3 4
Age 54

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 44

#6

Rank

#1

#1

Peak Rank

#1

21

Years Ranked

20

7

Years in Top 10

10

11.4

Average Rank

12.6

36

Theatrical Releases

28

The Client $92.1 Million

Biggest Hit

Forrest Gump $329.7 Million

$776.5 Million

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.6 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Susan Sarandon Tom Hanks

Susan Sarandon

36 theatrical releases • $776.5 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2000 Rugrats in Paris $76.5 Million
2000 Joe Gould's Secret $468,684
1999 Illuminata $840,134
1999 Cradle Will Rock $2.9 Million
1999 Anywhere But Here $18.7 Million

Tom Hanks

28 theatrical releases • $2.6 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2000 Cast Away $233.6 Million
1999 Toy Story 2 $245.9 Million
1999 The Gren Mile $136.8 Million
1998 You've Got Mail $115.8 Million
1998 Saving Private Ryan $216.5 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 2000 season, the comparison is less about a single breakout moment and more about the shape of each actor's accumulated Hollywood results. The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Tom Hanks's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark.

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