Top Movie Stars of the 1980s

Who were the Top Movie Stars of the 1980s 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 1980s. So far we have box office grosses on 4,678 movies made between 1980 and 1989.  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.

How good are you?  Ten of our favorite movie quotes from the 1980s….can you name them all?  (1) “As you wish”. (2) “I don’t know, I’m making this up as I go!” (3)  “Are you telling me that you built a time machine… out of a DeLorean?” (4) “Welcome to the party, pal!” (5) “Chew, if only you could see what I’ve seen with your eyes!” (6) “You can be my wingman any time.” (7) “I’ll be back.” (8) “If you build it, he will come.” (9) “I gave her my heart, and she gave me a pen.” (10) “You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?”

Top 15 Adjusted Domestic Box Office Leaders 1980 – 1989

      1.     Harrison Ford $3,973,300,000
        1. Dan Aykroyd  $2,802,800,000
      1.  James Earl Jones $2,506,600,000
      2.  Carrie Fisher $2,436,400,000
      3. Billy Dee Williams $2,375,500,000
      4. Eddie Murphy $2,268,700,000
      5. Bill Murray $2,152,200,000
      6. Sylvester Stallone $2,048,400,000
      7. Judge Reinhold $2,036,400,000
      8. Christopher Lloyd $1,939,400,000
      9. Alec Guinness $1,884,100,000
      10. Tom Cruise $1,878,800,000
      11. Rick Moranis $1,840,600,000
      12. John Candy $1,837,800,000
      13. Mark Hamill $1,820,500,000
      14. Jack Nicholson $1,659,300,000

Top 15 Average Critic/Audience Rating Leaders 1980 – 1989 (minimum 9 movies)

    1. Jack Nicholson 77.2 % critic and audience voting
      Robert DeNiro 75.5 % critic and audience voting
      William Hurt 75.0 % critic and audience voting
      Tom Berenger 72.60 % critic and audience voting
      John Cusack 71.0 % critic and audience voting
      Steve Martin 70.6 % critic and audience voting
      Harrison Ford 83.6 % critic and audience voting
  1. Matthew Broderick 70.5 % critic and audience voting
  2. Christopher Lloyd 70.4 % critic and audience voting
  3. Nicolas Cage 70.2 % critic and audience voting
  4. Glenn Close 70.0 % critic and audience voting
  5. James Woods 70.0 % critic and audience voting
  6. Bill Murray 69.9 % critic and audience voting
  7. Kathleen Turner 69.0 % critic and audience voting
  8. Sigourney Weaver 68.9 % critic and audience voting

Top 15 Average UMR Score (combo of box office, reviews & awards) Per Movie 1980-1989

    1. Harrison Ford
      Bill Murray
      Eddie Murphy
      Michael Douglas
      Sigourney Weaver
      William Hurt
      Tom Cruise
      Glenn Close
      Tom Berenger
      Christopher Lloyd
      Kathleen Turner
      Jack Nicholson
  1.  Meryl Streep
  2.   Danny DeVito
  3.   Dan Aykroyd

 

