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Scarlett Johansson beats Robert Downey Jr, Vin Diesel and other Hollywood stars, creates history with a box-office of $14.61billion
History has been made. With 'Jurassic World Rebirth' adding over $300M to her tally this weekend, Scarlett Johansson has surpassed Samuel L. Jackson as the highest-grossing actor in leading roles worldwide, with totals exceeding $15B.
And as the Hollywood star has created history (she was the highest-paid actress of Hollywood in 2018 and 2019), here's what social media users are saying:
Ryan Reynolds prolly thinking about what their joint bank account could have looked like while his current wife is having a legal battle over a movie most people don't know the title of.
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The highest-grossing actor in film history is Stan Lee. Yes, the Marvel legend himself. He had less than 15 seconds of screen time per movie and his cameos alone have earned a staggering 💰 $30.6 BILLION globally.
How come? It should be Zoe saldana 🤔, part of AVATAR 1 & 2, Infinity war & end game
Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut, 'Eleanor the Great,' stars June Squibb as a 94-year-old woman who, out of grief and loneliness, does a terrible thing.
After her best friend (Rita Zohar) dies, Eleanor (Squibb) moves to New York and, after accidentally joining the wrong meeting at the Jewish Community Center, adopts her friend's story of Holocaust survival. The film builds toward a moment where Eleanor could be harshly condemned in a public forum, or not.
For Johansson, her movie speaks to the moment.
'There's a lack of empathy in the zeitgeist. It's obviously a reaction to a lot of things,' says Johansson. 'It feels to me like forgiveness feels less possible in the environment we're in.'
Johansson brought 'Eleanor the Great' to the Un Certain Regard sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival this week, unveiling a funny and tender, character-driven, New York-set indie that launches her as a filmmaker. For the 40-year-old star, it's the humble culmination of a dream that's always bounced around in her mind.
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