3 5
Age 69

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 96

#31

Current Rank

Not Ranked

#8

Peak Rank

#4

41

Years Ranked

35

1

Years in Top 10

7

25.7

Average Rank

23.9

45

Theatrical Releases

68

Transformers: Dark of the Moon $352.4 Million

Biggest Hit

The Firm $158.3 Million

$1.5 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.2 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Frances McDormand 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.

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Frances McDormand Gene Hackman

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Frances McDormand

45 theatrical releases • $1.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2022 Women Talking $5.5 Million
2021 The French Dispatch $16.1 Million
2021 Nomadland $3.7 Million
2018 Isle of Dogs $32.0 Million
2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri $54.5 Million

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