4 4
Age 87

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 64

#41

Current Rank

#34

#3

Peak Rank

#2

43

Years Ranked

42

6

Years in Top 10

10

28.2

Average Rank

24.6

42

Theatrical Releases

38

Beauty and the Beast $504.0 Million

Biggest Hit

How the Grinch Stole Christmas $261.2 Million

$3.9 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$3.4 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Ian McKellen and Jim Carrey form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Ian McKellen's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark.

Elite Top 10 presence favors Jim Carrey, whose advantage across Top 10 seasons gives the comparison more long-range context. Overall, the head-to-head score leans stays evenly split, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Ian McKellen Jim Carrey

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Ian McKellen

42 theatrical releases • $3.9 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 The Christophers $1.8 Million
2024 The Critic $449,020
2019 Cats $27.2 Million
2019 The Good Liar $17.2 Million
2019 All Is True $1.2 Million