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Age 51

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 85

#11

Current Rank

#88

#5

Peak Rank

#5

30

Years Ranked

41

6

Years in Top 10

5

21.6

Average Rank

46.9

48

Theatrical Releases

34

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $411.3 Million

Biggest Hit

The Towering Inferno $116.0 Million

$2.7 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$584.5 Million

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Charlize Theron Faye Dunaway

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

Faye Dunaway

34 theatrical releases • $584.5 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2017 The Case for Christ $14.7 Million
2002 The Rules of Attraction $6.5 Million
2000 The Yards $889,352
1999 The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc $14.3 Million
1999 The Thomas Crown Affair $69.3 Million