5 2
Age 89

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 64

Not Ranked

Current Rank

#38

#1

Peak Rank

#1

41

Years Ranked

47

19

Years in Top 10

10

18.8

Average Rank

31.7

43

Theatrical Releases

35

Batman $251.2 Million

Biggest Hit

The Silence of the Lambs $130.7 Million

$2.0 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.1 Billion

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

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Jack Nicholson's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. The comparison therefore points leans toward Jack Nicholson, with the most meaningful separation coming from the highlighted career measures.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Jack Nicholson Jodie Foster

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Jack Nicholson

43 theatrical releases • $2.0 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2010 How Do You Know $30.2 Million
2010 I'm Still Here $408,983
2007 The Bucket List $93.5 Million
2006 The Departed $132.4 Million
2003 Something's Gotta Give $124.7 Million

Jodie Foster

35 theatrical releases • $1.1 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 A Private Life $1.4 Million
2021 The Mauritanian $836,536
2018 Hotel Artemis $6.7 Million
2013 Elysium $93.1 Million
2011 Carnage $2.5 Million