HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON
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#1
#4
#1
21
16
4
5
46.4
41.4
30
28
Suicide Squad $325.1 Million
Avengers: Endgame $858.4 Million
$1.7 Billion
Box Office
$4.7 Billion
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CAREER RANKING HISTORY
FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON
Viola Davis
36 theatrical releases • $2.0 Billion Domestic
| Year | Movie | Domestic Box Office Domestic BO |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | $166.4 Million |
| 2023 | Air | $52.5 Million |
| 2022 | The Woman King | $67.3 Million |
| 2022 | Black Adam | $168.2 Million |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad | $55.8 Million |
Benedict Cumberbatch
31 theatrical releases • $5.4 Billion Domestic
| Year | Movie | Domestic Box Office Domestic BO |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | $411.3 Million |
| 2021 | The Mauritanian | $836,536 |
| 2021 | The Courier | $6.6 Million |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | $804.8 Million |
| 2019 | The Current War | $6.0 Million |
Career Comparison Summary AI-generated historical comparison. Click to expand.
Note: Films released during the selected year influence the following year's rankings.
As of the selected ranking year, Viola Davis and Benedict Cumberbatch form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. The category score gives Benedict Cumberbatch the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.
Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Benedict Cumberbatch the larger theatrical footprint. Based on the available ranking data, the balance leans toward Benedict Cumberbatch without turning the result into a subjective judgment of acting quality.