4 3
Age 55

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 35

#21

Rank

#1

#3

Peak Rank

#1

19

Years Ranked

19

8

Years in Top 10

2

12.1

Average Rank

25.4

46

Theatrical Releases

13

Cape Fear $79.1 Million

Biggest Hit

Twister $241.7 Million

$1.1 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$530.5 Million

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Robert De Niro Helen Hunt

Robert De Niro

46 theatrical releases • $1.1 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1998 Ronin $41.6 Million
1998 Great Expectations $26.4 Million
1997 Wag the Dog $43.1 Million
1997 Jackie Brown $39.7 Million
1997 Cop Land $44.9 Million

Helen Hunt

13 theatrical releases • $530.5 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1997 As Good As It Gets $148.5 Million
1996 Twister $241.7 Million
1995 Kiss of Death $14.9 Million
1992 The Waterdance $1.7 Million
1992 Mr. Saturday Night $13.4 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 1998 season, the comparison is less about a single breakout moment and more about the shape of each actor's accumulated Hollywood results. Selected-year rank is the clearest ranking-side separator, with Helen Hunt holding the stronger position in this snapshot.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Helen Hunt's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. Overall, the head-to-head score leans leans toward Robert De Niro, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.