Jr. in 2022 and as Tony Stark in "Iron Man."
Robert Downey Jr. has starred in numerous Marvel films. Phillip Faraone/The Hollywood Reporter/Getty Images/Marvel Studios
Movies: “Avengers Assemble,” “Iron Man 3,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Captain America: Civil War,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Avengers: Endgame”

The last two “Spider-Man” movies starring Tom Holland made over a billion dollars.

Tom Holland has starred in numerous Marvel films.
Tom Holland has starred in numerous Marvel films. Prodip Guha / Getty Images / Marvel Studios / Sony Pictures
Movies: “Captain America: Civil War,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “Spider-Man: Far from Home,” “Spider-Man: No Way Home”

Almost every movie in which Tom Holland has played Spider-Man has made more than a billion dollars at the box office. “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” Holland’s first solo outing as Spidey, is the only one that is not in the billion-dollar club.

Chris Evans has played Captain America in many of Marvel’s biggest hits.

Chris Evans has starred in numerous Marvel films.


Chris Evans has starred in numerous Marvel films. Joel C Ryan / Invision / AP / Marvel / Disney
Movies: “Avengers Assemble,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Captain America: Civil War,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Avengers: Endgame”

Scarlett Johansson has also starred in multiple MCU movies.

Scarlett Johansson attends the 35th Annual American Cinematheque Awards at The Beverly Hilton on November 18, 2021, and as Black Widow in "Iron Man 2."
Scarlett Johansson has starred in numerous Marvel films. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Marvel Studios
Movies: “Avengers Assemble,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Captain America: Civil War,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Avengers: Endgame”

Don Cheadle has starred in five billion-dollar movies in his career.

Don Cheadle as War Machine in "Iron Man 2."
Don Cheadle has starred in numerous Marvel films. Corey Nickols/Getty Images for IMDb/Marvel Studios
Movies: “Iron Man 3,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Captain America: Civil War,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Avengers: Endgame”

Chris Hemsworth has starred in four billion-dollar movies.

Chris Hemsworth at the the 2022 AACTA Awards and as Thor in "Thor: Love and Thunder."
Chris Hemsworth has starred in numerous Marvel films. Don Arnold/WireImage/Marvel Studios/Disney
Movies: “Avengers Assemble,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Avengers: Endgame”

Elizabeth Olsen has starred in several billion-dollar movies since joining Marvel.

Elizabeth Olsen at the Vanity Fair Oscars party and as Scarlet Witch in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness."
Elizabeth Olsen has starred in numerous Marvel films. Jemal Countess/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images/Marvel Studios
Movies: “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Captain America: Civil War,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Avengers: Endgame”

Vin Diesel’s biggest hits include Marvel movies and the “Fast & Furious” franchise.

Vin Diesel has starred in numerous Marvel and "Fast and Furious" films.
Vin Diesel has starred in numerous Marvel and “Fast & Furious” films. Universal Pictures / Jordan Strauss / Invision / AP / Marvel Studios
Movies: “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “Furious 7,” “The Fate of the Furious.”

Between the “Fast & Furious” franchise and the MCU, Vin Diesel has a total of four films that have hit a billion dollars at the box office. He plays the lead character, Dominic Toretto, in the “Fast” franchise.

Zoe Saldaña has starred in two major franchises that have grossed over $1 billion.

Zoe Saldaña has starred in numerous Marvel and "Avatar" films.
Zoe Saldaña has starred in numerous Marvel and “Avatar” films. 20th Century Studios / Mike Coppola / Getty Images / Marvel Studios
Movies: “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “Avatar,” “Avatar: The Way of Water.”

Andy Serkis has starred in three billion-dollar franchises.

Andy Serkis has starred in numerous "Star Wars" and "Lord of the Rings" films.
Andy Serkis has starred in numerous “Star Wars” and “Lord of the Rings” films. LucasFilm / Disney / Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP / New Line Cinema
Movies: “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Black Panther,” “Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi,” “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker”

Andy Serkis has starred in the three biggest sci-fi/fantasy movie franchises of the last few decades.

In “The Lord of the Rings” movies, two of which made more than a billion dollars, he played Gollum. In the recent “Star Wars” trilogy, he played the villain Snoke.

