'Jurassic World: Rebirth' star just became highest-grossing actor all-time
EVERY JURASSIC MOVIE, RANKED: We ranked all seven of them
Johansson, who stars alongside Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali in Rebirth, plays Zora Bennett, a for-hire acquirer of sorts that is pulled into a mission to retrieve some dinosaur DNA. With the success of Rebirth, Johansson has passed fellow Marvel co-stars Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Downey Jr. on the list of highest-grossing actors.
The top-10 actors on the list all have MCU ties -- except Tom Cruise at No. 6 -- with many of them having multiple high-ranking franchises under their belts. Johansson had her breakout in 2003 in Lost In Translation before going on to star in films like Match Point, The Prestige, Marriage Story and JoJo Rabbit, along with being a favorite of Wes Anderson. She's been in eight Marvel movies, spanning from Iron Man 2 (2010) to Black Widow (2021), and Johansson has lended her voice to movies like Her, Sing and Sing 2.
Johansson is the second Marvel star to break into the Jurassic franchise with Chris Pratt starring in Jurassic World, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Jurassic World: Dominion.
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