3 4
Age 47

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 40

#16

Rank

#1

#1

Peak Rank

#1

17

Years Ranked

16

11

Years in Top 10

6

8.8

Average Rank

15.4

18

Theatrical Releases

23

Ghostbusters $229.2 Million

Biggest Hit

Forrest Gump $329.7 Million

$825.5 Million

Career Domestic
Box Office

$1.6 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Sigourney Weaver Tom Hanks

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Sigourney Weaver

18 theatrical releases • $825.5 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1995 Jeffrey $3.5 Million
1995 Copycat $32.1 Million
1994 Death and the Maiden $3.1 Million
1993 Dave $63.3 Million
1992 Alien 3 $55.5 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.

As of the selected ranking year, Sigourney Weaver and Tom Hanks form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. Selected-year rank is the clearest ranking-side separator, with Tom Hanks holding the stronger position in this snapshot.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Tom Hanks the larger theatrical footprint. Overall, the head-to-head score leans leans toward Tom Hanks, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.