Finally, he played the villain Ulysses Klaue in “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and “Black Panther,” which take place in the MCU.

Ewan McGregor is mostly known for his “Star Wars” movies but he also starred in the box office hit “Beauty and the Beast.”

Ewan McGregor has starred in "Star Wars" and the "Beauty and the Beast" remake.
Ewan McGregor has starred in “Star Wars” and the “Beauty and the Beast” remake. 20th Century Fox / Kevork Djansezian / NBCU Photo Bank / NBCUniversal / Getty Images / Disney
Movies: “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace,” “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker”

Ewan McGregor made his “Star Wars” debut as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the 1999 box office hit, “The Phantom Menace,” but his voice can also be heard in “The Force Awakens” and “Rise of Skywalker.” McGregor also played the human-turned-candle Lumière in Disney’s live-action remake of “Beauty and the Beast.”

Gwyneth Paltrow has starred in many billion-dollar movies due to her role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Gwyneth Paltrow has starred in numerous Marvel movies.
Gwyneth Paltrow has starred in numerous Marvel movies. Kevin Winter / Getty Images / Disney / Marvel Studios
Movies: “Avengers Assemble,” “Iron Man 3,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Avengers: Endgame”

Chadwick Boseman starred in four movies that have made over a billion.

Chadwick Boseman Black Panther
Chadwick Boseman has starred in numerous Marvel films. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Movies: “Captain America: Civil War,” “Black Panther,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Avengers: Endgame”

The late Chadwick Boseman also starred in four movies that made more than a billion dollars at the box office.

Boseman joined the MCU as Black Panther in the 2016 movie “Captain America: Civil War.” He then went on to have his own solo movie in the franchise before appearing in two “Avengers” movies.

Lupita Nyong’o has starred in two billion-dollar franchises.

Lupita Nyong'o has starred in Marvel and "Star Wars" movies.
Lupita Nyong’o has starred in Marvel and “Star Wars” movies. Marvel Studios / Sean Zanni / Getty Images / Lucasfilm
Movies: “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens,” “Black Panther,” “Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi,” “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker”

Nyong’o starred in the latest “Star Wars” trilogy as Maz Kanata, a goggle-wearing alien who is first introduced in “The Force Awakens,” and makes cameos in the following movies. Nyong’o also joined Marvel, playing Nakia in “Black Panther.”

Oscar Isaac’s billion-dollar movies are part of the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy.

Oscar Isaac has starred in numerous "Star Wars" movies.
Oscar Isaac has starred in numerous “Star Wars” movies. Steve Jennings / Getty / Disney
Movies: “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens,” “Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi,” “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker”

While the recent “Star Wars” trilogy was divisive among fans, all three films made over a billion dollars. Oscar Isaac starred in all three as the Rebel pilot, Poe.

Two “Lord of the Rings” movies, starring Ian McKellen, made over a billion dollars.

Ian McKellen has starred in numerous "Lord of the Rings" movies.
Ian McKellen has starred in numerous “The Lord of the Rings” movies. J. Vespa / Getty / New Line Cinema
Movies: “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”

Michelle Rodriguez stars in the “Fast & Furious” and “Avatar” franchises.

Michelle Rodriguez has starred in the first "Avatar" movie and the "Fast and Furious" movies
Michelle Rodriguez has starred in the first “Avatar” movie and the “Fast and Furious” movies 20th Century Fox / Steve Granitz / FilmMagic via Getty Images / Matt Kennedy / Universal
Movies: “Avatar,” “Furious 7,” “The Fate of the Furious.”

Michelle Rodriguez is best known for her role as Letty in the “Fast & Furious” universe. However, she also starred in the first “Avatar” movie, which is the highest-grossing movie of all time.

Djimon Hounsou has starred in three different billion-dollar franchises.

Djimon Hounsou has starred in "Furious 7" and "Aquaman."
Djimon Hounsou has starred in “Furious 7” and “Aquaman.” Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures / Presley Ann / FilmMagic via Getty Images / Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Movies: “Furious 7,” “Aquaman,” “Captain Marvel”

Djimon Hounsou has appeared in three franchise movies that have made over a billion dollars — “Fast & Furious,” the DC Extended Universe, and the MCU.

