3 5
Age 65

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 90

#87

Current Rank

Not Ranked

#5

Peak Rank

#6

40

Years Ranked

46

5

Years in Top 10

3

38.1

Average Rank

34.0

33

Theatrical Releases

46

Top Gun $176.8 Million

Biggest Hit

Captain America: The Winter Soldier $259.8 Million

$1.2 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.6 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Meg Ryan and Robert Redford form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Robert Redford the larger theatrical footprint.

The category score gives Robert Redford the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity. Based on the available ranking data, the balance leans toward Robert Redford without turning the result into a subjective judgment of acting quality.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Meg Ryan Robert Redford

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Meg Ryan

33 theatrical releases • $1.2 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2023 What Happens Later $3.3 Million
2009 Serious Moonlight $25,339
2008 The Women $26.9 Million
2007 In the Land of Women $11.1 Million
2004 Against the Ropes $5.9 Million

Robert Redford

46 theatrical releases • $2.6 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2019 Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million
2018 Buttons A New Musical Film $151,983
2018 The Old Man & the Gun $11.3 Million
2017 Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary $16,397
2016 Pete's Dragon $76.2 Million