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Charlize Theron

Benedict Cumberbatch

Head-to-Head Comparison

Charlize Theron

2 : 6

Benedict Cumberbatch

#7

Current Rank

#1

#5

Peak Rank

#1

28

Years Ranked

20

8

Years in Top 10

9

2 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

8 years

28

Years in Top 50

17

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $411.3 Million

Biggest Hit

Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million

$2.7 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$5.4 Billion

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Career Ranking History

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Filmography Comparison

Charlize Theron

48 theatrical releases • $2.7 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2023 Fast & Furious 10 $146.1 Million
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $411.3 Million
2021 The Addams Family 2 $56.5 Million
2021 Fast & Furious 9 $173.0 Million
2019 Bombshell $31.8 Million
2019 The Addams Family $100.7 Million
2019 Long Shot $30.3 Million
2018 Gringo $5.0 Million
2018 Tully $9.4 Million
2017 Fast & Furious 8 $226.0 Million
2017 Atomic Blonde $51.7 Million
2016 Kubo and the Two Strings $48.0 Million
2016 The Huntsman: Winter's War $48.4 Million
2015 Dark Places $208,588
2015 Mad Max. Fury Road $154.3 Million
2014 A Million Ways to Die in the West $42.7 Million
2012 Prometheus $126.5 Million
2012 Snow White and the Huntsman $155.1 Million
2011 Young Adult $16.3 Million
2009 Astro Boy $19.6 Million
2009 The Road $8.1 Million
2009 The Burning Plain $200,730
2008 Hancock $227.9 Million
2008 Sleepwalking $166,057
2008 Battle in Seatlle $224,169
2007 In the Valley of Elah $6.8 Million
2005 Aeon Flux $25.9 Million
2005 North Country $18.3 Million
2004 Head in the Clouds $398,278
2003 Monster $34.5 Million
2003 The Italian Job $106.1 Million
2002 Waking Up in Reno $267,109
2002 Trapped $7.1 Million
2001 The Curse of the Jade Scorpion $7.5 Million
2001 15 Minutes $24.4 Million
2001 Sweet November $25.3 Million
2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance $30.9 Million
2000 Men of Honor $48.8 Million
2000 The Yards $889,352
2000 Reinder Games $23.4 Million
1999 The Cider House Rules $57.5 Million
1999 The Astronaut's Wife $10.7 Million
1998 Mighty Joe Young $50.6 Million
1998 Celebrity $5.1 Million
1997 The Devil's Advocate $60.9 Million
1997 Trial and Error $13.6 Million
1996 That Thing You Do $25.9 Million
1996 2 Days in the Valley $11.1 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