5 3
Age 51

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 57

#11

Current Rank

#47

#5

Peak Rank

#1

30

Years Ranked

33

6

Years in Top 10

8

21.6

Average Rank

28.6

48

Theatrical Releases

36

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $411.3 Million

Biggest Hit

Monsters vs Aliens $198.4 Million

$2.7 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.5 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Charlize Theron Renee Zellweger

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

Renee Zellweger

36 theatrical releases • $1.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2019 Judy $24.3 Million
2018 Here and Now $13,892
2017 Same Kind of Different as Me $6.4 Million
2016 Bridget Jone's Baby $24.3 Million
2010 Case 39 $13.3 Million