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Meryl Streep

Jennifer Lawrence

Head-to-Head Comparison

Meryl Streep

4 : 3

Jennifer Lawrence

#7

Current Rank

#1

#1

Peak Rank

#1

37

Years Ranked

6

33

Years in Top 10

4

21 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

4 years

37

Years in Top 50

6

Mamma Mia $144.1 Million

Biggest Hit

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $424.7 Million

$2.1 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$2.5 Billion

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Career Ranking History

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Filmography Comparison

Meryl Streep

54 theatrical releases • $2.1 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2016 Florence Foster Jenkins $27.4 Million
2015 Suffragette $4.7 Million
2015 Ricki and the Flash $26.8 Million
2014 Into the Woods $128.0 Million
2014 The Giver $45.1 Million
2014 The Homesman $2.4 Million
2013 August: Osage County $37.7 Million
2012 Hope Springs $63.5 Million
2011 The Iron Lady $30.0 Million
2009 The Fantastic Mr. Fox $21.0 Million
2009 It's Complicated $112.7 Million
2009 Julie & Julia $94.1 Million
2008 Doubt $33.4 Million
2008 Mamma Mia $144.1 Million
2008 Dark Matter $30,591
2007 Lions for Lambs $15.0 Million
2007 Rendition $9.7 Million
2007 Evening $12.5 Million
2006 The Ant Bully $28.1 Million
2006 The Devil Wears Prada $124.7 Million
2006 A Prairie Home Companion $20.3 Million
2005 Prime $22.8 Million
2004 A Series of Unfortunate Events $118.6 Million
2004 The Manchurian Candidate $66.0 Million
2002 The Hours $41.7 Million
2002 Adaptation $22.5 Million
2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence $78.6 Million
1999 Music of the Heart $14.9 Million
1998 One True Thing $23.2 Million
1998 Dancing at Lughnasa $2.3 Million
1996 Marvin's Room $12.8 Million
1996 Before and After $8.8 Million
1995 The Bridges of Madison County $71.5 Million
1994 The River Wild $46.8 Million
1994 The House of the Spirits $6.3 Million
1992 Death Becomes Her $58.4 Million
1991 Defending Your Life $16.4 Million
1990 Postcards From the Edge $39.1 Million
1989 She-Devil $15.4 Million
1988 A Cry in the Dark $6.9 Million
1987 Ironweed $7.4 Million
1986 Heartburn $25.3 Million
1985 Out of Africa $87.1 Million
1985 Plenty $6.1 Million
1984 Falling in Love $11.1 Million
1983 Silkwood $35.6 Million
1982 Still of the Night $6.0 Million
1982 Sophie's Choice $30.0 Million
1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman $26.9 Million
1979 The Seduction of Joe Tynan $19.6 Million
1979 Manhattan $39.9 Million
1979 Kramer vs Kramer $106.3 Million
1978 The Deer Hunter $49.0 Million
1977 Julia $20.7 Million

Jennifer Lawrence

19 theatrical releases • $2.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2016 A Beautiful Planet $15.7 Million
2016 Passengers $100.0 Million
2016 X-Men: Apocalypse $155.4 Million
2015 Joy $56.5 Million
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 $281.7 Million
2015 Serena $176,391
2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 $337.1 Million
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past $233.9 Million
2013 American Hustle $150.1 Million
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $424.7 Million
2012 The Silver Linings Playbook $132.1 Million
2012 House at the End of the Street $31.6 Million
2012 The Hunger Games $408.0 Million
2011 X-Men: First Class $146.4 Million
2011 Like Crazy $3.4 Million
2011 The Beaver $970,816
2010 Winter's Bone $6.5 Million
2009 The Burning Plain $200,730
2008 Garden Party $21,886