4 4
Age 69

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 70

#31

Current Rank

#48

#8

Peak Rank

#6

41

Years Ranked

46

1

Years in Top 10

2

25.7

Average Rank

29.6

45

Theatrical Releases

43

Transformers: Dark of the Moon $352.4 Million

Biggest Hit

Signs $228.0 Million

$1.5 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.5 Billion

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

The 2026 comparison presents Frances McDormand and Mel Gibson through the ranking data available at that point in time. Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Mel Gibson the larger theatrical footprint.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Frances McDormand's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. Overall, the head-to-head score leans stays evenly split, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Frances McDormand Mel Gibson

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

Mel Gibson

43 theatrical releases • $2.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2024 Monster Summer $1.2 Million
2022 Father Stu $20.9 Million
2020 Fatman $278,378
2017 Daddy's Home 2 $104.0 Million
2014 The Expendables 3 $39.3 Million