Who's Better? Chris Evans vs. Chris Hemsworth vs. Chris Pine vs. Chris Pratt (2020)

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The Battle of the Chris'

When Chris Pine hosted his first Saturday Night Live, his first order of business was to clear the apparent confusion between him and the other Chris’s with a musical number to the tune of Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl,” singing repeatedly, “I’m not that Chris…” For the most part, it's amusing and crazy how some people mistake one Chris after the other because they look nothing like each other. Of course, they’re all white and 6 feet tall (and over), but beyond that, maybe its because they make the same kind of movies and play the same kind of roles.

In this edition of Who’s Better?, we pit Chris Evans against Chris Hemsworth against Chris Pine against Chris Pratt—in a four way battle to see who is the better actor, or plainly, the better Chris.

Like in previous Who’s Better?, we’ll take a look at their bodies of work separated in several categories: Movies, Roles, Awards, Box-Office, Flops, Other Skills beyond acting and Legacy. Unlike previous Who’s Better? though, where “edges” determine the winner, we rank them from 1 to 4 and assign a corresponding score, and whoever has the highest accumulated score in the end is the winner. You’ll get how this system of scoring works as we go along. So, let’s begin.

Tale of the Tape

Category 1:

The Movies

If it weren’t for superhero movies and Star Trek, what would have been the careers of Chris Evans, Hemsworth, Pine and Pratt? They make their money out of wearing costumes—spandex, masks, and props—mighty weapons made of plastic, and probably have more time in front of blue or green screens than anybody else. Take them all away and it would’ve been very different for these four new millennium beefcakes. They started their careers in the 2000s and the future definitely looks grand.

In Category 1, we pick out their 7 best movies* as rated by IMDB (The Internet Movie Database) and Rotten Tomatoes, and get the average by combining sc_ores.

_{*These are movies in which the actor has a leading role or ample screen time.}

Chris Evans' 7 Best Movies

Chris Hemsworth's 7 Best Movies

Chris Pine's 7 Best Movies

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Chris Pratt's 7 Best Movies

Best Movies Recap

The highest rated movie is Avengers: Endgame (2019) with a rating of 89.0 which benefited three Chrises: Evans, Pratt and Hemsworth with their superhero characters sharing the same universe, and left Chris Pine at a terrible disadvantage (unless of course, they make a Star Trek meets Avengers movie, which I highly doubt). To make matters worse, Pine's apocalyptic ho-hum drama Z for Zachariah (2015) is the worst-rated movie of the lot at 69.5.

Best Movies Box Scores

Category 2:

The Roles

They play bigger than life characters—superheroes who wield powers and abilities far beyond normal men. Evans, Hemsworth, Pine and Pratt all have the physique, personality and more importantly, the skill to turn these characters believable on screen. Not everyone has what they possess. But, it is not limited to these costumed characters, they could also tackle different roles.They are, after all, actors.

In this Category, we pick 5 of their best roles to date, and see whose is the more memorable and resonate well with audiences, fans and critics alike. We pick their best roles through internet lists and score them by appearance and also by popular vote based on awards given by the likes of MTV and People’s Choice Awards.

5 Best Evans Roles

5 Best Hemsworth Roles

5 Best Pine Roles

5 Best Pratt Roles

Best Roles Recap

Captain America and Thor were the more popular characters and enjoyed a big lead against the two other Chrises. Of course, given that the award-giving bodies were mostly kid-oriented. But hey, who would you rather be, right? That's America's Ass the the God of Thunder!

Best Roles Box Scores

Man's Poll

Category 3:

Awards & Nominations

This is a big uh-oh. This is where we separate them from the Eddie Redmaynes, Casey Afflecks and the Ryan Goslings, our Chris’s are not (at least at the moment) Oscar studs. But, things are looking good with some dramatic turns--Chris Pine in Hell or High Water (2016) and The Finest Hours (2016), Hemsworth in In the Heart of the Sea (2016) and Blackhat (2015), Chris Evans in Gifted (2017), and Pratt in…well, he needs to work on this one, although Passengers (2016) comes close to one.

In this category, we list down their award-winning performances outside of MTV, Teen Choice and People’s Choice Awards and get down to real business—those Critics Societies that hand out awards for acting. Oscars they are not, but they’ll do for now.

