5 3
Age 51

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 79

#11

Current Rank

#54

#5

Peak Rank

#1

30

Years Ranked

44

6

Years in Top 10

11

21.6

Average Rank

23.3

48

Theatrical Releases

45

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $411.3 Million

Biggest Hit

Guardians of the Galaxy $333.2 Million

$2.7 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.8 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Charlize Theron Glenn Close

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

Glenn Close

45 theatrical releases • $1.8 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 Animal Farm $5.6 Million
2025 Wake Up Dead Man $1.6 Million
2025 The Summer Book $62,996
2021 Four Good Days $837,849
2018 The Wife $9.6 Million