4 4
Age 36

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 38

#34

Rank

#1

#25

Peak Rank

#1

12

Years Ranked

10

0

Years in Top 10

4

46.8

Average Rank

23.2

25

Theatrical Releases

24

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace $431.1 Million

Biggest Hit

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

$1.6 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.1 Billion

COMMUNITY VOTE

Who had the greater Hollywood career overall?

Cast your vote and compare your opinion with the community.

Community voting reflects visitor opinion and is independent of the Hollywood Rankings methodology.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Ewan McGregor Cate Blanchett

Ewan McGregor

27 theatrical releases • $1.6 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2006 Stormbreaker $677,646
2006 Miss Potter $3.0 Million
2005 Valiant $19.5 Million
2005 The Island $35.8 Million
2005 Stay $3.6 Million

Cate Blanchett

27 theatrical releases • $1.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2007 I'm Not There $4.0 Million
2007 Hot Fuzz $23.6 Million
2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age $16.4 Million
2006 The Good German $1.3 Million
2006 Notes on a Scandal $17.5 Million
Career Comparison Summary AI-generated historical comparison. Click to expand.

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

By the 2007 season, the comparison is less about a single breakout moment and more about the shape of each actor's accumulated Hollywood results. Selected-year rank is the clearest ranking-side separator, with Cate Blanchett holding the stronger position in this snapshot.

Career peak is the clearest ranking-side separator, with Cate Blanchett holding the stronger position in this snapshot. The comparison therefore points stays evenly split, with the most meaningful separation coming from the highlighted career measures.