Scarlett Johansson Beats Samuel L Jackson and Robert Downey Jr to Become Highest-Grossing Lead Actor, Here's How
Scarlett Johansson earns in millions for Jurassic World: Rebirth's debut weekend at the Box Office
With her role as Zora, the actress has now pocketed a massive USD 14.61 billion with just her lead ensemble roles. The most contribution to this, according to The Numbers, has been from her participation in Avengers: Endgame, followed by other MCU films including Avengers: Infinity War, The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Captain America: Civil War, making for the top 5 in her list. Each of these films comes up to over a billion USD in earnings. Impressively, the actress has managed to do so with just 18 lead roles.
Scarlett Johansson has overtaken Samuel L. Jackson 's USD 14.60 billion record while the two share similar accounts of Marvel films in their career. The older actor has taken about 53 films to reach this number, with Incredibles 2 and Spider-Man: Far From Home being in his top 5. Robert Downey Jr. has been kicked down to the third spot with his own USD 14.3 billion with Iron Man 3 being an addition to his most viewed list at the 5th spot, where he played the titular role, taking 30 films to achieve the record.
Interestingly, the top 10 actors in the highest-grossing lead actor rankings are almost entirely a part of MCU films. Check out:
Scarlett Johansson: USD 14.61 billion
Samuel L. Jackson: USD 14.60 billion
Robert Downey, Jr.: USD 14.31 billion
Zoe Saldana: USD 14.23 billion
Chris Pratt: USD 14.12 billion
Tom Cruise: USD 12.64 billion
Chris Hemsworth: USD 12.18 billion
Vin Diesel USD: 11.99 billion
Dwayne Johnson: USD 11.44 billion
Chris Evans: USD 11.42 billion
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