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Age 85

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 78

#88

Current Rank

#41

#5

Peak Rank

#3

41

Years Ranked

47

5

Years in Top 10

6

46.9

Average Rank

26.3

34

Theatrical Releases

64

The Towering Inferno $116.0 Million

Biggest Hit

Titanic $600.7 Million

$584.5 Million

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.9 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Faye Dunaway and Kathy Bates form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. The category score gives Kathy Bates the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Kathy Bates's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. Based on the available ranking data, the balance leans toward Kathy Bates without turning the result into a subjective judgment of acting quality.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Faye Dunaway Kathy Bates

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

Kathy Bates

64 theatrical releases • $2.9 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2024 Summer Camp $2.4 Million
2023 The Miracle Club $2.4 Million
2023 Are You There God? It's Me Margaret. $20.4 Million
2019 Richard Jewell $22.3 Million
2019 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan $152,713