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Denzel Washington

Tom Hanks

Head-to-Head Comparison

Denzel Washington

0 : 8

Tom Hanks

#8

Current Rank

#1

#4

Peak Rank

#1

20

Years Ranked

21

5

Years in Top 10

11

2 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

8 years

20

Years in Top 50

21

Remember the Titans $115.7 Million

Biggest Hit

Forrest Gump $329.7 Million

$1.0 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$2.6 Billion

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Career Ranking History

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Filmography Comparison

Denzel Washington

27 theatrical releases • $1.0 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2001 Training Day $76.6 Million
2000 Remember the Titans $115.7 Million
1999 The Hurricane $50.7 Million
1999 The Bone Collector $66.5 Million
1998 The Siege $41.0 Million
1998 He Got Game $21.6 Million
1998 Fallen $25.2 Million
1996 The Preacher's Wife $48.1 Million
1996 Courage Under Fire $59.0 Million
1995 Devil in a Blue Dress $16.1 Million
1995 Virtuosity $24.0 Million
1995 Crimson Tide $91.4 Million
1993 Philadelphia $77.4 Million
1993 The Pelican Brief $100.8 Million
1993 Much Ado About Nothing $22.5 Million
1992 Malcolm X $48.2 Million
1992 Mississippi Masala $7.3 Million
1991 Ricochet $21.8 Million
1990 Mo' Better Blues $16.2 Million
1990 Heart Condition $4.1 Million
1989 Glory $26.8 Million
1989 The Mighty Quinn $4.6 Million
1989 For Queen & Country $191,051
1987 Cry Freedom $5.9 Million
1986 Power $3.8 Million
1984 A Soldier's Story $21.8 Million
1981 Carbon Copy $9.6 Million

Tom Hanks

28 theatrical releases • $2.6 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2000 Cast Away $233.6 Million
1999 The Gren Mile $136.8 Million
1999 Toy Story 2 $245.9 Million
1998 You've Got Mail $115.8 Million
1998 Saving Private Ryan $216.5 Million
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 Philadelphia $77.4 Million
1993 Sleepless in Seattle $126.7 Million
1992 A League of Their Own $107.5 Million
1992 Radio Flyer $4.7 Million
1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities $15.7 Million
1990 Joe Versus the Volcano $39.4 Million
1989 Turner & Hooch $71.1 Million
1989 The 'Burbs $36.6 Million
1988 Punchline $21.0 Million
1988 Big $115.0 Million
1987 Dragnet $57.4 Million
1986 Every Time We Say Goodbye $278,623
1986 Nothing in Common $32.3 Million
1986 The Money Pit $37.5 Million
1985 Volunteers $19.9 Million
1985 The Man with One Red Shoe $8.6 Million
1984 Bachelor Party $38.4 Million
1984 Splash $69.8 Million
1980 He Knows You're Alone $4.9 Million