3 5
Age 37

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 96

#15

Current Rank

Not Ranked

#4

Peak Rank

#7

15

Years Ranked

34

5

Years in Top 10

7

28.9

Average Rank

25.6

11

Theatrical Releases

55

Black Panther $700.1 Million

Biggest Hit

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade $197.2 Million

$1.6 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.8 Billion

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By the 2026 season, the comparison is less about a single breakout moment and more about the shape of each actor's accumulated Hollywood results. Domestic theatrical output favors Sean Connery, whose advantage across domestic theatrical releases gives the comparison more long-range context.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Daniel Kaluuya's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. Taken together, the comparison suggests leans toward Sean Connery while still showing distinct strengths on each side.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Daniel Kaluuya Sean Connery

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

Sean Connery

55 theatrical releases • $1.8 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2003 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen $66.5 Million
2000 Finding Forrester $51.8 Million
1999 Entrapment $87.7 Million
1999 Playing by Heart $4.0 Million
1998 The Avengers $23.4 Million