Who were the Top Movie Stars of the 1970s statistically? This page will attempt to answer that question. Our main source of information was our Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) pages that covered movie stars that made movies in the 1960s. So far we have box office grosses on 2,123 movies made between 1970 and 1979. Granted this is far from all the movies made during that time frame….but it does cover most of the major movie releases in that decade.
We have included four lists of information. List one looks at the Top 15 stars by adjusted domestic box office. List two looks at the Top 15 stars by highest average rating per movie according to critics and audiences. List three looks at the Top 15 Stars by highest average UMR score per movie. List four shows our entire table of all the stars we looked at while complying these lists.
Top 15 Adjusted Domestic Box Office Leaders 1970 – 1979
Robert Redford $3,172,900,000
Burt Reynolds $3,101,600,000
Harrison Ford $2,898,800,000
Richard Dreyfuss $2,788,100,000
Robert Shaw $2,686,100,000
Robert Duvall $2,625,700,000
Gene Hackman $2,595,200,000
Roy Scheider $2,474,900,000
James Caan $2,377,500,000
Barbra Streisand $2,262,000,000
Clint Eastwood $2,157,100,000
Ryan O’Neal $2,148,000,000
Richard Pryor $2,134,300,000
Paul Newman $2,058.000,000
Diane Keaton $2,048.000,000
Faye Dunaway $2,013.000,000
Top 15 Average Critic/Audience Rating Leaders 1970 – 1979 (minimum 9 movies)
Diane Keaton 78.2 % critic and audience voting
Dustin Hoffman 77.0 % critic and audience voting
Clint Eastwood 73.1 % critic and audience voting
Richard Dreyfuss 72.6 % critic and audience voting
Jason Robards 72.2 % critic and audience voting
Robert Duvall 72.0 % critic and audience voting
Roy Scheider 72.0 % critic and audience voting
Jack Nicholson 71.9 % critic and audience voting
Faye Dunaway 71.4 % critic and audience voting
Robert Redford 71.2 % critic and audience voting
Gene Wilder 70.2 % critic and audience voting
Walter Matthau 69.8 % critic and audience voting
Robert DeNiro 69.7 % critic and audience voting
Harrison Ford 69.1 % critic and audience voting
Donald Sutherland 68.8 % critic and audience voting
Top 15 Average UMR Score Per Movie 1970-1979
Al Pacino
Robert Redford
Diane Keaton
Woody Allen
Dustin Hoffman
Barbra Streisand
Faye Dunaway
Richard Dreyfuss
Clint Eastwood
Ellen Burstyn
Roy Scheider
Julie Christie
Jane Fonda
Jack Nicholson
Harrison Ford
Top Movie Stars 1970-1979 Main Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort by actor or actress
- Sort by movies made between 1970 and 1979
- Sort by average adjusted domestic box office per movie
- Sort by total adjusted domestic box office from 1970 to 1979
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each performers’ movies earned
