3 5
Age 79

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 78

#54

Current Rank

#41

#1

Peak Rank

#3

44

Years Ranked

47

11

Years in Top 10

6

23.3

Average Rank

26.3

45

Theatrical Releases

64

Guardians of the Galaxy $333.2 Million

Biggest Hit

Titanic $600.7 Million

$1.8 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.9 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Glenn Close and Kathy Bates form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. The category score gives Kathy Bates the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Kathy Bates's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. The comparison therefore points leans toward Kathy Bates, with the most meaningful separation coming from the highlighted career measures.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Glenn Close Kathy Bates

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Glenn Close

45 theatrical releases • $1.8 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 Animal Farm $5.6 Million
2025 Wake Up Dead Man $1.6 Million
2025 The Summer Book $62,996
2021 Four Good Days $837,849
2018 The Wife $9.6 Million

Kathy Bates

64 theatrical releases • $2.9 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2024 Summer Camp $2.4 Million
2023 The Miracle Club $2.4 Million
2023 Are You There God? It's Me Margaret. $20.4 Million
2019 Richard Jewell $22.3 Million
2019 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan $152,713