He first starred in “Furious 7” as the villain Jakande. He then went on to play King Ricou in the “Aquaman” movie. Finally, after first starring as Korath the Pursuer in “Guardians of the Galaxy” in 2014,” Hounsou reprised his role in “Captain Marvel.”

Two of Idris Elba’s billion-dollar hits are animated.

Idris Elba has starred in "Zootopia" and numerous Marvel films.
Idris Elba has starred in “Zootopia” and numerous Marvel films. Marvel / Disney / Ian Gavan / Getty Images / Walt Disney Animation Studios
Movies: “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Finding Dory,” “Zootopia,” “Avengers: Infinity War”

Idris Elba notably starred in two “Avengers” movies as the all-seeing Norse god, Heimdall.

However, he also voiced characters in two billion-dollar Disney animated movies that were released in the same year. In “Finding Dory,” he voiced the seal Fluke, and in “Zootopia,” he played a Buffalo called Chief Bogo.

Jeff Goldblum has starred in three movies that have made over a billion dollars.

Jeff Goldblum has starred in "Jurassic World" films.
Jeff Goldblum has starred in “Jurassic” films. The Walt Disney Company / Image Group LA via Getty Images / Universal
Movies: “Jurassic Park,” “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” “Jurassic World: Dominion.”

Jeff Goldblum first joined the “Jurassic” franchise in 1993 as Dr. Ian Malcolm. He reprised the role in two “Jurassic World” sequels.

The first and the last “Harry Potter” movies, starring Emma Watson, made over a billion dollars.

Emma Watson starred as a lead in "Harry Potter" films and the "Beauty and the Beast" remake.
Emma Watson starred as a lead in “Harry Potter” films and the “Beauty and the Beast” remake. Disney / David M. Benett / Getty Images / Warner Bros.
Movies: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two,” “Beauty and the Beast”

“Captain Marvel” star Brie Larson has been in two billion-dollar movies.

Brie Larson Captain Marvel
Brie Larson has starred in numerous Marvel films. Sam Santos/Getty Images for Nespresso/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Movies: “Captain Marvel,” and “Avengers: Endgame”

Cate Blanchett has been in two “Lord of the Rings” movies that have made over $1 billion.

Cate Blanchett has starred in "The Lord of the Rings" films.
Cate Blanchett has starred in numerous “Lord of the Rings” films. Emma McIntyre / WireImage / New Line Cinema
Movies: “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”

Cate Blanchett starred in two “Lord of the Rings” movies as the elf Galadriel.

The last two movies in Christian Bale’s “Batman” trilogy both made over a billion dollars.

Christian Bale has starred in "The Dark Knight" trilogy.
Christian Bale has starred in “The Dark Knight” trilogy. Frazer Harrison / Getty Images / Warner Bros.
Movies: “The Dark Knight,” and “The Dark Knight Rises”

“The Dark Knight” and “The Dark Knight Rises” are two of three DC movies that have made more than a billion dollars. The other is “Aquaman.”

Zendaya has been in billion-dollar “Spider-Man” movies.

Zendaya has starred in numerous "Spider-Man" films.
Zendaya has starred in numerous “Spider-Man” films. Aaron J. Thornton / Getty / Sony / Marvel
Movies: “Spider-Man: Far from Home,” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home”

Stanley Tucci has starred in two billion-dollar movies.

Stanley Tucci has starred in the "Beauty and the Beast" remake and "Transformers: Age of Extinction."
Stanley Tucci starred in “Beauty and the Beast” and “Transformers: Age of Extinction.” Disney / Carlos Alvarez / Getty Images / Paramount Pictures
Movies: “Beauty and the Beast,” and “Transformers: Age of Extinction”

Jon Hamm has been in two billion-dollar movies.

Jon Hamm has starred in "Top Gun: Maverick" and "Minions."
Jon Hamm has starred in “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Minions.” Paramount / Michael Kovac / Getty / Universal Pictures
Movies: “Minions,” and “Top Gun: Maverick”

Jon Hamm entered the billion-dollar club with the 2015 “Despicable Me” prequel “Minions,” in which he played the villain Herb Overkill. He also starred in Top Gun: Maverick” as Admiral Beau “Cyclone” Simpson.