- Sort by average Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| Box Office Rank | Thespian | Movies | Adj. Domestic Box Office | AVG Review % | Oscar Noms / Wins | AVG UMR Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Redford | 12 | $3,154,900,000 | 71.1 % | 031 / 12 | 80.48 | |
| Burt Reynolds | 20 | $3,084,600,000 | 59.4 % | 008 / 00 | 67.11 | |
| Harrison Ford | 9 | $2,882,800,000 | 67.5 % | 026 / 08 | 70.77 | |
| Richard Dreyfuss | 9 | $2,773,100,000 | 75.7 % | 023 / 05 | 73.87 | |
| Robert Shaw | 14 | $2,671,100,000 | 67.1 % | 018 / 06 | 62.79 | |
| Robert Duvall | 20 | $2,610,700,000 | 72.6 % | 052 / 16 | 68.87 | |
| Gene Hackman | 19 | $2,581,200,000 | 70.3 % | 029 / 06 | 67.48 | |
| Roy Scheider | 13 | $2,460,900,000 | 71.2 % | 025 / 13 | 71.44 | |
| Barbra Streisand | 9 | $2,250,000,000 | 61.2 % | 015 / 03 | 76.82 | |
| George Kennedy | 19 | $2,158,600,000 | 58.0 % | 016 / 03 | 59.06 | |
| James Earl Jones | 12 | $2,157,000,000 | 65.3 % | 013 / 06 | 60.26 | |
| Clint Eastwood | 16 | $2,146,100,000 | 73.1 % | 002 / 00 | 73.19 | |
| Ryan O'Neal | 12 | $2,137,000,000 | 66.6 % | 011 / 05 | 69.39 | |
| James Caan | 18 | $2,132,600,000 | 64.5 % | 021 / 03 | 64.66 | |
| Richard Pryor | 21 | $2,122,300,000 | 62.7 % | 018 / 01 | 62.27 | |
| Roddy McDowall | 21 | $2,051,500,000 | 54.6 % | 021 / 02 | 58.19 | |
| Paul Newman | 13 | $2,047,200,000 | 66.7 % | 021 / 06 | 65.18 | |
| Diane Keaton | 12 | $2,037,100,000 | 81.2 % | 039 / 14 | 80.74 | |
| Alec Guinness | 6 | $2,009,100,000 | 79.2 % | 017 / 07 | 73 | |
| Faye Dunaway | 13 | $2,003,000,000 | 73.2 % | 036 / 08 | 74.83 | |
| Charlton Heston | 16 | $1,984,800,000 | 57.3 % | 007 / 01 | 62.28 | |
| Dustin Hoffman | 11 | $1,951,600,000 | 76.5 % | 029 / 09 | 78.42 | |
| Marlon Brando | 6 | $1,879,900,000 | 79.7 % | 024 / 05 | 85.43 | |
| Carrie Fisher | 2 | $1,845,500,000 | 83.0 % | 014 / 07 | 94.16 | |
| Donald Sutherland | 23 | $1,798,200,000 | 69.0 % | 011 / 03 | 59.83 | |
| Gene Wilder | 12 | $1,746,700,000 | 70.4 % | 009 / 00 | 69.03 | |
| Martin Balsam | 15 | $1,740,700,000 | 64.6 % | 023 / 06 | 65.04 | |
| Scatman Crothers | 19 | $1,739,700,000 | 64.4 % | 018 / 05 | 61.16 | |
| Mark Hamill | 3 | $1,737,600,000 | 79.7 % | 010 / 06 | 72.94 | |
| Eileen Brennan | 10 | $1,722,700,000 | 66.0 % | 018 / 05 | 68.01 | |
| Al Pacino | 8 | $1,677,700,000 | 81.8 % | 032 / 10 | 84.98 | |
| Elliott Gould | 23 | $1,622,900,000 | 61.4 % | 013 / 02 | 57.42 | |
| Joel Hirschhorn | 8 | $1,611,100,000 | 65.4 % | 018 / 04 | 71.06 | |
| Jacqueline Bisset | 14 | $1,602,500,000 | 63.3 % | 018 / 02 | 61.28 | |
| Max Von Sydow | 14 | $1,597,800,000 | 59.6 % | 019 / 02 | 56.89 | |
| Jack Nicholson | 15 | $1,591,000,000 | 73.7 % | 031 / 06 | 70.79 | |
| Burgess Meredith | 18 | $1,550,800,000 | 63.2 % | 016 / 03 | 59.65 | |
