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Viggo Mortensen

Johnny Depp

Head-to-Head Comparison

Viggo Mortensen

0 : 8

Johnny Depp

#15

Current Rank

#1

#7

Peak Rank

#1

26

Years Ranked

27

4

Years in Top 10

8

2 years

Longest Top 10 Streak

8 years

26

Years in Top 50

27

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $377.0 Million

Biggest Hit

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

$1.7 Billion

Career Domestic Box Office

$3.1 Billion

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Career Ranking History

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Filmography Comparison

Viggo Mortensen

31 theatrical releases • $1.7 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
2011 A Dangerous Method $5.7 Million
2009 The Road $8.1 Million
2008 Good $27,276
2008 Appaloosa $20.2 Million
2007 Eastern Promises $17.3 Million
2005 A History of Violence $31.5 Million
2004 Hidalgo $67.3 Million
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $377.0 Million
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $339.8 Million
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $313.4 Million
2000 28 Days $37.2 Million
1999 A Walk on the Moon $4.8 Million
1998 Psycho $21.5 Million
1998 A Perfect Murder $67.6 Million
1997 G.I. Jane $48.2 Million
1997 Albino Alligator $339,379
1996 Daylight $33.0 Million
1996 The Portrait of a Lady $3.7 Million
1995 Crimson Tide $91.4 Million
1995 The Prophecy $16.1 Million
1994 Floundering $20,031
1993 Carlito's Way $36.9 Million
1993 Boiling Point $10.1 Million
1993 Deception $608,866
1991 The Indian Runner $191,125
1991 The Reflecting Skin $17,042
1990 Young Guns II $44.1 Million
1990 Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III $5.8 Million
1988 Fresh Horses $6.6 Million
1988 Prison $345,704
1985 Witness $68.7 Million

Johnny Depp

42 theatrical releases • $3.1 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office
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