4 4
Age 38

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 87

#7

Current Rank

#41

#2

Peak Rank

#3

19

Years Ranked

43

12

Years in Top 10

6

17.0

Average Rank

28.2

31

Theatrical Releases

42

The Amazing Spider-Man $262.0 Million

Biggest Hit

Beauty and the Beast $504.0 Million

$2.0 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$3.9 Billion

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

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Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Ian McKellen the larger theatrical footprint. From a historical perspective, the matchup stays evenly split and remains tied to the selected ranking season.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Emma Stone Ian McKellen

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Emma Stone

31 theatrical releases • $2.0 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2025 Bugonia $17.7 Million
2025 Eddington $10.2 Million
2024 Kinds of Kindness $5.0 Million
2023 Poor Things $34.6 Million
2021 Cruella $86.1 Million

Ian McKellen

42 theatrical releases • $3.9 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 The Christophers $1.8 Million
2024 The Critic $449,020
2019 Cats $27.2 Million
2019 The Good Liar $17.2 Million
2019 All Is True $1.2 Million