3 4
Age 87

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 51

#41

Current Rank

#20

#3

Peak Rank

#3

43

Years Ranked

32

6

Years in Top 10

10

28.2

Average Rank

18.0

42

Theatrical Releases

40

Beauty and the Beast $504.0 Million

Biggest Hit

Avatar: The Way of Water $684.1 Million

$3.9 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.6 Billion

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Looking at the Hollywood Rankings in 2026, this matchup highlights how differently two careers can score within the same historical snapshot. 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 Kate Winslet's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. Overall, the head-to-head score leans leans toward Kate Winslet, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Ian McKellen Kate Winslet

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

Kate Winslet

40 theatrical releases • $2.6 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash $404.3 Million
2024 Lee $2.0 Million
2022 Avatar: The Way of Water $684.1 Million
2020 Ammonite $160,930
2019 Meari to majo no hana $2.4 Million