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Tom Cruise

Tom Hanks

Head-to-Head Comparison

Tom Cruise

3 : 5

Tom Hanks

#2

Current Rank

#1

#2

Peak Rank

#1

16

Years Ranked

17

11

Years in Top 10

7

11 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

4 years

16

Years in Top 50

17

Mission: Impossible $181.0 Million

Biggest Hit

Forrest Gump $329.7 Million

$1.7 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$1.6 Billion

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Career Ranking History

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Filmography Comparison

Tom Cruise

20 theatrical releases • $1.7 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
1996 Jerry Maguire $154.0 Million
1996 Mission: Impossible $181.0 Million
1994 Interview with the Vampire $105.3 Million
1993 The Firm $158.3 Million
1992 A Few Good Men $141.3 Million
1992 Far and Away $58.9 Million
1990 Days of Thunder $82.7 Million
1989 Born on the Fourth of July $70.0 Million
1988 Rain Man $172.8 Million
1988 Young Guns $45.7 Million
1988 Cocktail $78.2 Million
1986 The Color of Money $52.3 Million
1986 Top Gun $176.8 Million
1986 Legend $15.5 Million
1983 All the Right Moves $17.2 Million
1983 Risky Business $63.5 Million
1983 The Outsiders $25.7 Million
1983 Losin' It $1.2 Million
1981 Taps $35.9 Million
1981 Endless Love $31.2 Million

Tom Hanks

23 theatrical releases • $1.6 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
1996 That Thing You Do! $25.9 Million
1995 Toy Story $191.8 Million
1995 Apollo 13 $172.1 Million
1994 Forrest Gump $329.7 Million
1993 Philadelphia $77.4 Million
1993 Sleepless in Seattle $126.7 Million
1992 A League of Their Own $107.5 Million
1992 Radio Flyer $4.7 Million
1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities $15.7 Million
1990 Joe Versus the Volcano $39.4 Million
1989 Turner & Hooch $71.1 Million
1989 The 'Burbs $36.6 Million
1988 Punchline $21.0 Million
1988 Big $115.0 Million
1987 Dragnet $57.4 Million
1986 Every Time We Say Goodbye $278,623
1986 Nothing in Common $32.3 Million
1986 The Money Pit $37.5 Million
1985 Volunteers $19.9 Million
1985 The Man with One Red Shoe $8.6 Million
1984 Bachelor Party $38.4 Million
1984 Splash $69.8 Million
1980 He Knows You're Alone $4.9 Million