1 7
Age 53

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 46

#30

Rank

#1

#5

Peak Rank

#1

23

Years Ranked

22

9

Years in Top 10

12

26.7

Average Rank

11.5

23

Theatrical Releases

30

JFK $70.4 Million

Biggest Hit

Forrest Gump $329.7 Million

$344.2 Million

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.8 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Sissy Spacek Tom Hanks

Sissy Spacek

23 theatrical releases • $344.2 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2002 Tuck Everlasting $19.2 Million
2001 In the Bedroom $35.9 Million
1999 The Straight Story $6.2 Million
1999 Blast from the Past $26.5 Million
1998 Affliction $6.3 Million

Tom Hanks

30 theatrical releases • $2.8 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2002 Road to Perdition $104.5 Million
2002 Catch Me If You Can $164.6 Million
2000 Cast Away $233.6 Million
1999 Toy Story 2 $245.9 Million
1999 The Gren Mile $136.8 Million
Career Comparison Summary AI-generated historical comparison. Click to expand.

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

As of the selected ranking year, Sissy Spacek and Tom Hanks form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. Selected-year rank is the clearest ranking-side separator, with Tom Hanks holding the stronger position in this snapshot.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Tom Hanks the larger theatrical footprint. Overall, the head-to-head score leans leans toward Tom Hanks, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.