If you hear the term 1980s action heroes…three names probably pop into your head right. They certainly do for me….Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis have been appearing in action movies for the last 4 decades. They have caused some serious property damage and have a combined 1956 on screen kills (read on to see who has the most and the least). That is a lot of fighting, shooting, killing and testosterone flying around. We felt it would be fun to look at their entire careers and see who has the statistical edge. So…we looked at all of their movies and put them in this massive table. Below the table is our breakdown of their stats in 6 different categories. I know this proves nothing…but it is cool to see their movies listed together.
Stallone Movies vs Arnold Movies vs Bruce Movies Ranked in 6 Different Categories
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort movies by who starred in the movie
- Sort movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Joan movie won.
- Sort movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Use the search and sort button to make this page very interactive.
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Rank Movie (Year) UMR Star Link Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) Critic Audience Rating Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score Rocky (1976) Sylvester Stallone $478.20 $905.20 79.33% 10 / 03 84.84 Pulp Fiction (1994) Bruce Willis $223.00 $442.60 93.00% 07 / 01 80.99 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Arnold Schwarzenegger $410.20 $1041.10 90.33% 06 / 04 78.26 Sixth Sense, The (1999) Bruce Willis $489.00 $1121.10 85.50% 06 / 00 75.83 Die Hard (1988) Bruce Willis $170.30 $289.20 88.50% 04 / 00 69.07 Total Recall (1990) Arnold Schwarzenegger $237.90 $520.10 77.50% 02 / 00 68.22 Antz (1998) Voice Role Sylvester Stallone $163.10 $309.30 86.00% 00 / 00 65.88 Predator (1987) Arnold Schwarzenegger $163.60 $247.00 84.67% 01 / 00 65.73 True Lies (1994) Arnold Schwarzenegger $302.20 $783.10 71.00% 01 / 00 64.77 Rocky II (1979) Sylvester Stallone $286.10 $671.90 71.33% 00 / 00 64.53 Over the Hedge (2006) Voice Role Bruce Willis $198.60 $430.70 72.00% 00 / 00 64.13 Terminator, The (1984) Arnold Schwarzenegger $133.30 $233.50 90.50% 00 / 00 63.54 Creed (2015) Sylvester Stallone $109.80 $173.80 84.50% 01 / 00 62.66 Die Hard 2 (1990) Bruce Willis $234.20 $478.90 67.00% 00 / 00 62.49 Live Free or Die Hard (2007) Bruce Willis $164.80 $470.40 78.50% 00 / 00 62.11 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) Arnold Schwarzenegger $210.20 $605.30 63.33% 00 / 00 60.77 Rocky III (1982) Sylvester Stallone $356.00 $771.30 61.33% 01 / 00 60.23 Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) Bruce Willis $193.80 $709.80 62.00% 00 / 00 59.21 First Blood (1982) Sylvester Stallone $135.40 $359.10 80.50% 00 / 00 59.15 Twelve Monkeys (1995) Bruce Willis $110.70 $327.70 83.50% 02 / 00 57.64 Look Who's Talking (1989) Voice Role Bruce Willis $297.50 $630.60 56.00% 00 / 00 57.32 Cliffhanger (1993) Sylvester Stallone $171.10 $519.30 62.50% 03 / 00 57.24 Unbreakable (2000) Bruce Willis $148.60 $387.80 70.50% 00 / 00 55.93 Rocky IV (1985) Sylvester Stallone $303.70 $713.20 52.00% 00 / 00 55.44 Armageddon (1998) Bruce Willis $362.30 $995.60 48.00% 04 / 00 55.16 Kindergarten Cop (1990) Arnold Schwarzenegger $182.30 $402.10 55.00% 00 / 00 53.70 Fifth Element (1997) Bruce Willis $117.20 $484.70 73.50% 01 / 00 53.52 Sin City (2005) Bruce Willis $97.60 $209.10 80.50% 00 / 00 53.48 Nobody's Fool (1994) Bruce Willis $81.60 $136.60 84.33% 02 / 00 52.88 Looper (2012) Bruce Willis $70.40 $187.10 88.50% 00 / 00 52.66 Twins (1988) Arnold Schwarzenegger $229.60 $444.30 46.00% 00 / 00 52.62 Eraser (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger $193.20 $461.90 46.50% 01 / 00 52.24 Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) Sylvester Stallone $357.20 $714.00 44.00% 01 / 00 52.08 Conan the Barbarian (1982) Arnold Schwarzenegger $113.40 $198.10 72.00% 00 / 00 51.85 Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Bruce Willis $48.20 $72.50 88.75% 01 / 00 50.10 Red (2010) Bruce Willis $96.60 $213.20 71.50% 00 / 00 49.21 Rocky Balboa (2006) Sylvester Stallone $90.00 $199.80 74.50% 00 / 00 48.85 Expendables 2, The (2012) Sly, Bruce & Arnold $90.00 $318.70 73.00% 00 / 00 48.81 Demolition Man (1993) Sylvester Stallone $118.20 $323.70 63.00% 00 / 00 48.34 Cop Land (1997) Sylvester Stallone $82.60 $82.60 70.00% 00 / 00 46.26 Death Becomes Her (1992) Bruce Willis $118.70 $302.70 55.33% 01 / 01 45.81 Commando (1985) Arnold Schwarzenegger $83.40 $136.60 66.00% 00 / 00 44.53 Spy Kids 3D: Game Over (2003) Sylvester Stallone $156.20 $274.90 42.50% 00 / 00 44.40 Last Boy Scout (1991) Bruce Willis $119.20 $261.40 55.00% 00 / 00 44.23 Running Man, The (1987) Arnold Schwarzenegger $82.20 $82.20 63.50% 00 / 00 43.17 Death Race 2000 (1975) Sylvester Stallone $65.40 $71.70 69.33% 00 / 00 42.73 G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) Bruce Willis $127.00 $389.50 48.00% 00 / 00 42.61 Kid, The (2000) Bruce Willis $109.00 $171.90 54.00% 00 / 00 41.98 Batman and Robin (1997) Arnold Schwarzenegger $197.10 $437.60 24.00% 00 / 00 41.84 Expendables, The (2010) Sly, Bruce & Arnold $110.10 $293.30 50.00% 00 / 00 41.01 Grindhouse (2007) Bruce Willis $31.10 $31.10 76.50% 00 / 00 40.81 Whole Nine Yards, The (2000) Bruce Willis $89.60 $166.10 56.00% 00 / 00 40.76 Bandits (2001) Bruce Willis $62.00 $101.20 65.00% 00 / 00 40.35 Nighthawks (1981) Sylvester Stallone $45.20 $45.20 69.67% 00 / 00 39.75 Red 2 (2013) Bruce Willis $55.20 $132.30 65.00% 00 / 00 39.03 Tango & Cash (1989) Sylvester Stallone $134.60 $253.80 39.00% 00 / 00 39.02 Last Action Hero (1993) Arnold Schwarzenegger $101.80 $279.90 48.50% 00 / 00 38.57 Farewell, My Lovely (1975) Sylvester Stallone $24.90 $24.90 73.33% 00 / 00 38.33 F.I.S.T. (1978) Sylvester Stallone $73.50 $73.50 57.00% 00 / 00 38.18 Red Heat (1988) Arnold Schwarzenegger $71.80 $71.80 55.00% 00 / 00 37.62 Lords of Flatbush, The (1974) Sylvester Stallone $42.30 $42.30 65.33% 00 / 00 37.27 Rambo III (1988) Sylvester Stallone $110.20 $387.70 43.00% 00 / 00 37.24 Siege, The (1998) Bruce Willis $73.70 $209.00 53.00% 00 / 00 36.47 Staying Alive (1983) Sylvester Stallone $173.70 $341.50 20.00% 00 / 00 36.45 Pumping Iron (1977) Arnold Schwarzenegger $7.70 $7.70 75.00% 00 / 00 36.44 Victory (1981) Sylvester Stallone $32.90 $32.90 