What Is The Biggest Blockbuster Movie Ever With A New Jersey Star?

Do you know which blockbuster movie starring a celebrity from New Jersey ranks the highest of all time at the box office, and how much money did it make worldwide?

The Biggest Blockbuster Movie Ever With A New Jersey Star

When I researched this, I was struck by how many amazing New Jersey celebrities do not have this honor.

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Here are some of the names that aren't in New Jersey's biggest blockbuster movie: Jack Nicholson, Joe Pesci, Meryl Streep, Bruce Wiils, John Travolta, Ray Liotta, Paul Rudd, and Danny DeVito do not have the honor of being the star at the top of the list.

To find a movie with a New Jersey star on the IMDB Top Blockbusters list, we traveled all the way to #15, where we found a Tom Cruise movie.

The Biggest Grossing Movie Ever Starring A New Jersey Celebrity

When Tom Cruise signed on for Top Gun: Maverick, do you think he imagined it would bring in $1 and a half billion worldwide? It did, and that not only makes it the 15th biggest blockbuster of all time, but it also makes the movie the top-grossing movie with a New Jersey star ever.

The next two movies on the list with New Jersey stars are The Dark Knight Rises, with Anne Hathaway at #41, and Point Pleasant's Kirsten Dunst in Spider-Man 3, at #84.

But no blockbuster with a New Jersey star comes close to the success of Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick. The sequel was one of the biggest hits of 2022.

It's hard to believe that more New Jersey starts aren't higher on the list, but big congratulations to Tom Cruise. One and a half billion dollars is a lot of money.