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Jack Nicholson

Johnny Depp

Head-to-Head Comparison

Jack Nicholson

4 : 3

Johnny Depp

#16

Current Rank

#1

#1

Peak Rank

#1

29

Years Ranked

24

19

Years in Top 10

5

16 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

5 years

29

Years in Top 50

24

Batman $251.2 Million

Biggest Hit

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

$2.0 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$2.2 Billion

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Filmography Comparison

Jack Nicholson

41 theatrical releases • $2.0 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2007 The Bucket List $93.5 Million
2006 The Departed $132.4 Million
2003 Something's Gotta Give $124.7 Million
2003 Anger Management $135.6 Million
2002 About Schmidt $65.0 Million
2001 The Pledge $19.7 Million
1997 As Good as It Gets $148.5 Million
1997 Blood and Wine $1.1 Million
1996 Mars Attacks! $37.8 Million
1996 The Evening Star $12.8 Million
1995 The Crossing Guard $868,979
1994 Wolf $65.0 Million
1992 Hoffa $24.3 Million
1992 A Few Good Men $141.3 Million
1992 Man Trouble $4.1 Million
1990 The Two Jakes $10.0 Million
1989 Batman $251.2 Million
1987 Ironweed $7.4 Million
1987 Broadcast News $51.2 Million
1987 The Witches of Eastwick $63.8 Million
1986 Heartburn $25.3 Million
1985 Prizzi's Honor $26.7 Million
1983 Terms of Endearment $108.4 Million
1982 The Border $6.1 Million
1981 Reds $40.4 Million
1981 The Postman Always Rings Twice $12.4 Million
1980 The Shining $44.2 Million
1978 Goin' South $7.4 Million
1976 The Last Tycoon $3.5 Million
1976 The Missouri Breaks $14.0 Million
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest $109.0 Million
1975 The Fortune $7.1 Million
1975 Tommy $34.3 Million
1975 Professione: reporter $1.9 Million
1974 Chinatown $29.2 Million
1973 The Last Detail $10.0 Million
1972 The King of Marvin Gardens $1.2 Million
1971 Carnal Knowledge $28.6 Million
1970 Five Easy Pieces $18.1 Million
1970 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever $14.0 Million
1969 Easy Rider $41.7 Million

Johnny Depp

34 theatrical releases • $2.2 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
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