66.33% 00 / 00 36.28 16 Blocks (2006) Bruce Willis $47.30 $84.30 61.00% 00 / 00 36.27 Terminator Genisys (2015) Arnold Schwarzenegger $89.80 $440.10 47.00% 00 / 00 35.89 Villian, The (1979) Arnold Schwarzenegger $87.80 $87.80 46.00% 00 / 00 35.23 Lucky Number Slevin (2006) Bruce Willis $28.80 $71.70 64.50% 00 / 00 34.84 Stay Hungry (1976) Arnold Schwarzenegger $11.40 $11.40 70.00% 00 / 00 34.67 In Country (1989) Bruce Willis $7.50 $11.00 67.00% 00 / 00 34.00 Mortal Thoughts (1991) Bruce Willis $37.60 $62.30 59.00% 00 / 00 33.87 Rambo (2008) Sylvester Stallone $50.20 $133.20 54.50% 00 / 00 33.65 Jackal, The (1997) Bruce Willis $100.90 $292.60 36.00% 00 / 00 33.06 Last Stand, The (2013) Arnold Schwarzenegger $12.50 $38.70 66.00% 00 / 00 33.01 Jingle All the Way (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger $115.60 $247.90 32.50% 00 / 00 32.86 Harts War (2002) Bruce Willis $27.70 $47.20 60.50% 00 / 00 32.73 Tears of the Sun (2003) Bruce Willis $61.10 $121.40 49.00% 00 / 00 32.69 Escape Plan (2013) Syl & Arnold $26.10 $142.40 60.50% 00 / 00 32.56 End of Days (1999) Arnold Schwarzenegger $111.40 $353.20 33.00% 00 / 00 32.55 Alpha Dog (2006) Bruce Willis $19.60 $41.30 62.00% 00 / 00 32.25 Good Day To Die Hard, A (2013) Bruce Willis $69.80 $315.30 42.50% 00 / 00 31.44 Conan the Destroyer (1984) Arnold Schwarzenegger $77.90 $250.40 41.50% 00 / 00 31.43 6th Day, The (2000) Arnold Schwarzenegger $54.10 $150.10 49.00% 00 / 00 31.40 Specialist, The (1994) Sylvester Stallone $118.50 $352.40 26.50% 00 / 00 31.23 Junior (1994) Arnold Schwarzenegger $76.00 $224.30 38.50% 00 / 00 31.00 Surrogates, The (2009) Bruce Willis $43.40 $137.40 51.00% 00 / 00 30.98 Blind Date (1987) Bruce Willis $84.80 $139.90 36.50% 00 / 00 30.87 Cobra (1986) Sylvester Stallone $111.40 $363.40 28.00% 00 / 00 30.87 Hostage (2005) Bruce Willis $45.60 $102.80 50.50% 00 / 00 30.83 Shade (2004) Sylvester Stallone $0.01 $0.01 65.00% 00 / 00 30.56 Billy Bathgate (1991) Bruce Willis $31.20 $55.60 54.00% 00 / 00 30.31 Astronaut Farmer, The (2007) Bruce Willis $13.50 $13.50 59.50% 00 / 00 30.05 Rocky V (1990) Sylvester Stallone $81.60 $239.40 34.50% 00 / 00 28.96 Last Man Standing (1996) Bruce Willis $34.60 $90.20 49.00% 00 / 00 28.72 Expendables 3, The (2014) Syl & Arnold $40.60 $210.80 47.50% 00 / 00 28.66 Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014) Bruce Willis $14.30 $14.30 56.00% 00 / 00 28.57 Bullet to the Head (2013) Sylvester Stallone $9.80 $10.10 57.00% 00 / 00 28.43 Daylight (1996) Sylvester Stallone $63.00 $303.50 38.00% 01 / 00 28.21 Look Who's Talking Too (1990) Voice Role Bruce Willis $95.20 $166.10 28.00% 00 / 00 27.94 Maggie (2015) Arnold Schwarzenegger $0.20 $0.20 58.00% 00 / 00 27.32 Story of Us, The (1999) Bruce Willis $45.10 $98.60 42.50% 00 / 00 27.06 Mercury Rising (1998) Bruce Willis $59.20 $166.90 37.50% 00 / 00 26.83 Grudge Match (2013) Sylvester Stallone $30.90 $47.20 46.00% 00 / 00 26.36 What Just Happened (2008) Bruce Willis $1.30 $8.40 55.50% 00 / 00 26.32 Collateral Damage (2002) Arnold Schwarzenegger $58.30 $113.80 35.00% 00 / 00 26.19 Judge Dredd (1995) Sylvester Stallone $67.20 $220.00 32.50% 00 / 00 25.55 Cop Out (2010) Bruce Willis $47.90 $59.90 38.00% 00 / 00 25.54 Lock