Kramer vs. Kramer currently beats The Iron Lady 58–42
Hoffman's everyday collapse edges out Streep's political transformation.
The Verdict Decades Apart
Kramer vs. Kramer's courtroom scene — Hoffman listening while his fitness as a father is dissected by lawyers, Streep across the aisle, both excellent, neither able to fix what's broken — is Benton staging a divorce as a thriller where the weapon is testimony and the stakes are a child's address. Lloyd's Iron Lady has Streep's vocal precision and Jim Broadbent's gentle ghost, both effective inside a biopic structure that keeps cutting between Thatcher's power and her dementia. The lead says the concentrated drama of a custody battle outperforms the dispersed drama of a political life. Smaller rooms generate bigger stakes.
The Numbers
| Kramer vs. Kramer | The Iron Lady | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 58% | 42% |
| Overall Win Rate | 54% | 40% |
| Championships | 8 | 2 |
| Avg Decision | 1.5s | 1.4s |
| Budget | $8M | $13M |
| Return | 13.3x | 8.9x |
Where This Matchup Sits
For genre context, The Iron Lady sits at #9 in History on BingeBracket.
Elsewhere on BingeBracket, both handle The Bridges of Madison County without much difficulty. That shared win gives a sense of the tier this matchup operates at.
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and The Iron Lady (2011) are 32 years apart, which makes raw box office comparisons misleading. Relative to their budgets, both returned a similar multiple — but Kramer vs. Kramer wins the head-to-head.
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