5 3
Age 64

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 78

#34

Current Rank

#41

#2

Peak Rank

#3

42

Years Ranked

47

10

Years in Top 10

6

24.6

Average Rank

26.3

38

Theatrical Releases

64

How the Grinch Stole Christmas $261.2 Million

Biggest Hit

Titanic $600.7 Million

$3.4 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.9 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Jim Carrey and Kathy Bates form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Kathy Bates's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark.

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Jim Carrey Kathy Bates

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Kathy Bates

64 theatrical releases • $2.9 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2024 Summer Camp $2.4 Million
2023 The Miracle Club $2.4 Million
2023 Are You There God? It's Me Margaret. $20.4 Million
2019 Richard Jewell $22.3 Million
2019 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan $152,713