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Tom Hanks

Jim Carrey

Head-to-Head Comparison

Tom Hanks

8 : 0

Jim Carrey

#1

Current Rank

#2

#1

Peak Rank

#2

21

Years Ranked

17

11

Years in Top 10

4

8 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

4 years

21

Years in Top 50

17

Forrest Gump $329.7 Million

Biggest Hit

How the Grinch Stole Christmas $261.2 Million

$2.6 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$1.5 Billion

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Career Ranking History

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Filmography Comparison

Tom Hanks

28 theatrical releases • $2.6 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2000 Cast Away $233.6 Million
1999 The Gren Mile $136.8 Million
1999 Toy Story 2 $245.9 Million
1998 You've Got Mail $115.8 Million
1998 Saving Private Ryan $216.5 Million
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

Jim Carrey

20 theatrical releases • $1.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2001 The Majestic $27.8 Million
2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas $261.2 Million
2000 Me Myself & Irene $90.6 Million
1999 Man on the Moon $34.6 Million
1998 Simon Birch $18.3 Million
1998 The Truman Show $125.6 Million
1997 Liar Liar $181.4 Million
1996 The Cable Guy $60.2 Million
1995 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls $108.4 Million
1995 Batman Forever $184.0 Million
1994 Dumb and Dumber $127.2 Million
1994 The Mask $119.9 Million
1994 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective $72.2 Million
1992 High Strung $904
1989 Pink Cadillac $12.1 Million
1989 Earth Girls Are Easy $3.9 Million
1988 The Dead Pool $37.9 Million
1986 Peggy Sue Got Married $41.4 Million
1985 Once Bitten $10.0 Million
1984 Finders Keepers $1.5 Million