3 4
Age 57

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 38

#10

Rank

#1

#4

Peak Rank

#1

8

Years Ranked

8

6

Years in Top 10

8

7.8

Average Rank

3.3

34

Theatrical Releases

14

Superman $134.2 Million

Biggest Hit

Kramer vs Kramer $106.3 Million

$835.3 Million

Career Domestic
Box Office

$471.1 Million

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Gene Hackman Meryl Streep

Gene Hackman

34 theatrical releases • $835.3 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace $15.7 Million
1987 No Way Out $35.5 Million
1986 Power $3.8 Million
1986 Hoosiers $28.6 Million
1985 Twice in a Lifetime $8.4 Million

Meryl Streep

14 theatrical releases • $471.1 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1987 Ironweed $7.4 Million
1986 Heartburn $25.3 Million
1985 Plenty $6.1 Million
1985 Out of Africa $87.1 Million
1984 Falling in Love $11.1 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 1987 season, the comparison is less about a single breakout moment and more about the shape of each actor's accumulated Hollywood results. Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Gene Hackman the larger theatrical footprint.

Domestic theatrical output favors Gene Hackman, whose advantage across domestic theatrical releases gives the comparison more long-range context. Taken together, the comparison suggests leans toward Meryl Streep while still showing distinct strengths on each side.