McKellen vs. Spacey.Comic book comic book Bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums. nerds endlessly debate which bad guy could kick which other bad guy's butt. So we're joining the melee by matching up this summer's leading comic book movie villains--X-Men: The Last Stand's Magneto magneto: see generator. magneto Permanent-magnet alternating generator used mainly to produce electrical current for the ignition system in various types of internal-combustion engines, such as aircraft, marine, tractor, and motorcycle engines. , played by Ian McKellen, and Superman Return's Lex Luthor Lex Luthor (Alexander Luthor) is a fictional DC Comics supervillain and is the primary antagonist of the Superman franchise. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, he first appeared in Action Comics #23 (1940). , played by Kevin Spacey--in a test of their box office strength. If coming out is supposed to be a career killer, can the openly gay McKellen surpass self--identified hetero hetero prefix, Latin, different Spacey spac·ey adj. Slang Variant of spacy. Adj. 1. spacey - stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug spaced-out, spacy unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" ? Our nine-year matchup (starting with both actors' breakout year, 1995) suggests McKellen can smash more than the closet.
McKellen Spacey
1995 $12.4 Richard III et al $191.5 The Usual Suspects, Seven, et al
1996 $0 $108.8
1997 $0.5 $89.7
1998 15.8 Gods and Monsters $46.3
et al
1999 $0 $130.1 American Beauty
2000 $157.3 X-Men $36.7
2001 $314.8 Lord of the $61.7 K-Pak et al
Rings: The Fellowship
of the Ring
2002 $341.7 $0
2003 $592 X2: X-Men United $20.2 The United States
and Lord of the Rings: of Leland and the
The Return of the King The Life of David Gale
North American box office grosses from BoxOfficeMojo.com, totaled by
year of release. Cameos and voice-overs excluded.
Note: Table made from line graph.
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