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Director and actor
Adam McKay averages 6.96, Will Ferrell averages 6.12. Apart that suggests 6.54; together they average 6.72, a lift of +0.18.
Lift is the average of their films together minus the mean of their two career averages.
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2013Dot size shows IMDb votes; lines are rolling five-film averages. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes are left out.
Each column is a film in release order. Filled squares mark who was in it, colored by the film's rating.
 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | 2004 | 7.1 | 406K | Actor, Writer, Director | Writer, as Ron Burgundy |
 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | 2006 | 6.6 | 217K | Actor, Director, Writer | as Ricky Bobby, Writer |
 Step Brothers | 2008 | 6.9 | 346K | Writer, Actor, Director | as Brennan Huff, Writer |
 The Other Guys | 2010 | 6.7 | 314K | Producer, Actor, Writer, Director | as Allen Gamble, Producer |
 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | 2013 | 6.3 | 204K | Director, Writer, Producer | as Ron Burgundy, Writer, Producer |
 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | 2009 | 5.8 | 23,527 | Producer | Producer, Actor |
| The Virginity Hit | 2010 | 4.5 | 4,066 | Producer | Producer |
 The Campaign | 2012 | 6.1 | 144K | Writer, Producer | as Cam Brady, Producer |
 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | 2013 | 6.1 | 229K | Producer | Producer |
 Tammy | 2014 | 4.9 | 57,625 | Producer | Producer |
 Get Hard | 2015 | 6.0 | 157K | Writer, Producer | Producer, as James |
 Sleeping with Other People | 2015 | 6.5 | 52,267 | Producer | Producer |
 Daddy's Home | 2015 | 6.2 | 141K | Producer | as Brad Whitaker, Producer |
 Daddy's Home 2 | 2017 | 6.1 | 94,185 | Producer | as Brad, Producer |
 Ibiza | 2018 | 5.2 | 19,539 | Producer | Producer |
 Holmes & Watson | 2018 | 4.0 | 43,037 | Producer | as Sherlock Holmes, Producer |
 Vice | 2018 | 7.2 | 177K | Producer, Director, Writer | Producer |
 Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar | 2021 | 6.4 | 22,385 | Producer | Producer |
 The Menu | 2022 | 7.1 | 518K | Producer | Producer |
