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Robert Downey Jr.

Johnny Depp

Head-to-Head Comparison

Robert Downey Jr.

2 : 6

Johnny Depp

#44

Current Rank

#1

#22

Peak Rank

#1

25

Years Ranked

24

0

Years in Top 10

5

0 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

5 years

25

Years in Top 50

24

Iron Man $318.6 Million

Biggest Hit

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

$1.3 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$2.2 Billion

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Career Ranking History

Robert Downey Jr. Johnny Depp

Filmography Comparison

Robert Downey Jr.

48 theatrical releases • $1.3 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2008 Tropic Thunder $110.5 Million
2008 The Incredible Hulk $134.8 Million
2008 Iron Man $318.6 Million
2008 Charlie Bartlett $4.0 Million
2007 Lucky You $5.8 Million
2007 Zodiac $33.1 Million
2006 Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus $223,202
2006 A Scanner Darkly $5.5 Million
2006 The Shaggy Dog $61.1 Million
2006 A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints $517,809
2006 Game 6 $129,664
2005 Good Night and Good Luck. $31.6 Million
2005 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang $4.2 Million
2005 Eros $188,392
2003 Gothika $59.7 Million
2003 The Singing Detective $337,174
2000 Wonder Boys $19.4 Million
2000 Black and White $5.3 Million
1999 Bowfinger $66.4 Million
1999 Friends & Lovers $33,543
1999 In Dreams $12.0 Million
1998 U.S. Marshals $57.2 Million
1998 The Gingerbread Man $1.7 Million
1998 Two Girls and a Guy $2.1 Million
1997 One Night Stand $2.6 Million
1997 Hugo Pool $13,330
1995 Restoration $4.0 Million
1995 Home for the Holidays $17.5 Million
1995 Richard III $2.7 Million
1994 Only You $20.1 Million
1994 Natural Born Killers $50.3 Million
1993 Short Cuts $6.1 Million
1993 Heart and Souls $16.6 Million
1992 Chaplin $9.5 Million
1991 Soapdish $36.5 Million
1990 Air America $31.1 Million
1989 Chances Are $16.3 Million
1989 True Believer $8.7 Million
1988 1969 $6.0 Million
1988 Johnny Be Good $17.6 Million
1987 Less Than Zero $12.4 Million
1987 The Pick-up Artist $13.3 Million
1986 Back to School $91.3 Million
1985 Weird Science $23.8 Million
1985 Girls Just Want to Have Fun $6.3 Million
1985 Tuff Turf $9.4 Million
1984 Firstborn $6.3 Million
1983 Baby It's You $1.9 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