Tom Cruise
Worldwide gross, in 2025 dollars, 1983 to today.$12.38bn as reported.
Based on 38 of 49 films with known box office for Tom Cruise (77.6%). Appearances as themselves or in archive footage are not counted as films.
Hit rate 84.2%.
The biggest film is Top Gun: Maverick (2022), at $1.60bn. The five biggest make up 29% of the total.
Photo: TMDB
The career, in four acts
Each film's money sits on its first release date. Inflation-adjusted figures use the year the money was earned.
Rain Man, Top Gun, Mission: Impossible.
War of the Worlds, The Last Samurai, Minority Report.
Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation.
Top Gun: Maverick, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.
The nightly snapshot series · the time series behind the leaderboard, with its live pointShow
This series is pre-computed and does not yet respond to the appearance switches: it always counts every credited appearance.
Annual points through 2019, monthly from 2020, then daily snapshots from 5 August 2026, with the latest shown as live (dashed, see note below).
Note on the last point: historical points only count a film once its earliest release date is at least 90 days old. The live point (dashed line above) is ungated and includes films released within the last 90 days, so it can jump ahead of the historical curve rather than extend it smoothly.
For Tom Cruise, that currently includes Digger ($49.03m), which will enter the historical curve once each clears the 90-day gate.
The biggest films
No. 1Top Gun: Maverick$1.60bn2022 · Billed 1st
No. 2Rain Man$1.07bn1988 · Billed 2nd
No. 3Top Gun$1.07bn1986 · Billed 1st
No. 4Mission: Impossible - Fallout$1.01bn2018 · Billed 1st
No. 5War of the Worlds$1.00bn2005 · Billed 1st
No. 6Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol$974.78m2011 · Billed 1st
No. 7Mission: Impossible$940.06m1996 · Billed 1st
No. 8Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation$936.30m2015 · Billed 1st
No. 9The Last Samurai$779.12m2003 · Billed 1st
No. 10Minority Report$642.65m2002 · Billed 1st
No. 11Mission: Impossible III$638.24m2006 · Billed 1st
No. 12The Firm$602.88m1993 · Billed 1st
Cameos and sources
No cameos
No named source calls any of Tom Cruise's credits a cameo, so the total and the rank are the same with cameos counted or not.
Our rule: a cameo is what a named source calls a cameo. Billing never decides. How cameos are decided
Where the numbers come from
Worldwide gross for 38 of 38 films. Primary source.
Re-releases, and the full total where The Numbers reports less. Not needed for Tom Cruise today.
Credits, billing, dates, posters. Second opinion on the gross: TMDB has a figure for 38 of 38 films, and 34 of those agree within 5%.
Cameo calls: a named source says the appearance is a cameo. Billing never decides. None of Tom Cruise's credits has a cameo call yet.
How the total is built
- Every film counts once, whatever the role.
- A film's gross is its original run plus re-releases.
- Inflation is adjusted from the year the money was earned, to 2025 dollars.
- Appearances as themselves and archive footage are not counted as films. Any box office they carry stays in the total unless that switch is off.
Credits by role
Actor (unclassified)
49
Filmography
- Top Gun: Maverick 2022Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell · Billed 1st$1.60bnin 2025 money
- Rain Man 1988Charlie Babbitt · Billed 2nd$1.07bnin 2025 money
The Numbers: $412.80m · TMDB: $354.83m
- Top Gun 1986Maverick · Billed 1st$1.07bnin 2025 money
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout 2018Ethan Hunt · Billed 1st$1.01bnin 2025 money
- War of the Worlds 2005Ray · Billed 1st$1.00bnin 2025 money
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011Ethan Hunt · Billed 1st$974.78min 2025 money
- Mission: Impossible 1996Ethan Hunt · Billed 1st$940.06min 2025 money
- Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 2015Ethan Hunt · Billed 1st$936.30min 2025 money
- The Last Samurai 2003Nathan Algren · Billed 1st$779.12min 2025 money
- Minority Report 2002Chief John Anderton · Billed 1st$642.65min 2025 money
The receipts
Here is every film, every figure, and how we added it up.
- All time, worldwide, all roles
- adjusted for inflation, in 2025 dollars
Uncredited appearances: not counted. Appearances as themselves: not counted. Cameos: counted.
We counted 38 films. Together they earned $19.64bn. Each film is counted once. That is the 10th biggest total, all time, worldwide, out of the 30 people ranked on TopLiner. Ranks come from the leaderboard published on 1 November 2026.
How it adds up
Check it yourself: add up the 38 counted films below and you get $19.64bn.
Find every film. We looked for every title Tom Cruise is credited on. We found 88 titles. 39 are left out by the switches. That leaves 49 films.
Find the money. 38 of the 49 films have a box office figure. That is the money that cinema tickets brought in around the world. 11 have no figure we trust yet, so they add nothing. We never guess.
Count each film once. If someone acts in a film and also directs it, the film still counts one time.
Add it up. The 38 films together earned $19.64bn, adjusted for inflation, in 2025 dollars. Divide by 38 and the average is $516.79m a film.
Rank everyone. We add up every person the same way. Then we sort them from the biggest total to the smallest. Tom Cruise has the 10th biggest total of the 30 people ranked on TopLiner.