Up (1989) Sylvester Stallone $46.90 $46.90 39.00% 00 / 00 25.53 Assassins (1995) Sylvester Stallone $58.70 $58.70 34.50% 00 / 00 25.52 Striking Distance (1993) Bruce Willis $49.10 $112.10 35.50% 00 / 00 25.04 Over the Top (1987) Sylvester Stallone $34.60 $34.60 41.50% 00 / 00 24.94 Color of Night (1994) Bruce Willis $40.80 $70.00 39.50% 00 / 00 24.93 Oscar (1991) Sylvester Stallone $47.20 $47.20 35.50% 00 / 00 24.76 Paradise Alley (1978) Sylvester Stallone $26.10 $26.10 44.00% 00 / 00 24.69 Zookeeper (2011) Sylvester Stallone $85.40 $180.40 24.50% 00 / 00 24.65 Raw Deal (1986) Arnold Schwarzenegger $37.10 $37.10 37.50% 00 / 00 23.64 Sabotage (2014) Arnold Schwarzenegger $10.80 $18.60 45.50% 00 / 00 23.14 Hudson Hawk (1991) Bruce Willis $34.50 $67.50 37.00% 00 / 00 22.90 Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) Bruce Willis $31.30 $55.60 37.50% 00 / 00 22.44 Driven (2001) Sylvester Stallone $48.80 $81.80 28.00% 00 / 00 21.48 Perfect Strangers (2007) Bruce Willis $29.40 $89.40 33.00% 00 / 00 20.17 Ratchet & Clank (2016) Voice Role Sylvester Stallone $8.80 $8.80 39.00% 00 / 00 19.79 Four Rooms (1995) Bruce Willis $8.40 $8.40 39.00% 00 / 00 19.64 Sunset (1988) Bruce Willis $9.40 $11.00 36.50% 00 / 00 18.73 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot! (1992) Sylvester Stallone $57.70 $143.30 19.50% 00 / 00 18.31 Rhinestone (1984) Sylvester Stallone $54.00 $54.00 21.00% 00 / 00 18.19 Get Carter (2000) Sylvester Stallone $23.40 $30.30 30.33% 00 / 00 18.10 Red Sonja (1985) Arnold Schwarzenegger $16.90 $16.90 32.50% 00 / 00 17.86 Capone (1975) Sylvester Stallone $8.40 $8.40 32.67% 00 / 00 16.62 Cold Light of Day, The (2012) Bruce Willis $4.00 $17.70 33.50% 00 / 00 16.42 Whole Ten Yards, The (2004) Bruce Willis $22.20 $35.40 27.50% 00 / 00 16.37 Breakfast of Champions (1999) Bruce Willis $0.30 $0.30 34.00% 00 / 00 16.04 Lay the Favorite (2012) Bruce Willis $0.20 $0.20 33.50% 00 / 00 15.79 North (1994) Bruce Willis $14.80 $22.80 28.50% 00 / 00 15.74 Eye See You (a.k.a. D-TOX) (2002) Sylvester Stallone $0.10 $9.30 32.50% 00 / 00 15.31 Rock The Kasbah (2015) Bruce Willis $2.80 $2.80 30.00% 00 / 00 14.60 Extraction (2015) Bruce Willis $0.01 $0.01 28.00% 00 / 00 13.16 Hercules Goes To New York (1970) Arnold Schwarzenegger $6.20 $6.20 24.00% 00 / 00 12.24 
Observations of the previous massive table:
Most $100 million adjusted box office hits: Gold Medal: Bruce (18 movies), Silver Medal: Stallone (17 movies) Bronze Medal: Arnold (15 movies)
Best Average Domestic Box Office Average: Gold Medal: Arnold ($107.20 million), Silver Medal: Stallone ($100.20 million) Bronze Medal: Bruce ($83.11 million)
Most Adjusted Half A Billion or More Worldwide Hits: Gold Medal: Stallone (6 movies), Silver Medal: Arnold & Bruce (4 movies)
Most 60% or higher Critic/Audience Rating: Gold Medal: Bruce (24 movies), Silver Medal: Stallone (18 movies) Bronze Medal: Arnold (14 movies)
Average Critical/Audience Rating Per Movie: Gold Medal: Bruce (56.60%), Silver Medal: Arnold (55.60% million) Bronze Medal: Stallone (51.70%)
Most Movies With At Least One Oscar® Nomination: Gold Medal: Tie….Bruce has 9 movies…Sly has 6…but Sly’s Rocky won the Best Picture Oscar® Bronze Medal: Arnold (5 movies).
