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Ian McKellen

Zoe Saldana

Head-to-Head Comparison

Ian McKellen

3 : 5

Zoe Saldana

#39

Current Rank

#1

#3

Peak Rank

#1

43

Years Ranked

26

6

Years in Top 10

7

6 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

4 years

43

Years in Top 50

23

Beauty and the Beast $504.0 Million

Biggest Hit

Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million

$3.9 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$6.1 Billion

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Career Ranking History

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Filmography Comparison

Ian McKellen

42 theatrical releases • $3.9 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2026 The Christophers $1.8 Million
2024 The Critic $449,020
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

Zoe Saldana

40 theatrical releases • $6.1 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash $404.3 Million
2025 Elio $73.0 Million
2024 The Absence of Eden $37,265
2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 $359.0 Million
2022 Avatar: The Way of Water $684.1 Million
2022 Amsterdam $14.9 Million
2019 Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million
2019 Missing Link $16.6 Million
2018 Avengers: Infinity War $678.8 Million
2017 My Little Pony: The Movie $21.9 Million
2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 $389.8 Million
2016 Live by Night $10.4 Million
2016 Star Trek Beyond $158.8 Million
2015 Infinitely Polar Bear $1.4 Million
2014 The Book of Life $50.2 Million
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy $333.2 Million
2014 Blood Ties $42,472
2013 Out of the Furnace $11.3 Million
2013 Star Trek: Into Darkness $228.8 Million
2012 The Words $11.5 Million
2011 Ways of the Flesh $1.1 Million
2011 Colombiana $36.7 Million
2010 Takers $57.7 Million
2010 The Losers $23.6 Million
2010 Death at a Funeral $42.7 Million
2009 Avatar $749.6 Million
2009 Star Trek $257.7 Million
2009 The Skeptic $6,671
2008 Vantage Point $72.3 Million
2007 Constellation $306,533
2006 Haven $142,483
2005 Dirty Deeds $146,490
2005 Guess Who $68.9 Million
2004 The Terminal $77.9 Million
2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl $305.4 Million
2002 Drumline $56.4 Million
2002 Snipes $70,569
2002 Crossroads $37.2 Million
2001 Get Over It $11.6 Million
2000 Center Stage $17.2 Million