&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "Zoe Saldana become highest-grossing actor of all time, surpasses Scarlett Johansson")
Zoe Saldana is a billion-dollar girl! She is now Hollywood’s highest-grossing lead actor, and all thanks to James Cameron's Avatar: Fire and Ash. The actress has surpassed Scarlett Johansson.
Saldana plays one of the lead roles in Cameron's Avatar universe and has achieved this box office success after the release of her recent outing, Avatar: Fire and Ash, which grossed $1.23 billion worldwide. The actress has played the role of Neytiri from 2009's Avatar, which is the highest-grossing movie of all time, and then reprised her role in 2022 with Avatar: The Way of Water.
Zoe Saldana become highest-grossing actor of all time
Zoe dethroned her Marvel Cinematic Universe co-star Scarlett after her latest blockbuster pushed her box office numbers past the $16.8 billion mark, as per Screen Rant. Scarlett took the number one spot after the release of Jurassic World Rebirth, which moved her up to the No. 1 spot with $16.4 billion.
Saldaña has starred in the three highest-grossing films, from 2009, Avatar, 2019's Avengers: Endgame and 2022's Avatar sequel The Way of Water, which hold the No. 3 spot, respectively. She is also the first actress, to have been part of the movies that have garnered over $2 billion globally, including 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War.
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Apart from the Avatar world, Saldana's major chunk of money came from her appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Gamora. In total, she has starred in three Guardians of the Galaxy movies. Saldana has also played the role of Nyota Uhura in a Star Trek trilogy, which has made more than $1 billion worldwide.
The rest of the actors in the top five are Zoe and Scarlett's Marvel co-stars Samuel Jackson, Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Pratt.
Highest-grossing movies of Zoe Saldana
1.Avatar ($2,923,706,026 in 2009)
2. Avengers: Endgame ($2,717,503,922 in 2019)
3. Avatar: The Way of Water ($2,322,902,023 in 2022)
4. Avengers: Infinity War ($2,048,158,241 in 2018)
5. Avatar: Fire and Ash ($1,231,139,287 in 2025)
6. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($869,087,963 in 2017),
7.Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ($845,555,777 in 2023)
8. Guardians of the Galaxy ($770,882,395 in 2014)
9. Star Trek Into Darkness ($467,381,584 in 2013)
10.Star Trek ($386,839,614 in 2009)
(Data taken from Numbers)
