5 2
Age 78

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 71

#41

Current Rank

#74

#3

Peak Rank

#1

47

Years Ranked

41

6

Years in Top 10

8

26.3

Average Rank

38.2

64

Theatrical Releases

64

Titanic $600.7 Million

Biggest Hit

Toy Story 3 $415.0 Million

$2.9 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.7 Billion

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The 2026 comparison presents Kathy Bates and Whoopi Goldberg through the ranking data available at that point in time. The category score gives Kathy Bates the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Kathy Bates's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. 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 Whoopi Goldberg

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

Whoopi Goldberg

64 theatrical releases • $2.7 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2024 Babes $3.8 Million
2024 Ezra $2.6 Million
2023 The Color Purple $60.6 Million
2022 Till $9.0 Million
2018 Nobody's Fool $31.7 Million