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Age 71

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 77

#44

Current Rank

#51

#9

Peak Rank

#10

44

Years Ranked

47

1

Years in Top 10

1

25.1

Average Rank

31.4

78

Theatrical Releases

48

The Sixth Sense $293.5 Million

Biggest Hit

Pretty Woman $178.4 Million

$4.2 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. The category score gives Bruce Willis the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Bruce Willis the larger theatrical footprint. 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 Richard Gere

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

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