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Age 71

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 93

#44

Current Rank

Not Ranked

#9

Peak Rank

#8

44

Years Ranked

21

1

Years in Top 10

1

25.1

Average Rank

27.7

78

Theatrical Releases

21

The Sixth Sense $293.5 Million

Biggest Hit

Blazing Saddles $119.5 Million

$4.2 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$560.0 Million

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As of the selected ranking year, Bruce Willis and Gene Wilder 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 category score gives Bruce Willis the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity. Taken together, the comparison suggests leans toward Bruce Willis while still showing distinct strengths on each side.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Bruce Willis Gene Wilder

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

Gene Wilder

21 theatrical releases • $560.0 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1991 Another You $2.9 Million
1990 Funny About Love $8.1 Million
1989 See No Evil Hear No Evil $46.9 Million
1986 Haunted Honeymoon $8.0 Million
1984 The Woman in Red $25.3 Million