3 4
Age 37

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 49

#15

Current Rank

#14

#4

Peak Rank

#5

15

Years Ranked

15

5

Years in Top 10

8

28.9

Average Rank

11.9

11

Theatrical Releases

29

Black Panther $700.1 Million

Biggest Hit

The Martian $228.4 Million

$1.6 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.5 Billion

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

Domestic theatrical output favors Jessica Chastain, whose advantage across domestic theatrical releases gives the comparison more long-range context. Taken together, the comparison suggests leans toward Jessica Chastain while still showing distinct strengths on each side.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Daniel Kaluuya Jessica Chastain

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Daniel Kaluuya

11 theatrical releases • $1.6 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse $381.3 Million
2022 Nope $123.3 Million
2021 Judas and the Black Messiah $5.5 Million
2019 Queen & Slim $43.8 Million
2018 Widows $42.4 Million

Jessica Chastain

29 theatrical releases • $1.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 Dreams $133,797
2023 Memory $381,052
2022 Armageddon Time $1.9 Million
2022 The 355 $14.6 Million
2021 The Eyes of Tammy Faye $2.4 Million