Editing Samuel L. Jackson (section)

== Box-office performance ==
Throughout the 1990s, A.C. Neilson E.C.I., a box office–tracking company, determined that Jackson appeared in more films than any other actor who grossed $1.7&nbsp;billion domestically.<ref name="Hudson 213">{{harvnb|Hudson|2004|p=213}}</ref> By 2011, the films that featured Jackson as a leading actor or supporting co-star had grossed a total of $2.81<ref name="BOMlist">{{cite web |title=People Index |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/?view=Actor&sort=sumgross&p=.htm |access-date=January 3, 2011 |archive-date=June 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627001804/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/?view=Actor&sort=sumgross&p=.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> to $4.91&nbsp;billion<ref name="The Numbers">{{cite web |title=All Time Top 100 Stars at the Box Office |publisher=The Numbers |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/people/records/ |access-date=January 3, 2011 |archive-date=August 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825163052/http://www.the-numbers.com/people/records/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> at the North American box office. This placed him as the seventh-highest-grossing lead actor and the second-highest-grossing actor, behind only voice actor [[Frank Welker]]. The 2009 edition of ''[[The Guinness World Records]]'', which uses a different calculation to determine film grosses, stated that Jackson is the world's highest-grossing actor, with $7.42&nbsp;billion generated across 68 films.<ref name="BosHerald">{{cite news|last=Dwinell |first=Joe |title=Brangelina take over the 'World' |work=[[Boston Herald]] |date=September 16, 2008 |url-access=registration |url=http://news.bostonherald.com/track/celebrity/view/2008_09_16_Brangelina_take_over_the_%E2%80%98World%E2%80%99/srvc=home&position=3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918205946/http://news.bostonherald.com/track/celebrity/view/2008_09_16_Brangelina_take_over_the_%E2%80%98World%E2%80%99/srvc%3Dhome%26position%3D3 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 18, 2008 |access-date=May 10, 2009}}</ref> Subsequently, as of 2022, according to data calculated by the [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globes]], this total has grown to more than $27 billion grossed across 152 movies, making him the highest-grossing actor, and second-highest grossing person in film in general behind [[Stan Lee]], who was primarily known for his cameo work.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/articles/samuel-l-jackson-finally-set-out-conquer-television|title=Samuel L. Jackson Finally Set Out to Conquer Television|work=Golden Globes|publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association|last=Tropéa|first=Hervé|date=March 30, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=152 movie titles, record $27 billion at the box-office: Academy presents honorary Oscar to Samuel L Jackson |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/152-movie-titles-record-27-billion-at-the-box-office-academy-presents-honorary-oscar-to-samuel-l-jackson/articleshow/90457338.cms |access-date=August 4, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Samuel L Jackson |url=https://www.smallstepsproject.org/portfolio/samuel-l-jackson/ |access-date=August 4, 2022 |website=Small Steps Project|archive-date=August 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804164937/http://www.smallstepsproject.org/portfolio/samuel-l-jackson/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>