| Ernest Borgnine | 19 | $1,529,600,000 | 56.3 % | 010 / 01 | 56.39 | |
| Mel Brooks | 6 | $1,525,100,000 | 76.7 % | 007 / 00 | 79.78 | |
| Ellen Burstyn | 9 | $1,514,400,000 | 76.2 % | 023 / 06 | 71.03 | |
| Jack Warden | 15 | $1,510,200,000 | 62.4 % | 030 / 08 | 63.66 | |
| John Cazale | 5 | $1,465,400,000 | 92.0 % | 040 / 15 | 96.96 | |
| Teri Garr | 7 | $1,357,600,000 | 79.3 % | 016 / 01 | 74.87 | |
| Steve McQueen | 6 | $1,325,000,000 | 70.4 % | 009 / 03 | 73.24 | |
| Cloris Leachman | 16 | $1,313,300,000 | 67.9 % | 015 / 03 | 62.3 | |
| Karen Black | 23 | $1,309,800,000 | 57.6 % | 013 / 03 | 54.83 | |
| Jane Fonda | 12 | $1,301,900,000 | 65.8 % | 030 / 08 | 71.11 | |
| John Travolta | 5 | $1,262,800,000 | 65.9 % | 004 / 00 | 68.94 | |
| Sean Connery | 14 | $1,250,400,000 | 62.7 % | 015 / 01 | 61.89 | |
| Sally Field | 7 | $1,247,700,000 | 61.8 % | 007 / 02 | 69.99 | |
| Susan Sarandon | 10 | $1,220,200,000 | 62.4 % | 003 / 00 | 63.08 | |
| Ben Johnson | 17 | $1,211,600,000 | 63.9 % | 011 / 02 | 61.13 | |
| Peter Sellers | 15 | $1,207,600,000 | 62.8 % | 003 / 01 | 61.29 | |
| Peter Boyle | 17 | $1,201,900,000 | 67.3 % | 012 / 01 | 60.55 | |
| Harry Dean Stanton | 20 | $1,184,800,000 | 72.6 % | 017 / 07 | 61.58 | |
| Kris Kristofferson | 11 | $1,149,600,000 | 65.8 % | 007 / 02 | 62.7 | |
| Margot Kidder | 8 | $1,139,800,000 | 68.0 % | 003 / 00 | 65.47 | |
| Lee J. Cobb | 6 | $1,130,100,000 | 62.6 % | 010 / 02 | 57.99 | |
| Sidney Lumet | 9 | $1,124,300,000 | 73.6 % | 031 / 06 | 72.68 | |
| Russell Hawn | 15 | $1,108,000,000 | 57.0 % | 008 / 02 | 58.14 | |
| Walter Matthau | 13 | $1,100,400,000 | 70.7 % | 013 / 02 | 68.29 | |
| Anthony Perkins | 12 | $1,096,900,000 | 63.7 % | 010 / 01 | 62.29 | |
| Trevor Howard | 25 | $1,096,700,000 | 55.9 % | 014 / 03 | 51.14 | |
| George C. Scott | 15 | $1,093,800,000 | 63.3 % | 018 / 08 | 61.09 | |
| Sylvester Stallone | 8 | $1,072,000,000 | 62.2 % | 010 / 03 | 63.81 | |
| Jason Robards | 14 | $1,068,500,000 | 69.0 % | 025 / 08 | 63.44 | |
| Mercedes McCambridge | 3 | $1,066,100,000 | 62.8 % | 010 / 02 | 62.63 | |
| Ray Walston | 3 | $1,034,400,000 | 68.6 % | 011 / 03 | 74.89 | |
| Ali MacGraw | 4 | $1,029,900,000 | 65.8 % | 000 / 00 | 71.46 | |
| Jane Alexander | 6 | $1,028,700,000 | 61.8 % | 019 / 09 | 72.49 | |
| Laurence Olivier | 11 | $1,023,800,000 | 67.4 % | 018 / 03 | 68.73 | |
| Ray Milland | 13 | $1,003,700,000 | 49.1 % | 002 / 00 | 49.29 | |
| Helen Hayes | 4 | $999,200,000 | 63.6 % | 010 / 01 | 74.56 | |
| Michael Caine | 21 | $999,000,000 | 57.9 % | 013 / 01 | 54.47 | |
| Brian Dennehy | 6 | $986,100,000 | 63.7 % | 005 / 00 | 73.01 | |
| Richard Benjamin | 11 | $985,200,000 | 69.8 % | 005 / 01 | 65.35 | |
| Richard Chamberlain | 9 | $969,400,000 | 62.9 % | 012 / 03 | 62.26 | |
