4 4
Age 78

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 75

#41

Current Rank

Not Ranked

#3

Peak Rank

#1

47

Years Ranked

35

6

Years in Top 10

14

26.3

Average Rank

15.6

64

Theatrical Releases

62

Titanic $600.7 Million

Biggest Hit

Night at the Museum $250.9 Million

$2.9 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$3.6 Billion

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

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Kathy Bates Robin Williams

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

Robin Williams

62 theatrical releases • $3.6 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2017 Absolutely Anything $20,169
2015 Boulevard $126,150
2014 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb $113.7 Million
2014 The Face of Love $350,006
2013 The Butler $116.6 Million