4 4
Age 67

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 38

#45

Rank

#1

#3

Peak Rank

#1

28

Years Ranked

10

11

Years in Top 10

4

18.1

Average Rank

21.7

36

Theatrical Releases

27

The Godfather $133.7 Million

Biggest Hit

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $377.0 Million

$1.3 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.5 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Al Pacino Cate Blanchett

Al Pacino

36 theatrical releases • $1.3 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2007 Ocean's Thirteen $117.2 Million
2005 Two for the Money $23.0 Million
2004 The Merchant of Venice $3.8 Million
2003 The Recruit $52.8 Million
2003 People I Know $126,793

Cate Blanchett

27 theatrical releases • $1.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2007 I'm Not There $4.0 Million
2007 Hot Fuzz $23.6 Million
2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age $16.4 Million
2006 The Good German $1.3 Million
2006 Notes on a Scandal $17.5 Million
Career Comparison Summary AI-generated historical comparison. Click to expand.

Note: Films released during the selected year influence the following year's rankings.

By the 2007 season, the comparison is less about a single breakout moment and more about the shape of each actor's accumulated Hollywood results. Selected-year rank is the clearest ranking-side separator, with Cate Blanchett holding the stronger position in this snapshot.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Cate Blanchett's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. Overall, the head-to-head score leans stays evenly split, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.