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Age 80

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 82

#59

Current Rank

#35

#2

Peak Rank

#2

47

Years Ranked

47

10

Years in Top 10

8

30.7

Average Rank

23.2

50

Theatrical Releases

44

Finding Dory $486.3 Million

Biggest Hit

Ant-Man and the Wasp $216.6 Million

$1.9 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$3.1 Billion

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Career Comparison Summary AI-generated historical comparison. Click to expand.

Note: Films released during the selected year influence the following year's rankings.

Looking at the Hollywood Rankings in 2026, this matchup highlights how differently two careers can score within the same historical snapshot. The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Diane Keaton's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Michael Douglas the larger theatrical footprint. 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 Michael Douglas

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