Daniel Day-Lewis

Meryl Streep

Head-to-Head Comparison

Daniel Day-Lewis

0 : 8

Meryl Streep

#27

Current Rank

#1

#21

Peak Rank

#1

4

Years Ranked

7

0

Years in Top 10

7

0 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

7 years

4

Years in Top 50

7

Gandhi $52.8 Million

Biggest Hit

Kramer vs Kramer $106.3 Million

$84.8 Million

Career Domestic Box Office

$463.7 Million

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Career Ranking History

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Filmography Comparison

Daniel Day-Lewis

4 theatrical releases • $84.8 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
1986 A Room with a View $21.0 Million
1985 My Beautiful Laundrette $2.5 Million
1984 The Bounty $8.6 Million
1982 Gandhi $52.8 Million

Meryl Streep

13 theatrical releases • $463.7 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
1986 Heartburn $25.3 Million
1985 Out of Africa $87.1 Million
1985 Plenty $6.1 Million
1984 Falling in Love $11.1 Million
1983 Silkwood $35.6 Million
1982 Still of the Night $6.0 Million
1982 Sophie's Choice $30.0 Million
1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman $26.9 Million
1979 The Seduction of Joe Tynan $19.6 Million
1979 Manhattan $39.9 Million
1979 Kramer vs Kramer $106.3 Million
1978 The Deer Hunter $49.0 Million
1977 Julia $20.7 Million