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Michael Corleone, Tony Montana, and a late-career run of scene-stealers. The highest-grossing Al Pacino movies, ranked by worldwide box office.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Pacino plays an agent advising Leonardo DiCaprio's fading star in Quentin Tarantino's 1969-set ode to old Hollywood, which earned about $394 million worldwide.
Ocean's Thirteen
Pacino is the ruthless casino mogul the crew sets out to ruin in Steven Soderbergh's third Ocean's film, which grossed roughly $311 million worldwide.
The Godfather
Pacino became a star as Michael Corleone, the war hero pulled into the family business, in Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 masterpiece. With re-releases it has grossed about $251 million worldwide.
Heat
Pacino's obsessive LAPD detective hunts De Niro's master thief in Michael Mann's 1995 crime epic, home to one of cinema's great diner scenes. It earned roughly $187 million worldwide.
Dick Tracy
Pacino earned an Oscar nomination as the grotesque gangster Big Boy Caprice in Warren Beatty's comic-strip adaptation, which grossed about $163 million worldwide in 1990.
The Devil's Advocate
Pacino chews the scenery as a literal devil running a Manhattan law firm opposite Keanu Reeves, in the 1997 supernatural thriller that earned roughly $153 million worldwide.
The Godfather Part III
Pacino's aging Michael Corleone seeks redemption and legitimacy in Coppola's 1990 finale, which grossed about $137 million worldwide.
Scent of a Woman
Pacino finally won his Best Actor Oscar as the blind, blustering Lt. Col. Frank Slade, tangoing and barking 'Hoo-ah!' The 1992 drama earned roughly $134 million worldwide.
Donnie Brasco
Pacino is the aging mobster Lefty who unknowingly mentors an undercover FBI agent (Johnny Depp) in the 1997 crime drama, which grossed about $125 million worldwide.
Insomnia
Pacino plays a guilt-ridden detective unraveling in the endless daylight of Alaska in Christopher Nolan's 2002 thriller opposite Robin Williams, which earned roughly $114 million worldwide.
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