2 4
Age 49

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 47

#9

Rank

#1

#1

Peak Rank

#1

19

Years Ranked

19

19

Years in Top 10

10

4.3

Average Rank

10.3

26

Theatrical Releases

34

Kramer vs Kramer $106.3 Million

Biggest Hit

Mrs. Doubtfire $219.2 Million

$778.9 Million

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.0 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Meryl Streep Robin Williams

Meryl Streep

26 theatrical releases • $778.9 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
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

Robin Williams

34 theatrical releases • $2.0 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1998 What Dreams May Come $55.4 Million
1998 Patch Adams $135.0 Million
1997 Good Will Hunting $138.4 Million
1997 Flubber $93.0 Million
1997 Fathers' Day $28.6 Million
Career Comparison Summary AI-generated historical comparison. Click to expand.

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

By the 1998 season, the comparison is less about a single breakout moment and more about the shape of each actor's accumulated Hollywood results. Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Robin Williams the larger theatrical footprint.

The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Robin Williams's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. From a historical perspective, the matchup leans toward Robin Williams and remains tied to the selected ranking season.