Top Movie Stars 1980-1989 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 total adjusted domestic box office from 1970 to 1979
  • Sort by total adjusted worldwide 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.
RankThespianMoviesAdj. Domestic B.O.Adj. Worldwide B.O.AVG Review %Oscar Noms / WinsAVG UMR Score
Harrison Ford10$3,973,300,000$6,923,800,00082.3 %036 / 1184.96
Dan Aykroyd17$2,802,800,000$3,747,400,00060.2 %014 / 0565.92
James Earl Jones14$2,506,600,000$4,347,200,00064.9 %013 / 0261.25
Carrie Fisher14$2,436,400,000$3,813,200,00067.9 %015 / 0562.62
Billy Dee Williams7$2,375,500,000$4,091,100,00073.8 %008 / 0367.41
Eddie Murphy9$2,268,700,000$3,437,900,00059.2 %006 / 0074.11
Bill Murray9$2,152,200,000$2,652,900,00071.5 %015 / 0175.76
Sylvester Stallone13$2,048,400,000$4,449,600,00048.8 %002 / 0060.54
Judge Reinhold13$2,036,400,000$2,598,500,00065.1 %002 / 0063.63
Christopher Lloyd19$1,939,400,000$3,279,800,00065.5 %012 / 0459.83
Alec Guinness7$1,884,100,000$3,232,200,00074.7 %021 / 0467.02
Tom Cruise12$1,878,800,000$3,132,500,00060.9 %026 / 0869.62
Rick Moranis12$1,840,600,000$2,280,700,00066.0 %006 / 0065.78
John Candy20$1,837,800,000$1,837,800,00062.3 %003 / 0062.42
Mark Hamill6$1,820,500,000$3,168,600,00074.3 %007 / 0265.05
Jack Nicholson11$1,659,300,000$2,064,300,00077.3 %043 / 1078.43
Danny DeVito13$1,642,200,000$2,204,200,00065.0 %013 / 0568.10
Chevy Chase16$1,581,900,000$1,581,900,00056.8 %000 / 0062.08
Richard Pryor15$1,561,000,000$1,788,700,00055.7 %001 / 0061.07
Sigourney Weaver10$1,535,200,000$2,082,600,00070.5 %021 / 0468.71
Drew Barrymore7$1,517,700,000$2,626,400,00064.3 %011 / 0460.01
Burt Reynolds20$1,432,300,000$1,432,300,00044.5 %003 / 0051.27
Harold Ramis7$1,401,000,000$1,780,900,00062.3 %002 / 0067.04
Steve Guttenberg16$1,388,800,000$1,412,400,00052.8 %002 / 0256.26
Kathleen Turner13$1,330,300,000$2,044,500,00070.9 %022 / 0568.08
Clint Eastwood12$1,286,500,000$1,286,500,00058.6 %002 / 0163.45
Michael J. Fox9$1,276,300,000$2,203,700,00064.7 %005 / 0164.22
Michael Douglas9$1,270,700,000$2,183,700,00066.6 %013 / 0172.28
Tom Hanks13$1,235,400,000$1,410,100,00057.4 %003 / 0061.43
Leonard Nimoy6$1,234,700,000$1,418,100,00066.7 %004 / 0075.83
Michael Keaton10$1,219,700,000$1,611,100,00060.8 %002 / 0261.47
Debra Winger9$1,144,400,000$1,144,400,00068.5 %017 / 0768.23
Danny Glover9$1,114,400,000$1,550,800,00076.9 %030 / 0472.88
Sean Connery12$1,105,200,000$2,331,300,00063.2 %008 / 0260.72
Arnold Schwarzenegger10$1,089,800,000$1,855,300,00059.3 %001 / 0063.93
Forest Whitaker10$1,082,400,000$1,082,400,00073.6 %014 / 0668.16
Kim Basinger11$1,081,500,000$1,810,800,00058.0 %005 / 0156.64
Glenn Close11$1,072,000,000$1,453,000,00071.0 %026 / 0369.64
Jane Fonda6$1,061,300,000$1,061,300,00061.1 %015 / 0368.28
Bill Paxton14$1,042,000,000$1,207,900,00065.3 %007 / 0258.77
John Lithgow15$1,023,200,000$1,060,800,00064.1 %021 / 0660.47
