4 4
Age 57

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 69

Not Ranked

Current Rank

#45

#6

Peak Rank

#9

31

Years Ranked

44

3

Years in Top 10

1

43.9

Average Rank

30.4

24

Theatrical Releases

18

Chicago $170.7 Million

Biggest Hit

Lincoln $182.2 Million

$1.2 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$598.7 Million

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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. Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Catherine Zeta-Jones the larger theatrical footprint.

Elite Top 10 presence favors Catherine Zeta-Jones, whose advantage across Top 10 seasons gives the comparison more long-range context. Overall, the head-to-head score leans stays evenly split, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Catherine Zeta-Jones Daniel Day-Lewis

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Catherine Zeta-Jones

24 theatrical releases • $1.2 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2013 Red 2 $53.3 Million
2013 Side Effects $32.2 Million
2013 Broken City $19.7 Million
2012 Playing for Keeps $13.1 Million
2012 Rock of Ages $38.5 Million

Daniel Day-Lewis

18 theatrical releases • $598.7 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2025 Anemone $1.2 Million
2017 Phantom Thread $21.2 Million
2012 Lincoln $182.2 Million
2009 Nine $19.7 Million
2007 There Will Be Blood $40.2 Million