As of the selected ranking year, Cameron Diaz and Faye Dunaway 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 Cameron Diaz the larger theatrical footprint.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Cameron Diaz's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. Overall, the head-to-head score leans leans toward Cameron Diaz, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.