6 2
Age 86

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 50

#39

Current Rank

#57

#3

Peak Rank

#4

47

Years Ranked

35

10

Years in Top 10

5

24.5

Average Rank

27.7

48

Theatrical Releases

37

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

Biggest Hit

Sing $270.4 Million

$1.7 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.9 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Al Pacino and Reese Witherspoon form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. The category score gives Al Pacino the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Reese Witherspoon's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. Taken together, the comparison suggests leans toward Al Pacino while still showing distinct strengths on each side.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Al Pacino Reese Witherspoon

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

Reese Witherspoon

37 theatrical releases • $1.9 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2021 Sing 2 $162.8 Million
2018 A Wrinkle in Time $100.5 Million
2017 Home Again $27.0 Million
2016 Sing $270.4 Million
2015 Hot Pursuit $34.6 Million