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Age 36

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 64

#35

Current Rank

#38

#1

Peak Rank

#1

16

Years Ranked

47

10

Years in Top 10

10

12.8

Average Rank

31.7

24

Theatrical Releases

35

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $424.7 Million

Biggest Hit

The Silence of the Lambs $130.7 Million

$2.7 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.1 Billion

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At this point in the rankings, Jennifer Lawrence versus Jodie Foster is best read as a compact career snapshot rather than an all-time verdict. The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Jennifer Lawrence's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Jennifer Lawrence the larger theatrical footprint. From a historical perspective, the matchup leans toward Jennifer Lawrence and remains tied to the selected ranking season.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Jennifer Lawrence Jodie Foster

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Jennifer Lawrence

24 theatrical releases • $2.7 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2023 No Hard Feelings $50.5 Million
2019 Love Antosha $50,168
2019 X-Men: Dark Phoenix $65.8 Million
2018 Red Sparrow $46.9 Million
2017 Mother $17.8 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