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

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Whoopi Goldberg the larger theatrical footprint. The comparison therefore points leans toward Jodie Foster, with the most meaningful separation coming from the highlighted career measures.