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Scarlett Johansson is the highest grossing actor of all time

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Published 19:21 10 Mar 2023 GMT

Scarlett Johansson is the highest grossing actor of all time

Scarlett Johansson tops a list of A-list Hollywood stars as the highest grossing actor of all time

Tom Wood

Tom Wood

Featured Image Credit: MediaPunch/Shutterstock/Walt Disney Pictures

Topics: TV and Film, Scarlett Johansson, Celebrity, Money

Tom Wood
Tom Wood

Tom Wood is a LADbible journalist and Twin Peaks enthusiast. Despite having a career in football cut short by a chronic lack of talent, he managed to obtain degrees from both the University of London and Salford. According to his French teacher, at the weekend he mostly likes to play football and go to the park with his brother. Contact Tom on [email protected]

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Scarlett Johansson is the highest grossing actor of all time, sitting atop a chart that includes some pretty massive celebrities from the world of film.

Of course, Scarlett Johansson is right up there in terms of famous movie stars, but how many of you would have picked her as the highest grossing actor of all time?

Be honest now.

Well, she’s been in 33 films in total, with an average gross of more nearly $440 million, which is the sort of money that most of us will never see in our lifetime.

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On the list, there are other actors who have been in more films with a lower average gross, and those who have been in fewer films but have a larger average.

Scarlett Johansson is the highest grossing movie star out there.
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However, right there are the top of the list is Johansson, because all of her films combined have taken in the most money.

There are some massive names on there, but really it is one film that dominates the whole list.

Basically, if you were one of the big stars of Avengers: Endgame, there’s a good chance that you’ll feature on this list.

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Alongside Johansson in that film we’ve got Robert Downey Jr. in second place, Samuel L. Jackson in third, Chris Hemsworth in fifth place, Chris Pratt in sixth, and Chris Evans in eighth.

Elsewhere on the list, Zoe Saldana is in fourth, with her role in Avatar holding up quite a lot of her total gross, as well as Tom Cruise – who has been in just about everything ever – in seventh, we’ve got Tom Hanks in ninth and Vin Diesel rounding out the top 10.

The list – in case you were wondering – concerns acting in a leading role, as there are others who have starred in loads of films either as voice actors or in cameos.

On that list, the late Marvel supremo Stan Lee tops the chart with a total gross of over $30 billion.

He only had walk-on parts in most of those, though.

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Johansson stars as Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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38-year-old Johansson has starred in huge films outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where she plays Black Widow, including Marriage Story, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Ghost World, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

She’s perhaps the most critically acclaimed name on the list too, having been nominated twice for an Academy Award, as well as winning a BAFTA for Marriage Story.

She has also been nominated at the Golden Globes on five occasions, amongst a list of award nominations that is too long to list here.

This year, we can expect to see her starring in Asteroid City, a film directed by Wes Anderson, which usually means we can expect some more box office success.

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If that’s what you’re after, Scarlett Johansson seems to be a pretty safe bet.

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