World's highest-grossing actor is a woman with no solo hit; yet made $15B; beat Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr, Brad Pitt
The highest-grossing actor in the world
As of July 7, the new highest-grossing actor of all time is Scarlett Johansson. The 40-year-old has starred in 52 films in lead or co-lead, which have collectively earned close to $15 billion at the box office. Scarlett has now overtaken her Marvel Cinematic Universe co-star Samuel L Jackson, who has grossed $14.8 billion at the box office in 66 films as the lead. Rounding up the top 3 is another MCU star - Robert Downey, Jr ($14.3 billion in 65 films). Much of Scarlett's box office haul has come from her seven appearances in the MCU, including the four Avengers films that have collectively grossed over $7 billion. But what has allowed her to leapfrog Sam Jackson is her starring role in Jurassic World: Rebirth. The film has already earned $322 million worldwide in its opening weekend, helping ScarJo move past the veteran star.
Scarlett Johansson now stars in the Jurassic World franchise.
Interestingly, in her career, Scarlett has never starred in a solo box office hit. Most of her successes have come in ensembles (like the MCU) or with other co-leads (like Jurassic World).
The superstars Scarlett Johansson beat
Given the stupendous success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (it has grossed $32 billion worldwide), the list of top 10 highest-grossing actors is dominated by MCU stars and alum, including Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Vin Diesel, Chris Pratt, and Bradley Cooper. Zoe Saldana is at number 4 as she stars in not just the MCU films, but also the Avatar series (combined worldwide gross over $5 billion). The only non-MCU star in the top 10 is Tom Cruise at #6, who has earned $13.3 billion from 29 films as the lead. Brad Pitt, one of the biggest stars in the last 30 years, is not even in the top 10.
The highest-grossing Indian stars are Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan, both of whom have worked in films grossing over $1 billion each.
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