Jolie Versus Pitt: Who is the bigger movie star?

After 12 years together, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are calling it quits. Fans are mourning the separation of their favorite celebrity couple, Brangelina. Let’s find out which half of the Duo Formerly Known As Brangelina shines the brightest alone...

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie formed a blazing supernova among Hollywood stars, with Brangelina exiting the stage, their movies have grossed nearly $13 billion at the worldwide box office, a feat nearly no other Hollywood couple can claim. But now that love is officially dead and the ultimate celebrity couple has split. They're both world's famous movie stars, they are still winners by anyone's measure. Even so, let's see where they stand. Which one is bigger star with the public today, Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt?

Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt: #1 Filmographies

As you see, both Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are American actors and film producers, Angelina Jolie made her screen debut in the 1982 comedy film Lookin' to Get Out, which is earlier than Pitt, whose acting career began in 1987. While Brad Pitt starred and produced more films than Angelina Jolie.

Winner: Brad Pitt

Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt: #2 Awards

As above, Brad Pitt receives more film awards and nominations than Angelina Jolie primary.

Winner: Brad Pitt

Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt: #3 Box Office

"Pitt's films have truly defined moments in pop culture history spanning and linking multiple decades. His box-office appeal as an actor, along with his cultural relevance, is current while Jolie has taken a backseat to writing and directing of late," says box-office analyst Jeff Bock. "In fact, without Jolie's Kung Fu Panda trilogy, it's not even that close."

The three animated Kung Fu Panda movies have grossed $2 billion globally, or a third of Jolie's total box-office take. For years, the top-grossing title for both actors was Mr. & Mrs. Smith, marking their big-screen debut together, as well as the start of their romance (they didn't marry until 2014).

Mr. & Mrs. Smith, which was released in summer 2005, earned $486 million worldwide. That narrowly bested Pitt's previous best, Ocean's Eleven, which earned $484.2 million in 2004. Almost 10 years later, World War Z became Pitt's top-grossing title ($531.5 million).

Other Pitt highlights include 2009's Inglourious Basterds ($316.9 million), 2008's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ($329 million) and 1995 cult classic Seven ($328 million). He has had numerous other wins, both as an actor and a producer, including The Big Short and 12 Years a Slave. The latter two films are among a number of movies to have earned Pitt Oscar attention as the founder of production company Plan B.

In 2014, Jolie's Maleficent out-witched Mr. & Mrs. Smith with a stunning $758.8 million globally. The Disney live-action fairy tale underscored Jolie's star power even while she made fewer movies in order to focus on directing and her humanitarian work. Her other biggest live-action films in recent years include 2010's Salt ($290 million) and 2008's Wanted ($342.4 million).

The only other pic Pitt and Jolie have starred in together was the ill-fated By the Sea, which Jolie directed and wrote. The film, released last November, earned just $538,460 in the U.S. The moody drama about a couple coming apart earned more overseas, or $2.9 million. Still, the dismal global tally of $3.4 million makes By the Sea the lowest-grossing movie for either Jolie and Pitt since the early days of their careers.

Winner: The answer is Pitt, whose 46 films have earned $6.95 billion at the worldwide box office, not adjusted for inflation, according to The Numbers. Jolie's 36 movies have taken in $5.97 billion. That includes $2.7 billion domestically for Pitt and $2.2 billion domestically for Jolie.

Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt: #4 Their asking prices

When it comes to paychecks, Pitt's totally got the upper hand—although whether that's a reflection of Hollywood's gender wage gap is a subject for another article. Pitt makes an estimated $31.5 million a year, while Jolie is said to bring in roughly half of that. Even their first shared starring vehicle, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, had a significant rumored pay discrepancy, with Pitt allegedly pulling $20 million and Jolie collecting just $10 million for equal screen time (neither of which is shabby, of course).

Jolie's had some other significant paydays of her own—she made a whopping $20 million for 2010's Salt and The Tourist, and commanded $15 million three years later for Maleficent. But Pitt was rumored to make as much as $30 million for 2001's Ocean's Eleven in front-end salary and backend revenues, and his career boasts plenty of $20 million paydays. His biggest financial boon, though, comes by way of his Plan B Entertainment production company, which has added another avenue of financial gain from films like like World War Z and The Big Short. Most recently, his company snagged a cool $60 million in a deal with Netflix for its adaptation of Michael Hastings' political satire The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Story of America's War in Afghanistan, in which he also stars as General Stanley McChrystal.

Winner: Jolie's loot is impressive and remains out of reach for most other actresses, but when Pitt gets a spot in front of the cameras and a seat at the production table, it's a cha-ching city.

Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt: #5 Master class PR skills

Jolie has made so many mic drops over the course of her recent career that her influence simply cannot be overlooked. She's whip-smart about the fame game, and there's plenty of proof. Consider the time when he penned her own harrowing op-eds in the New York Times about getting a double mastectomy and then a hysterectomy, after managing to avoid the paparazzi long enough to actually have these treatments done. Think of the way she started capitalizing on the tabloid value of her inner life—like photos of her newborn children or wedding dress—to turn that into easy money made for charity. Hey, even the way she earnestly made fun of herself for becoming an Oscars meme was headline-worthy. Pitt, meanwhile, tends to keep a low profile with the media instead of using it to his advantage.

Winner: Jolie. By a mile.

Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt: #6 Sex Appeal

Both Jolie and Pitt earned an incalculable, but still obvious, amount of their initial fame based on their devastatingly good looks. Both have shown off their bodies in roles—consider the low waistline of Pitt's bottoms in 1999's Fight Club or his extra-toned chest muscles in 2004's Troy, or the hovering pans on Jolie's exposed figure in 2007's Beowolf and 2008's Wanted—and are considered some of the world's most attractive humans.

Winnner: They're both hot, and they both know it, but Pitt gets the advantage as a two-time "Sexiest Man Alive."

Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt: #7 The endorsements

Jolie nabbed a massive $10 million ad deal to prop Louis Vuitton (hence why she seems to always have one of the fashion house's bags in hand). Pitt, meanwhile, scored $7 million to make a laughably awful commercial for Chanel No. 5 and added another $3 million to his stacks for a Cadillac ad that—get this—only ran in China.

Winner: Pitt might be the more frequent flyer in the ad lane, but when Jolie does it, she goes BIG.

Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt: #8 The tally

It's really close here, guys. Jolie's got some serious mainstream muster, thanks to her fascinating image overhaul from "that weird girl who made out with her brother on the Oscars red carpet" into that rare celebrity who actually uses her fame for good and whose action heroine status is very, very well established. People can't seem to look away, and not just because of her unique beauty; she's smart and strategic and makes it worth the watch.

That said, Pitt's been Mr. Popularity for ages. It's not just that he's always been chummy with some of Hollywood's chillest A-listers (hi, George Clooney), or even the fact that he has his name in a pop-country song (Shania Twain's "That Don't Impress Me Much"). Jolie might be able to run a room by talking about important international or health issues, but people will gravitate toward Pitt to hear him read the phone book. Pitt was already fully established before he and Jolie started all the Brangelunacy 11 years ago, and that's what gives him the win here. He got here first. It's as simple as that.

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