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Denzel Washington

Johnny Depp

Head-to-Head Comparison

Denzel Washington

3 : 5

Johnny Depp

#16

Current Rank

#1

#4

Peak Rank

#1

31

Years Ranked

28

13

Years in Top 10

9

5 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

9 years

31

Years in Top 50

28

American Gangster $130.2 Million

Biggest Hit

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $423.3 Million

$2.1 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$3.4 Billion

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Filmography Comparison

Denzel Washington

41 theatrical releases • $2.1 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2012 Flight $93.8 Million
2012 Safe House $126.4 Million
2010 Unstoppable $81.6 Million
2010 The Book of Eli $94.8 Million
2009 The Taking of Pelham 123 $65.5 Million
2007 The Great Debaters $30.2 Million
2007 American Gangster $130.2 Million
2006 Deja Vu $64.0 Million
2006 Inside Man $88.5 Million
2004 The Manchurian Candidate $66.0 Million
2004 Man on Fire $77.9 Million
2003 Out of Time $41.1 Million
2002 Antwone Fisher $21.1 Million
2002 John Q $71.8 Million
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

Johnny Depp

44 theatrical releases • $3.4 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2012 Dark Shadows $79.7 Million
2012 21 Jump Street $138.4 Million
2011 Jack and Jill $74.2 Million
2011 The Rum Diary $13.1 Million
2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides $241.1 Million
2011 Rango $123.5 Million
2010 The Tourist $67.6 Million
2010 Alice in Wonderland $334.2 Million
2009 Public Enemies $97.1 Million
2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus $7.7 Million
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street $52.9 Million
2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End $309.4 Million
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $423.3 Million
2005 Corpse Bride $53.4 Million
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory $206.5 Million
2005 The Libertine $4.8 Million
2004 Finding Neverland $51.7 Million
2004 Secret Window $48.0 Million
2003 Lost in La Mancha $732,393
2003 Once Upon a Time in Mexico $56.4 Million
2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl $305.4 Million
2001 From Hell $31.6 Million
2001 Blow $53.0 Million
2001 The Man Who Cried $747,092
2000 Chocolat $71.5 Million
2000 Before Night Falls $4.2 Million
2000 The Ninth Gate $18.7 Million
1999 Sleepy Hollow $101.1 Million
1999 The Astronaut's Wife $10.7 Million
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas $10.7 Million
1997 Donnie Brasco $41.9 Million
1996 Dead Man $1.0 Million
1995 Nick of Time $8.2 Million
1995 Don Juan DeMarco $22.2 Million
1995 Arizona Dream $112,547
1994 Ed Wood $5.9 Million
1993 What's Eating Gilbert Grape $10.0 Million
1993 Benny & Joon $23.3 Million
1991 Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare $34.9 Million
1990 Edward Scissorhands $56.4 Million
1990 Cry-Baby $8.3 Million
1986 Platoon $138.5 Million
1985 Private Resort $331,816
1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street $25.5 Million