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Idris Elba

Idris Elba
  • First Movie - Belle Maman 1999
  • Last Movie - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2024
  • Total Movies - 53
  • Future Movies -
    • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (20th December 2024)
  • Highest Grossing Movies
    • UK: Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - £70,813,294
    • US: Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - $678,681,680
    • World: Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - $2,048,359,754
  • Combined UK gross - £70.8 Million
  • Highest Rated Movie - Thor: Ragnarok (2017) - 100%
  • Lowest rated movie - Cats (2019) - 30%

Acting credits By Highest UK Gross

By Year
By UK Gross
By US Gross
By Global Gross
Starring With
Total Gross
1.

Avengers: Infinity War 

(Idris Elba plays Heimdall)

Director(s):
Anthony Russo • Joe Russo

Starring:
Robert Downey Jr. • Chris Hemsworth • Mark Ruffalo • Chris Evans • Scarlett Johansson
£70,813,294
2.

Avengers: Age of Ultron 

(Idris Elba plays Heimdall)

Director(s):
Joss Whedon

Starring:
Robert Downey Jr. • Chris Hemsworth • Mark Ruffalo • Chris Evans • Scarlett Johansson
£48,335,413
3.

The Jungle Book 

Director(s):
Jon Favreau

Starring:
Neel Sethi • Bill Murray • Ben Kingsley • Idris Elba • Lupita Nyong'o
£46,238,534
4.

Finding Dory 

(Idris Elba plays Fluke)

Director(s):
Andrew Stanton • Angus MacLane

Starring:
Ellen DeGeneres • Albert Brooks • Ed O'Neill • Kaitlin Olson • Hayden Rolence
£42,604,905
5.

Thor: Love and Thunder 

(Idris Elba plays Heimdall)

Director(s):
Taika Waititi

Starring:
Chris Hemsworth • Natalie Portman • Christian Bale • Tessa Thompson • Taika Waititi
£40,173,371
6.

Thor: Ragnarok 

(Idris Elba plays Heimdall)

Director(s):
Taika Waititi

Starring:
Chris Hemsworth • Tom Hiddleston • Cate Blanchett • Idris Elba • Jeff Goldblum
£30,936,228
7.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 

(Idris Elba plays Knuckles)

Director(s):
Jeff Fowler

Starring:
James Marsden • Jim Carrey • Ben Schwartz • Tika Sumpter • Idris Elba
£26,723,863
8.

Prometheus 

Director(s):
Ridley Scott

Starring:
Noomi Rapace • Michael Fassbender • Charlize Theron • Idris Elba • Guy Pearce
£24,723,280
9.

Zootopia 

Director(s):
Byron Howard • Rich Moore • Jared Bush

Starring:
Ginnifer Goodwin • Jason Bateman • Idris Elba • Jenny Slate • Nate Torrence
£23,786,172
10.

Fast and Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw 

(Idris Elba plays Brixton)

Director(s):
David Leitch

Starring:
Dwayne Johnson • Jason Statham • Idris Elba • Vanessa Kirby • Helen Mirren
£20,455,139
11.

Thor: The Dark World 

(Idris Elba plays Heimdall)

Director(s):
Alan Taylor

Starring:
Chris Hemsworth • Natalie Portman • Tom Hiddleston • Anthony Hopkins • Christopher Eccleston
£20,128,907
12.

Star Trek: Beyond 

(Idris Elba plays Krall)

Director(s):
Justin Lin

Starring:
Chris Pine • Zachary Quinto • Karl Urban • Zoe Saldana • Simon Pegg
£15,502,831
13.

The Suicide Squad 

(Idris Elba plays Bloodsport)

Director(s):
James Gunn

Starring:
Michael Rooker • Viola Davis • John Ostrander • Joel Kinnaman • Nathan Fillion
£14,200,000
14.

Thor 

(Idris Elba plays Heimdall)

Director(s):
Kenneth Branagh

Starring:
Chris Hemsworth • Natalie Portman • Tom Hiddleston • Anthony Hopkins • Stellan Skarsgård
£13,849,095
15.

Cats 

(Idris Elba plays Macavity)

Director(s):
Tom Hooper

Starring:
James Corden • Judi Dench • Jason Derulo • Idris Elba • Jennifer Hudson
£11,987,192
16.

American Gangster 

Director(s):
Ridley Scott

Starring:
Denzel Washington • Russell Crowe • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Josh Brolin • Lymari Nadal
£9,550,535
17.

Pacific Rim 

Director(s):
Guillermo del Toro

Starring:
Charlie Hunnam • Diego Klattenhoff • Idris Elba • Rinko Kikuchi • Charlie Day

£7,980,797
18.

28 Weeks Later 

(Idris Elba plays Stone)

Director(s):
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Starring:
Robert Carlyle • Rose Byrne • Jeremy Renner • Harold Perrineau • Catherine McCormack
£5,398,780
19.

