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Eddie Murphy

Johnny Depp

Head-to-Head Comparison

Eddie Murphy

5 : 2

Johnny Depp

#24

Current Rank

#1

#1

Peak Rank

#1

31

Years Ranked

29

11

Years in Top 10

10

9 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

10 years

31

Years in Top 50

29

Shrek 2 $441.6 Million

Biggest Hit

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

$3.8 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$3.5 Billion

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Filmography Comparison

Eddie Murphy

37 theatrical releases • $3.8 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2012 A Thousand Words $18.5 Million
2011 Tower Heist $78.0 Million
2010 Shrek Forever After $238.7 Million
2009 Imagine That $16.1 Million
2008 Meet Dave $11.8 Million
2007 Shrek the Third $322.7 Million
2007 Norbit $95.7 Million
2006 Dreamgirls $103.4 Million
2004 Shrek 2 $441.6 Million
2003 The Haunted Mansion $75.8 Million
2003 Daddy Day Care $104.3 Million
2002 I Spy $33.6 Million
2002 The Adventures of Pluto Nash $4.4 Million
2002 Showtime $38.1 Million
2001 Dr. Dolittle 2 $113.0 Million
2001 Shrek $268.2 Million
2000 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps $123.3 Million
1999 Bowfinger $66.4 Million
1999 Life $64.0 Million
1998 Holy Man $12.1 Million
1998 Doctor Dolittle $144.2 Million
1998 Mulan $120.6 Million
1997 Metro $32.0 Million
1996 The Nutty Professor $128.8 Million
1995 Vampire in Brooklyn $19.8 Million
1994 Beverly Hills Cop III $42.6 Million
1992 The Distinguished Gentleman $46.7 Million
1992 Boomerang $70.1 Million
1990 Another 48 Hrs. $80.8 Million
1989 Harlem Nights $60.9 Million
1988 Coming to America $128.2 Million
1987 Beverly Hills Cop II $153.7 Million
1986 The Golden Child $79.8 Million
1984 Beverly Hills Cop $234.8 Million
1984 Best Defense $19.3 Million
1983 Trading Places $90.4 Million
1982 48 Hrs. $78.9 Million

Johnny Depp

45 theatrical releases • $3.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2013 The Lone Ranger $89.3 Million
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