Overview
- Updated tallies place Saldaña's cumulative box office at about $16.859 billion versus Johansson's roughly $16.435 billion, according to The Numbers.
- The latest Avatar installment, released in December, provided the decisive lift with an estimated $1.23 billion global haul reported by Entertainment Weekly.
- The Numbers' ranking now lists Saldaña first, followed by Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson in third place and Robert Downey Jr. in fourth.
- Franchise roles drive the totals, with Saldaña's three Avatar films contributing around $6 billion and additional boosts from Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Trek and Pirates of the Caribbean.
- Johansson's aggregate stems largely from Marvel ensembles, notably Avengers: Endgame at about $2.7 billion and Avengers: Infinity War at about $2.0 billion, and future Avatar sequels planned for 2029 and 2031 could extend Saldaña's lead.