4 4
Age 87

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 66

#41

Current Rank

#64

#3

Peak Rank

#2

43

Years Ranked

36

6

Years in Top 10

12

28.2

Average Rank

21.3

42

Theatrical Releases

70

Beauty and the Beast $504.0 Million

Biggest Hit

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 $337.1 Million

$3.9 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.5 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Ian McKellen and Julianne Moore form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Ian McKellen the larger theatrical footprint.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Ian McKellen's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. Taken together, the comparison suggests stays evenly split while still showing distinct strengths on each side.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Ian McKellen Julianne Moore

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

Julianne Moore

70 theatrical releases • $2.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2023 When You Finish Saving the World $196,920
2021 Dear Evan Hansen $15.0 Million
2021 Spirit Untamed $17.7 Million
2019 After the Wedding $1.6 Million
2018 Bel Canto $125,569