4 4
Age 45

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 96

#49

Current Rank

Not Ranked

#8

Peak Rank

#4

36

Years Ranked

35

2

Years in Top 10

7

34.3

Average Rank

23.9

45

Theatrical Releases

68

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

Biggest Hit

The Firm $158.3 Million

$2.4 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.2 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Elijah Wood and Gene Hackman form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. Elite Top 10 presence favors Gene Hackman, whose advantage across Top 10 seasons gives the comparison more long-range context.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Elijah Wood'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.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Elijah Wood Gene Hackman

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

Gene Hackman

68 theatrical releases • $2.2 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2004 Welcome to Mooseport $14.5 Million
2003 Runaway Jury $49.4 Million
2001 Behind Enemy Lines $58.9 Million
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums $52.4 Million
2001 Heist $23.5 Million