2 2
Age 39

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 41

#1

Rank

#1

#1

Peak Rank

#1

17

Years Ranked

17

9

Years in Top 10

7

11.7

Average Rank

14.6

23

Theatrical Releases

23

Batman Returns $162.8 Million

Biggest Hit

Forrest Gump $329.7 Million

$792.0 Million

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.6 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Michelle Pfeiffer Tom Hanks

Michelle Pfeiffer

23 theatrical releases • $792.0 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1997 A Thousand Acres $7.9 Million
1996 Up Close & Personal $51.1 Million
1996 To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday $4.2 Million
1996 One Fine Day $46.2 Million
1995 Dangerous Minds $84.9 Million

Tom Hanks

23 theatrical releases • $1.6 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1996 That Thing You Do! $25.9 Million
1995 Toy Story $191.8 Million
1995 Apollo 13 $172.1 Million
1994 Forrest Gump $329.7 Million
1993 Sleepless in Seattle $126.7 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 1997 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 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. Taken together, the comparison suggests stays evenly split while still showing distinct strengths on each side.