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Matthew McConaughey

Benedict Cumberbatch

Head-to-Head Comparison

Matthew McConaughey

2 : 6

Benedict Cumberbatch

#32

Current Rank

#1

#6

Peak Rank

#1

31

Years Ranked

20

2

Years in Top 10

9

2 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

8 years

31

Years in Top 50

17

Sing $270.4 Million

Biggest Hit

Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million

$3.0 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$5.4 Billion

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Career Ranking History

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Filmography Comparison

Matthew McConaughey

49 theatrical releases • $3.0 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2024 Deadpool & Wolverine $636.7 Million
2021 Sing 2 $162.8 Million
2019 The Gentlemen $36.5 Million
2019 The Beach Bum $3.5 Million
2019 Serenity $8.5 Million
2018 White Boy Rick $24.0 Million
2017 The Dark Tower $50.7 Million
2017 Gold $7.2 Million
2016 Sing $270.4 Million
2016 Kubo and the Two Strings $48.0 Million
2016 Free State of Jones $20.8 Million
2015 The Sea of Trees $20,444
2014 Interstellar $188.0 Million
2013 The Wolf of Wall Street $116.9 Million
2013 Dallas Buyers Club $27.3 Million
2013 Mud $21.6 Million
2012 Magic Mike $113.7 Million
2012 The Paperboy $693,286
2012 Killer Joe $2.0 Million
2012 Bernie $9.2 Million
2011 The Lincoln Lawyer $58.0 Million
2009 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past $55.3 Million
2008 Surfer Dude $52,132
2008 Tropic Thunder $110.5 Million
2008 Fool's Gold $70.2 Million
2006 We Are Marshall $43.5 Million
2006 Failure to Launch $88.7 Million
2005 Two for the Money $23.0 Million
2005 Sahara $68.7 Million
2004 Paparazzi $15.7 Million
2003 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days $105.8 Million
2002 Reign of Fire $43.1 Million
2002 Frailty $13.1 Million
2002 13 Conversations About One Thing $3.3 Million
2001 The Wedding Planner $60.4 Million
2000 U-571 $77.1 Million
1999 Edtv $22.4 Million
1998 The Newton Boys $10.5 Million
1997 Amistad $44.2 Million
1997 Contact $100.9 Million
1996 Larger Than Life $8.3 Million
1996 A Time to Kill $108.8 Million
1996 Lone Star $12.4 Million
1996 Glory Daze $15,134
1995 Boys on the Side $23.4 Million
1995 Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation $44,272
1994 Angels in the Outfield $50.2 Million
1993 My Boyfriend's Back $3.3 Million
1993 Dazed and Confused $8.2 Million

Benedict Cumberbatch

32 theatrical releases • $5.4 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2024 The Book of Clarence $6.1 Million
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $411.3 Million
2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home $804.8 Million
2021 The Mauritanian $836,536
2021 The Courier $6.6 Million
2019 1917 $159.2 Million
2019 Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million
2019 The Current War $6.0 Million
2018 The Grinch $271.7 Million
2018 Avengers: Infinity War $678.8 Million
2017 Thor: Ragnarok $315.1 Million
2016 Doctor Strange $232.6 Million
2016 Zoolander 2 $28.8 Million
2015 Black Mass $62.6 Million
2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies $255.1 Million
2014 Penguins of Madagascar $83.9 Million
2014 The Imitation Game $91.1 Million
2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug $258.4 Million
2013 August: Osage County $37.7 Million
2013 The Fifth Estate $3.3 Million
2013 12 Years a Slave $56.7 Million
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness $228.8 Million
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $303.0 Million
2011 War Horse $79.9 Million
2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy $24.1 Million
2011 The Whistleblower $1.1 Million
2010 Four Lions $304,616
2010 Creation $341,323
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl $26.8 Million
2007 Atonement $50.9 Million
2007 Amazing Grace $21.3 Million
2007 Starter for 10 $216,839