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For many of Hollywood ’s biggest stars , their highest - grossing movie and their best motion picture are not one and the same . Summer blockbusters , include mostsuperhero movie enfranchisement , tend to make more money than complex pictures that are typically the direction of awards shows . In several case , blockbusters have include lowly Easter Eggs that nod to a lead doer ’s previous roles , recognizing their mellow status in the cultural zeitgeist .
Oscar nominees may be criticized for being slow or complicated , while natural action movies are more engaging . Yet , the former category typically does more to foreground an actor ’s talents . However , both eccentric of movies represent important moments in an actor ’s career and help cement their position in pop culture , even if one tell a more intelligent story .
10Chris Evans
Avengers: Endgame ($2.8 Billion)
Within the MCU , EndgameandAvengers : Infinity Warare unsurprisingly the top earner due to being huge movie events . However , Captain America : The Winter Soldieris a advanced and gut - wrick picture . The primary battle revolves around concerns about modern technology , with a protagonist who feels out of post in the modern twenty-four hours .
Over 17 years and 35 movie , the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies have redefine blockbuster celluloid . But how do all the films stack up ?
9Ewan McGregor
Beauty And The Beast ($1.26 Billion)
Among Ewan McGregor ’s highest - grossing movies is thedivisiveStar Warsprequel trilogy , which can hardly be promise the best of his life history — even if McGregor ’s sarcastic and deeply caring performance as Obi - Wan Kenobi is a highlight . McGregor ’s highest - gross movie overall is the resilient - actionBeauty and the Beast , and there is no way his best movie is one in which he roleplay an anthropomorphic candle holder . Therefore , McGregor ’s good movie must beMoulin Rouge!,in which he act a romantic writer who move to Paris at the turn of the one C and falls in making love with the courtesan Satine ( Nicole Kidman ) .
8Jennifer Lawrence
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($865 Million)
The Hunger Gamesmovies are , for the most part , good book - to - moving picture adaption . Jennifer Lawrence is just one gifted actor among an telling cast of a franchise that faithfully depicts the brutal dystopian man of Suzanne Collins ’ book . Lawrence is fantabulous as Katniss and as Mystique in theX - Menmovies;these two dealership let in most of her highest - gross pic . However , Lawrence ’s best movieto particular date is the dramatic read-only memory - comSilver Linings Playbook . She won Best Lead Actress for her functioning as Tiffany , a pessimistic yet loving role .
7Samuel L. Jackson
Every one of Samuel L. Jackson ’s appearances in the MCU , no matter how abbreviated , is memorableand chip in to the arch over myth - like status of Nick Fury . However , Jackson ’s classic movies can not be forget , and as much as MCU fans would like to dispute it , they can not be range aboveThe Winter SoldierorEndgame . Quentin Tarantino’sPulp Fictionremains the most influential movie of Jackson ’s career . There is even anod toPulp FictioninThe Winter Soldier : The Bible verse that Jules misquotation appear on Fury ’s tombstone .
6Shailene Woodley
The Fault In Our Stars ($307 Million)
Like Jennifer Lawrence , Shailene Woodley landed a major office during the YA dystopia heyday . However , Divergentreceived poorer recap and was , overall , nowhere near as successful asThe Hunger Games . The Divergent Series : Insurgentis still the 2nd highest - gross motion picture of Woodley ’s career , whileThe Fault in Our Starsis first . However , Woodley break a heartrending performance inThe Descendantsas a teenager who uncover her female parent ’s affair to her father ( George Clooney ) after the mother falls into a coma . Woodley also stars alongside futureDivergentco - star topology Miles Teller in the wonderfully romantic dramaThe Spectacular Now .
Dystopian sci - fi shows Earth in desolate , dim futures . These film see the world in terrible State Department , allow for a monition for what could be .
5Matthew McConaughey
Interstellar ($731 Million)
Christopher Nolan’sInterstellaris thrilling , excited , and grounded in real scientific discipline . Matthew McConaughey star as an passee - NASA pilot program who drop dead on a dangerous intergalactic mission to discover a new planet equal to of supporting human life story . Interstellaris one ofNolan ’s effective picture , and if McConaughey had starred inOppenheimerorThe Dark Knight , it would probably be the mellow item of his career . However , most citizenry agree that at leastDallas Buyers Club , if not any ofMcConaughey ’s other movies , is better thanInterstellar . McConaughey won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Rolefor his public presentation as Ron Woodroof .
4Gwyneth Paltrow
With the overwhelmingly star - studdedcast of the MCU , it can be easy to forget that Gwyneth Paltrow appear throughout the enfranchisement as Tony Stark ’s unbendable partner Pepper Potts . However , the Best Picture winnerShakespeare in Loveis still regarded as the pinnacle of Paltrow ’s life history , for which she won Best Lead Actress . Paltrow also starred inThe gifted Mr. RipleyandThe Royal Tenenbaums , which are both critically acclaimed motion picture . However , the MCU could arguably beat out many of her other motion-picture show .
3Ana de Armas
No Time To Die ($774 Million)
Ana de Armas is amazing inNo Time to Die — she is undeniably one of the in force parts of the movie . However , no matter how successful Daniel Craig ’s last James Bond moving picture was , it ca n’t really be called de Armas ’ movie , since she is in it for less than 15 moment . She also appears in the high - grossing sci - fi movieBlade Runner 2049 . However , most would argue that de Armas ’ best flick to date isKnives Out , her and Craig ’s fresh take on the whodunit formula . YetNo Time to DieandBlade Runner 2049are not far behind .
2Emma Stone
The Amazing Spider-Man ($758 Million)
BeforeLa La Landmade her a deary of theatre director who are on a regular basis at the Oscars , Emma Stone starred in more distinctive blockbusters . Stone achieved her breakout with the high school comedySuperbad . A few twelvemonth later , she was cast as Gwen Stacy in theSpider - Manreboot asterisk Andrew Garfield . The firstAmazing Spider - Manmovie remains the highest - gross title of Stone ’s life history . Most Spider - Man fan do n’t even think of this as thebestSpider - Manmovie , let alone better than Stone ’s critically acclaimed filmography , includingThe FavoriteandPoor Things .
From multiple Batmans to Spider - Man , multiverses and sentence travel , here ’s our rundown of the best superhero movies ever .
1Tom Hanks
Toy Story 4 ($1.07 Billion)
TheToy Storymovies are beloved at least in part because of Tom Hanks ' performance as Woody , convincingly portraying the cowboy doll as selfish and sympathetic at different sentence . He is expected to return forToy Story 5 . However , Hanks ’ repertoire of Oscar - nominated roles in nominate moving-picture show will belike rank above the animated franchise . This includesForrest Gump , Cast Away , andSleepless in Seattle . actor like Hank are iconic because of both their highest - grossing and their critically acclaimed movies . While fans might be force to admit that one is better than the other , they are all impactful .
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