--- title: Harrison Ford Is the Highest Grossing Actor in U.S. History description: The Force Awakens pushed him over the edge canonical: https://time.com/4174086/harrison-ford-highest-grossing-actor-star-wars-the-force-awakens/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-09T14:50:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:55:42.301Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Harrison Ford Is the Highest Grossing Actor in U.S. History og:description: The Force Awakens pushed him over the edge og:url: https://time.com/4174086/harrison-ford-highest-grossing-actor-star-wars-the-force-awakens/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc388508a723c4ac/698878520a4a2213bb9c7cf7/harrison-ford.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Harrison Ford Is the Highest Grossing Actor in U.S. History twitter:description: The Force Awakens pushed him over the edge twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc388508a723c4ac/698878520a4a2213bb9c7cf7/harrison-ford.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Harrison Ford Just Became the Highest-Grossing Actor in U.S. Box Office History by [Will Robinson / EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / EW Jan 9, 2016 2:50 PM CUT  Harrison Ford attends the Premiere of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' in Hollywood, CA on Dec. 14, 2015. Harrison Ford attends the Premiere of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' in Hollywood, CA on Dec. 14, 2015.Jason Merritt—Getty Images by [Will Robinson / EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / EW Jan 9, 2016 2:50 PM CUT Bolstered by the [insane ticket sales of _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/06/star-wars-force-awakens-avatar-biggest-domestic-movie-ever "undefined"), the 73-year-old star has grossed more at the box office in the U.S. than any other actor. His leading number currently sits at $4.71 billion, [according to Box Office Mojo](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/?view=Actor&sort=sumgross&order=DESC&p=.htm "undefined"). Ford took the crown from another member of the _Star Wars_ franchise: Samuel L. Jackson, who starred in all three prequels. Jackson was also in a handful of Marvel movies, including _The Avengers_. He’s at $4.63 billion. The top five is rounded out by a formidable trio of Tom Hanks ($4.33 billion), Morgan Freeman ($4.32 billion), and Eddie Murphy ($3.81 billion). The highest-placed actress is Cameron Diaz at No. 15 with $3.03 billion. As of now, _The Force Awakens_ has raked in over $770 million domestically. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/08/harrison-ford-domestic-box-office "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/08/harrison-ford-domestic-box-office "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4174086/harrison-ford-highest-grossing-actor-star-wars-the-force-awakens/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4174086/harrison-ford-highest-grossing-actor-star-wars-the-force-awakens/"},"headline":"Harrison Ford Just Became the Highest-Grossing Actor in U.S. Box Office History","datePublished":"2016-01-09T14:50:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:55:42.301Z","description":"HIs movies took in $4.71 billion","url":"https://time.com/4174086/harrison-ford-highest-grossing-actor-star-wars-the-force-awakens/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc388508a723c4ac/698878520a4a2213bb9c7cf7/harrison-ford.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Robinson / EW"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc388508a723c4ac/698878520a4a2213bb9c7cf7/harrison-ford.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's \"Star Wars: The Force Awakens\" - Arrivals","caption":"Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's \"Star Wars: The Force Awakens\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Jason Merritt—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4174086/harrison-ford-highest-grossing-actor-star-wars-the-force-awakens/","name":"Harrison Ford Just Became the Highest-Grossing Actor in U.S. Box Office History"}}]}] ```