HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON
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Smokey and the Bandit $126.7 Million
Nine to Five $103.3 Million
$654.7 Million
Box Office
$435.5 Million
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CAREER RANKING HISTORY
FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON
Burt Reynolds
22 theatrical releases • $654.7 Million Domestic
| Year | Movie | Domestic Box Office Domestic BO |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Smokey and the Bandit II | $66.1 Million |
| 1980 | Rough Cut | $16.7 Million |
| 1979 | Starting Over | $35.6 Million |
| 1978 | The End | $44.9 Million |
| 1978 | Hooper | $78.0 Million |
Jane Fonda
17 theatrical releases • $435.5 Million Domestic
| Year | Movie | Domestic Box Office Domestic BO |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Nine to Five | $103.3 Million |
| 1979 | The Electric Horseman | $61.8 Million |
| 1979 | The China Syndrome | $51.7 Million |
| 1978 | Coming Home | $32.7 Million |
| 1978 | Comes a Horseman | $9.6 Million |
Career Comparison Summary AI-generated historical comparison. Click to expand.
Note: Films released during the selected year influence the following year's rankings.
By the 1980 season, the comparison is less about a single breakout moment and more about the shape of each actor's accumulated Hollywood results. Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Burt Reynolds the larger theatrical footprint.
Domestic theatrical output favors Burt Reynolds, whose advantage across domestic theatrical releases gives the comparison more long-range context. Based on the available ranking data, the balance stays evenly split without turning the result into a subjective judgment of acting quality.