| Christopher Lee | 22 | $963,900,000 | 56.3 % | 005 / 00 | 53.44 | |
| Shelley Winters | 19 | $960,200,000 | 55.5 % | 011 / 01 | 51.94 | |
| Jeff Bridges | 14 | $950,700,000 | 68.3 % | 012 / 02 | 60.42 | |
| Burt Lancaster | 15 | $949,700,000 | 62.5 % | 010 / 01 | 55.51 | |
| William Holden | 9 | $947,600,000 | 65.7 % | 018 / 07 | 62.08 | |
| Ann-Margret | 10 | $946,400,000 | 59.4 % | 003 / 00 | 62.79 | |
| George Segal | 16 | $937,300,000 | 61.0 % | 006 / 01 | 57.84 | |
| Roger Moore | 12 | $937,200,000 | 60.0 % | 006 / 00 | 58.51 | |
| Meryl Streep | 5 | $936,600,000 | 78.3 % | 031 / 13 | 88.79 | |
| Ron Howard | 7 | $922,000,000 | 63.4 % | 006 / 00 | 60.37 | |
| Woody Allen | 8 | $919,500,000 | 85.2 % | 008 / 04 | 78.78 | |
| Jon Voight | 9 | $912,700,000 | 68.8 % | 012 / 03 | 66.53 | |
| Jill Clayburgh | 9 | $912,200,000 | 62.8 % | 003 / 00 | 65.44 | |
| Gary Busey | 10 | $907,900,000 | 60.9 % | 008 / 02 | 58.74 | |
| Robert Wagner | 3 | $886,800,000 | 54.5 % | 008 / 03 | 71.12 | |
| Joan Blondell | 7 | $872,300,000 | 61.2 % | 002 / 00 | 56.78 | |
| Bruce Dern | 16 | $868,600,000 | 63.2 % | 010 / 05 | 59.18 | |
| Dyan Cannon | 9 | $867,400,000 | 63.4 % | 009 / 01 | 63.61 | |
| Candice Bergen | 13 | $856,500,000 | 58.8 % | 007 / 00 | 58.6 | |
| Jan-Michael Vincent | 12 | $848,200,000 | 59.8 % | 003 / 00 | 57.73 | |
| Charles Bronson | 20 | $847,700,000 | 56.9 % | 000 / 00 | 53.23 | |
| Louise Fletcher | 8 | $833,300,000 | 64.7 % | 009 / 05 | 62.22 | |
| Jack Lemmon | 10 | $832,100,000 | 64.3 % | 011 / 01 | 65.81 | |
| Don Knotts | 8 | $829,900,000 | 60.9 % | 000 / 00 | 64.09 | |
| Marsha Mason | 7 | $816,900,000 | 61.8 % | 009 / 01 | 66.83 | |
| John Wayne | 10 | $815,100,000 | 60.8 % | 001 / 00 | 61.83 | |
| Henry Fonda | 16 | $812,600,000 | 49.9 % | 004 / 00 | 51.16 | |
| Glenn Ford | 3 | $804,400,000 | 69.6 % | 003 / 00 | 72.34 | |
| James Mason | 20 | $802,500,000 | 61.1 % | 015 / 01 | 54.26 | |
| Red Buttons | 7 | $801,400,000 | 54.5 % | 010 / 01 | 57.92 | |
| Eve Arden | 2 | $792,900,000 | 66.0 % | 001 / 00 | 72.58 | |
| Sterling Hayden | 6 | $791,200,000 | 73.8 % | 011 / 03 | 62.66 | |
| Sondra Locke | 9 | $788,900,000 | 56.9 % | 001 / 00 | 57.16 | |
| Julie Christie | 7 | $785,700,000 | 72.1 % | 020 / 03 | 71.31 | |
| Peter Falk | 8 | $781,800,000 | 75.2 % | 003 / 00 | 69.74 | |
| Liza Minnelli | 7 | $767,200,000 | 67.4 % | 010 / 08 | 67.65 | |
| Tim Conway | 8 | $764,100,000 | 53.8 % | 000 / 00 | 59.62 | |
| Robby Benson | 8 | $755,800,000 | 64.0 % | 001 / 00 | 64.53 | |
| Goldie Hawn | 9 | $751,700,000 | 60.5 % | 008 / 02 | 61.82 | |
| Lee Grant | 11 | $743,800,000 | 55.1 % | 009 / 01 | 58.97 | |
| Oliver Reed | 20 | $736,500,000 | 59.7 % | 003 / 00 | 54.03 | |
| Warren Beatty | 7 | $731,800,000 | 63.1 % | 014 / 02 | 64.36 | |
