Meryl Streep

Glenn Close

Head-to-Head Comparison

Meryl Streep

5 : 2

Glenn Close

#3

Current Rank

#1

#1

Peak Rank

#1

10

Years Ranked

7

10

Years in Top 10

5

10 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

5 years

10

Years in Top 50

7

Kramer vs Kramer $106.3 Million

Biggest Hit

Fatal Attraction $156.6 Million

$493.3 Million

Career Domestic Box Office

$374.6 Million

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Career Ranking History

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Filmography Comparison

Meryl Streep

16 theatrical releases • $493.3 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
1989 She-Devil $15.4 Million
1988 A Cry in the Dark $6.9 Million
1987 Ironweed $7.4 Million
1986 Heartburn $25.3 Million
1985 Out of Africa $87.1 Million
1985 Plenty $6.1 Million
1984 Falling in Love $11.1 Million
1983 Silkwood $35.6 Million
1982 Still of the Night $6.0 Million
1982 Sophie's Choice $30.0 Million
1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman $26.9 Million
1979 The Seduction of Joe Tynan $19.6 Million
1979 Manhattan $39.9 Million
1979 Kramer vs Kramer $106.3 Million
1978 The Deer Hunter $49.0 Million
1977 Julia $20.7 Million

Glenn Close

9 theatrical releases • $374.6 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
1989 Immediate Family $5.9 Million
1988 Dangerous Liaisons $34.7 Million
1987 Fatal Attraction $156.6 Million
1985 Maxie $2.6 Million
1985 Jagged Edge $40.5 Million
1984 The Natural $48.0 Million
1984 The Stone Boy $261,033
1983 The Big Chill $56.3 Million
1982 The World According to Garp $29.7 Million