3 5
Age 89

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 64

#42

Current Rank

#12

#1

Peak Rank

#2

47

Years Ranked

45

11

Years in Top 10

24

26.7

Average Rank

10.9

54

Theatrical Releases

47

Meet the Fockers $279.3 Million

Biggest Hit

Top Gun: Maverick $718.7 Million

$3.1 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$5.5 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Tom Cruise's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark.

Selected-year rank is the clearest ranking-side separator, with Tom Cruise holding the stronger position in this snapshot. The comparison therefore points leans toward Tom Cruise, with the most meaningful separation coming from the highlighted career measures.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Dustin Hoffman Tom Cruise

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Dustin Hoffman

54 theatrical releases • $3.1 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 Tuner $4.0 Million
2024 Megalopolis $7.6 Million
2024 Kung Fu Panda 4 $193.6 Million
2016 Kung Fu Panda 3 $143.5 Million
2016 The Program $13,074