The following are non-definitive lists of the

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s with the highest career-film grosses. There are

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gross revenue lists, which are not adjusted for

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, as well as lists for the number of box-office ticket sales.

Box-office gross revenue

Because of the effects of

on cinema ticket prices, a list unadjusted for inflation gives much more weight to later actors. Therefore, gross revenue lists are largely meaningless for comparing acting careers widely separated in time, as many actors from earlier eras will not appear on a modern, unadjusted list, despite their films achieving higher commercial success when adjusted for inflation.

All time

This list only includes leading roles and lead ensemble roles, and

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. The list is updated .

All roles

This list includes cameos and

. The number of films is from the source '' The Numbers'' and may not correspond exactly to a linked filmography. The list is updated .

Earlier eras

Up until 2000

A survey by '' TLA Video'' in 2000 estimated that the following actors had sold the most movie tickets at the box office.

Up until 1966

In 1966, '' Variety'' calculated a list of the highest-grossing stars using their All-Time Top Grossing Films lists based on the number of films that had earned

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s of $4 million or more in the United States and Canada by the end of 1965. As the list was based on number of films on the chart, there may have been some stars who appeared in fewer films listed but with a higher total rental. The list favors films and stars of the later eras as later films generally gross more. John Wayne topped the list. ''Variety'' noted that Crosby's last hit prior to 1965 was ''

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'' in 1956, and at that date he would have led the list. They also noted that Gable was the undisputed king until he went into the Army in 1942 and that he wasn't ranked higher, as many of his earlier hits did not reach their $4 million cut-off and were therefore not included in his total.

References

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