Angelina Jolie won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her time starring in Girl, Interrupted as well as a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, and a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress. Unfortunately, Girl, Interrupted didn't even earn enough money to land on this list.
It just goes to show that Angelina Jolie is a talented actress with the accolades and box office numbers to be considered one of the most superb and outstanding actresses of all time. She is an actress that people adore and look up to due to her beauty and talent. Suffice it to say, Jolie's movies have earned a lot of money over the years.
10 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life (2003) - $160 Million USD
This Lara Croft: Tomb Raider sequel lands in tenth place because it earned $160 million USD in the box office. This movie was released in 2003 and is classified as both an action and adventure film. The premise of this movie focuses on the leading character trying to find Pandora’s box before it falls into the hands of dangerous criminals. It is shocking with this movie didn’t pull in more money.
9 Alexander (2004) - $167 Million USD
Alexander is another Angelina Jolie movie and it was released in 2004. It earned $167 million USD in the box office. This movie focuses on the past and present life of a relentless conqueror who takes over an entire empire by the time he is 32 years old. Viewers get to watch the rise of his empire as well as its demise by the time the film comes to an end. Angelina Jolie looks absolutely radiant in this action movie.
8 Gone In 60 Seconds (2000) - $237 Million USD
Gone in 60 Seconds is an action thriller that was released in the year 2000. This particular Angelina Jolie movie pulled in $237 million USD. Alongside Angelina Jolie, Nicolas Cage is also one of the leading actors in the film. It is all about a car thief who is put into a very difficult position. He is told that he must hijack 50 cars in one evening in order to keep his brother alive. He tries to do whatever he can in order to save his brother.
7 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) - $275 Million USD
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider earned $275 million USD in the box office after it was released in theaters. This is one of the biggest roles of Angelina Jolie's career and to this day, she is still very well known for it.
This action/adventure film was released in 2001 and was inspired by a super popular video game. The character that Angelina Jolie plays in this movie is absolutely fearless and completely daring.
6 The Tourist (2010) - $278 Million USD
Angelina Jolie paired up with Johnny Depp to star in The Tourist together. Even though rumor has it that the two did not get along very well on the set of the film, it was still successful in the box office pulling in to $278 million USD. The movie was released in 2010 and focuses on two people who cross paths in Europe. They enter into an intriguing game of cat and mouse leaving viewers to wonder who will come out on top in the end.
5 Salt (2010) - $294 Million USD
Salt also came out in 2010 and is classified as both an action and a mystery film. It is about a female CIA officer who gets accused of being a Russian spy. Despite the fact that she does everything she can to prove her innocence, she is still accused of the worst possible thing. The character that Angelina Jolie plays spends the entire film on the run as a fugitive, just trying to survive.
4 Wanted (2008) - $341 Million USD
In 2008, Wanted was released to theaters. It is considered an action thriller and alongside Angelina Jolie, it also stars James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman and leading roles. This movie is about a murderous underground group that doesn’t partake in the most honorable behaviors. Seeing Angelina Jolie lead the way in this super intense and intriguing movie reminds viewers what a great actress she truly is.
3 Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil (2019) - $436 Million USD
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is the sequel to Angelina Jolie's highest-grossing film of all time. It earned $436 million USD. This particular Angelina Jolie film was released in 2019 and is classified as both a fantasy and adventure film.
It focuses on Sleeping Beauty, also known as Aurora, as her wedding day is approaching. She is planning to marry Prince Philip-- If nothing gets in the way and ruins her blissful wedding day plans.
2 Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) - $478 Million USD
Mr. and Mrs. Smith are in $478 million USD in the box office when it was released. This is the movie where Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are rumored to have fallen in love with each other because after filming this movie together, they entered into a very long-term relationship. They are no longer together but they raised several kids together and went on to film another movie together called By the Sea in 2015. Mr. and Mrs. Smith is Jolie's second highest-grossing film.
1 Maleficent (2014) - $758.5 Million USD
Angelina Jolie’s highest-grossing film is Maleficent. It takes the cake in comparison to her other movies when it comes to box office earnings because it raked in over $758.5 million USD. This movie was released in 2014 and it tells the story of the evil queen who is also the villain of Sleeping Beauty’s fairytale. Instead of seeing the queen as completely conniving, viewers are able to see her softer side for the first time and understand why she is the way she is.
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