4 4
Age 37

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 72

#10

Current Rank

#19

#3

Peak Rank

#4

22

Years Ranked

45

7

Years in Top 10

19

35.2

Average Rank

14.6

28

Theatrical Releases

51

Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million

Biggest Hit

Gladiator II $172.4 Million

$2.8 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.8 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Brie Larson Denzel Washington

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Brie Larson

28 theatrical releases • $2.8 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 The Super Mario Galaxy Movie $429.6 Million
2023 The Marvels $84.5 Million
2023 Fast X $146.1 Million
2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings $224.5 Million
2019 Just Mercy $36.0 Million

Denzel Washington

51 theatrical releases • $2.8 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2025 Highest 2 Lowest $1.5 Million
2024 Gladiator II $172.4 Million
2023 The Equalizer 3 $92.4 Million
2021 The Little Things $15.3 Million
2018 The Equalizer 2 $102.1 Million