2 5
Age 50

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 62

#22

Rank

#1

#1

Peak Rank

#1

29

Years Ranked

32

7

Years in Top 10

27

15.6

Average Rank

6.2

36

Theatrical Releases

46

Shrek 2 $441.6 Million

Biggest Hit

Mamma Mia $144.1 Million

$3.7 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.8 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Eddie Murphy Meryl Streep

Eddie Murphy

36 theatrical releases • $3.7 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2011 Tower Heist $78.0 Million
2010 Shrek Forever After $238.7 Million
2009 Imagine That $16.1 Million
2008 Meet Dave $11.8 Million
2007 Shrek the Third $322.7 Million

Meryl Streep

46 theatrical releases • $1.8 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2011 The Iron Lady $30.0 Million
2009 The Fantastic Mr. Fox $21.0 Million
2009 Julie & Julia $94.1 Million
2009 It's Complicated $112.7 Million
2008 Mamma Mia $144.1 Million
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 2011, this matchup highlights how differently two careers can score within the same historical snapshot. Selected-year rank is the clearest ranking-side separator, with Meryl Streep holding the stronger position in this snapshot.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Eddie Murphy's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. Overall, the head-to-head score leans leans toward Meryl Streep, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.