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Tom Cruise

Johnny Depp

Head-to-Head Comparison

Tom Cruise

5 : 3

Johnny Depp

#8

Current Rank

#1

#2

Peak Rank

#1

31

Years Ranked

28

24

Years in Top 10

9

23 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

9 years

31

Years in Top 50

28

War of the Worlds $234.3 Million

Biggest Hit

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

$3.6 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$3.4 Billion

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Career Ranking History

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Filmography Comparison

Tom Cruise

37 theatrical releases • $3.6 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2012 Jack Reacher $80.1 Million
2012 Rock of Ages $38.5 Million
2011 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol $209.4 Million
2010 Knight and Day $76.4 Million
2008 Valkyrie $83.1 Million
2008 Tropic Thunder $110.5 Million
2007 Lions for Lambs $15.0 Million
2006 Mission: Impossible III $134.0 Million
2005 War of the Worlds $234.3 Million
2004 Collateral $101.0 Million
2003 The Last Samurai $111.1 Million
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember $213.3 Million
2002 Minority Report $132.1 Million
2001 Vanilla Sky $100.6 Million
2000 Mission: Impossible II $215.4 Million
1999 Magnolia $22.5 Million
1999 Eyes Wide Shut $55.7 Million
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

Johnny Depp

44 theatrical releases • $3.4 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2012 Dark Shadows $79.7 Million
2012 21 Jump Street $138.4 Million
2011 Jack and Jill $74.2 Million
2011 The Rum Diary $13.1 Million
2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides $241.1 Million
2011 Rango $123.5 Million
2010 The Tourist $67.6 Million
2010 Alice in Wonderland $334.2 Million
2009 Public Enemies $97.1 Million
2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus $7.7 Million
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