HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON
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22
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Forrest Gump $329.7 Million
The Silence of the Lambs $130.7 Million
$1.6 Billion
Box Office
$474.8 Million
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CAREER RANKING HISTORY
FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON
Tom Hanks
22 theatrical releases • $1.6 Billion Domestic
| Year | Movie | Domestic Box Office Domestic BO |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Toy Story | $191.8 Million |
| 1995 | Apollo 13 | $172.1 Million |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump | $329.7 Million |
| 1993 | Sleepless in Seattle | $126.7 Million |
| 1993 | Philadelphia | $77.4 Million |
Jodie Foster
19 theatrical releases • $474.8 Million Domestic
| Year | Movie | Domestic Box Office Domestic BO |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Nell | $33.7 Million |
| 1994 | Maverick | $101.6 Million |
| 1993 | Sommersby | $50.1 Million |
| 1992 | Shadows and Fog | $2.7 Million |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | $130.7 Million |
Career Comparison Summary AI-generated historical comparison. Click to expand.
Note: Films released during the selected year influence the following year's rankings.
The 1995 comparison presents Tom Hanks and Jodie Foster through the ranking data available at that point in time. Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Tom Hanks the larger theatrical footprint.
The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Tom Hanks's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark. Overall, the head-to-head score leans stays evenly split, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.