Star Wars: Harrison Ford is now the highest ever grossing actor at the US box office
Former box office champion Samuel L. Jackson now tails the Han Solo actor
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Your support makes all the difference.The box office force is strong in Harrison Ford who has become the US box office's highest-grossing actor following the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
This feat comes after the news that JJ Abrams' blockbuster sequel became the biggest-selling film of all time in the States.
After amassing the takings of Ford's 41 films, the Han Solo actor clocks up a total of $4.699 billion; The Force Awakens alone accounts for £764.4 million of his overall haul.
The achievement means that the previous victor Samuel L. Jackson slips into second, with a takings total of $4.626 billion; it's Joss Whedon's Avengers Assemble that leads the pack for him, resulting in a total of $623.4 million.
With sequels to Blade Runner and Indiana Jones in the pipeline, Ford looks set to extend that lead over the coming years despite the ever-busy Jackson due to appear in The Legend of Tarzan and Kong: Skull Island.
The top five highest-grossing actors of all time at the US box office are rounded out by Tom Hanks ($4.334 billion), Morgan Freeman ($4.136 billion) and Eddie Murphy ($3.810 billion).
The only British actors in the top ten are Michael Caine ($3.291 billion) and Gary Oldman ($3.279 billion) who both starred in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy.
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