4 4
Age 64

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 70

#38

Current Rank

#48

#1

Peak Rank

#6

47

Years Ranked

46

10

Years in Top 10

2

31.7

Average Rank

29.6

35

Theatrical Releases

43

The Silence of the Lambs $130.7 Million

Biggest Hit

Signs $228.0 Million

$1.1 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.5 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. Career peak is the clearest ranking-side separator, with Jodie Foster holding the stronger position in this snapshot.

Elite Top 10 presence favors Jodie Foster, whose advantage across Top 10 seasons gives the comparison more long-range context. The comparison therefore points stays evenly split, with the most meaningful separation coming from the highlighted career measures.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Jodie Foster Mel Gibson

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

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

Mel Gibson

43 theatrical releases • $2.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2024 Monster Summer $1.2 Million
2022 Father Stu $20.9 Million
2020 Fatman $278,378
2017 Daddy's Home 2 $104.0 Million
2014 The Expendables 3 $39.3 Million