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Starring:

Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen

Acting credits By Highest Global Gross

Total Gross
1.

Beauty and the Beast / 2017

Director(s):
Starring:
$1,273,576,220
2.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King / 2003

Director(s):
Starring:
$1,146,030,912
3.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey / 2012

Director(s):
Starring:
Ian McKellenMartin Freeman • Richard Armitage • Ken Stott • Graham McTavish
$1,017,003,568
4.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies / 2014

Director(s):
Starring:
Ian McKellenMartin Freeman • Richard Armitage • Ken Stott • Graham McTavish
$962,182,865
5.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug / 2013

Director(s):
Starring:
Ian McKellenMartin Freeman • Richard Armitage • Ken Stott • Graham McTavish
$959,007,513
6.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers / 2002

Director(s):
Starring:
$947,495,095
7.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring / 2001

Director(s):
Starring:
$897,690,072
8.

The Da VInci Code / 2006

Director(s):
Starring:
Tom Hanks • Audrey Tautou • Ian McKellen • Jean Reno • Paul Bettany
$749,536,138
9.

X-Men: Days of Future Past / 2014

Director(s):
$748,121,534
10.

X-Men: The Last Stand / 2006

Director(s):
$455,260,014
11.

The Wolverine / 2013

Director(s):
Starring:
Hugh Jackman • Hiroyuki Sanada • Tao Okamoto • Rila Fukushima • Famke Janssen
$416,950,960
12.

X-Men 2 / 2003

Director(s):
$407,711,549
13.

The Golden Compass / 2007

Director(s):
Starring:
Nicole KidmanDaniel CraigDakota Blue Richards • Ben Walker • Freddie Highmore
$364,083,519
14.

X-Men / 2000

Director(s):
Starring:
$296,339,527
15.

Flushed Away / 2006

Director(s):
David BowersSam Fell

Starring:
$178,281,554
16.

Stardust / 2007

Director(s):
Starring:
Claire DanesCharlie CoxSienna MillerRicky Gervais • Jason Flemyng
$137,515,140
17.

Last Action Hero / 1993

Director(s):
Starring:
Arnold Schwarzenegger • F. Murray Abraham • Art Carney • Charles Dance • Frank McRae
$137,298,489
18.

Cats / 2019

Director(s):
$73,833,531
19.

The Shadow / 1994

Director(s):
Starring:
Alec Baldwin • John Lone • Penelope Ann Miller • Peter Boyle • Ian McKellen
$48,063,435
20.

The Good Liar / 2019

Director(s):
Starring:
Helen MirrenIan McKellenRussell Tovey • Jim Carter • Mark Lewis Jones
$33,856,058
21.

Mr. Holmes / 2015

Director(s):
Starring:
Ian McKellen • Laura Linney • Milo Parker • Hiroyuki Sanada • Hattie Morahan
$29,355,203
22.

The Magic Roundabout / 2004

Director(s):
Dave BorthwickJean DuvalFrank Passingham

Starring:
Tom Baker • Jim Broadbent • Lee Evans • Joanna Lumley • Ian McKellen
$27,450,189
23.

Corvette Summer / 1978

Director(s):
Matthew Robbins

Starring:
Mark HamillAnnie Potts • Eugene Roche • William Bryant • Richard McKenzie
$15,514,367
24.

Scandal / 1989

Starring:
John Hurt • Joanne Whalley • Bridget Fonda • Ian McKellenLeslie Phillips
$13,967,979
25.

Animal Crackers / 2018

Director(s):
Tony BancroftScott Christian SavaJaime Maestro

Starring:
$12,804,811
26.

I'll Do Anything / 1994

Director(s):
Starring:
Nick Nolte • Whittni Wright • Albert Brooks • Julie KavnerJoely Richardson
$10,424,645
27.

Apt Pupil / 1998

Director(s):
Starring:
Brad Renfro • Ian McKellen • Joshua Jackson • Mickey Cottrell • Michael Reid MacKay
$9,445,420
28.

Plenty / 1985

Director(s):
Starring:
Meryl Streep • Andre Maranne • Sam Neill • Charles Dance • Tristram Jellinek
$7,314,597
29.

Six Degrees of Separation / 1993

Director(s):
Starring:
$6,938,977
30.

Gods and Monsters / 1999

Director(s):
Starring:
Ian McKellenBrendan Fraser • Lynn Redgrave • Lolita Davidovich • David Dukes
$6,533,361
31.

Cold Comfort Farm / 1995

Director(s):
Starring:
Eileen Atkins • Kate Beckinsale • Sheila Burrell • Stephen Fry • Freddie Jones
$5,682,429
32.

Restoration / 1995

Director(s):
Michael Hoffman

Starring:
Robert Downey Jr.Sam NeillDavid Thewlis • Polly Walker • Meg Ryan
$4,273,549
33.

The Keep / 1983

Director(s):
Starring:
Scott Glenn • Alberta Watson • Jrgen Prochnow • Robert Prosky • Gabriel Byrne
$4,218,594
34.

Richard III / 1996

Director(s):
Richard Loncraine

Starring:
$3,241,325
35.

Jack & Sarah / 1995

Director(s):
Tim Sullivan

Starring:
Richard E. Grant • Samantha Mathis • Judi Dench • Eileen Atkins • Cherie Lunghi
$3,194,555
36.

All Is True / 2019

Director(s):
Starring:
Kenneth Branagh • Lolita Chakrabarti • Jack Colgrave Hirst • Doug Colling • Eleanor de Rohan
$3,019,143
37.

Asylum / 2005

Director(s):
David Mackenzie

Starring:
Natasha Richardson • Hugh Bonneville • Gus Lewis • Ian McKellen • Joss Ackland
$2,788,033
38.

King Lear: NT Live 2018 / 2018

Director(s):
Jonathan Munby

Starring:
Ian McKellen • Anita-Joy Uwajeh
$1,142,561
39.

Shakespeare Live: From the RSC / 2016

Director(s):
Bridget CaldwellGregory DoranRobin MasonTim Taggart

Starring:
Catherine TateDavid Tennant • Akala • Roger Allam • Richard Atwill
$1,071,535
40.

Bent / 1997

Director(s):
Sean Mathias

Starring:
Mick JaggerClive Owen • Brian Webber • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau • Jude Law
$496,059
41.

Swept From the Sea / 1997

Director(s):
Beeban Kidron

Starring:
Rachel Weisz • Vincent Perez • Ian McKellen • Kathy Bates • Joss Ackland
$397,020
42.

National Theatre Live: 50 Years On Stage / 2013

Director(s):
Nicholas HytnerTim Van SomerenHoward DaviesRufus NorrisAlex Sims

Starring:
Roger Allam • Samuel Anderson • Alan Ayckbourn • Jonathan Bailey • Matthew Barker
$146,202
43.

Mckellen Playing the Part Live 2018 / 2018

Director(s):
Joe Stephenson

Starring:
Ian McKellen • Scott Chambers • Luke Evans • Milo Parker • Adam Brown
$89,714
44.

Neverwas / 2005

Director(s):
Joshua Michael Stern

Starring:
Aaron EckhartIan McKellen • Brittany Murphy • Nick Nolte • Jessica Lange
$11,246
45.

Emile / 2003

Director(s):
Carl Bessai

Starring:
Ian McKellen • Deborah Kara Unger • Theo Crane • Tygh Runyan • Chris William Martin
$5,799