4 3
Age 71

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 69

#44

Current Rank

#31

#9

Peak Rank

#8

44

Years Ranked

41

1

Years in Top 10

1

25.1

Average Rank

25.7

78

Theatrical Releases

45

The Sixth Sense $293.5 Million

Biggest Hit

Transformers: Dark of the Moon $352.4 Million

$4.2 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.5 Billion

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Looking at the Hollywood Rankings in 2026, this matchup highlights how differently two careers can score within the same historical snapshot. Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Bruce Willis the larger theatrical footprint.

Domestic theatrical output favors Bruce Willis, whose advantage across domestic theatrical releases gives the comparison more long-range context. Overall, the head-to-head score leans leans toward Bruce Willis, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Bruce Willis Frances McDormand

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Bruce Willis

78 theatrical releases • $4.2 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2019 Motherless Brooklyn $9.3 Million
2019 The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part $105.8 Million
2019 Glass $111.0 Million
2018 Death Wish $34.0 Million
2016 Split $138.3 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