4 3
Age 69

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 93

#45

Current Rank

Not Ranked

#9

Peak Rank

#8

44

Years Ranked

21

1

Years in Top 10

1

30.4

Average Rank

27.7

18

Theatrical Releases

21

Lincoln $182.2 Million

Biggest Hit

Blazing Saddles $119.5 Million

$598.7 Million

Career Domestic
Box Office

$560.0 Million

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Daniel Day-Lewis Gene Wilder

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Daniel Day-Lewis

18 theatrical releases • $598.7 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2025 Anemone $1.2 Million
2017 Phantom Thread $21.2 Million
2012 Lincoln $182.2 Million
2009 Nine $19.7 Million
2007 There Will Be Blood $40.2 Million

Gene Wilder

21 theatrical releases • $560.0 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1991 Another You $2.9 Million
1990 Funny About Love $8.1 Million
1989 See No Evil Hear No Evil $46.9 Million
1986 Haunted Honeymoon $8.0 Million
1984 The Woman in Red $25.3 Million