3 4
Age 65

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 59

Not Ranked

Current Rank

#42

#1

Peak Rank

#1

42

Years Ranked

38

11

Years in Top 10

16

21.8

Average Rank

17.2

38

Theatrical Releases

51

Shrek 2 $441.6 Million

Biggest Hit

Ocean's Eleven $183.4 Million

$3.8 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$3.0 Billion

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

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

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Eddie Murphy Julia Roberts

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Eddie Murphy

38 theatrical releases • $3.8 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2016 Mr. Church $685,780
2012 A Thousand Words $18.5 Million
2011 Tower Heist $78.0 Million
2010 Shrek Forever After $238.7 Million
2009 Imagine That $16.1 Million

Julia Roberts

51 theatrical releases • $3.0 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2025 After the Hunt $3.3 Million
2022 Ticket to Paradise $68.3 Million
2018 Ben is Back $3.7 Million
2017 Wonder $132.4 Million
2017 Smurfs: The Lost Village $45.0 Million