4 4
Age 50

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 40

#17

Rank

#1

#3

Peak Rank

#1

17

Years Ranked

16

9

Years in Top 10

6

10.8

Average Rank

15.4

28

Theatrical Releases

23

The Godfather $133.7 Million

Biggest Hit

Forrest Gump $329.7 Million

$860.5 Million

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.6 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Diane Keaton Tom Hanks

Diane Keaton

28 theatrical releases • $860.5 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1996 The First Wives Club $105.5 Million
1996 Marvin's Room $12.8 Million
1995 Father of the Bride Part II $76.6 Million
1993 Manhattan Murder Mystery $11.3 Million
1993 Look Who's Talking Now $10.3 Million

Tom Hanks

23 theatrical releases • $1.6 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1996 That Thing You Do! $25.9 Million
1995 Toy Story $191.8 Million
1995 Apollo 13 $172.1 Million
1994 Forrest Gump $329.7 Million
1993 Sleepless in Seattle $126.7 Million
Career Comparison Summary AI-generated historical comparison. Click to expand.

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

By the 1996 season, the comparison is less about a single breakout moment and more about the shape of each actor's accumulated Hollywood results. Selected-year rank is the clearest ranking-side separator, with Tom Hanks holding the stronger position in this snapshot.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Tom Hanks's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. Overall, the head-to-head score leans stays evenly split, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.