Scarlett Johansson Is The Highest-Grossing Actor Ever After Leading ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’

Avengers and dinosaurs, that’ll do it. In the wake of the box office devouring of Jurassic World: Rebirth, its lead, Scarlett Johansson, has just broken a Hollywood record.

Totaling up the movies that Johansson has starred in, she is now the highest-grossing actor (not just actress) in Hollywood, surpassing fellow Marvel co-stars Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson and Zoe Saldana. The movies she’s appeared in have made $14.8 billion at the box office. She’s also done it with a little more than half of Jackson’s movies, 36 films to his 71. Johansson’s role as Black Widow in the MCU, mainly, has propelled her to the top, along with her newly successful dino project.

All of these records are usually set by the actor in question being part of an ensemble, and seven of the top 10 on the list are involved in Marvel projects in some way. As for women bringing in this much money, the top 20 list only includes Johansson and Saldana, first and fourth place, and Harry Potter’s Emma Watson at #16.

So, how did Johansson do it? According to The-Numbers, these projects were the biggest contributors.

• Avengers: Endgame – $2.7 billion
• Avengers: Infinity War – $2 billion
• The Avengers – $1.5 billion
• Avengers: Age of Ultron – $1.4 billion
• Captain America: Civil War – $1.1 billion
• The Jungle Book – $951 million
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier – $714 million
• Sing – $631 million
• Iron Man 2 – $621 million
• Lucy – $457 million

Jurassic Park: Rebirth’s huge initial box office haul of $318 million put her over the edge, and that movie is probably on pace to hit a billion dollars when all is said and done. It’s notable that her own Marvel film, Black Widow, only made $379 million in total. But yes, every film she’s appeared in counts, and as an “OG” Marvel member, that’s been a lot of films. This not unique to the list; almost all of Jackson, Downey Jr. and Saldana’s films are Marvel as well, many being smaller roles. Saldana is unique in the sense that she is a part of two huge franchises, one that she leads, the Avatar movies.

Johansson’s record is impressive, but one issue is that she’s now…dead in the Marvel universe, with no indications that she will return. We know for a fact Downey Jr. is appearing in at least one more Avengers movie if not more MCU films past that. Sam Jackson will appear in many more Marvel projects, no doubt. It feels like Saldana’s time as Gamora in the MCU is over, but she’s going to keep starring in Avatar movies. However, now that Johansson has led a popular Jurassic Park movies, she could pull a Chris Pratt and star in a number of future ones. The race is on.

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