2 3
Age 43

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 47

#10

Rank

#1

#1

Peak Rank

#1

13

Years Ranked

19

10

Years in Top 10

10

7.2

Average Rank

10.3

34

Theatrical Releases

34

The Lion King $312.9 Million

Biggest Hit

Mrs. Doubtfire $219.2 Million

$1.5 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$2.0 Billion

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Whoopi Goldberg Robin Williams

Whoopi Goldberg

34 theatrical releases • $1.5 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1998 The Rugrats Movie $100.5 Million
1998 How Stella Got Her Groove Back $37.7 Million
1998 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn $45,779
1997 In & Out $63.9 Million
1996 The Associate $12.8 Million

Robin Williams

34 theatrical releases • $2.0 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1998 What Dreams May Come $55.4 Million
1998 Patch Adams $135.0 Million
1997 Good Will Hunting $138.4 Million
1997 Flubber $93.0 Million
1997 Fathers' Day $28.6 Million
Career Comparison Summary AI-generated historical comparison. Click to expand.

Note: Films released during the selected year influence the following year's rankings.

Looking at the Hollywood Rankings in 1998, this matchup highlights how differently two careers can score within the same historical snapshot. The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Whoopi Goldberg's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Robin Williams the larger theatrical footprint. From a historical perspective, the matchup leans toward Robin Williams and remains tied to the selected ranking season.