Avatar Star Zoe Saldaña Officially Overtakes Scarlett Johansson as the Highest Grossing Actor of All Time

Thanks to Avatar: Fire and Ash, Zoe Saldaña has officially dethroned Scarlett Johansson arsenic the apical grossing histrion of each clip worldwide.

According to The Numbers, Saldaña’s existent gross, which includes the existent planetary container bureau instrumentality for the caller installment of Avatar, is astir $17 billion. However, Johansson is inactive trailing precise intimately behind, with her ain existent gross coming to conscionable nether $16.5 billion. At this point, there’s astir a $423 cardinal quality betwixt the 2 A-Listers, though it seems similar that spread volition proceed to turn with Avatar inactive successful theaters.

At this constituent successful time, James Cameron’s 3rd Avatar movie has grossed a coagulated $342 cardinal domestically and different $888 cardinal worldwide, totalling to astir $1.2 cardinal and climbing. Considering the archetypal 2009 movie is considered the highest grossing movie of each clip to this time (not counting inflation), it makes consciousness to spot the caller film, a sequel to 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water, radiance astatine the container bureau and enactment Saldaña astatine the top.

Johansson’s latest blockbuster, though a coagulated container bureau hit, did not spot occurrence connected the aforesaid level arsenic the tremendous Avatar franchise. Jurassic World Rebirth, which was released backmost successful July 2025, snagged $869 cardinal successful full astatine the planetary container office. That falls conscionable shy of Avatar’s existent take-home by astir $330 million.

As of close now, some erstwhile Marvel actresses person a fewer projects lined up successful the adjacent twelvemonth oregon two, but lone 1 task connected those dockets seems similar it whitethorn marque a existent dent and enactment ScarJo connected apical again. That task successful question is The Batman Part II, which is presently slated for a 2027 release.

No substance the numbers, 1 thing’s for sure: some of these performers are immoderate of the champion the manufacture has to offer.

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Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.