Gene Wilder

Jack Nicholson

Head-to-Head Comparison

Gene Wilder

1 : 5

Jack Nicholson

#25

Current Rank

#1

#8

Peak Rank

#1

9

Years Ranked

9

1

Years in Top 10

9

1 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

9 years

9

Years in Top 50

9

Blazing Saddles $119.5 Million

Biggest Hit

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest $109.0 Million

$502.0 Million

Career Domestic Box Office

$705.9 Million

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Career Ranking History

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Filmography Comparison

Gene Wilder

18 theatrical releases • $502.0 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
1986 Haunted Honeymoon $8.0 Million
1984 The Woman in Red $25.3 Million
1982 Hanky Panky $9.8 Million
1981 Sunday Lovers $621,931
1980 Stir Crazy $101.3 Million
1979 The Frisco Kid $9.3 Million
1977 The World's Greatest Lover $21.0 Million
1976 Silver Streak $51.1 Million
1975 The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother $20.0 Million
1974 Young Frankenstein $86.3 Million
1974 The Little Prince $991,674
1974 Blazing Saddles $119.5 Million
1972 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask $18.0 Million
1971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory $4.0 Million
1970 Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx $140,985
1970 Start the Revolution Without Me $2.2 Million
1967 The Producers $1.6 Million
1967 Bonnie and Clyde $22.8 Million

Jack Nicholson

24 theatrical releases • $705.9 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
1987 Ironweed $7.4 Million
1987 Broadcast News $51.2 Million
1987 The Witches of Eastwick $63.8 Million
1986 Heartburn $25.3 Million
1985 Prizzi's Honor $26.7 Million
1983 Terms of Endearment $108.4 Million
1982 The Border $6.1 Million
1981 Reds $40.4 Million
1981 The Postman Always Rings Twice $12.4 Million
1980 The Shining $44.2 Million
1978 Goin' South $7.4 Million
1976 The Last Tycoon $3.5 Million
1976 The Missouri Breaks $14.0 Million
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest $109.0 Million
1975 The Fortune $7.1 Million
1975 Tommy $34.3 Million
1975 Professione: reporter $1.9 Million
1974 Chinatown $29.2 Million
1973 The Last Detail $10.0 Million
1972 The King of Marvin Gardens $1.2 Million
1971 Carnal Knowledge $28.6 Million
1970 Five Easy Pieces $18.1 Million
1970 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever $14.0 Million
1969 Easy Rider $41.7 Million