Rocknrolla 

(Idris Elba plays Mumbles)

Director(s):
Guy Ritchie

Starring:
Gerard Butler • Tom Wilkinson • Thandiwe Newton • Mark Strong • Idris Elba

£5,115,858
20.

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom 

Director(s):
Justin Chadwick

Starring:
Idris Elba • Naomie Harris • Tony Kgoroge • Riaad Moosa • Zolani Mkiva

£4,433,097
21.

Mollys Game 

Director(s):
Aaron Sorkin

Starring:
Jessica Chastain • Idris Elba • Kevin Costner • Michael Cera • Jeremy Strong

£3,788,031
22.

The Unborn 

Director(s):
David S. Goyer

Starring:
Odette Yustman • Gary Oldman • Meagan Good • Cam Gigandet • Idris Elba

£3,669,708
23.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 

Director(s):
Mark Neveldine • Brian Taylor

Starring:
Nicolas Cage • Violante Placido • Ciarán Hinds • Idris Elba • Johnny Whitworth

£2,748,355
24.

The Dark Tower 

(Idris Elba plays Roland)

Director(s):
Nikolaj Arcel

Starring:
Matthew McConaughey • Idris Elba • Tom Taylor • Dennis Haysbert • Ben Gavin

£2,470,421
25.

The Mountain Between Us 

Director(s):
Hany Abu-Assad

Starring:
Idris Elba • Kate Winslet • Beau Bridges • Dermot Mulroney • Linda Sorensen

£2,360,660
26.

Bastille Day 

(Idris Elba plays Sean Briar)

Director(s):
James Watkins

Starring:
Idris Elba • Richard Madden • Charlotte Le Bon • Kelly Reilly • Jose Garcia
£1,990,430
27.

Beast 

(Idris Elba plays Dr. Nate Samuels)

Director(s):
Baltasar Kormákur

Starring:
Idris Elba • Leah Jeffries • Iyana Halley • Liyabuya Gongo • Martin Munro

£1,966,414
28.

Prom Night 

Director(s):
Nelson McCormick

Starring:
Brittany Snow • Scott Porter • Jessica Stroup • Dana Davis • Collins Pennie

£1,278,506
29.

The Gunman 

(Idris Elba plays Barnes)

Director(s):
Pierre Morel

Starring:
Sean Penn • Jasmine Trinca • Javier Bardem • Ray Winstone • Mark Rylance

£905,371
30.

The Losers 

Director(s):
Sylvain White

Starring:
Zoe Saldana • Jeffrey Dean Morgan • Chris Evans • Idris Elba • Columbus Short

£888,333
31.

Three Thousand Years of Longing 

(Idris Elba plays The Djinn)

Director(s):
George Miller

Starring:
Tilda Swinton • Idris Elba • Pia Thunderbolt • Berk Ozturk • Anthony Moisset

£684,869
32.

The Reaping 

(Idris Elba plays Ben)

Director(s):
Stephen Hopkins

Starring:
Hilary Swank • David Morrissey • Idris Elba • AnnaSophia Robb • Stephen Rea

£610,252
33.

Buffalo Soldiers 

Director(s):
Gregor Jordan

Starring:
Joaquin Phoenix • Ed Harris • Scott Glenn • Anna Paquin • Elizabeth McGovern

£597,699
34.

Obsessed 

(Idris Elba plays Derek)

Director(s):
Steve Shill

Starring:
Idris Elba • Beyoncé Knowles • Ali Larter • Jerry O'Connell • Bonnie Perlman
£393,854
35.

Takers 

Director(s):
John Luessenhop

Starring:
Chris Brown • Hayden Christensen • Matt Dillon • Michael Ealy • Idris Elba

£208,390
36.

Sorted 

Director(s):
Alexander Jovy

Starring:
Matthew Rhys • Sienna Guillory • Ben Moor • Claire Harman • Mark Crowdy

£53,578
37.

This Christmas 

Director(s):
Preston A. Whitmore II

Starring:
Delroy Lindo • Idris Elba • Loretta Devine • Chris Brown • Keith Robinson

£46,820
38.

No Good Deed 

Director(s):
Sam Miller

Starring:
Idris Elba • Taraji P. Henson • Leslie Bibb • Kate del Castillo • Henry Simmons

£40,583
39.

Second Coming 

Director(s):
Debbie Tucker Green

Starring:
Nadine Marshall • Idris Elba • Kai Francis Lewis • Sharlene Whyte • Seroca Davis

£11,918
40.

100 Streets 

(Idris Elba plays Max)

Director(s):
Jim O'Hanlon

Starring:
Gemma Arterton • Idris Elba • Tom Cullen • Ken Stott • Ashley Thomas

£245