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Mel Gibson

Johnny Depp

Head-to-Head Comparison

Mel Gibson

3 : 5

Johnny Depp

#31

Current Rank

#1

#6

Peak Rank

#1

28

Years Ranked

24

2

Years in Top 10

5

1 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

5 years

28

Years in Top 50

24

Signs $228.0 Million

Biggest Hit

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

$2.3 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$2.2 Billion

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Filmography Comparison

Mel Gibson

35 theatrical releases • $2.3 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2004 Paparazzi $15.7 Million
2003 The Singing Detective $337,174
2002 Signs $228.0 Million
2002 We Were Soldiers $78.1 Million
2001 The Million Dollar Hotel $59,989
2000 What Women Want $182.8 Million
2000 The Patriot $113.3 Million
2000 Chicken Run $106.8 Million
1999 Payback $81.5 Million
1998 Lethal Weapon 4 $130.4 Million
1997 FairyTale: A True Story $14.1 Million
1997 Conspiracy Theory $76.0 Million
1997 Fathers' Day $28.6 Million
1996 Ransom $136.5 Million
1995 Pocahontas $141.6 Million
1995 Braveheart $75.6 Million
1995 Casper $100.8 Million
1994 Maverick $101.6 Million
1993 The Man Without a Face $24.8 Million
1992 Forever Young $56.0 Million
1992 Lethal Weapon 3 $144.7 Million
1990 Hamlet $20.7 Million
1990 Air America $31.1 Million
1990 Bird on a Wire $71.0 Million
1989 Lethal Weapon 2 $147.3 Million
1988 Tequila Sunrise $41.3 Million
1987 Lethal Weapon $65.2 Million
1985 Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome $36.2 Million
1984 Mrs. Soffel $4.4 Million
1984 The River $11.5 Million
1984 The Bounty $8.6 Million
1983 The Year of Living Dangerously $10.3 Million
1982 The Road Warrior $23.7 Million
1981 Gallipoli $5.7 Million
1980 Mad Max $8.8 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