4 2
Age 86

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 64

#39

Current Rank

#38

#3

Peak Rank

#1

47

Years Ranked

47

10

Years in Top 10

10

24.5

Average Rank

31.7

48

Theatrical Releases

35

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

Biggest Hit

The Silence of the Lambs $130.7 Million

$1.7 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.1 Billion

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By the 2026 season, the comparison is less about a single breakout moment and more about the shape of each actor's accumulated Hollywood results. The category score gives Al Pacino the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Al Pacino the larger theatrical footprint. Overall, the head-to-head score leans leans toward Al Pacino, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Al Pacino Jodie Foster

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

Jodie Foster

35 theatrical releases • $1.1 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 A Private Life $1.4 Million
2021 The Mauritanian $836,536
2018 Hotel Artemis $6.7 Million
2013 Elysium $93.1 Million
2011 Carnage $2.5 Million