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Age 62

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 96

#33

Current Rank

Not Ranked

#5

Peak Rank

#7

44

Years Ranked

34

11

Years in Top 10

7

22.0

Average Rank

25.6

82

Theatrical Releases

55

National Treasure: Book of Secrets $220.0 Million

Biggest Hit

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade $197.2 Million

$3.2 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.8 Billion

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By the 2026 season, the comparison is less about a single breakout moment and more about the shape of each actor's accumulated Hollywood results. The category score gives Nicolas Cage the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Nicolas Cage the larger theatrical footprint. From a historical perspective, the matchup leans toward Nicolas Cage and remains tied to the selected ranking season.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Nicolas Cage Sean Connery

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Nicolas Cage

82 theatrical releases • $3.2 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2025 The Carpenter's Son $141,193
2025 The Surfer $1.3 Million
2024 Longlegs $74.3 Million
2024 Arcadian $828,919
2023 The Retirement Plan $1.6 Million

Sean Connery

55 theatrical releases • $1.8 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2003 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen $66.5 Million
2000 Finding Forrester $51.8 Million
1999 Entrapment $87.7 Million
1999 Playing by Heart $4.0 Million
1998 The Avengers $23.4 Million