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Age 31

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 47

#7

Rank

#1

#5

Peak Rank

#1

9

Years Ranked

23

3

Years in Top 10

13

27.7

Average Rank

11.1

21

Theatrical Releases

30

Shrek $267.7 Million

Biggest Hit

Forrest Gump $329.7 Million

$1.4 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.8 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Cameron Diaz Tom Hanks

Cameron Diaz

21 theatrical releases • $1.4 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2003 Charlies Angels: Full Throttle $100.8 Million
2002 The Sweetest Thing $24.7 Million
2002 Minority Report $132.1 Million
2002 Gangs of New York $77.8 Million
2001 Vanilla Sky $100.6 Million

Tom Hanks

30 theatrical releases • $2.8 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2002 Road to Perdition $104.5 Million
2002 Catch Me If You Can $164.6 Million
2000 Cast Away $233.6 Million
1999 Toy Story 2 $245.9 Million
1999 The Gren Mile $136.8 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 2003 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 Tom Hanks the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.

Elite Top 10 presence favors Tom Hanks, whose advantage across Top 10 seasons gives the comparison more long-range context. Overall, the head-to-head score leans leans toward Tom Hanks, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.