3 3
Age 45

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 69

#49

Current Rank

#31

#8

Peak Rank

#8

36

Years Ranked

41

2

Years in Top 10

1

34.3

Average Rank

25.7

45

Theatrical Releases

45

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $377.0 Million

Biggest Hit

Transformers: Dark of the Moon $352.4 Million

$2.4 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.5 Billion

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

As of the selected ranking year, Elijah Wood and Frances McDormand form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Elijah Wood the larger theatrical footprint.

Selected-year rank is the clearest ranking-side separator, with Frances McDormand holding the stronger position in this snapshot. 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

Elijah Wood Frances McDormand

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Elijah Wood

45 theatrical releases • $2.4 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 Ready or Not 2: Here I Come $23.0 Million
2025 The Monkey $39.7 Million
2025 The Toxic Avenger $2.9 Million
2024 Bookworm $9,446
2020 Come to Daddy $96,713

Frances McDormand

45 theatrical releases • $1.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2022 Women Talking $5.5 Million
2021 The French Dispatch $16.1 Million
2021 Nomadland $3.7 Million
2018 Isle of Dogs $32.0 Million
2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri $54.5 Million