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Age 78

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 39

#41

Current Rank

#9

#3

Peak Rank

#9

47

Years Ranked

13

6

Years in Top 10

1

26.3

Average Rank

44.8

64

Theatrical Releases

16

Titanic $600.7 Million

Biggest Hit

The Fantastic Four: First Steps $274.3 Million

$2.9 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.1 Billion

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

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Kathy Bates Vanessa Kirby

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

Vanessa Kirby

16 theatrical releases • $1.1 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2025 The Fantastic Four: First Steps $274.3 Million
2025 Eden $1.6 Million
2023 Napoleon $61.5 Million
2023 Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One $172.1 Million
2023 The Son $449,650