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While billion - dollar mark movies are slowly becoming more vulgar , there are still very few player who haveworked on dissimilar billion - dollar franchises , permit alone free two motion-picture show to foil that threshold back to back . In 1998,Titanicbecame the first movie to ever earn more than a billion dollar on its release . However , it took 5 more eld for another picture to attain that same milestone , withThe Lord of the Rings : The Return of the Kingbecoming the 2d in 2003 .
In the entirehistory of the box office , just over 50 plastic film have carry off to garner over $ 1 billion ( viaDeadline ) . Almost one - fifth of that total has been in the MCU , but across the board , every one of these film belongs to a larger franchise or is part of a popular IP , except forTitanic . As the box office keep to grow and more movies cross the threshold , actors appearing in these milepost motion-picture show become more common , but for now , only nine actor have ever managed toappear in multiple billion - dollar pic , in freestanding franchises , back to back .
9Samuel L. Jackson
Avengers: Infinity War & Incredibles 2
Samuel L. Jackson is an unbelievably talented actor with a wealthiness of experience . He has appear in many of the biggest franchises of all time , includingStar Wars , the MCU , Jurassic Park , and Disney Pixar’sThe Incredibles . In total , he has appeared in themost billion - dollar movies with 10 freestanding filmsin his filmography ( viaBusiness Insider ) . Of naturally , this also direct to two of these films being liberate tight together , withAvengers : Infinity WarandIncredibles 2both coming out in 2018 .
8Andy Serkis
Avengers: Age of Ultron & Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi & Black Panther
Andy Serkis comes in close behind with three billion - one dollar bill franchises;The Lord of the Rings , the MCU , andStar Wars , and a total of seven disjoined billion - one dollar bill picture . While Serkis has fewer billion - dollar flick , he also manage to deplume offreleasing multiple billion - one dollar bill films back to back . In 2015 , Serkis look inAvengers : Age of Ultronas Ulysses Klaue , and later that yr inStar war : The Force Awakens , where he was the vocalization and gesture capture thespian forSupreme Leader Snoke . Then Serkis did it again in 2017 and 2018 withThe Last Jedi , andBlack Panther .
Before becoming a prisoner in Andor , Andy Serkis has been Batman ’s butler , a Sith Lord , and more ! But Serkis earned his fame in motion legend roles .
7Lupita Nyong’o
Star Wars: The Last Jedi & Black Panther
share the screen with Serkis for both of those latter projects , Lupita Nyong’o join the exclusive nightclub of actors to have two billion - buck movies back to back at the the same time as carnival repeated his success . Nyong’o vocalize Maz Kanata inStar Warsfor all three of the continuation films , while she also play Nakia , T’Challa ’s love interest inBlack Panther . This also signify thatLupita Nyong’o is one of only two womanhood to have achieved this milestone , and the first cleaning woman ever to do so .
6Benicio del Toro
Star Wars: The Last Jedi & Avengers: Infinity War
Benicio del Toro also managed to join the night club with his billion - clam photographic film appear in 2017 and 2018 . Like Serkis and Nyong’o , he appeared inStar war : The Last Jedi . However , hisfollow - up billion - one dollar bill hit wasAvengers : Infinity War . Benicio act DJ , short for " Do n’t Join " inThe Last Jedi , where he bid help as a codebreaker to Finn , but quickly desolate him at the first sign of difficulty . InInfinity War , del Toro reprised his MCU role as The Collector , althoughthis Collector is technically an illusioncreated by the reality Harlan Stone in the hands of Thanos .
5Alan Tudyk
Aladdin & Frozen II
Alan Tudyk is an improbably popular voice actor who also oftentimes appears in front of the cameras . However , both his back - to - back billion - dollar mark films were for articulation rolesas part of two different Disney property . Tudyk makes the list thanks to his employment as Iago in the live - actionAladdinmovie , and voicing the Duke of Weselton inFrozen II , bothin 2019 . Tudyk has also appear inDeadpool 2 , and voiced characters in video games for bothStar Warsand the MCU , despite not having appeared in any mainline pic thus far .
4Chris Pratt
Avengers: Infinity War & Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Chris Pratt is another large - name star who iscollecting billion - dollar franchises , such as the recentThe Super Mario Bros. Movie , the MCU , and theJurassic Worldfranchise where he played the leading valet . In 2018 , he had an implausibly successful year with back - to - back release earning well over $ 1 billion . As the heroPeter Quill , aka Star - LordinAvengers : Infinity War , andJurassic World : fall Kingdomas Owen Grady . With Pratt stepping more into voiceover roles and major information science , he will in all probability repeat this success in the future .
3James Earl Jones
The Lion King & Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
Another actor who managed to achieve this success with his voice character in major films is the legendary thespian James Earl Jones . Jones is the oldest actor to achieve this feat to day of the month , being aged 88 in 2019 when he appeared in the live - actionThe Lion King , andStar Wars : The Rise of Skywalker . Jones voiced Mufasa inThe Lion King , reprise the role he originally played in the 1994 liven original , and as the voice of Darth Vader inStar Wars , once again a persona he earlier vocalize back in the 1977Star Warsmovie , despite not being credited at the time .
2Florence Kasumba
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) & The Lion King (2019)
Florence Kasumba may well be the least well - known name on this list , but she is another incredibly talented actress with a retentive inclination of impressive credits , two of which managed torack up over $ 1 billion with back - to - back releasesin 2018 and 2019 . In the MCU , Kasumba plays Ayo , a general in theDora Milaje who protects the loss leader of Wakanda . She played this role in bothBlack Pantherfilms andAvengers : Infinity War . Then , in the live - actionThe Lion Kingfilm , she was voiced Shenzi , the female hyena who is patriotic to Scar for much of the movie .
1Luke Evans
Beauty And The Beast & Fast & Furious 8 (Both 2017)
While Andy Serkis was the first person to ever seem in back - to - back billion - dollar movies , Luke Evans followed closely behind , grapple to do the same in 2017 . Luke Evans play Gaston in the live - natural action version ofBeauty and the Beast , and then shortly thereafter , he seem as Owen Shaw inFast & Furious 8 . Both use were sizable in their franchises and managed to take Luke Evans into the incrediblyexclusive chemical group of histrion to make this unbelievable mark on film .
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