2 5
Age 85

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 49

#88

Current Rank

#14

#5

Peak Rank

#5

41

Years Ranked

15

5

Years in Top 10

8

46.9

Average Rank

11.9

34

Theatrical Releases

29

The Towering Inferno $116.0 Million

Biggest Hit

The Martian $228.4 Million

$584.5 Million

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.5 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Faye Dunaway and Jessica Chastain form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. Selected-year rank is the clearest ranking-side separator, with Jessica Chastain holding the stronger position in this snapshot.

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Faye Dunaway Jessica Chastain

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Faye Dunaway

34 theatrical releases • $584.5 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2017 The Case for Christ $14.7 Million
2002 The Rules of Attraction $6.5 Million
2000 The Yards $889,352
1999 The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc $14.3 Million
1999 The Thomas Crown Affair $69.3 Million

Jessica Chastain

29 theatrical releases • $1.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 Dreams $133,797
2023 Memory $381,052
2022 Armageddon Time $1.9 Million
2022 The 355 $14.6 Million
2021 The Eyes of Tammy Faye $2.4 Million