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Gene Hackman

Tom Hanks

Head-to-Head Comparison

Gene Hackman

2 : 6

Tom Hanks

#17

Current Rank

#1

#4

Peak Rank

#1

23

Years Ranked

22

7

Years in Top 10

12

5 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

9 years

23

Years in Top 50

22

The Firm $158.3 Million

Biggest Hit

Forrest Gump $329.7 Million

$2.2 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$2.8 Billion

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Career Ranking History

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Filmography Comparison

Gene Hackman

66 theatrical releases • $2.2 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2001 Behind Enemy Lines $58.9 Million
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums $52.4 Million
2001 Heist $23.5 Million
2001 Heartbreakers $40.3 Million
2001 The Mexican $66.8 Million
2000 The Replacements $44.7 Million
2000 Under Suspicion $260,562
1998 Enemy of the State $111.5 Million
1998 Antz $90.8 Million
1998 Twilight $15.1 Million
1997 Absolute Power $50.1 Million
1996 The Chamber $14.6 Million
1996 Extreme Measures $17.4 Million
1996 The Birdcage $124.1 Million
1995 Get Shorty $72.1 Million
1995 Crimson Tide $91.4 Million
1995 The Quick and the Dead $18.6 Million
1994 Wyatt Earp $25.1 Million
1993 Geronimo: An American Legend $18.6 Million
1993 The Firm $158.3 Million
1992 Unforgiven $101.2 Million
1991 Company Business $1.5 Million
1991 Class Action $24.3 Million
1990 Narrow Margin $10.9 Million
1990 Postcards from the Edge $39.1 Million
1990 Loose Cannons $5.6 Million
1989 The Package $10.6 Million
1988 Mississippi Burning $34.6 Million
1988 Another Woman $1.6 Million
1988 Full Moon in Blue Water $450,726
1988 Bat*21 $4.0 Million
1988 Split Decisions $695,822
1987 No Way Out $35.5 Million
1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace $15.7 Million
1986 Hoosiers $28.6 Million
1986 Power $3.8 Million
1985 Target $9.0 Million
1985 Twice in a Lifetime $8.4 Million
1984 Misunderstood $1.5 Million
1984 Eureka $123,572
1983 Uncommon Valor $30.5 Million
1983 Under Fire $5.7 Million
1981 Reds $40.4 Million
1981 All Night Long $4.5 Million
1980 Superman II $108.2 Million
1978 Superman $134.2 Million
1977 March or Die $1.0 Million
1977 A Bridge Too Far $50.8 Million
1977 The Domino Principle $1.8 Million
1975 Lucky Lady $24.4 Million
1975 French Connection II $12.5 Million
1975 Bite the Bullet $11.0 Million
1975 Night Moves $2.5 Million
1974 Young Frankenstein $86.3 Million
1974 Zandy's Bride $4.1 Million
1974 The Conversation $4.4 Million
1973 Scarecrow $5.0 Million
1972 The Poseidon Adventure $84.6 Million
1972 Prime Cut $3.2 Million
1971 The French Connection $51.7 Million
1971 The Hunting Party $800,000
1971 Doctors' Wives $1.4 Million
1970 I Never Sang for My Father $2.2 Million
1969 Marooned $4.3 Million
1967 Bonnie and Clyde $22.8 Million
1966 Hawaii $34.6 Million

Tom Hanks

30 theatrical releases • $2.8 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2002 Catch Me If You Can $164.6 Million
2002 Road to Perdition $104.5 Million
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