Scarlett Johansson and 4 Other Highest-Grossing Hollywood Actors Right Now, Ranked by Box Office

Scarlett Johansson has just become the highest-grossing actress in Hollywood, breaking all box office records – her movies earned over $14 billion.

But who else ranks in the top five most successful actors by box office earnings? We rank the highest-grossing stars in Hollywood right and reveal the secrets to their incredible success.

1. Scarlett Johansson

Box Office: $14 614 865 816

Highest-Grossing Movie: 'Avengers: Endgame' – $2.7B

Following the premiere of Jurassic World Rebirth, which earned $322 million in its first six days of release, the total box office receipts of movies starring Scarlett Johansson exceeded $14.6 billion. This made her the highest-grossing actress in Hollywood.

Four years ago, Johansson left the MCU, where she played Black Widow. Of the $14.6 billion, more than $8.6 billion were brought in by four films of the Avengers series and Captain America: Civil War.

2. Samuel L. Jackson

Box Office: $14 605 054 357

Highest-Grossing Movie: 'Avengers: Endgame' – $2.7B

Thanks to franchises like Jurassic Park, Star Wars and the Avengers movies, Samuel L. Jackson became one of the highest-grossing actors in Hollywood.

Jackson began acting in the 1970s and has starred in more than a hundred films. Even considering that the actor gained his greatest popularity in the 90s, specifically in 1991 with the release of Jungle Fever, his movies have consistently earned millions and billions of dollars at the box office.

3. Robert Downey Jr.

Box Office: $14 315 312 353

Highest-Grossing Movie: 'Avengers: Endgame' – $2.7B

Robert Downey Jr., known to the world as Iron Man, has had a rather thorny path to becoming a sought-after, highly paid actor. Marvel took a risk inviting him to play Tony Stark after a series of public scandals, but Iron Man became a box office hit and gave birth to the grandiose MCU franchise.

In addition to Iron Man, Downey Jr. has starred in such high-grossing movies as Oppenheimer, Sherlock Holmes, and Dolittle.

4. Zoe Saldaña

Box Office: $14 233 755 398

Highest-Grossing Movie: 'Avatar' – $2.9B

Zoe Saldaña is the only actress who has played key roles in three of the highest-grossing movies of all time. First, she played the role of Neytiri in the first installment of Avatar – the movie has collected $2.92 billion.

Second place goes to Avengers: Endgame, in which Saldaña played Gamora. In 2022, the second installment of Avatar, The Way of Water, surpassed Titanic in terms of box office receipts, taking third place on the list of the highest-grossing movies of all time.

5. Chris Pratt

Box Office: $14 127 500 639

Highest-Grossing Movie: 'Avengers: Endgame' – $2.7B

As with Scarlett Johansson, Chris Pratt's highest-grossing movies are Marvel projects, such as Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as Jurassic World and its sequels, Fallen Kingdom and Dominion.

As expected, the places of the highest-grossing films in the actor's career after the Avengers movies are occupied by all installments of Guardians of the Galaxy.