On Screen Death Totals*: Gold Medal: Arnold (829 Kills) Silver Medal: Stallone (786 Kills) Bronze Medal: Bruce (341 Kills) Ok…that was not on the table..but it is a fun stat anyway.
*Luckily there is a website that keeps track of on screen death totals.
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What an awesome compilation of action! Mr. Willis is my favorite by far.
Seen: 93/140 or 66%
Favorite Top 10: Pulp Fiction
UMR Snub (Too High/Too Low): Tears of the Sun…I have grown to love this movie over time.
Guilty Pleasure: Lucky Number Slevin
Another Great Page!
Hey BryRog57….thanks for checking out this matchup page. I am sure I made you watch many of these movies…especially the Willis ones. 93….is impressive….I will be even more impressed when you reach triple digits…lol. Mmmm….glad you like Tears of the Sun….I think we took you to see that one in theaters….and Scotty fell asleep. I have watched once since then….and it is fair to say I am not as much as fan as you. But…we agree 100% on Lucky Number Slevin….that is a Willis movie I re-watch regularly. Thanks for the feedback.
A fun page Bruce and as an action movie fan I will admit to seeing 117 of the 140 films listed though some of these aren’t action movies. Lots of favorites here, too many to list. I’ve watched the top 28 on the UMR chart up to Nobody’s Fool which I haven’t seen.
Stallone, Schwarzenegger and Willis are probably the most iconic action stars of the past 35 or so years, you can add Mel Gibson to that list especially as Martin Riggs in the Lethal Weapon series.
I liked Mad Mel’s Hacksaw Ridge and wouldn’t mind seeing that win Best Picture but it was just too violent for the Oscar voters.
Mel won his Oscar for Braveheart and Stallone came very close to winning Best Actor and Screenplay for Rocky and that film did win Best Picture. Arnold and Bruce have not come close to any Oscar love, so far.
Another explosive page Bruce. Vote Up!
p.s The Oscars 2017 are on in 90 mins here in the UK, live on Sky. 1,30am!!
Hey Steve….after having some good success with my Joan Crawford vs “other classic actresses” pages…figured it was time to do a new page…at one point it was going to be John Wayne vs James Stewart westerns….but the Duke has so many more westerns than Stewart in did not seem like a fair fight.
Nobody’s Fool…has Newman and Willis….it is a fun movie. Wow…117….I should be close to that tally…let me count…I am at 132….my first miss is #58 F.I.S.T….I can picture the DVD cover…but I have never seen that one.
Mel would be a good fit here…as well as Chuck Norris…and anybody else in The Expendables…lol.
Thanks for the votes and thanks for the correspondence during the Oscar show….a fun and memorable night.
There are some great movies here. What an impressive top 10. Sorry I know you like Willis but I give S.S. the edge. I think the fact that Willis has so many moves at the bottom ruins his claim.
Hey SteinHOF….ok I still like you…even though you are so wrong in your comment….Stallone is ok…and Arnold is fun….but Bruce is the man….maybe you should turn on another light….so you can see better…lol. Seriously…thanks for checking out this page…..it is fun seeing all of these movies together.
Bruce has all of these movies on the bottom…in an effort to make Arnie and Sly feerl better….lol.
Cool to see everything all together! So who is the winner?
Hey Katie….in my mind….the statistics favor Bruce…but I am biased…as he is one of my favorites.