3 4
Age 86

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 80

#39

Current Rank

#75

#3

Peak Rank

#2

47

Years Ranked

47

10

Years in Top 10

16

24.5

Average Rank

31.7

48

Theatrical Releases

33

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

Biggest Hit

Forrest Gump $329.7 Million

$1.7 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.2 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 biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Sally Field's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Sally Field the larger theatrical footprint. Based on the available ranking data, the balance leans toward Sally Field without turning the result into a subjective judgment of acting quality.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Al Pacino Sally Field

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

Sally Field

33 theatrical releases • $2.2 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2023 80 for Brady $39.4 Million
2022 Spoiler Alert $1.4 Million
2016 Hello My Name Is Doris $14.4 Million
2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $202.9 Million
2012 Lincoln $182.2 Million