| Robert DeNiro | 13 | $727,300,000 | 70.6 % | 026 / 11 | 63.43 | |
| Alan Arkin | 9 | $718,100,000 | 66.2 % | 002 / 00 | 62.1 | |
| Richard Widmark | 11 | $713,200,000 | 55.6 % | 007 / 01 | 55.22 | |
| Frankie Avalon | 2 | $708,000,000 | 67.8 % | 001 / 00 | 67.06 | |
| Genevieve Bujold | 12 | $703,400,000 | 63.8 % | 005 / 01 | 56.73 | |
| Harry Morgan | 9 | $702,200,000 | 61.2 % | 001 / 00 | 60.59 | |
| Danny DeVito | 8 | $700,600,000 | 64.2 % | 009 / 05 | 58.7 | |
| Robert Mitchum | 12 | $697,000,000 | 56.9 % | 005 / 02 | 53.86 | |
| Ian Holm | 9 | $685,500,000 | 65.6 % | 016 / 04 | 59.91 | |
| Raquel Welch | 13 | $683,200,000 | 57.8 % | 001 / 00 | 55.14 | |
| Jodie Foster | 11 | $681,400,000 | 68.6 % | 012 / 01 | 62.62 | |
| Cliff Robertson | 10 | $680,100,000 | 63.1 % | 002 / 00 | 57.64 | |
| Martin Sheen | 7 | $679,800,000 | 70.9 % | 008 / 02 | 64.68 | |
| Ava Gardner | 8 | $677,300,000 | 49.3 % | 005 / 01 | 53.79 | |
| Orson Welles | 14 | $673,900,000 | 62.4 % | 005 / 00 | 55.81 | |
| Kevin Bacon | 2 | $673,800,000 | 73.5 % | 002 / 00 | 80.48 | |
| Anne Bancroft | 6 | $673,200,000 | 58.4 % | 017 / 00 | 67.16 | |
| Peter Ustinov | 9 | $673,100,000 | 58.7 % | 004 / 01 | 58.79 | |
| James Coburn | 16 | $670,200,000 | 64.3 % | 002 / 00 | 56.01 | |
| John Hurt | 6 | $666,500,000 | 77.9 % | 008 / 03 | 69.73 | |
| Omar Sharif | 11 | $662,700,000 | 58.1 % | 006 / 00 | 55.45 | |
| John Houseman | 6 | $656,500,000 | 65.9 % | 004 / 01 | 67.66 | |
| Jessica Lange | 2 | $655,700,000 | 66.3 % | 011 / 04 | 85.92 | |
| Dean Martin | 4 | $642,400,000 | 60.6 % | 010 / 01 | 59.52 | |
| Vanessa Redgrave | 11 | $635,700,000 | 65.4 % | 025 / 05 | 60.83 | |
| Barbara Harris | 10 | $633,000,000 | 62.4 % | 006 / 01 | 60 | |
| Jean Seberg | 7 | $618,600,000 | 60.0 % | 010 / 01 | 54.16 | |
| Joseph Cotten | 8 | $618,300,000 | 64.8 % | 006 / 01 | 62.6 | |
| Van Heflin | 1 | $601,700,000 | 63.3 % | 010 / 01 | 88.28 | |
| Brian Keith | 9 | $592,100,000 | 53.2 % | 004 / 00 | 53.98 | |
| Warren Oates | 20 | $587,900,000 | 65.2 % | 007 / 00 | 55.33 | |
| Steve Martin | 4 | $586,600,000 | 60.8 % | 002 / 00 | 67.35 | |
| Gregory Peck | 6 | $586,400,000 | 61.5 % | 005 / 01 | 59.17 | |
| Christopher Lloyd | 7 | $580,100,000 | 70.5 % | 009 / 05 | 60.46 | |
| Jack Albertson | 3 | $579,000,000 | 73.2 % | 009 / 01 | 70.55 | |
| Scott Glenn | 7 | $575,000,000 | 60.2 % | 014 / 03 | 57.96 | |
| Fred Astaire | 3 | $570,600,000 | 58.3 % | 008 / 03 | 60.72 | |
| Louis Gossett Jr. | 9 | $565,700,000 | 63.8 % | 006 / 01 | 57.15 | |
| Christopher Reeve | 2 | $563,200,000 | 77.0 % | 003 / 00 | 74.07 | |
| Jeff Goldblum | 10 | $562,900,000 | 69.6 % | 006 / 02 | 61.12 | |
| Jennifer Jones | 1 | $559,500,000 | 69.0 % | 008 / 03 | 91.9 | |
| Eva Gabor | 3 | $552,000,000 | 72.4 % | 001 / 00 | 74.12 | |
