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Head-to-Head Comparison
Robert Downey Jr.
5 : 1
Benedict Cumberbatch
#2
Current Rank
#1
#1
Peak Rank
#1
41
Years Ranked
20
16
Years in Top 10
9
16 years
Longest Top 10 Streak
8 years
41
Years in Top 50
17
Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million
Biggest Hit
Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million
$6.4 Billion
Career Domestic Box Office
$5.4 Billion
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Career Ranking History
Robert Downey Jr.
Benedict Cumberbatch
Filmography Comparison
Robert Downey Jr.
64 theatrical releases • $6.4 Billion Domestic
| Year | Movie | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | $330.1 Million |
| 2020 | Dolittle | $77.0 Million |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | $858.4 Million |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | $678.8 Million |
| 2017 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | $334.2 Million |
| 2016 | The First Avenger: Civil War | $408.1 Million |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | $459.0 Million |
| 2014 | The Judge | $47.1 Million |
| 2014 | Chef | $31.4 Million |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 | $409.0 Million |
| 2012 | The Avengers | $623.4 Million |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $186.8 Million |
| 2010 | Due Date | $100.5 Million |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | $312.4 Million |
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | $209.0 Million |
| 2009 | The Soloist | $31.7 Million |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder | $110.5 Million |
| 2008 | The Incredible Hulk | $134.8 Million |
| 2008 | Iron Man | $318.6 Million |
| 2008 | Charlie Bartlett | $4.0 Million |
| 2007 | Lucky You | $5.8 Million |
| 2007 | Zodiac | $33.1 Million |
| 2006 | Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | $223,202 |
| 2006 | A Scanner Darkly | $5.5 Million |
| 2006 | The Shaggy Dog | $61.1 Million |
| 2006 | A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | $517,809 |
| 2006 | Game 6 | $129,664 |
| 2005 | Good Night and Good Luck. | $31.6 Million |
| 2005 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | $4.2 Million |
| 2005 | Eros | $188,392 |
| 2003 | Gothika | $59.7 Million |
| 2003 | The Singing Detective | $337,174 |
| 2000 | Wonder Boys | $19.4 Million |
| 2000 | Black and White | $5.3 Million |
| 1999 | Bowfinger | $66.4 Million |
| 1999 | Friends & Lovers | $33,543 |
| 1999 | In Dreams | $12.0 Million |
| 1998 | U.S. Marshals | $57.2 Million |
| 1998 | The Gingerbread Man | $1.7 Million |
| 1998 | Two Girls and a Guy | $2.1 Million |
| 1997 | One Night Stand | $2.6 Million |
| 1997 | Hugo Pool | $13,330 |
| 1995 | Restoration | $4.0 Million |
| 1995 | Home for the Holidays | $17.5 Million |
| 1995 | Richard III | $2.7 Million |
| 1994 | Only You | $20.1 Million |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | $50.3 Million |
| 1993 | Short Cuts | $6.1 Million |
| 1993 | Heart and Souls | $16.6 Million |
| 1992 | Chaplin | $9.5 Million |
| 1991 | Soapdish | $36.5 Million |
| 1990 | Air America | $31.1 Million |
| 1989 | Chances Are | $16.3 Million |
| 1989 | True Believer | $8.7 Million |
| 1988 | 1969 | $6.0 Million |
| 1988 | Johnny Be Good | $17.6 Million |
| 1987 | Less Than Zero | $12.4 Million |
| 1987 | The Pick-up Artist | $13.3 Million |
| 1986 | Back to School | $91.3 Million |
| 1985 | Weird Science | $23.8 Million |
| 1985 | Girls Just Want to Have Fun | $6.3 Million |
| 1985 | Tuff Turf | $9.4 Million |
| 1984 | Firstborn | $6.3 Million |
| 1983 | Baby It's You | $1.9 Million |
Benedict Cumberbatch
32 theatrical releases • $5.4 Billion Domestic
| Year | Movie | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Book of Clarence | $6.1 Million |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | $411.3 Million |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | $804.8 Million |
| 2021 | The Mauritanian | $836,536 |
| 2021 | The Courier | $6.6 Million |
| 2019 | 1917 | $159.2 Million |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | $858.4 Million |
| 2019 | The Current War | $6.0 Million |
| 2018 | The Grinch | $271.7 Million |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | $678.8 Million |
| 2017 | Thor: Ragnarok | $315.1 Million |
| 2016 | Doctor Strange | $232.6 Million |
| 2016 | Zoolander 2 | $28.8 Million |
| 2015 | Black Mass | $62.6 Million |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | $255.1 Million |
| 2014 | Penguins of Madagascar | $83.9 Million |
| 2014 | The Imitation Game | $91.1 Million |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | $258.4 Million |
| 2013 | August: Osage County | $37.7 Million |
| 2013 | The Fifth Estate | $3.3 Million |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | $56.7 Million |
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness | $228.8 Million |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $303.0 Million |
| 2011 | War Horse | $79.9 Million |
| 2011 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $24.1 Million |
| 2011 | The Whistleblower | $1.1 Million |
| 2010 | Four Lions | $304,616 |
| 2010 | Creation | $341,323 |
| 2008 | The Other Boleyn Girl | $26.8 Million |
| 2007 | Atonement | $50.9 Million |
| 2007 | Amazing Grace | $21.3 Million |
| 2007 | Starter for 10 | $216,839 |
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