Hollywood Stars Who Haven't Hit the $1 Billion Box Office Milestone

Introduction

Billion-dollar box office hits have become much more common over the last few decades, but there are still several major actors who shockingly do not have any $1 billion movies. In the years after Titanic became the first $1 billion box office hit, it was not until the 2010s that this milestone became much more popular and achievable by blockbusters. The result has seen several major Hollywood stars become quite synonymous with billion-dollar success stories, as the likes of Zoe Salda\u00f1a, Chris Pratt, Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, and others constantly added new hits to their filmographies.

Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in the DCEU

With a handful of franchises and their stars becoming accustomed to the significant box office achievement, most of the biggest names in Hollywood have at least one such hit attached to their name. Leonardo DiCaprio, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Cruise, Margot Robbie, Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Craig, Margot Robbie, Christian Bale, and Mark Wahlberg are just a few of the major box office stars who have achieved this goal. However, there are still quite a few major actors that have yet to find their first $1 billion hit. Whether that's due to franchises underperforming or a lack of opportunities, several names stand out.

Katniss Everdeen looking up

The Stars and Their Closest Calls

Gal Gadot has been at the center of a few major franchises, but her involvement in them has not led to $1 billion box office hits yet. Her role as Gisele in the Fast & Furious movies gave her a good shot early on. She left the franchise, though, to play Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe. This brought her the closest she's ever come to hitting the milestone, as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice made $874 million worldwide in 2016 and remains her highest-grossing movie. Ironically, she would have hit the milestone the year prior if Gadot's Furious 7 cameo was not cut from the final edit.

Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman in her classic superhero outfit in 2017's Wonder Woman

Jennifer Lawrence has experience with some successful franchises and films, but the $1 billion milestone has still eluded her. Her time in the Hunger Games and X-Men franchises both failed to help her surpass that benchmark. The closest she ever came was with The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which made $865 million worldwide back in 2013. The following year was a great attempt to surpass that total, as 2014 included her appearances in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 and X-Men: Days of Future Past, which made $755 million and $746 million respectively. Lawrence has not surpassed those figures in the years since.

Ryan Reynolds is no stranger to starring in franchises and sequels, so it is surprising that he has yet to find a $1 billion box office hit. The Deadpool franchise has brought him the most success so far, as both movies made nearly identical amounts worldwide. Deadpool 2 holds Reynolds' record for highest grossing movie as the 2018 sequel made $785 million worldwide, a mere $3 million more than the original. He nearly surpassed both films with his cameo in Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, which made $760 million. Despite also appearing in possible franchises like Green Lantern and Detective Pikachu, neither crossed the $1 billion mark.

Ryan Reynolds Deadpool saving Vanessa by time traveling in Deadpool 2's post-credits scene

The Veteran Stars and Their Quest for the Milestone

Ben Affleck experienced plenty of box office success early in his career, but he has even failed to appear in a movie that made over $1 billion. His DCEU debut as Batman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice came the closest, but his subsequent DC appearances could not follow suit. Suicide Squad, Justice League, and The Flash all made less at the box office than Affleck's previous DC movies. Outside of the DCEU, Ben Affleck's box office successes included Armageddon and Pearl Harbor near the turn of the millennium. The former made over $550 million worldwide, and the latter made right around $450 million, both short of a billion.

Ben Affleck's Batman in Zack Snyder's Justice League

Matt Damon is no stranger to franchise films, but it is his non-franchise appearances that have brought him the most box office success. Despite appearing in multiple Ocean's and Bourne movies, none of those franchise installments even managed to surpass $500 million worldwide. Damon's biggest box office hits have come with The Martian ($630 million), Interstellar ($731 million), and Oppenheimer ($950 million). The latter collaboration with Christopher Nolan brought Matt Damon agonizingly close to being his first $1 billion box office hit, and there is a chance it will one day reach that milestone through re-releases.

Matt Damon as Jason Bourne pointing a gun

Sylvester Stallone was one of the biggest action movie stars from the 1970s to the 1990s. His franchise leading roles have brought him plenty of box office success over the years, but none of them have ever managed to come close to the $1 billion milestone. On one hand, Stallone's closest attempt was The Expendables 2 as it made $314 million worldwide. However, it was later on when he partnered with James Gunn for a role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 that he experienced his biggest box office hit. His small role as Stakar Ogord puts the MCU sequel's $863 million performance on his r\u00e9sum\u00e9.

Sylvester Stallone looking emotional in Rambo 2008