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Age 51

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 69

#11

Current Rank

#45

#5

Peak Rank

#9

30

Years Ranked

44

6

Years in Top 10

1

21.6

Average Rank

30.4

48

Theatrical Releases

18

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $411.3 Million

Biggest Hit

Lincoln $182.2 Million

$2.7 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$598.7 Million

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As of the selected ranking year, Charlize Theron and Daniel Day-Lewis form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. The category score gives Charlize Theron the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.

Elite Top 10 presence favors Charlize Theron, whose advantage across Top 10 seasons gives the comparison more long-range context. The comparison therefore points leans toward Charlize Theron, with the most meaningful separation coming from the highlighted career measures.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Charlize Theron Daniel Day-Lewis

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Charlize Theron

48 theatrical releases • $2.7 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2023 Fast & Furious 10 $146.1 Million
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $411.3 Million
2021 The Addams Family 2 $56.5 Million
2021 Fast & Furious 9 $173.0 Million
2019 Bombshell $31.8 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