5 2
Age 77

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 71

#39

Current Rank

#74

#1

Peak Rank

#1

47

Years Ranked

41

37

Years in Top 10

8

7.6

Average Rank

38.2

61

Theatrical Releases

64

The Devil Wears Prada 2 $218.5 Million

Biggest Hit

Toy Story 3 $415.0 Million

$3.3 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.7 Billion

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As of the selected ranking year, Meryl Streep and Whoopi Goldberg form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. Average Rank adds useful texture here, pointing to Meryl Streep as the steadier high-ranking presence across eligible seasons.

Elite Top 10 presence favors Meryl Streep, whose advantage across Top 10 seasons gives the comparison more long-range context. Overall, the head-to-head score leans leans toward Meryl Streep, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Meryl Streep Whoopi Goldberg

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Meryl Streep

61 theatrical releases • $3.3 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 The Devil Wears Prada 2 $218.5 Million
2026 Project Hail Mary $343.9 Million
2026 Hoppers $166.0 Million
2019 Little Women $108.1 Million
2018 Mary Poppins Returns $172.0 Million

Whoopi Goldberg

64 theatrical releases • $2.7 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2024 Babes $3.8 Million
2024 Ezra $2.6 Million
2023 The Color Purple $60.6 Million
2022 Till $9.0 Million
2018 Nobody's Fool $31.7 Million