3 4
Age 68

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 69

#28

Current Rank

#31

#7

Peak Rank

#8

38

Years Ranked

41

1

Years in Top 10

1

31.5

Average Rank

25.7

36

Theatrical Releases

45

Captain Marvel $426.8 Million

Biggest Hit

Transformers: Dark of the Moon $352.4 Million

$1.1 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.5 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. Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Frances McDormand the larger theatrical footprint.

Domestic theatrical output favors Frances McDormand, whose advantage across domestic theatrical releases gives the comparison more long-range context. Taken together, the comparison suggests leans toward Frances McDormand while still showing distinct strengths on each side.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Annette Bening Frances McDormand

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Annette Bening

36 theatrical releases • $1.1 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 The Bride! $12.7 Million
2024 Poolman $131,000
2022 Death on the Nile $45.6 Million
2020 Hope Gap $104,732
2019 Captain Marvel $426.8 Million

Frances McDormand

45 theatrical releases • $1.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2022 Women Talking $5.5 Million
2021 The French Dispatch $16.1 Million
2021 Nomadland $3.7 Million
2018 Isle of Dogs $32.0 Million
2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri $54.5 Million