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Age 51

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 65

#11

Current Rank

#87

#5

Peak Rank

#5

30

Years Ranked

40

6

Years in Top 10

5

21.6

Average Rank

38.1

48

Theatrical Releases

33

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $411.3 Million

Biggest Hit

Top Gun $176.8 Million

$2.7 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.2 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Charlize Theron Meg Ryan

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

Meg Ryan

33 theatrical releases • $1.2 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2023 What Happens Later $3.3 Million
2009 Serious Moonlight $25,339
2008 The Women $26.9 Million
2007 In the Land of Women $11.1 Million
2004 Against the Ropes $5.9 Million