0 8
Age 20

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 43

#47

Rank

#1

#47

Peak Rank

#1

2

Years Ranked

8

0

Years in Top 10

5

48.0

Average Rank

8.4

0

Theatrical Releases

11

Field of Dreams $64.5 Million

Biggest Hit

Fatal Attraction $156.6 Million

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Career Domestic
Box Office

$410.7 Million

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Matt Damon Glenn Close

Matt Damon

3 theatrical releases • $82.1 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1989 Field of Dreams $64.5 Million
1988 The Good Mother $4.8 Million
1988 Mystic Pizza $12.8 Million

Glenn Close

11 theatrical releases • $410.7 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1990 Reversal of Fortune $15.4 Million
1990 Hamlet $20.7 Million
1989 Immediate Family $5.9 Million
1988 Dangerous Liaisons $34.7 Million
1987 Fatal Attraction $156.6 Million
Career Comparison Summary AI-generated historical comparison. Click to expand.

Note: Films released during the selected year influence the following year's rankings.

By the 1990 season, the comparison is less about a single breakout moment and more about the shape of each actor's accumulated Hollywood results. Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Glenn Close the larger theatrical footprint.

Selected-year rank is the clearest ranking-side separator, with Glenn Close holding the stronger position in this snapshot. Overall, the head-to-head score leans leans toward Glenn Close, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.