31 of the 38 films earned $100 million or more (in dollars as reported).
Film by film: counted (38)
- Top Gun: Maverick 2022$1.60bnin 2025 money
- Rain Man 1988$1.07bnin 2025 money
The Numbers: $412.80m · TMDB: $354.83m
- Top Gun 1986$1.07bnin 2025 money
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout 2018$1.01bnin 2025 money
- War of the Worlds 2005$1.00bnin 2025 money
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011$974.78min 2025 money
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- Mission: Impossible 1996$940.06min 2025 money
- Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 2015$936.30min 2025 money
- The Last Samurai 2003$779.12min 2025 money
- Minority Report 2002$642.65min 2025 money
- Mission: Impossible III 2006$638.24min 2025 money
- The Firm 1993$602.88min 2025 money
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 2023$597.78min 2025 money
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning 2025$591.35min 2025 money
- Jerry Maguire 1996$549.01min 2025 money
- The Mummy 2017$538.79min 2025 money
- Austin Powers in Goldmember 2002$530.74min 2025 money
- A Few Good Men 1992$527.41min 2025 money
- Edge of Tomorrow 2014$499.46min 2025 money
- Interview with the Vampire 1994$472.80min 2025 money
- Oblivion 2013$398.16min 2025 money
- Days of Thunder 1990$388.76min 2025 money
- Knight and Day 2010$382.28min 2025 money
- Collateral 2004$371.14min 2025 money
- Vanilla Sky 2001$363.08min 2025 money
- Valkyrie 2008$306.23min 2025 money
- Jack Reacher 2012$301.94min 2025 money
- Tropic Thunder 2008$286.01min 2025 money
- Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 2016$210.21min 2025 money
- Risky Business 1983$205.52min 2025 money
Domestic gross shown as primary: the worldwide total’s international component is a source placeholder, so it is effectively domestic only. Worldwide as reported: $63.54m (flagged unreliable).
- Eyes Wide Shut 1999$201.84min 2025 money
The Numbers: $104.36m · TMDB: $162.10m
- American Made 2017$178.17min 2025 money
- Lions for Lambs 2007$94.58min 2025 money
- Magnolia 1999$90.63min 2025 money
- Rock of Ages 2012$85.64min 2025 money
- The Outsiders 1983$83.29min 2025 money
Domestic gross shown as primary: the worldwide total’s international component is a source placeholder, so it is effectively domestic only. Worldwide as reported: $25.78m (flagged unreliable).
- Legend 1985$70.40min 2025 money
The Numbers: $23.51m · TMDB: $15.50m
- Digger 2026$47.76min 2025 money
Not counted: no box office figure found (11)
- Once Upon a Time in Jersey 2026
Not counted. We could not find a box office figure we trust, and we never guess.
- Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness 2008
Not counted. We could not find a box office figure we trust, and we never guess.
- Mission: Impossible II 2000
Not counted. We could not find a box office figure we trust, and we never guess.
- Far and Away 1992
Not counted. We could not find a box office figure we trust, and we never guess.
- Born on the Fourth of July 1989
Not counted. We could not find a box office figure we trust, and we never guess.
- Cocktail 1988
Not counted. We could not find a box office figure we trust, and we never guess.
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- The Color of Money 1986
Not counted. We could not find a box office figure we trust, and we never guess.
- Losin' It 1983
Not counted. We could not find a box office figure we trust, and we never guess.
- All the Right Moves 1983
Not counted. We could not find a box office figure we trust, and we never guess.
- Taps 1981
Not counted. We could not find a box office figure we trust, and we never guess.
- Endless Love 1981
Not counted. We could not find a box office figure we trust, and we never guess.
Not counted: left out by your switches (39)
- Tom Cruise : la dernière légende d'Hollywood 2025
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special 2025
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott 2025
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony 2024
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- The Final: Attack on Wembley 2024
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- BRATS 2024
Left out because appearances as themselves and uncredited appearances are switched off.
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- Getting LOST 2024
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star 2023
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Tom Cruise: Impossible Missions 2023
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open 2023
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Commitment to Life 2023
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, Action 2022
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- James Corden's Top Gun Training with Tom Cruise 2022
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth 2020
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Kubrick by Kubrick 2020
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Spielberg 2017
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- My Scientology Movie 2016
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman 2015
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Ghost Protocol: Impossible Missions 2012
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Ghost Protocol: Mission Accepted 2012
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Close Up 2012
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 2012
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible 2010
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business 2008
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders' 2005
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun 2004
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral' 2004
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Space Station 3D 2002
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Hitting It Hard 2002
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies 2002
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Heart of the Festival 2002
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures 2001
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Mission: Improbable 2001
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- America | A Tribute to Heroes 2001
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire 2000
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Remembering Stanley Kubrick 1999
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Junket Whore 1998
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You 1992
Left out because appearances as themselves are switched off.
- Young Guns 1988
Left out because uncredited appearances are switched off.
TopLiner · the film bankability index · ranks from the leaderboard for 1 November 2026, published 1 November 2026 09:26 UTC. Totals, the chart and the filmography are worked out from the latest data each time this page is refreshed.