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Age 51

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 45

#11

Current Rank

#49

#5

Peak Rank

#8

30

Years Ranked

36

6

Years in Top 10

2

21.6

Average Rank

34.3

48

Theatrical Releases

45

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $411.3 Million

Biggest Hit

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $377.0 Million

$2.7 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.4 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Charlize Theron Elijah Wood

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

Elijah Wood

45 theatrical releases • $2.4 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 Ready or Not 2: Here I Come $23.0 Million
2025 The Monkey $39.7 Million
2025 The Toxic Avenger $2.9 Million
2024 Bookworm $9,446
2020 Come to Daddy $96,713