3 4
Age 73

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 53

#40

Rank

#1

#1

Peak Rank

#1

38

Years Ranked

22

10

Years in Top 10

6

30.0

Average Rank

48.7

38

Theatrical Releases

44

Guardians of the Galaxy $333.2 Million

Biggest Hit

Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million

$1.6 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$4.0 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Glenn Close Mark Ruffalo

Glenn Close

41 theatrical releases • $1.8 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2018 The Wife $9.6 Million
2017 Father Figures $17.5 Million
2016 Warcraft $47.4 Million
2016 Anesthesia $32,163
2015 5 to 7 $162,685
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 2020 season, the comparison is less about a single breakout moment and more about the shape of each actor's accumulated Hollywood results. Selected-year rank is the clearest ranking-side separator, with Mark Ruffalo holding the stronger position in this snapshot.

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