4 4
Age 87

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 64

#41

Current Rank

#38

#3

Peak Rank

#1

43

Years Ranked

47

6

Years in Top 10

10

28.2

Average Rank

31.7

42

Theatrical Releases

35

Beauty and the Beast $504.0 Million

Biggest Hit

The Silence of the Lambs $130.7 Million

$3.9 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.1 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Ian McKellen and Jodie Foster 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.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Ian McKellen the larger theatrical footprint. From a historical perspective, the matchup stays evenly split and remains tied to the selected ranking season.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Ian McKellen Jodie Foster

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

Jodie Foster

35 theatrical releases • $1.1 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 A Private Life $1.4 Million
2021 The Mauritanian $836,536
2018 Hotel Artemis $6.7 Million
2013 Elysium $93.1 Million
2011 Carnage $2.5 Million