Geena Davis7$1,010,200,000$1,204,500,00074.1 %016 / 0472.19
Gene Hackman19$1,005,100,000$1,463,900,00064.9 %022 / 0458.03
Charlie Sheen12$999,100,000$999,100,00065.3 %009 / 0562.17
Wilford Brimley17$994,800,000$1,042,600,00063.4 %017 / 0459.44
Steve Martin12$985,800,000$1,046,000,00072.2 %007 / 0066.36
William Shatner7$974,600,000$1,158,000,00063.6 %004 / 0068.48
Dustin Hoffman4$973,800,000$1,498,000,00066.5 %018 / 0577.19
Tom Berenger10$971,400,000$1,180,300,00073.1 %019 / 0669.31
Robin Williams9$951,100,000$1,308,000,00064.6 %011 / 0166.11
Dolly Parton4$947,900,000$975,800,00055.4 %003 / 0070.60
John Gielgud17$928,600,000$1,161,000,00064.5 %031 / 1458.92
Richard Crenna9$915,700,000$1,842,200,00056.5 %001 / 0059.02
Sally Field9$910,600,000$938,500,00059.5 %013 / 0266.23
Elisabeth Shue6$904,500,000$1,601,100,00057.4 %002 / 0065.16
Meg Ryan9$896,200,000$1,330,900,00055.8 %006 / 0257.66
Mel Gibson11$887,500,000$1,343,900,00070.2 %008 / 0263.32
Brian Dennehy16$870,900,000$1,136,200,00067.0 %005 / 0259.75
Daryl Hannah12$866,900,000$894,800,00067.7 %007 / 0162.53
Don Ameche6$859,900,000$1,239,400,00066.3 %006 / 0371.46
Teri Garr14$843,900,000$964,700,00058.6 %012 / 0153.35
Harry Dean Stanton18$843,100,000$843,100,00065.9 %006 / 0056.87
Dudley Moore12$843,000,000$843,000,00052.8 %004 / 0253.85
Jack Palance7$834,500,000$1,330,500,00059.3 %002 / 0156.58
Robert Redford5$825,000,000$1,284,600,00070.2 %022 / 1184.25
Ralph Macchio8$821,500,000$821,500,00056.1 %002 / 0059.72
Michelle Pfeiffer14$818,200,000$961,400,00065.5 %013 / 0360.24
John Travolta7$814,900,000$1,356,200,00047.3 %000 / 0057.26
Bette Midler8$809,600,000$809,600,00064.3 %001 / 0065.36
Kurt Russell13$797,700,000$1,093,600,00066.6 %007 / 0060.58
Richard Dreyfuss11$793,900,000$863,400,00065.3 %003 / 0062.03
Jessica Tandy10$793,600,000$982,100,00064.0 %016 / 0663.64
Dianne Wiest13$790,700,000$850,900,00069.9 %014 / 0362.72
Terence Stamp8$790,500,000$1,216,400,00063.9 %001 / 0161.26
Goldie Hawn7$764,300,000$764,300,00058.4 %005 / 0063.38
Christopher Reeve10$760,600,000$1,366,800,00056.5 %003 / 0055.6
Roger Moore8$758,700,000$1,826,900,00052.3 %001 / 0057.85
Jessica Lange9$757,000,000$877,800,00069.2 %018 / 0163.45
Jamie Lee Curtis14$747,200,000$747,200,00058.9 %004 / 0155.48
Matthew Broderick11$740,000,000$758,900,00071.1 %007 / 0362.82
Michael Caine21$739,700,000$814,100,00059.0 %011 / 0353.63
Louis Gossett Jr.9$729,600,000$729,600,00052.7 %006 / 0254.40
William Hurt10$726,700,000$764,200,00074.5 %025 / 0369.99
Kevin Bacon13$721,300,000$721,300,00061.4 %005 / 0057.19
Samuel L. Jackson6$715,600,000$1,213,900,00072.8 %012 / 0071.61
Morgan Freeman12$713,100,000$803,100,00065.6 %016 / 0761.44
Max Von Sydow12$713,000,000$1,106,300,00068.6 %010 / 0462.29
Margot Kidder10$708,500,000$1,314,700,00054.6 %000 / 0054.41
Kelly McGillis7$707,700,000$1,142,400,00069.0 %015 / 0464.41
Michael Biehn7$702,400,000$892,500,00072.7 %011 / 0365.87
