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Ian McKellen

Scarlett Johansson

Head-to-Head Comparison

Ian McKellen

2 : 6

Scarlett Johansson

#28

Current Rank

#1

#3

Peak Rank

#1

37

Years Ranked

26

6

Years in Top 10

8

6 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

8 years

37

Years in Top 50

25

Beauty and the Beast $504.0 Million

Biggest Hit

Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million

$3.9 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$5.8 Billion

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Career Ranking History

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Filmography Comparison

Ian McKellen

40 theatrical releases • $3.9 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2019 Cats $27.2 Million
2019 The Good Liar $17.2 Million
2019 All Is True $1.2 Million
2018 National Theatre Live: King Lear $185,305
2017 Beauty and the Beast $504.0 Million
2015 Mr. Holmes $17.7 Million
2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies $255.1 Million
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past $233.9 Million
2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug $258.4 Million
2013 The Wolverine $132.6 Million
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $303.0 Million
2007 The Golden Compass $70.1 Million
2007 Stardust $38.6 Million
2006 Flushed Away $64.7 Million
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand $234.4 Million
2006 The Da Vinci Code $217.5 Million
2006 Doogal $7.4 Million
2005 Asylum $375,403
2005 Emile $5,799
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $377.0 Million
2003 X2: X-Men United $214.9 Million
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $339.8 Million
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $313.4 Million
2000 X-Men $157.3 Million
1998 Apt Pupil $8.9 Million
1998 Gods and Monsters $6.5 Million
1998 Swept from the Sea $397,020
1997 Bent $496,059
1996 Jack & Sarah $218,626
1995 Restoration $4.0 Million
1995 Richard III $2.7 Million
1995 Heaven's a Drag $27,455
1994 The Shadow $32.1 Million
1994 I'll Do Anything $10.4 Million
1993 Six Degrees of Separation $6.4 Million
1993 The Ballad of Little Jo $543,091
1993 Last Action Hero $50.0 Million
1989 Scandal $8.8 Million
1985 Plenty $6.1 Million
1983 The Keep $4.2 Million

Scarlett Johansson

50 theatrical releases • $5.8 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2019 Jojo Rabbit $33.4 Million
2019 Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million
2019 Captain Marvel $426.8 Million
2018 Avengers: Infinity War $678.8 Million
2018 Isle of Dogs $32.0 Million
2017 Rough Night $22.1 Million
2017 Ghost in the Shell $40.6 Million
2016 Sing $270.3 Million
2016 Captain America: Civil War $408.1 Million
2016 The Jungle Book $364.0 Million
2016 Hail Caesar $30.5 Million
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron $459.0 Million
2014 Lucy $126.7 Million
2014 The Return of the First Avenger $259.8 Million
2014 Chef $31.4 Million
2014 Under the Skin $2.6 Million
2013 Her $25.6 Million
2013 Don Jon $24.5 Million
2012 The Avengers $623.4 Million
2012 Hitchcock $6.0 Million
2011 We Bought a Zoo $75.6 Million
2010 Iron Man 2 $312.4 Million
2009 He's Not Just That Into You $94.0 Million
2008 The Spirit $19.8 Million
2008 Vicky Christina Barcelona $23.2 Million
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl $26.8 Million
2007 The Nanny Diaries $25.9 Million
2006 The Prestige $53.1 Million
2006 The Black Dahlia $22.5 Million
2006 Scoop $10.5 Million
2006 A Good Woman $238,609
2005 The Island $35.8 Million
2005 Match Point $23.2 Million
2004 The Spongebob Squarepants Movie $85.4 Million
2004 In Good Company $45.8 Million
2004 A LOve Song for Bobby Long $164,308
2004 The Perfect Score $10.4 Million
2003 Girl With a Pearl Earring $11.7 Million
2003 Lost in Translation $44.6 Million
2002 Eight Legged Freaks $17.3 Million
2001 An American Rhapsody $850,255
2001 Ghost World $6.2 Million
2001 The Man Who Wasn't There $7.5 Million
1998 The Horse Whisperer $75.4 Million
1997 Home Alone 3 $30.9 Million
1997 Fall $51,266
1996 Manny & Lo $502,313
1996 If Lucy Fell $2.4 Million
1995 Just Cause $36.9 Million
1994 North $7.2 Million