3 5
Age 55

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 47

#10

Rank

#1

#3

Peak Rank

#1

24

Years Ranked

23

7

Years in Top 10

13

19.0

Average Rank

11.1

34

Theatrical Releases

30

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

Kathy Bates Tom Hanks

Kathy Bates

34 theatrical releases • $1.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2002 Love Liza $213,137
2002 Dragonfly $30.3 Million
2002 About Schmidt $65.0 Million
2001 Rat Race $56.6 Million
2001 American Outlaws $13.3 Million

Tom Hanks

30 theatrical releases • $2.8 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2002 Road to Perdition $104.5 Million
2002 Catch Me If You Can $164.6 Million
2000 Cast Away $233.6 Million
1999 Toy Story 2 $245.9 Million
1999 The Gren Mile $136.8 Million
Career Comparison Summary AI-generated historical comparison. Click to expand.

Note: Films released during the selected year influence the following year's rankings.

Looking at the Hollywood Rankings in 2003, this matchup highlights how differently two careers can score within the same historical snapshot. The category score gives Tom Hanks the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Tom Hanks the larger theatrical footprint. The comparison therefore points leans toward Tom Hanks, with the most meaningful separation coming from the highlighted career measures.