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Age 78

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 77

#41

Current Rank

#51

#3

Peak Rank

#10

47

Years Ranked

47

6

Years in Top 10

1

26.3

Average Rank

31.4

64

Theatrical Releases

48

Titanic $600.7 Million

Biggest Hit

Pretty Woman $178.4 Million

$2.9 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.5 Billion

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By the 2026 season, the comparison is less about a single breakout moment and more about the shape of each actor's accumulated Hollywood results. The category score gives Kathy Bates the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.

Elite Top 10 presence favors Kathy Bates, whose advantage across Top 10 seasons gives the comparison more long-range context. Overall, the head-to-head score leans leans toward Kathy Bates, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Kathy Bates Richard Gere

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

Richard Gere

48 theatrical releases • $1.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2024 Oh Canada $200,980
2023 Maybe I Do $1.3 Million
2020 Three Christs $36,723
2017 The Dinner $1.3 Million
2017 Norman $3.8 Million