# Same actor has #1 and #2 boxoffice movies in same week - ever happened before? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-actor-has-1-and-2-boxoffice-movies-in-same-week-ever-happened-before/577960 "2011-04-11T15:03:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-actor-has-1-and-2-boxoffice-movies-in-same-week-ever-happened-before/577960/1 "2011-04-11T15:03:04Z")
Russell Brand has the #1 and #2 U.S. boxoffice money maker on the same week with Hop and Arthur. Has this ever happened before? How about in non-U.S. box office receipts? ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-actor-has-1-and-2-boxoffice-movies-in-same-week-ever-happened-before/577960/2 "2011-04-11T16:03:43Z")
I didn’t find a reference for the whole week, but for the weekend of 10DEC99 - 12DEC99, Tom Hanks with _Toy Story 2_ and _The Green Mile_. > **[Domestic 1999 Weekend 50 - Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1999W50/)** For the weekends of 24DEC10 - 26DEC10 and 31DEC10 - 02JAN11, if it weren’t for _Little Fockers_, Jeff Bridges for _True Grit_ and _Tron Legacy_. > **[Domestic 2010 Weekend 52 - Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2010W52/)** > **[Domestic 2010 Weekend 53 - Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2010W53/)** ---
**Author:** ![Lightsaber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Lightsaber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightsaber)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-actor-has-1-and-2-boxoffice-movies-in-same-week-ever-happened-before/577960/3 "2011-04-11T16:10:52Z")
Michael J. Fox with Back to the Future & Teen Wolf. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-actor-has-1-and-2-boxoffice-movies-in-same-week-ever-happened-before/577960/4 "2011-04-11T16:17:12Z")
Yup, that works for several weekends in 1985. > **[Domestic 1985 Weekend 34 - Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1985W34/)** [http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=1985&wknd=35a&p=.htm](http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=1985&wknd=35a&p=.htm) > **[Domestic 1985 Weekend 36 - Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1985W36/)** > **[Domestic 1985 Weekend 37 - Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1985W37/)** ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-actor-has-1-and-2-boxoffice-movies-in-same-week-ever-happened-before/577960/5 "2011-04-11T18:11:25Z")
An obscure one: Christopher Mintz-Plasse. On the week of April 16-22, 2010, _Kick-Ass_ and _How to Train Your Dragon_ were #1 and #2. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-actor-has-1-and-2-boxoffice-movies-in-same-week-ever-happened-before/577960/6 "2011-04-11T22:14:37Z")
IIRC, I remember seeing an article about how Leonardo DiCaprio had finally knocked _Titanic_ out of the #1 spot with _The Man in the Iron Mask_. Based on when they were released, this would have been in the spring of 1998. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-actor-has-1-and-2-boxoffice-movies-in-same-week-ever-happened-before/577960/7 "2011-04-11T22:53:27Z")
> [@GilaB](#): > > IIRC, I remember seeing an article about how Leonardo DiCaprio had finally knocked _Titanic_ out of the #1 spot with _The Man in the Iron Mask_. Based on when they were released, this would have been in the spring of 1998. Not quite. The movie that knocked _Titanic_ out of the top spot was, of all forgettable movies, _Lost in Space_. However, you are right about DiCaprio. _Titanic_ and _The Man in the Iron Mask_ were #1 and #2 on the week of March 13-19, 1998.