0 7
Age 26

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 46

#30

Rank

#1

#20

Peak Rank

#1

4

Years Ranked

4

0

Years in Top 10

4

25.0

Average Rank

1.3

2

Theatrical Releases

15

Night Moves $2.5 Million

Biggest Hit

Tootsie $177.2 Million

$4.6 Million

Career Domestic
Box Office

$664.4 Million

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Melanie Griffith Dustin Hoffman

Melanie Griffith

2 theatrical releases • $4.6 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1981 Roar $2.1 Million
1975 Night Moves $2.5 Million

Dustin Hoffman

15 theatrical releases • $664.4 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1982 Tootsie $177.2 Million
1979 Kramer vs Kramer $106.3 Million
1979 Agatha $7.5 Million
1978 Straight Time $9.9 Million
1976 Marathon Man $21.7 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 1983 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 Dustin Hoffman the larger theatrical footprint.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Dustin Hoffman's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. Based on the available ranking data, the balance leans toward Dustin Hoffman without turning the result into a subjective judgment of acting quality.