{"id":406891,"date":"2026-01-13T18:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/406891\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:14:07","slug":"zoe-saldana-becomes-highest-grossing-actor-of-all-time-zoe-saldana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/406891\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoe Salda\u00f1a becomes highest-grossing actor of all time | Zoe Salda\u00f1a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Zoe Salda\u00f1a has become the highest-grossing actor of all time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The 47-year-old Oscar winner has overtaken Scarlett Johansson after the success of Avatar: Fire and Ash added more than $1.2bn to her total. Salda\u00f1a\u2019s films have now made more than $15.46bn worldwide, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-numbers.com\/box-office-star-records\/worldwide\/lifetime-acting\/top-grossing-leading-stars\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The number has been achieved thanks to Salda\u00f1a\u2019s previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/avatar\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avatar<\/a> films and her Marvel role as Gamora in the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy and the Avengers movies. Salda\u00f1a has also found hits with the Star Trek movies and the first Pirates of the Caribbean film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Last year saw Johansson rise to the top after Jurassic World Rebirth made $869m worldwide. The actor has also appeared in multiple Marvel films.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Avatar: Fire and Ash has been tracking behind the previous films in the franchise at the box office but has remained at the domestic No 1 spot since its release in December. Salda\u00f1a also added her voice to last summer\u2019s Pixar adventure Elio, but the film underperformed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Last year saw Salda\u00f1a win the best supporting actress Oscar for her role in Netflix crime musical Emilia P\u00e9rez and she is now working on the next season of action drama series Lioness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">While Avatar\u2019s director, James Cameron, has the next two films planned out, there is yet to be any official confirmation. \u201cIf we don\u2019t get to make 4 and 5, for whatever reason, I\u2019ll hold a press conference and I\u2019ll tell you what we were gonna do,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/james-cameron-press-conference-end-avatar-franchise-early-1236657330\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> last month. \u201cHow\u2019s that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">According to the Numbers, the two actors are followed by Samuel L Jackson, Robert Downey Jr and Chris Pratt, who have all also starred in multiple Marvel projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The highest-grossing actors who haven\u2019t starred in Marvel films on the list are, in order, Tom Cruise, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Tom Hanks. After Salda\u00f1a and Johansson, the next highest ranked female actors on the list are Emma Watson at No 16, Karen Gillan at 23 and Elizabeth Olsen at 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zoe Salda\u00f1a has become the highest-grossing actor of all time. 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