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Age 70

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 83

#48

Current Rank

#25

#6

Peak Rank

#2

46

Years Ranked

47

2

Years in Top 10

6

29.6

Average Rank

18.4

43

Theatrical Releases

96

Signs $228.0 Million

Biggest Hit

Joker $335.5 Million

$2.5 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$3.7 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Mel Gibson and Robert De Niro form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. The category score gives Robert De Niro the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.

Elite Top 10 presence favors Robert De Niro, whose advantage across Top 10 seasons gives the comparison more long-range context. Based on the available ranking data, the balance leans toward Robert De Niro without turning the result into a subjective judgment of acting quality.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Mel Gibson Robert De Niro

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Mel Gibson

43 theatrical releases • $2.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2024 Monster Summer $1.2 Million
2022 Father Stu $20.9 Million
2020 Fatman $278,378
2017 Daddy's Home 2 $104.0 Million
2014 The Expendables 3 $39.3 Million

Robert De Niro

96 theatrical releases • $3.7 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2025 The Alto Knights $6.1 Million
2024 Ezra $2.6 Million
2023 About My Father $12.1 Million
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon $68.0 Million
2022 Amsterdam $14.9 Million