5 3
Age 51

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 64

#11

Current Rank

#38

#5

Peak Rank

#1

30

Years Ranked

47

6

Years in Top 10

10

21.6

Average Rank

31.7

48

Theatrical Releases

35

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $411.3 Million

Biggest Hit

The Silence of the Lambs $130.7 Million

$2.7 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.1 Billion

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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. The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Charlize Theron's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Charlize Theron the larger theatrical footprint. Overall, the head-to-head score leans leans toward Charlize Theron, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Charlize Theron Jodie Foster

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

Jodie Foster

35 theatrical releases • $1.1 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 A Private Life $1.4 Million
2021 The Mauritanian $836,536
2018 Hotel Artemis $6.7 Million
2013 Elysium $93.1 Million
2011 Carnage $2.5 Million