Meryl Streep11$702,000,000$1,161,600,00067.7 %029 / 0866.56
Paul Newman9$701,400,000$701,400,00067.0 %014 / 0165.74
Richard Gere9$690,000,000$690,000,00059.0 %008 / 0256.32
Willem Dafoe9$679,600,000$888,500,00076.5 %025 / 0767.60
Dennis Quaid16$670,300,000$670,300,00059.2 %009 / 0554.72
Nick Nolte12$669,800,000$669,800,00065.6 %000 / 0058.51
Tim Robbins10$667,300,000$1,155,200,00060.4 %005 / 0155.13
John Turturro12$667,100,000$689,500,00072.8 %021 / 0662.61
Paul Hogan2$663,400,000$1,040,100,00058.8 %001 / 0077.70
Ted Danson8$662,700,000$675,100,00064.5 %001 / 0058.49
Shirley MacLaine6$661,300,000$689,200,00062.9 %012 / 0566.04
Ally Sheedy10$659,300,000$673,800,00065.7 %001 / 0058.54
John Heard13$650,900,000$732,300,00068.7 %006 / 0259.08
Val Kilmer5$650,400,000$1,085,100,00064.9 %006 / 0163.93
John Goodman15$649,400,000$853,700,00061.1 %001 / 0054.75
John Houseman9$649,200,000$649,200,00061.8 %001 / 0059.77
Danny Aiello16$647,000,000$772,000,00066.5 %012 / 0356.91
Burgess Meredith9$643,100,000$1,092,400,00052.7 %002 / 0051.91
Laurence Fishburne12$641,700,000$764,900,00062.4 %013 / 0056.70
Dean Stockwell14$639,000,000$979,900,00065.0 %008 / 0055.89
Jeff Bridges15$637,800,000$637,800,00063.7 %010 / 0056.85
Giancarlo Esposito7$633,300,000$655,700,00065.9 %005 / 0064.04
Tom Selleck7$631,600,000$631,600,00057.8 %000 / 0057.63
Emilio Estevez10$620,100,000$634,600,00064.4 %000 / 0058.81
Bruce Willis5$615,400,000$1,168,500,00061.4 %005 / 0065.05
Cher6$609,700,000$609,700,00075.8 %014 / 0475.53
Kevin Costner9$607,500,000$909,600,00073.3 %010 / 0158.75
Robert DeNiro12$588,700,000$963,100,00077.6 %021 / 0465.82
Chuck Norris13$583,600,000$583,600,00053.2 %000 / 0051.78
Gene Wilder6$583,400,000$583,400,00056.2 %001 / 0157.20
Ralph Bellamy5$581,600,000$937,500,00064.8 %003 / 0063.57
Albert Brooks6$574,400,000$649,500,00069.5 %010 / 0066.51
Patrick Swayze10$573,000,000$922,500,00055.0 %000 / 0054.58
Sondra Locke4$565,600,000$565,600,00054.1 %000 / 0064.15
Shelley Duvall4$560,900,000$596,600,00077.0 %000 / 0077.17
Jeff Daniels10$558,000,000$558,000,00070.2 %022 / 0559.94
Billy Crystal6$535,300,000$535,300,00076.5 %003 / 0068.57
Anthony Michael Hall7$534,800,000$549,300,00067.2 %000 / 0061.57
John Mahoney10$534,200,000$534,200,00071.9 %006 / 0361.93
John Cleese9$526,100,000$526,100,00071.2 %006 / 0161.60
Joe Pesci8$524,100,000$731,400,00071.1 %009 / 0261.26
Scatman Crothers7$521,700,000$559,300,00063.6 %001 / 0059.88
Ian Holm10$520,900,000$520,900,00080.0 %015 / 0565.03
Lloyd Bridges7$517,000,000$517,000,00065.5 %003 / 0057.56
Kevin Kline8$515,000,000$561,600,00071.0 %016 / 0264.66
Sterling Hayden3$508,100,000$508,100,00052.2 %001 / 0055.60
Paul Winfield9$501,800,000$666,400,00064.8 %000 / 0057.15
Robert Downey Jr.10$495,800,000$495,800,00056.4 %001 / 0053.58
Daniel Stern13$493,500,000$493,500,00065.9 %009 / 0457.10
Martin Sheen15$493,400,000$725,800,00057.1 %012 / 0952.04
