Ian McKellen

Starring:

Emma Watson • Dan Stevens • Luke Evans • Josh Gad • Kevin Kline

£72,507,458

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

(Ian McKellen plays Gandalf)

Director(s):

Starring:

Elijah Wood • Ian McKellen • Liv Tyler • Viggo Mortensen • Sean Astin

£61,654,498

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

(Ian McKellen plays Gandalf)

Director(s):

Starring:

Elijah Wood • Ian McKellen • Liv Tyler • Viggo Mortensen • Sean Astin

£60,701,140

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

(Ian McKellen plays Gandalf)

Director(s):

Starring:

Elijah Wood • Ian McKellen • Liv Tyler • Viggo Mortensen • Sean Astin

£57,251,067

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

(Ian McKellen plays Gandalf)

Director(s):

Starring:

Ian McKellen • Martin Freeman • Richard Armitage • Ken Stott • Graham McTavish

£51,994,544

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

(Ian McKellen plays Gandalf)

Director(s):

Starring:

Ian McKellen • Martin Freeman • Richard Armitage • Ken Stott • Graham McTavish

£42,681,775

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

(Ian McKellen plays Gandalf)

Director(s):

Starring:

Ian McKellen • Martin Freeman • Richard Armitage • Ken Stott • Graham McTavish

£40,900,786

The Da VInci Code

(Ian McKellen plays Sir Leigh Teabing)

Director(s):

Ron Howard

Starring:

Tom Hanks • Audrey Tautou • Ian McKellen • Jean Reno • Paul Bettany

£30,249,489

X-Men: Days of Future Past

(Ian McKellen plays Magneto)

Director(s):

Starring:

Hugh Jackman • James McAvoy • Michael Fassbender • Jennifer Lawrence • Halle Berry

£27,005,508

10.

The Golden Compass

(Ian McKellen plays Iorek Byrnison (voice))

Director(s):

Chris Weitz

Starring:

Nicole Kidman • Daniel Craig • Dakota Blue Richards • Ben Walker • Freddie Highmore

£25,771,648

11.

X-Men 2

Director(s):

Starring:

Patrick Stewart • Hugh Jackman • Ian McKellen • Halle Berry • Famke Janssen

£22,750,294

12.

X-Men: The Last Stand

(Ian McKellen plays Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto)

Director(s):

Brett Ratner

Starring:

Hugh Jackman • Halle Berry • Ian McKellen • Patrick Stewart • Famke Janssen

£19,066,987

13.

X-Men

(Ian McKellen plays Magneto)

Director(s):

Starring:

Hugh Jackman • Patrick Stewart • Ian McKellen • Famke Janssen • James Marsden

£14,976,383

14.

Stardust

(Ian McKellen plays Narrator (voice))

Director(s):

Matthew Vaughn

Starring:

Claire Danes • Charlie Cox • Sienna Miller • Ricky Gervais • Jason Flemyng

£14,765,659

15.

The Wolverine

Director(s):

James Mangold

Starring:

Hugh Jackman • Hiroyuki Sanada • Tao Okamoto • Rila Fukushima • Famke Janssen

£13,055,615

16.

Cats

(Ian McKellen plays Gus The Theatre Cat)

Director(s):

Tom Hooper

Starring:

James Corden • Judi Dench • Jason Derulo • Idris Elba • Jennifer Hudson

£11,987,192

17.

Flushed Away

Director(s):

David Bowers • Sam Fell

Starring:

Hugh Jackman • Kate Winslet • Ian McKellen • Jean Reno • Bill Nighy

£10,582,861

18.

The Magic Roundabout

(Ian McKellen plays Zebedee)

Director(s):

Dave Borthwick • Jean Duval • Frank Passingham

Starring:

Tom Baker • Jim Broadbent • Lee Evans • Joanna Lumley • Ian McKellen

£5,692,742

19.

Last Action Hero

Director(s):

John McTiernan

Starring:

Arnold Schwarzenegger • F. Murray Abraham • Art Carney • Charles Dance • Frank McRae

£4,706,390

20.

The Good Liar

(Ian McKellen plays Roy Courtnay)

Director(s):

Starring:

Helen Mirren • Ian McKellen • Russell Tovey • Jim Carter • Mark Lewis Jones

£3,995,934

21.

Jack & Sarah

(Ian McKellen plays William)

Director(s):

Tim Sullivan

Starring:

Richard E. Grant • Samantha Mathis • Judi Dench • Eileen Atkins • Cherie Lunghi

£3,135,455

22.

Mr. Holmes

(Ian McKellen plays Sherlock Holmes)

Director(s):

Starring:

Ian McKellen • Laura Linney • Milo Parker • Hiroyuki Sanada • Hattie Morahan

£2,605,588

23.

Scandal

(Ian McKellen plays John Profumo)

Director(s):

Michael Caton-Jones

Starring:

John Hurt • Joanne Whalley • Bridget Fonda • Ian McKellen • Leslie Phillips

£1,390,366

24.

All Is True

Director(s):

Kenneth Branagh

Starring:

Kenneth Branagh • Lolita Chakrabarti • Jack Colgrave Hirst • Doug Colling • Eleanor de Rohan

£1,042,055

25.

The Shadow

(Ian McKellen plays Reinhardt Lane)

Director(s):

Russell Mulcahy

Starring:

Alec Baldwin • John Lone • Penelope Ann Miller • Peter Boyle • Ian McKellen

£937,919

26.

King Lear: NT Live 2018

(Ian McKellen plays King Lear)

Director(s):

Jonathan Munby

Starring:

Ian McKellen • Anita-Joy Uwajeh

£733,737

27.

Six Degrees of Separation

(Ian McKellen plays Geoffrey)

Director(s):

Fred Schepisi

Starring:

Stockard Channing • Will Smith • Donald Sutherland • Ian McKellen • Mary Beth Hurt

£630,662

28.

Apt Pupil

(Ian McKellen plays Kurt Dussander)

Director(s):

Starring:

Brad Renfro • Ian McKellen • Joshua Jackson • Mickey Cottrell • Michael Reid MacKay

£626,140

29.

Plenty

(Ian McKellen plays Sir Andrew Charleson)

Director(s):

Fred Schepisi

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Andre Maranne • Sam Neill • Charles Dance • Tristram Jellinek

£568,015

30.

Richard III

Director(s):

Richard Loncraine

Starring:

Ian McKellen • Annette Bening • Jim Broadbent • Robert Downey Jr. • Nigel Hawthorne

£500,187

31.

Restoration

(Ian McKellen plays Will Gates)

Director(s):

Michael Hoffman

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Sam Neill • David Thewlis • Polly Walker • Meg Ryan

£295,132

32.

Shakespeare Live: From the RSC

(Ian McKellen plays Self - Performer)

Director(s):

Bridget Caldwell • Gregory Doran • Robin Mason • Tim Taggart

Starring:

Catherine Tate • David Tennant • Akala • Roger Allam • Richard Atwill

£250,893

33.

Hamlet

(Ian McKellen plays Hamlet)

Director(s):

Sean Mathias

Starring:

Ian McKellen • Jonathan Hyde • Jenny Seagrove • Steven Berkoff • Francesca Annis

£169,618

34.

Asylum

(Ian McKellen plays Dr. Peter Cleave)

Director(s):

David Mackenzie

Starring:

Natasha Richardson • Hugh Bonneville • Gus Lewis • Ian McKellen • Joss Ackland

£143,081

35.

Gods and Monsters

Director(s):