Awards & Nominations Tally

Awards & Nominations Recap

Pine may not get the chunk of popular votes for his characters unlike Evans and Hemsworth, but he did impress the critics. His 6 wins and 14 nominations are due in part to his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk which together with the rest of the crew of the USS Enterprise got several nominations and wins for best ensemble. But most of all, Pine's dramatic role in director David MacKenzie's Oscar nominated movie Hell or High Water (2016) is a turning point (screams of "this guy could actually act!"), and pushes his score further.

Awards & Nominations Box Scores

Woman's Poll

Category 4:

The Box Office

In Evans, Hemsworth, Pine and Pratt, you have four guys who rule at the box office. The Captain America, Thor, Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Trek franchises were big hits and combined would gross billions. (It Is also interesting to note that Evans and Pratt are two of the “best actors for the buck” according to financial websites. The average return of the Captain America movies is $135.80 at the box office for every $1 Evans is paid. Pratt is second with $125.40 for every buck.)* This means that studios are benefitting a great deal from their low salaries. Quite the heroes they are.

*as of 2016

In this category, we list their 7 best movies from Category 1, add the Adjusted Domestic Box Office takes and add 3 more of their highest grossing movies not on that list for a total of 10 movies each. We add the numbers and get the average. The one who has the highest average wins the category.

Chris Evans' Box Office Numbers

Chris Hemsworth's Box Office Numbers

Chris Pine's Box Office Numbers

Chris Pratt's Box Office Numbers

The Box Office Recap

Evans lead the box-office with an average of $412M, followed closely by Hemsworth's $378M average. Both the last two Avengers movies were the deciding factors. Alas, Pratt's brief cameo in Endgame is discounted.

Box Office Box Scores

Points after 4 categories

So far, Evans leads with a total of 13 points and Pine is severely lagging behind with 7 points. Three more categories remain, can the others catch up?

Category 5:

The Flops

You have great movies and then you have the flops. Gone are the golden years when studios would pick out someone from nowhere and make him or her an overnight star. But those are pretty rare chances. Even guys like Errol Flynn had to start somewhere as do our 4 actors in the same mold—a bit role perhaps? In a TV sitcom? A B-movie destined to bomb in the box-office? In an industry already overflowing with stars, they’d tell you have to fall in line, kid.

We’ve looked at their best rated movies as well as their box-office hits, now, its time to peek at misses. There are 2 sub-categories: Worst rated movies* and Box office bombs**. We pick 5 movies each for the 2 sub-cats for Evans, Hemsworth, Pine and Pratt and compare. The least badly rated movies are ranked first as are those with the least loss in their budgets against gross.

_{*as rated by IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes
** source: boxofficemojo.com}

Sub-Category 1: Worst Movies

They are either too easily forgotten, or is just so bad it follows the actor around like a lingering joke. For Evans, Hemsworth, Pine and Pratt, there are movies they’d surely wish they never made, or maybe a reminder of the learning curves they encountered on the road to superstardom. Everyone has them. No one is exempt. And for guys like these, whose primary sell are their looks, well…

5 Worst Chris Evans Movies

5 Worst Chris Hemsworth Movies

5 Worst Chris Pine Movies

5 Worst Chris Pratt Movies

Worst Movies Recap

With their good looks and personalities, they all started as romantic supporting characters, jocks and beefcakes. When Pratt shed fat, he joined the other Chrises as America's most wanted sex symbols. Hemsworth was a gift from down under who came to Hollywood immediately as a major marvel, Thor, the god of thunder, no less. So, its no surprise their movies were not exactly critics choices. The worst movie of its kind? Pratt's Bride Wars (2009) in which he starred as Anne Hathaway's fiance. It didn't get any love from Rotten Tomatoes which gave it only a 10% rating.

Sub-Category 2: Box Office Bombs

They have box-office smashes as well as splashes. Some are early movies—typical comedies and romcoms, others, very recently while they were at the peak of their popularity with superhero movies. After Thor (2011) and Thor: The Dark World (2013), Chris Hemsworth did Ron Howard’s In the Heart of the Sea (2015), a $100 million sea adventure that only grossed a quarter of its budget. Why? Maybe, because people didn’t want to see Thor in a Moby Dick movie. Maybe goes the same with Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) and The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016) which both struggled domestically in the box office. This also applies to the other Chris’s. Somehow people want them where they want them—playing superheroes and nothing else. It’s like, Chris Pratt in a spaceship (Passengers, 2016) and no laser gun? They be like, “thanks, but I’ll just wait for the next Guardians of the Galaxy.”

5 Chris Evans Box Office Bombs

5 Chris Hemsworth Box Office Bombs

5 Chris Pine Box Office Bombs