7 1
Age 87

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 73

#41

Current Rank

#78

#3

Peak Rank

#9

43

Years Ranked

45

6

Years in Top 10

1

28.2

Average Rank

41.1

42

Theatrical Releases

36

Beauty and the Beast $504.0 Million

Biggest Hit

Batman $251.2 Million

$3.9 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.2 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Ian McKellen and Kim Basinger form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. The category score gives Ian McKellen the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Ian McKellen Kim Basinger

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

Kim Basinger

36 theatrical releases • $1.2 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2018 Fifty Shades Freed $100.4 Million
2017 Fifty Shades Darker $114.6 Million
2016 The Nice Guys $36.3 Million
2015 Black November $5,782
2014 Third Person $1.0 Million