As of the selected ranking year, Annette Bening and Bruce Willis form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Bruce Willis the larger theatrical footprint.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Annette Bening's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. The comparison therefore points leans toward Bruce Willis, with the most meaningful separation coming from the highlighted career measures.