Overview
- Updated tallies from The Numbers show Saldaña at about $16.86 billion in cumulative worldwide grosses, edging Scarlett Johansson at roughly $16.43 billion.
- On SNL’s Jan. 17 Weekend Update, Colin Jost joked about adding his own filmography to Johansson’s total as an onscreen graphic comically lowered her figure, prompting his “It went down?” reaction.
- Saldaña marked the milestone with an Instagram video thanking fans and collaborators, citing work across Avatar, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Star Trek.
- She named directors including James Cameron, J. J. Abrams, Anthony and Joe Russo, and James Gunn in expressing gratitude for roles that built her franchise-heavy box office record.
- Coverage notes methodology differences across trackers and lists Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Downey Jr., and Chris Pratt alongside Saldaña and Johansson in the current top five, with Jost’s own career total reported at about $488.5 million.