3 5
Age 96

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 92

#47

Current Rank

#56

#5

Peak Rank

#3

47

Years Ranked

41

9

Years in Top 10

12

30.7

Average Rank

20.8

50

Theatrical Releases

47

Gran Torino $148.1 Million

Biggest Hit

Skyfall $304.4 Million

$2.3 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.5 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Clint Eastwood and Judi Dench form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Judi Dench's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark.

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Clint Eastwood Judi Dench

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Clint Eastwood

50 theatrical releases • $2.3 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2021 Cry Macho $10.3 Million
2018 The Mule $103.8 Million
2014 American Sniper $350.1 Million
2012 Trouble with the Curve $35.8 Million
2008 Gran Torino $148.1 Million

Judi Dench

47 theatrical releases • $2.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2021 Belfast $9.3 Million
2021 Blithe Spirit $282,500
2021 Six Minutes to Midnight $132,500
2019 Cats $27.2 Million
2019 All Is True $1.2 Million