3 4
Age 51

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 44

#9

Rank

#1

#1

Peak Rank

#1

21

Years Ranked

20

21

Years in Top 10

10

4.8

Average Rank

12.6

27

Theatrical Releases

28

Kramer vs Kramer $106.3 Million

Biggest Hit

Forrest Gump $329.7 Million

$793.8 Million

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.6 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Meryl Streep Tom Hanks

Meryl Streep

27 theatrical releases • $793.8 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1999 Music of the Heart $14.9 Million
1998 One True Thing $23.2 Million
1998 Dancing at Lughnasa $2.3 Million
1996 Marvin's Room $12.8 Million
1996 Before and After $8.8 Million

Tom Hanks

28 theatrical releases • $2.6 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2000 Cast Away $233.6 Million
1999 Toy Story 2 $245.9 Million
1999 The Gren Mile $136.8 Million
1998 You've Got Mail $115.8 Million
1998 Saving Private Ryan $216.5 Million
Career Comparison Summary AI-generated historical comparison. Click to expand.

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

At this point in the rankings, Meryl Streep versus Tom Hanks is best read as a compact career snapshot rather than an all-time verdict. Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Tom Hanks the larger theatrical footprint.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Tom Hanks's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. The comparison therefore points leans toward Tom Hanks, with the most meaningful separation coming from the highlighted career measures.