| John Saxon | 6 | $549,900,000 | 61.5 % | 001 / 00 | 61.55 | |
| Eli Wallach | 14 | $549,400,000 | 58.8 % | 004 / 00 | 52.6 | |
| Myrna Loy | 2 | $548,500,000 | 55.5 % | 000 / 00 | 75.16 | |
| Carol Lynley | 5 | $536,500,000 | 53.0 % | 008 / 01 | 51.33 | |
| David Niven | 7 | $534,200,000 | 64.3 % | 001 / 01 | 60.38 | |
| Telly Savalas | 8 | $533,200,000 | 59.4 % | 003 / 00 | 56.66 | |
| Terence Stamp | 2 | $526,300,000 | 76.4 % | 003 / 00 | 70.86 | |
| James Woods | 8 | $526,300,000 | 66.6 % | 006 / 02 | 58.26 | |
| Paul Winfield | 11 | $522,800,000 | 65.8 % | 004 / 00 | 58.19 | |
| Dean Jones | 7 | $522,400,000 | 59.3 % | 000 / 00 | 58.3 | |
| George Burns | 5 | $517,500,000 | 60.2 % | 005 / 01 | 65.93 | |
| Sidney Poitier | 9 | $517,000,000 | 60.4 % | 000 / 00 | 57.33 | |
| John Gielgud | 13 | $513,600,000 | 64.0 % | 007 / 01 | 55.1 | |
| Lee Remick | 9 | $507,300,000 | 65.1 % | 005 / 01 | 55.28 | |
| John Cassavetes | 11 | $504,500,000 | 62.9 % | 003 / 00 | 58.91 | |
| Maggie Smith | 5 | $498,500,000 | 64.5 % | 008 / 03 | 68.31 | |
| Rod Steiger | 9 | $497,900,000 | 58.0 % | 000 / 00 | 53.85 | |
| Art Carney | 10 | $494,000,000 | 60.3 % | 003 / 01 | 57.12 | |
| Nick Nolte | 4 | $492,900,000 | 66.8 % | 001 / 00 | 63.76 | |
| Pam Grier | 17 | $490,300,000 | 55.9 % | 000 / 00 | 50.77 | |
| Malcolm McDowell | 9 | $487,400,000 | 70.8 % | 007 / 00 | 60.11 | |
| Wilford Brimley | 2 | $484,900,000 | 70.8 % | 005 / 00 | 84.61 | |
| Tatum O'Neal | 4 | $482,100,000 | 69.8 % | 004 / 01 | 70.98 | |
| Billy Dee Williams | 8 | $476,500,000 | 63.2 % | 006 / 00 | 58.88 | |
| Peter Fonda | 11 | $473,500,000 | 59.8 % | 000 / 00 | 54.38 | |
| Anthony Hopkins | 10 | $473,300,000 | 56.0 % | 003 / 00 | 53.23 | |
| Tom Selleck | 5 | $473,000,000 | 56.9 % | 000 / 00 | 57.94 | |
| Richard Harris | 17 | $472,200,000 | 61.3 % | 003 / 01 | 52.56 | |
| Laurence Fishburne | 3 | $470,000,000 | 67.7 % | 008 / 02 | 70.11 | |
| Vic Morrow | 8 | $464,200,000 | 62.2 % | 000 / 00 | 55.78 | |
| Christopher Plummer | 11 | $463,700,000 | 63.8 % | 004 / 00 | 56.91 | |
| Dudley Moore | 4 | $458,200,000 | 61.0 % | 003 / 00 | 63.19 | |
| Ruth Gordon | 6 | $456,900,000 | 62.5 % | 000 / 00 | 58.52 | |
| Geraldine Page | 7 | $452,800,000 | 72.6 % | 010 / 00 | 65.27 | |
| Karl Malden | 5 | $449,500,000 | 53.3 % | 012 / 07 | 55.96 | |
| Shelley Duvall | 7 | $446,600,000 | 79.3 % | 011 / 05 | 68.74 | |
| Gig Young | 5 | $438,400,000 | 62.8 % | 006 / 01 | 63.95 | |
| Yvette Mimieux | 6 | $435,000,000 | 45.4 % | 002 / 00 | 51.56 | |
| Dana Andrews | 5 | $424,400,000 | 49.1 % | 001 / 00 | 51.29 | |
| Kirk Douglas | 11 | $422,400,000 | 56.5 % | 001 / 00 | 52.52 | |
| William Shatner | 6 | $419,000,000 | 48.0 % | 003 / 00 | 50.71 | |
| Harvey Keitel | 10 | $418,500,000 | 74.3 % | 007 / 01 | 61.18 | |
