2 5
Age 78

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 56

#41

Current Rank

#20

#3

Peak Rank

#3

47

Years Ranked

38

6

Years in Top 10

10

26.3

Average Rank

17.6

64

Theatrical Releases

71

Titanic $600.7 Million

Biggest Hit

Oppenheimer $330.1 Million

$2.9 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$5.5 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Kathy Bates and Matt Damon form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. The category score gives Matt Damon the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Matt Damon the larger theatrical footprint. Overall, the head-to-head score leans leans toward Matt Damon, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Kathy Bates Matt Damon

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

Matt Damon

71 theatrical releases • $5.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2024 IF $111.4 Million
2024 Drive-Away Dolls $5.0 Million
2023 Oppenheimer $330.1 Million
2023 Air $52.5 Million
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder $343.3 Million