3 4
Age 37

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 43

#7

Rank

#1

#1

Peak Rank

#1

20

Years Ranked

19

10

Years in Top 10

9

12.5

Average Rank

13.2

21

Theatrical Releases

27

The Silence of the Lambs $130.7 Million

Biggest Hit

Forrest Gump $329.7 Million

$614.9 Million

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.3 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Jodie Foster Tom Hanks

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Jodie Foster

21 theatrical releases • $614.9 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1999 Anna and the King $39.3 Million
1997 Contact $100.9 Million
1994 Nell $33.7 Million
1994 Maverick $101.6 Million
1993 Sommersby $50.1 Million

Tom Hanks

27 theatrical releases • $2.3 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1999 Toy Story 2 $245.9 Million
1999 The Gren Mile $136.8 Million
1998 You've Got Mail $115.8 Million
1998 Saving Private Ryan $216.5 Million
1996 That Thing You Do! $25.9 Million
Career Comparison Summary AI-generated historical comparison. Click to expand.

Note: Films released during the selected year influence the following year's rankings.

At this point in the rankings, Jodie Foster versus Tom Hanks is best read as a compact career snapshot rather than an all-time verdict. Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Tom Hanks the larger theatrical footprint.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Tom Hanks's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. Based on the available ranking data, the balance leans toward Tom Hanks without turning the result into a subjective judgment of acting quality.