Nicolas Cage10$493,000,000$507,800,00070.4 %011 / 0361.25
Andrew McCarthy9$492,500,000$492,500,00057.6 %001 / 0055.60
Jeff Goldblum11$484,500,000$534,100,00066.7 %014 / 0558.27
Timothy Hutton11$483,400,000$483,400,00063.2 %006 / 0457.92
Rodney Dangerfield3$475,900,000$475,900,00068.4 %000 / 0075.74
Sissy Spacek10$475,000,000$475,000,00067.2 %018 / 0361.70
Rob Lowe10$472,500,000$472,500,00054.6 %000 / 0052.91
Sean Penn12$471,200,000$471,200,00065.2 %000 / 0055.77
Carol Burnett5$468,300,000$468,300,00056.8 %002 / 0058.43
Jack Warden11$467,600,000$467,600,00058.8 %006 / 0054.12
Liza Minnelli5$462,900,000$462,900,00057.7 %004 / 0256.83
Sidney Poitier5$461,200,000$461,200,00059.1 %000 / 0056.92
Jason Robards12$451,500,000$511,700,00062.5 %005 / 0254.75
Al Pacino5$451,400,000$571,400,00062.7 %000 / 0062.66
Liam Neeson14$443,900,000$443,900,00060.5 %008 / 0154.03
Matt Dillon14$439,500,000$439,500,00064.6 %000 / 0054.45
Ed Harris12$436,600,000$518,200,00072.3 %021 / 0760.29
Sam Shepard9$435,800,000$463,700,00069.9 %017 / 0462.21
Christopher Plummer11$435,300,000$456,900,00056.5 %001 / 0052.54
Helen Mirren10$433,600,000$433,600,00065.5 %008 / 0157.79
Rip Torn17$431,500,000$431,500,00051.2 %004 / 0049.42
Kelly Preston13$429,300,000$661,300,00051.5 %000 / 0049.49
Molly Ringwald8$429,000,000$443,500,00064.3 %000 / 0056.98
Richard Benjamin10$428,900,000$471,900,00049.9 %000 / 0050.27
Warren Oates4$427,900,000$427,900,00071.0 %001 / 0066.82
Alec Baldwin7$427,200,000$537,900,00067.5 %008 / 0261.39
Michael J. Pollard8$425,800,000$554,300,00057.9 %004 / 0255.55
Mary Steenburgen11$425,400,000$485,600,00068.2 %018 / 0258.96
Glenn Ford2$424,400,000$850,300,00071.6 %000 / 0070.30
Demi Moore9$421,800,000$421,800,00048.9 %000 / 0050.57
George Segal4$419,600,000$779,600,00049.1 %000 / 0054.41
Christopher Walken13$416,400,000$697,300,00063.3 %005 / 0154.56
Keanu Reeves6$414,900,000$475,100,00072.9 %009 / 0364.51
Susan Sarandon11$412,800,000$412,800,00064.5 %009 / 0056.14
Johnny Depp3$410,300,000$410,300,00075.6 %008 / 0471.95
Donald Sutherland15$403,500,000$403,500,00054.5 %007 / 0449.96
Scott Glenn13$402,500,000$402,500,00062.0 %014 / 0554.64
John Cusack11$402,500,000$402,500,00072.6 %002 / 0059.07
Albert Finney8$401,300,000$401,300,00062.3 %009 / 0057.41
Whoopi Goldberg8$394,500,000$517,700,00057.8 %011 / 0053.88
Tommy Lee Jones8$381,600,000$381,600,00061.3 %007 / 0155.50
Bill Pullman5$380,800,000$380,800,00070.3 %004 / 0165.43
Celeste Holm1$379,300,000$379,300,00066.0 %000 / 0082.00
Katharine Hepburn2$375,800,000$375,800,00060.5 %010 / 0373.45
Michael Palin6$375,300,000$375,300,00081.6 %005 / 0166.51
Ray Walston13$374,500,000$410,200,00056.7 %000 / 0049.56
Mia Farrow12$369,600,000$402,500,00074.0 %017 / 0360.21
Henry Fonda1$369,600,000$369,600,00079.5 %010 / 03107.7
Dennis Hopper19$367,300,000$367,300,00062.5 %003 / 0051.31
Diane Keaton9$365,500,000$365,500,00066.7 %017 / 0359.54
