3 5
Age 72

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 45

#52

Current Rank

#24

#5

Peak Rank

#2

47

Years Ranked

32

12

Years in Top 10

6

24.8

Average Rank

22.5

48

Theatrical Releases

45

Wild Hogs $168.3 Million

Biggest Hit

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace $431.1 Million

$2.6 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$3.5 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

John Travolta Natalie Portman

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

John Travolta

48 theatrical releases • $2.6 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2018 Gotti $4.3 Million
2016 In a Valley of Violence $61,797
2013 Killing Season $39,881
2012 Savages $47.4 Million
2010 From Paris with Love $24.1 Million

Natalie Portman

45 theatrical releases • $3.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder $343.3 Million
2019 Lucy in the Sky $319,976
2019 Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million
2019 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan $152,713
2018 Vox Lux $727,119