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Age 87

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 68

#41

Current Rank

#79

#3

Peak Rank

#7

43

Years Ranked

46

6

Years in Top 10

1

28.2

Average Rank

45.1

42

Theatrical Releases

41

Beauty and the Beast $504.0 Million

Biggest Hit

Total Recall $119.4 Million

$3.9 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$919.5 Million

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As of the selected ranking year, Ian McKellen and Sharon Stone 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.

Elite Top 10 presence favors Ian McKellen, whose advantage across Top 10 seasons gives the comparison more long-range context. Taken together, the comparison suggests leans toward Ian McKellen while still showing distinct strengths on each side.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Ian McKellen Sharon Stone

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

Sharon Stone

41 theatrical releases • $919.5 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2025 Nobody 2 $21.6 Million
2021 Here Today $2.8 Million
2017 The Disaster Artist $21.1 Million
2014 Fading Gigolo $3.8 Million
2013 Lovelace $356,582