0 7
Age 87

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 61

#41

Current Rank

#6

#3

Peak Rank

#1

43

Years Ranked

43

6

Years in Top 10

17

28.2

Average Rank

20.5

42

Theatrical Releases

65

Beauty and the Beast $504.0 Million

Biggest Hit

Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million

$3.9 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$6.7 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Ian McKellen Robert Downey Jr.

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