| Elsa Lanchester | 3 | $410,200,000 | 61.4 % | 000 / 00 | 65.71 | |
| Elisha Cook Jr. | 12 | $408,400,000 | 60.1 % | 004 / 00 | 53.78 | |
| Leonard Nimoy | 3 | $405,800,000 | 64.6 % | 003 / 00 | 65.84 | |
| Joel Grey | 4 | $405,700,000 | 74.2 % | 012 / 08 | 69.8 | |
| Glenda Jackson | 16 | $401,800,000 | 63.6 % | 013 / 02 | 55.91 | |
| Alan Alda | 7 | $398,700,000 | 57.1 % | 003 / 01 | 55.97 | |
| Olivia de Havilland | 5 | $392,200,000 | 41.5 % | 001 / 00 | 52.5 | |
| Christopher Walken | 2 | $390,500,000 | 89.2 % | 014 / 09 | 106.42 | |
| Dennis Hopper | 6 | $390,100,000 | 68.4 % | 008 / 02 | 58.69 | |
| Shirley MacLaine | 5 | $385,600,000 | 70.3 % | 013 / 01 | 67.49 | |
| Sigourney Weaver | 1 | $384,900,000 | 92.0 % | 002 / 01 | 95.6 | |
| Mickey Rooney | 7 | $384,400,000 | 59.2 % | 005 / 00 | 56.6 | |
| Robert Preston | 4 | $384,100,000 | 64.6 % | 000 / 00 | 62.8 | |
| Michael Douglas | 6 | $382,700,000 | 63.9 % | 005 / 00 | 60.09 | |
| James Stewart | 6 | $378,500,000 | 58.7 % | 002 / 00 | 57.93 | |
| Mia Farrow | 9 | $375,700,000 | 58.7 % | 003 / 03 | 54.54 | |
| Gloria Swanson | 1 | $373,600,000 | 43.0 % | 000 / 00 | 71.2 | |
| Julie Andrews | 3 | $368,600,000 | 66.8 % | 005 / 00 | 68.23 | |
| Chevy Chase | 3 | $367,400,000 | 56.3 % | 001 / 00 | 65.79 | |
| Royal Dano | 12 | $365,700,000 | 60.9 % | 001 / 00 | 53.3 | |
| Lauren Bacall | 2 | $359,900,000 | 79.4 % | 007 / 01 | 80.71 | |
| Kurt Russell | 6 | $356,300,000 | 51.6 % | 000 / 00 | 53.45 | |
| Albert Finney | 4 | $354,800,000 | 76.4 % | 010 / 01 | 67.83 | |
| Ingrid Bergman | 5 | $338,800,000 | 66.7 % | 008 / 01 | 62.2 | |
| Scott Wilson | 5 | $337,200,000 | 56.0 % | 003 / 02 | 57.65 | |
| Danny Aiello | 5 | $331,300,000 | 76.1 % | 014 / 06 | 66.67 | |
| Walter Pidgeon | 6 | $323,300,000 | 46.3 % | 001 / 00 | 50.2 | |
| Rip Torn | 8 | $316,100,000 | 66.7 % | 000 / 00 | 56.55 | |
| John Lithgow | 4 | $315,900,000 | 70.0 % | 010 / 04 | 67.28 | |
| Wendy Hiller | 3 | $305,400,000 | 72.8 % | 009 / 01 | 65.29 | |
| Melvyn Douglas | 7 | $302,800,000 | 75.0 % | 007 / 02 | 64.08 | |
| Ralph Bellamy | 3 | $299,700,000 | 50.8 % | 001 / 00 | 57.72 | |
| Lee Marvin | 10 | $298,500,000 | 61.7 % | 000 / 00 | 53.63 | |
| Alain Delon | 29 | $294,300,000 | 61.1 % | 000 / 00 | 50.39 | |
| Katharine Ross | 9 | $287,900,000 | 52.3 % | 004 / 00 | 50.7 | |
| Yul Brynner | 10 | $287,700,000 | 55.5 % | 000 / 00 | 50 | |
| Dirk Bogarde | 7 | $287,500,000 | 68.7 % | 001 / 00 | 57.89 | |
| Carol Burnett | 3 | $278,700,000 | 69.8 % | 002 / 00 | 67.88 | |
| Gena Rowlands | 5 | $277,200,000 | 73.2 % | 004 / 00 | 64.32 | |
| Robert Morley | 11 | $274,200,000 | 61.3 % | 002 / 01 | 52.09 | |
| Joanne Woodward | 6 | $272,300,000 | 63.1 % | 002 / 00 | 57.62 | |
| Bo Derek | 1 | $271,700,000 | 65.5 % | 002 / 00 | 83.22 | |
