3 5
Age 69

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 71

#45

Current Rank

#74

#9

Peak Rank

#1

44

Years Ranked

41

1

Years in Top 10

8

30.4

Average Rank

38.2

18

Theatrical Releases

64

Lincoln $182.2 Million

Biggest Hit

Toy Story 3 $415.0 Million

$598.7 Million

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.7 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Daniel Day-Lewis Whoopi Goldberg

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

Whoopi Goldberg

64 theatrical releases • $2.7 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2024 Babes $3.8 Million
2024 Ezra $2.6 Million
2023 The Color Purple $60.6 Million
2022 Till $9.0 Million
2018 Nobody's Fool $31.7 Million