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Age 93

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 83

Not Ranked

Current Rank

#25

#8

Peak Rank

#2

21

Years Ranked

47

1

Years in Top 10

6

27.7

Average Rank

18.4

21

Theatrical Releases

96

Blazing Saddles $119.5 Million

Biggest Hit

Joker $335.5 Million

$560.0 Million

Career Domestic
Box Office

$3.7 Billion

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

As of the selected ranking year, Gene Wilder and Robert De Niro form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. The category score gives Robert De Niro the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Robert De Niro the larger theatrical footprint. Taken together, the comparison suggests leans toward Robert De Niro while still showing distinct strengths on each side.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Gene Wilder Robert De Niro

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Gene Wilder

21 theatrical releases • $560.0 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1991 Another You $2.9 Million
1990 Funny About Love $8.1 Million
1989 See No Evil Hear No Evil $46.9 Million
1986 Haunted Honeymoon $8.0 Million
1984 The Woman in Red $25.3 Million

Robert De Niro

96 theatrical releases • $3.7 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2025 The Alto Knights $6.1 Million
2024 Ezra $2.6 Million
2023 About My Father $12.1 Million
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon $68.0 Million
2022 Amsterdam $14.9 Million