Cast Away currently dominates Apollo 13 73–27
The island overwhelms mission control. Hanks alone outperforms Hanks with a crew.
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The Verdict Neck and Neck
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Cast Away overwhelming Apollo 13 is the solitary survival defeating the collective one by a decisive margin. Zemeckis asked Hanks to carry an entire film with almost no dialogue, no scene partner, and a volleyball that becomes the most unlikely emotional anchor in modern cinema. The physical transformation, the fire-making, the long silences that Hanks fills with nothing but physical acting. These moments work only because he commits to the isolation so completely that the audience forgets there's a crew behind the camera. Apollo 13 is the more conventionally accomplished film: Howard's pacing, Harris's mission control, the CO2 scrubber sequence. The film with nothing in it except Hanks is outperforming the film with everything.
The Numbers
| Apollo 13 | Cast Away | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 27% | 73% |
| Overall Win Rate | 54% | 56% |
| Championships | 7 | 14 |
| Budget | $52M | $90M |
| Box Office | $355M | $430M |
Where This Matchup Sits
When facing other films on the platform, Cast Away handles Saving Private Ryan without much trouble — but Apollo 13 doesn't. That shared opponent is one of the clearest places where these two films diverge.
Cast Away with 14 titles and Apollo 13 with 7 — the tournament record and the head-to-head point the same direction.
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