...as in, the cumilative box office grossings of the films she's starred in!
Josh here to quickly talk earnings. Scarlett's cumulative box office grossings earn her the title of highest grossing actress ever in the USA according to Box Office Mojo. This title is a little misleading as it's not exactly just Scarlett drawing people to all those Marvel movies that she isn't even the lead of (shame!). Along with the Marvel cinematic universe, her massive tally includes her 5 seconds of voice work in The Jungle Book and actual star vehicle Lucy. This puts her ahead of Cameron Diaz, Helena Bonham Carter, Cate Blanchett and Julia Roberts (who is the only lady on the list not propped up massively by a mega-franchise).
The top ten and more facts about the cashed up list after the jump
Top Ten Biggest Box Office Earners:
1. Harrison Ford
2. Samuel L. Jackson
3. Morgan Freeman
4. Tom Hanks
5. Robert Downey, Jr.
6. Eddie Murphy
7. Tom Cruise
8. Johnny Depp
9. Michael Caine
10. Scarlett Johansson
More facts
- Apart from being the highest grossing actress ever, ScarJo is also the youngest in the top 10 by a significant margin
- She's also the highest grossing actor of any gender without an oscar nomination to their name (shame!#2).
- 3 of the top 10 actors are African American
- All have played or voiced the same character in at least 3 movies
- The first actor on the list to have only played a character a max of 2 times is Adam Sandler at #35
- Robin Williams and Philip Seymour Hoffman are the only actors in the top 50 not still alive
- #1 Harrison Ford is ahead of #2 Samuel L. Jackson by only 200 million, and only stole the spot after The Force Awakens.
- Anthony Daniels has the highest gross average ($451.8 mil) on the list having played C-3P0 almost exclusively his whole career.
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