| Alan Bates | 9 | $270,200,000 | 70.3 % | 005 / 00 | 57.78 | |
| Richard Burton | 15 | $269,400,000 | 56.3 % | 003 / 00 | 49.8 | |
| David Carradine | 15 | $264,600,000 | 61.4 % | 006 / 02 | 51.54 | |
| Lew Ayres | 6 | $263,400,000 | 51.2 % | 000 / 00 | 50.92 | |
| Angela Lansbury | 4 | $262,300,000 | 67.8 % | 006 / 02 | 63.52 | |
| Peter Finch | 7 | $261,900,000 | 71.3 % | 010 / 04 | 59.94 | |
| Sissy Spacek | 6 | $260,300,000 | 79.3 % | 002 / 00 | 62.34 | |
| Jim Brown | 12 | $257,900,000 | 59.4 % | 000 / 00 | 50.9 | |
| Frank Langella | 4 | $255,300,000 | 62.4 % | 001 / 00 | 59.32 | |
| Richard Gere | 6 | $254,300,000 | 68.5 % | 007 / 01 | 58.57 | |
| Melanie Griffith | 5 | $252,700,000 | 68.6 % | 000 / 00 | 58.91 | |
| Troy Donahue | 6 | $247,800,000 | 60.6 % | 011 / 06 | 52.35 | |
| Tuesday Weld | 5 | $245,400,000 | 58.8 % | 002 / 00 | 56.59 | |
| Rita Moreno | 3 | $239,100,000 | 65.6 % | 001 / 00 | 62.08 | |
| Peter O'Toole | 11 | $237,600,000 | 59.2 % | 002 / 00 | 51.78 | |
| Ralph Richardson | 10 | $236,600,000 | 61.1 % | 000 / 00 | 53.05 | |
| Carrie Snodgress | 3 | $229,100,000 | 66.5 % | 001 / 00 | 64.74 | |
| Tommy Lee Jones | 6 | $227,400,000 | 55.4 % | 000 / 00 | 52.22 | |
| Anthony Quinn | 9 | $211,200,000 | 60.9 % | 002 / 00 | 52.04 | |
| Tom Berenger | 2 | $205,200,000 | 62.5 % | 002 / 00 | 65.65 |
Regarding Charles Bronson, I have the Variety Box Office Charts, and most of his movies actually do pretty well in terms of how high they get on the charts, but don’t substain themselves in terms of the number of weekends they spend in the top ten. Like The Mechanic and The Stone Killer got as high as #3, and Breakout and Hard Times were #1 films at the box office, so I can see why he had a run on Quigley’s top ten lists, but like a lot of action stars, he was mostly appealing to a more specifically niched audience. That audience got even niche when he switched over to Cannon.
Interesting stuff regardless, very good information for a current minor research project I’m doing on notable directors highest and lowest grossing films.
There are 2 Dan’s on the site now. Above is not from Oracle Dan.
Howdy, glad to post.
He was the most paid actor of the 70s because he negotiated deals wisely, movies where other actors starred might have grossed more but they haven’t seen much of the money.
You can’t put supporting actors like James earl Jones on here or Robert Duval because audiances are going to see them but the film in question,
Don’t you hate it when you say exactly the opposite of what you think you said? My picture doesn’t really do me justice.
Updated….that is four massive tables updated today.
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Thanks for checking out this page. Huge Star Wars fan myself. Good feedback.