3 4
Age 68

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 77

#28

Current Rank

#51

#7

Peak Rank

#10

38

Years Ranked

47

1

Years in Top 10

1

31.5

Average Rank

31.4

36

Theatrical Releases

48

Captain Marvel $426.8 Million

Biggest Hit

Pretty Woman $178.4 Million

$1.1 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.5 Billion

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

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 Annette Bening's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Richard Gere the larger theatrical footprint. From a historical perspective, the matchup leans toward Richard Gere and remains tied to the selected ranking season.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Annette Bening Richard Gere

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

Richard Gere

48 theatrical releases • $1.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2024 Oh Canada $200,980
2023 Maybe I Do $1.3 Million
2020 Three Christs $36,723
2017 The Dinner $1.3 Million
2017 Norman $3.8 Million