This actor just dethroned Scarlett Johansson as the highestgrossing movie star at the box office Lauren HuffJanuary 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM 2 Jasin Boland/Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment Scarlett Johansson in 'Jurassic World Rebirth' Scarlett Johansson's reign atop the box office leaderboard is over... for now. The Black Widow star, who previously held the title for highestgrossing actor of all time, has been dethroned by fellow Marvel star Zoe Saldaña, thanks to the latter's starring role in James Cameron's Avatar film series.
- - This actor just dethroned Scarlett Johansson as the highest-grossing movie star at the box office
Lauren HuffJanuary 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Scarlett Johansson in 'Jurassic World Rebirth'
Scarlett Johansson's reign atop the box office leaderboard is over... for now.
The Black Widow star, who previously held the title for highest-grossing actor of all time, has been dethroned by fellow Marvel star Zoe Saldaña, thanks to the latter's starring role in James Cameron's Avatar film series.
The latest film in the Pandora-set sci-fi movies, Avatar: Fire and Ash, officially crossed $1.23 billion at the worldwide box office as of Jan. 12, which, per The Numbers, firmly cements Saldaña atop the list of highest-grossing movie stars with a massive total of $16,859,193,100 at the worldwide box office.
Johansson, meanwhile, now sits at No. 2 with $16,435,483,784.
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Zoe Saldaña attends the global premiere of 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' on Dec. 1, 2025
The Avatar trilogy, in which Saldaña has played the central Na'vi character Neytiri, of course accounts for a massive part of her cume — about $6 billion to be exact. However, her multiple stints with Marvel as Gamora, and her roles in three Star Trek movies, as well as 2003's mega hit Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, certainly don't hurt.
Previously, thanks to her role in Jurassic World Rebirth, Johansson catapulted from third place to first last summer, surpassing two of her longtime costars, Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Downey Jr.
Many of Johansson's highest-grossing titles, meanwhile, come directly from her stint as the MCU's Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, with films including Avengers: Endgame ($2.7 billion), Avengers: Infinity War ($2 billion), The Avengers ($1.5 billion), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1.4 billion), Captain America: Civil War ($1.1 billion), Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($714 million), and Iron Man 2 ($621 million). Her solo spinoff, 2021's Black Widow, made only $379 million, with a release dampened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Though of course the actress has also starred in such massive non-MCU titles as The Jungle Book ($951 million), Sing ($631 million), and Lucy ($457 million).
In addition to Saldaña, Johansson, Jackson and Downey, Chris Pratt, Tom Cruise, Chris Hemsworth, Vin Diesel, Chris Evans, and Dwayne Johnson round out the top 10.
Saldaña has reason to feel good about keeping her box office crown, too. Cameron has a planned fourth and fifth Avatar film yet to be released. And of course the Oscar winner has a number of other projects in various stages of development.
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Published: January 13, 2026 at 05:46AM on Source: RED MAG
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