3 3
Age 86

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 78

#39

Current Rank

#41

#3

Peak Rank

#3

47

Years Ranked

47

10

Years in Top 10

6

24.5

Average Rank

26.3

48

Theatrical Releases

64

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

Biggest Hit

Titanic $600.7 Million

$1.7 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.9 Billion

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

The 2026 comparison presents Al Pacino and Kathy Bates through the ranking data available at that point in time. The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Kathy Bates's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Kathy Bates the larger theatrical footprint. Taken together, the comparison suggests stays evenly split while still showing distinct strengths on each side.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Al Pacino Kathy Bates

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

Kathy Bates

64 theatrical releases • $2.9 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2024 Summer Camp $2.4 Million
2023 The Miracle Club $2.4 Million
2023 Are You There God? It's Me Margaret. $20.4 Million
2019 Richard Jewell $22.3 Million
2019 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan $152,713