Denzel Washington

Benedict Cumberbatch

Head-to-Head Comparison

Denzel Washington

3 : 5

Benedict Cumberbatch

#17

Current Rank

#1

#4

Peak Rank

#1

44

Years Ranked

21

18

Years in Top 10

10

5 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

9 years

44

Years in Top 50

18

Gladiator II $172.4 Million

Biggest Hit

Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million

$2.8 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$5.4 Billion

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Filmography Comparison

Denzel Washington

51 theatrical releases • $2.8 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2025 Highest 2 Lowest $1.5 Million
2024 Gladiator II $172.4 Million
2023 The Equalizer 3 $92.4 Million
2021 The Little Things $15.3 Million
2018 The Equalizer 2 $102.1 Million
2017 Roman J. Israel Esq. $12.0 Million
2016 Fences $57.7 Million
2016 The Magnificent Seven $93.4 Million
2014 The Equalizer $101.5 Million
2013 2 Guns $75.6 Million
2012 Flight $93.8 Million
2012 Safe House $126.4 Million
2010 Unstoppable $81.6 Million
2010 The Book of Eli $94.8 Million
2009 The Taking of Pelham 123 $65.5 Million
2007 The Great Debaters $30.2 Million
2007 American Gangster $130.2 Million
2006 Deja Vu $64.0 Million
2006 Inside Man $88.5 Million
2004 The Manchurian Candidate $66.0 Million
2004 Man on Fire $77.9 Million
2003 Out of Time $41.1 Million
2002 Antwone Fisher $21.1 Million
2002 John Q $71.8 Million
2001 Training Day $76.6 Million
2000 Remember the Titans $115.7 Million
1999 The Hurricane $50.7 Million
1999 The Bone Collector $66.5 Million
1998 The Siege $41.0 Million
1998 He Got Game $21.6 Million
1998 Fallen $25.2 Million
1996 The Preacher's Wife $48.1 Million
1996 Courage Under Fire $59.0 Million
1995 Devil in a Blue Dress $16.1 Million
1995 Virtuosity $24.0 Million
1995 Crimson Tide $91.4 Million
1993 Philadelphia $77.4 Million
1993 The Pelican Brief $100.8 Million
1993 Much Ado About Nothing $22.5 Million
1992 Malcolm X $48.2 Million
1992 Mississippi Masala $7.3 Million
1991 Ricochet $21.8 Million
1990 Mo' Better Blues $16.2 Million
1990 Heart Condition $4.1 Million
1989 Glory $26.8 Million
1989 The Mighty Quinn $4.6 Million
1989 For Queen & Country $191,051
1987 Cry Freedom $5.9 Million
1986 Power $3.8 Million
1984 A Soldier's Story $21.8 Million
1981 Carbon Copy $9.6 Million

Benedict Cumberbatch

35 theatrical releases • $5.4 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2025 The Roses $15.3 Million
2025 The Phoenician Scheme $19.6 Million
2025 The Thing with Feathers $171,832
2024 The Book of Clarence $6.1 Million
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $411.3 Million
2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home $804.8 Million
2021 The Mauritanian $836,536
2021 The Courier $6.6 Million
2019 1917 $159.2 Million
2019 Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million
2019 The Current War $6.0 Million
2018 The Grinch $271.7 Million
2018 Avengers: Infinity War $678.8 Million
2017 Thor: Ragnarok $315.1 Million
2016 Doctor Strange $232.6 Million
2016 Zoolander 2 $28.8 Million
2015 Black Mass $62.6 Million
2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies $255.1 Million
2014 Penguins of Madagascar $83.9 Million
2014 The Imitation Game $91.1 Million
2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug $258.4 Million
2013 August: Osage County $37.7 Million
2013 The Fifth Estate $3.3 Million
2013 12 Years a Slave $56.7 Million
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness $228.8 Million
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $303.0 Million
2011 War Horse $79.9 Million
2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy $24.1 Million
2011 The Whistleblower $1.1 Million
2010 Four Lions $304,616
2010 Creation $341,323
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl $26.8 Million
2007 Atonement $50.9 Million
2007 Amazing Grace $21.3 Million
2007 Starter for 10 $216,839