Anne Hathaway's celebrity status is beyond incredible. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress amongst other awards over the course of her career.
She has been in the Hollywood spotlight as an actress for years and the roles she chooses seem to always be great. One of her earliest roles in The Princess Diaries movies franchise didn't make this list but deserves an honourable mention.
10 The Intern - $194.6 Million
In 2015 The Intern was released starring Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro. The movie was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress Comedy and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy. The film focuses on an older fellow who takes a job where he needs to follow orders from someone much younger than him.
9 Valentine's Day - $216.5 Million
This adorably precious holiday movie focuses on several couples who are spending the holiday of Valentine's Day doing their own thing. Somehow, all the stories somewhat intertwine. Anne Hathaway stars in this film as a fantasy phone operator who takes calls from lonely souls on the holidays who need attention from someone, even if it's just a stranger over a phone call.
8 Get Smart - $230.7 Million
Everything Steve Carell touches turns to gold. It is not a shock at all that this movie turned out so great and earned $230.7 million in the box office. This movie is classified as a comedy because it is filled with hilarious movies.
Get Smart was made as a remake of an original TV series. Anne Hathaway and Steve Carell's onscreen chemistry was awesome.
7 Ocean's 8 - $297.7 Million
Although fans had much higher expectations for Ocean's Eight, the movie didn’t do as well as projected. It’s still pulled in $297.7 million in the box office which is good enough but obviously, not as good as the leading cast hoped for. Anne Hathaway starred in this movie alongside Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Mindy Kaling, and several other actresses. Fans were expecting the same energy and charisma as the other Ocean's films but were let down.
6 Alice Through The Looking Glass - $300 Million
The Anne Hathaway movie that pulled in $300 million in the box office was Alice Through the Looking Glass. In this movie, Anne Hathaway played the role of the white queen. Although the role she was playing was not someone who was very nice, Anne Hathaway still did an awesome job taking on the evil part. This movie was an excellent sequel to the original film that premiered 6 years earlier. Alice Through the Looking Glass is the sequel everyone was waiting for.
5 The Devil Wears Prada - $327.9 Million
The Devil Wears Prada pulled in $327.9 million in the box office. Alongside Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep is the other leading actress in the movie. Meryl Streep plays the role of a bossy, rude, and arrogant fashion boss who talks down to her inferiors.
She deals with struggles in her personal life in regards to her marriage and spoiled children and she takes it out on the people who work for her at her fashion company. Anne Hathaway plays the role of someone who is trying to make it in the fashion industry by any means necessary.
4 Les Misérables - $441.8 Million
Les Miserables is another Anne Hathaway movie that is absolutely incredible to watch. It is filled with so many amazing songs and Anne Hathaway herself sings one of the best songs in the movie called “I Dreamed a Dream." This emotional movie is based on a play and focuses on the hardships of low-income individuals who are struggling to get by in an era when poverty is at its strongest.
3 Interstellar - $696.3 Million
Interstellar is known as a Matthew McConaughey movie but Anne Hathaway is one of the actresses who also appears in the film. Interstellar pulled in $696.3 million in the box office which is a lot! This space movie is compared to other movies at focus on space such as Ad Astra and First Man. Interstellar was released in 2014 but even to this day in 2020, it is still a sci-fi adventure film that people pay attention to.
2 Alice In Wonderland - $1.025 Billion
Alice in Wonderland is the first Anne Hathaway movie to reach over $1 billion. It pulled in a total of $1.025 billion. The movie is based on the animated film of the same title that was originally released in 1985. The 2010 live-action version stars Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, and Helena Bonham Carter alongside Anne Hathaway.
1 The Dark Knight Rises - $1.081 Billion
Anne Hathaway’s highest-earning film to date is The Dark Knight Rises which earned $1.081 billion. This Batman movie is one of the best Batman films in existence and was released in 2012. It is classified as both an action and a crime movie and it stars Christian Bale in the leading role. That man must go up against a villain named Bane, played by Tom Hardy, in an ultimate battle. Anne Hathaway plays the role of Catwoman and she does it in a very memorable manner.
