Tom Cruise
Worldwide gross, reported dollars, 1983 to today.$19.64bn in 2025 dollars.
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 81.6%.
The biggest film is Top Gun: Maverick (2022), at $1.45bn. The five biggest make up 34% 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.
Mission: Impossible, Rain Man, Top Gun.
War of the Worlds, The Last Samurai, Mission: Impossible III.
Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation.
Top Gun: Maverick, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One.
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$1.45bn2022 · Billed 1st
No. 2Mission: Impossible - Fallout$786.27m2018 · Billed 1st
No. 3Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol$694.71m2011 · Billed 1st
No. 4Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation$688.86m2015 · Billed 1st
No. 5War of the Worlds$606.84m2005 · Billed 1st
No. 6Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning$591.35m2025 · Billed 1st
No. 7Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One$565.39m2023 · Billed 1st
No. 8Mission: Impossible$457.70m1996 · Billed 1st
No. 9The Last Samurai$456.81m2003 · Billed 1st
No. 10Rain Man$412.80m1988 · Billed 2nd
No. 11The Mummy$409.95m2017 · Billed 1st
No. 12Mission: Impossible III$399.39m2006 · 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$1.45bn
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout 2018Ethan Hunt · Billed 1st$786.27m
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011Ethan Hunt · Billed 1st$694.71m
- Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 2015Ethan Hunt · Billed 1st$688.86m
- War of the Worlds 2005Ray · Billed 1st$606.84m
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning 2025Ethan Hunt · Billed 1st$591.35m
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 2023Ethan Hunt · Billed 1st$565.39m
- Mission: Impossible 1996Ethan Hunt · Billed 1st$457.70m
- The Last Samurai 2003Nathan Algren · Billed 1st$456.81m
- Rain Man 1988Charlie Babbitt · Billed 2nd$412.80m
The Numbers: $412.80m · TMDB: $354.83m
The receipts
Here is every film, every figure, and how we added it up.
- All time, worldwide, all roles
- in dollars as reported, not adjusted for inflation
Uncredited appearances: not counted. Appearances as themselves: not counted. Cameos: counted.
We counted 38 films. Together they earned $12.38bn. Each film is counted once. That is the 14th 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 $12.38bn.
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 $12.38bn, in dollars as reported, not adjusted for inflation. Divide by 38 and the average is $325.92m 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 14th 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$1.45bn
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout 2018$786.27m
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011$694.71m
- Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 2015$688.86m
- War of the Worlds 2005$606.84m
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning 2025$591.35m
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- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 2023$565.39m
- Mission: Impossible 1996$457.70m
- The Last Samurai 2003$456.81m
- Rain Man 1988$412.80m
The Numbers: $412.80m · TMDB: $354.83m
- The Mummy 2017$409.95m
- Mission: Impossible III 2006$399.39m
- Edge of Tomorrow 2014$367.03m
- Top Gun 1986$363.99m
- Minority Report 2002$358.82m
- Austin Powers in Goldmember 2002$296.34m
- Oblivion 2013$287.92m
- Jerry Maguire 1996$273.55m
- The Firm 1993$270.34m
- Knight and Day 2010$258.75m
- A Few Good Men 1992$236.50m
- Interview with the Vampire 1994$223.64m
- Jack Reacher 2012$218.34m
- Collateral 2004$217.60m
- Valkyrie 2008$203.93m
- Vanilla Sky 2001$202.73m
- Tropic Thunder 2008$191.15m
- Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 2016$159.95m
- Days of Thunder 1990$157.67m
- American Made 2017$135.57m
- Eyes Wide Shut 1999$104.36m
The Numbers: $104.36m · TMDB: $162.10m
- Risky Business 1983$63.54m
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).
- Lions for Lambs 2007$63.21m
- Rock of Ages 2012$61.03m
- Digger 2026$49.03m
- Magnolia 1999$48.45m
- The Outsiders 1983$25.75m
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$23.51m
The Numbers: $23.51m · TMDB: $15.50m
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.