As of the selected ranking year, Cameron Diaz and Jane Fonda form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Cameron Diaz's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Cameron Diaz the larger theatrical footprint. The comparison therefore points stays evenly split, with the most meaningful separation coming from the highlighted career measures.