6 2
Age 86

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 69

#39

Current Rank

#31

#3

Peak Rank

#8

47

Years Ranked

41

10

Years in Top 10

1

24.5

Average Rank

25.7

48

Theatrical Releases

45

Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood $142.5 Million

Biggest Hit

Transformers: Dark of the Moon $352.4 Million

$1.7 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.5 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Al Pacino and Frances McDormand form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. Elite Top 10 presence favors Al Pacino, whose advantage across Top 10 seasons gives the comparison more long-range context.

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Al Pacino Frances McDormand

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Al Pacino

48 theatrical releases • $1.7 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 Dead Man's Wire $2.2 Million
2025 The Ritual $527,118
2021 House of Gucci $53.8 Million
2021 American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally $14,000
2019 Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood $142.5 Million

Frances McDormand

45 theatrical releases • $1.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2022 Women Talking $5.5 Million
2021 The French Dispatch $16.1 Million
2021 Nomadland $3.7 Million
2018 Isle of Dogs $32.0 Million
2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri $54.5 Million