Kevin Spacey5$362,300,000$461,500,00064.6 %007 / 0162.54
Carl Reiner6$358,000,000$358,000,00060.0 %000 / 0058.33
Jane Alexander7$354,200,000$354,200,00061.8 %007 / 0358.33
Mickey Rourke15$350,600,000$350,600,00065.5 %002 / 0054.25
Andy Garcia7$349,500,000$807,800,00062.1 %007 / 0155.74
Peter Boyle13$345,500,000$345,500,00053.1 %001 / 0049.51
Ruth Gordon7$345,000,000$345,000,00049.8 %000 / 0049.88
Eileen Brennan8$342,500,000$342,500,00055.6 %003 / 0050.79
Candice Bergen4$342,300,000$574,700,00063.0 %016 / 0866.19
Jackie Chan19$341,200,000$1,239,400,00061.2 %000 / 0051.87
Kristy McNichol10$340,200,000$340,200,00058.2 %003 / 0052.20
John Malkovich9$331,100,000$433,600,00070.5 %027 / 0861.05
Ethel Merman1$327,200,000$327,200,00083.5 %000 / 0090.20
Woody Allen9$315,400,000$315,400,00079.9 %016 / 0364.50
Ralph Richardson4$313,100,000$313,100,00074.0 %003 / 0065.73
Robert Duvall8$312,900,000$312,900,00063.6 %009 / 0257.32
Dean Martin2$312,600,000$312,600,00036.8 %000 / 0058.20
George Kennedy11$307,900,000$307,900,00051.7 %000 / 0048.96
Daniel Day-Lewis9$303,300,000$535,700,00076.6 %027 / 1363.42
Sharon Stone10$299,800,000$299,800,00048.6 %000 / 0048.10
Judd Nelson8$297,000,000$311,500,00063.6 %000 / 0053.91
Ethan Hawke3$296,000,000$629,600,00071.9 %005 / 0169.00
Sarah Jessica Parker5$295,800,000$295,800,00057.6 %002 / 0056.25
Holly Hunter7$295,700,000$417,500,00066.9 %008 / 0058.35
Peter O'Toole8$291,500,000$324,400,00059.5 %012 / 0956.96
Anne Bancroft9$289,500,000$289,500,00069.5 %012 / 0058.52
John Hurt15$289,300,000$289,300,00063.0 %009 / 0052.77
Burt Lancaster9$288,200,000$334,000,00066.9 %008 / 0057.01
Norman Lloyd2$286,600,000$607,800,00075.8 %004 / 0174.41
Sam Elliott5$285,900,000$285,900,00060.1 %001 / 0157.51
Laurence Olivier6$282,600,000$282,600,00050.8 %000 / 0050.40
Roy Scheider8$280,200,000$280,200,00057.6 %006 / 0052.44
Trevor Howard12$278,200,000$510,600,00061.2 %011 / 0853.44
Andie MacDowell3$278,100,000$278,100,00069.0 %004 / 0065.96
Raul Julia9$275,400,000$418,600,00065.1 %007 / 0155.89
Anjelica Huston12$274,300,000$274,300,00069.5 %017 / 0156.97
Brian Keith6$268,200,000$268,200,00056.4 %000 / 0052.98
Sylvia Miles7$266,700,000$266,700,00061.4 %001 / 0154.32
Charles Bronson12$262,300,000$262,300,00042.7 %000 / 0043.76
Gary Busey10$262,100,000$390,300,00061.2 %001 / 0052.45
Alan Alda4$259,200,000$259,200,00066.2 %003 / 0061.40
Joaquin Phoenix3$258,500,000$318,700,00069.2 %002 / 0062.33
Laura Dern8$254,800,000$254,800,00067.5 %002 / 0156.06
Vincent D'Onofrio5$254,100,000$254,100,00068.4 %001 / 0059.08
Barbra Streisand3$249,300,000$249,300,00054.2 %005 / 0160.42
Walter Matthau9$247,400,000$247,400,00054.0 %001 / 0050.14
Dyan Cannon5$247,400,000$247,400,00050.4 %000 / 0051.59
James Mason5$246,900,000$246,900,00064.8 %005 / 0059.34
Oprah Winfrey2$244,900,000$368,100,00077.7 %011 / 0075.49
Maggie Smith9$243,700,000$243,700,00068.6 %008 / 0357.12
