4 3
Age 78

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 62

#41

Current Rank

#55

#3

Peak Rank

#3

47

Years Ranked

34

6

Years in Top 10

10

26.3

Average Rank

21.6

64

Theatrical Releases

40

Titanic $600.7 Million

Biggest Hit

Minions $336.0 Million

$2.9 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.9 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Kathy Bates and Sandra Bullock 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.

Elite Top 10 presence favors Sandra Bullock, whose advantage across Top 10 seasons gives the comparison more long-range context. The comparison therefore points leans toward Kathy Bates, with the most meaningful separation coming from the highlighted career measures.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Kathy Bates Sandra Bullock

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

Sandra Bullock

40 theatrical releases • $2.9 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2022 Bullet Train $103.4 Million
2022 The Lost City $105.3 Million
2018 Ocean's 8 $140.3 Million
2015 Our Brand is Crisis $7.0 Million
2015 Minions $336.0 Million