4 4
Age 80

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 87

#59

Current Rank

#41

#2

Peak Rank

#3

47

Years Ranked

43

10

Years in Top 10

6

30.7

Average Rank

28.2

50

Theatrical Releases

42

Finding Dory $486.3 Million

Biggest Hit

Beauty and the Beast $504.0 Million

$1.9 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$3.9 Billion

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The 2026 comparison presents Diane Keaton and Ian McKellen through the ranking data available at that point in time. Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Ian McKellen the larger theatrical footprint.

Elite Top 10 presence favors Diane Keaton, whose advantage across Top 10 seasons gives the comparison more long-range context. Overall, the head-to-head score leans stays evenly split, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Diane Keaton Ian McKellen

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Diane Keaton

50 theatrical releases • $1.9 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2024 Summer Camp $2.4 Million
2023 Book Club: The Next Chapter $17.6 Million
2023 Maybe I Do $1.3 Million
2022 Mack & Rita $2.5 Million
2019 Poms $13.6 Million

Ian McKellen

42 theatrical releases • $3.9 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 The Christophers $1.8 Million
2024 The Critic $449,020
2019 Cats $27.2 Million
2019 The Good Liar $17.2 Million
2019 All Is True $1.2 Million