Diane Lane11$243,100,000$243,100,00062.4 %002 / 0052.00
George C. Scott4$242,200,000$242,200,00056.2 %001 / 0056.53
Rutger Hauer13$242,100,000$242,100,00064.5 %004 / 0052.35
Royal Dano10$241,200,000$241,200,00057.1 %008 / 0452.14
Peter Fonda4$240,900,000$240,900,00050.6 %000 / 0051.89
Marsha Mason3$239,400,000$239,400,00069.9 %004 / 0066.9
Julia Roberts4$239,000,000$266,900,00055.9 %001 / 0055.75
John Saxon6$232,600,000$232,600,00056.1 %000 / 0052.20
Cloris Leachman8$232,500,000$232,500,00058.7 %000 / 0051.66
Wesley Snipes4$232,300,000$232,300,00053.6 %000 / 0053.10
Genevieve Bujold8$232,100,000$232,100,00066.1 %000 / 0054.36
Winona Ryder6$231,300,000$255,300,00069.3 %001 / 0157.96
Patrick Stewart7$230,900,000$230,900,00062.1 %002 / 0054.37
James Woods15$230,500,000$252,800,00068.3 %003 / 0054.95
Mel Brooks3$230,300,000$230,300,00068.3 %001 / 0064.13
Mary Tyler Moore4$228,400,000$228,400,00066.9 %006 / 0464.27
Jim Broadbent7$226,600,000$259,500,00067.6 %002 / 0056.72
Ben Johnson9$224,300,000$224,300,00057.1 %000 / 0049.89
Jennifer Jason Leigh12$223,800,000$223,800,00058.6 %000 / 0050.08
James Garner7$223,300,000$225,500,00059.7 %010 / 0154.88
Pam Grier7$222,700,000$222,700,00060.6 %000 / 0052.63
Melanie Griffith8$221,800,000$308,600,00065.9 %007 / 0256.24
Jim Carrey4$220,000,000$220,000,00059.6 %003 / 0056.52
Robert Morley6$219,500,000$219,500,00054.7 %003 / 0051.74
Linda Hamilton6$219,300,000$327,800,00065.6 %000 / 0054.93
Louis Jourdan3$216,700,000$562,500,00056.7 %000 / 0056.33
Helen Hunt7$215,800,000$215,800,00059.9 %003 / 0052.64
Kirk Douglas6$215,100,000$215,100,00053.7 %000 / 0050.77
Eric Idle5$214,600,000$214,600,00063.7 %004 / 0056.66
Robert Preston4$214,100,000$214,100,00075.1 %007 / 0165.63
Peter Falk8$211,700,000$211,700,00067.1 %003 / 0054.5
Prince2$210,200,000$210,200,00048.3 %000 / 0058.93
José Ferrer5$209,500,000$209,500,00062.3 %002 / 0055.69
Julie Andrews6$207,900,000$207,900,00064.7 %008 / 0157.62
Judith Anderson2$207,400,000$236,200,00067.3 %000 / 0066.31
Bo Derek3$203,300,000$203,300,00034.2 %000 / 0046.64
Ben Kingsley7$201,300,000$433,700,00070.9 %013 / 0860.02

24 thoughts on “Top Movie Stars of the 1980s

  1. this needs adjusted. some of these are stars some supporting actors. males and females piled together nothing on salary of critical mass i mean its a mess.

    1. Hey joe mama. This is just the raw data…..to get all the information shown…things like identifying whether they are actors or actresses and supporting or lead are excluded because we make the assumption that somebody reading this list is a movie fan and can determine how important or non important something is. In one of my favorite movie stat books… Power Stats…they list Daniel Stern as the 3rd biggest star….well…I know he is a supporting character….so I know to move him down in mind a little bit. Thanks for the feedback and the visit.

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