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Kathy Bates

Tom Hanks

Head-to-Head Comparison

Kathy Bates

3 : 5

Tom Hanks

#16

Current Rank

#1

#3

Peak Rank

#1

23

Years Ranked

22

7

Years in Top 10

12

4 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

9 years

23

Years in Top 50

22

Titanic $600.7 Million

Biggest Hit

Forrest Gump $329.7 Million

$1.5 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$2.8 Billion

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Career Ranking History

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Filmography Comparison

Kathy Bates

34 theatrical releases • $1.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2002 About Schmidt $65.0 Million
2002 Dragonfly $30.3 Million
2002 Love Liza $213,137
2001 American Outlaws $13.3 Million
2001 Rat Race $56.6 Million
1998 A Civil Action $56.7 Million
1998 The Waterboy $161.5 Million
1998 Primary Colors $39.0 Million
1998 Swept from the Sea $397,020
1997 Titanic $600.7 Million
1996 The War at Home $44,722
1996 Diabolique $17.1 Million
1995 Angus $4.8 Million
1995 Dolores Claiborne $24.4 Million
1994 North $7.2 Million
1993 A Home of Our Own $1.7 Million
1992 Used People $18.0 Million
1992 Prelude to a Kiss $20.0 Million
1992 Shadows and Fog $2.7 Million
1991 Fried Green Tomatoes $82.4 Million
1991 At Play in the Fields of the Lord $1.3 Million
1990 Misery $61.3 Million
1990 White Palace $17.5 Million
1990 Dick Tracy $103.7 Million
1990 Men Don't Leave $6.1 Million
1989 High Stakes $4,780
1989 Signs of Life $95,836
1988 Arthur 2: On the Rocks $14.7 Million
1988 My Best Friend Is a Vampire $174,380
1987 Summer Heat $350,481
1986 The Morning After $25.1 Million
1983 Two of a Kind $23.6 Million
1982 Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean $840,958
1978 Straight Time $9.9 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