US star Scarlett Johansson is highest-grossing lead actor globally
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American actress Scarlett Johansson’s all-time box office gross stands at US$14.8 billion.
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Following the success of Jurassic World Rebirth, female lead Scarlett Johansson has been hailed as Hollywood’s highest-grossing lead actor.
The film, released in North America on July 3, has earned US$318 million (S$407 million) at the global box office within its first six days.
According to movie data website The Numbers, Johansson is the first female star to earn this title. She is ahead of American actors and her Marvel Cinematic Universe co-stars Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Downey Jr, who are placed second and third respectively. Johansson has 36 films under her belt; Jackson, 71; and Downey, 45.
Her all-time box office gross stands at US$14.8 billion. Jackson has US$14.6 billion and Downey has US$14.3 billion.
The 40-year-old American actress told US magazine Entertainment Weekly that it was a childhood dream of hers to be part of the Jurassic Park franchise. She plays Zora Bennett, a covert operations expert, in the latest instalment.
She watched 1993’s Jurassic Park when she was 10, one of the first movies she caught in a theatre. She described it as mind-blowing and life-changing.
American actress Scarlett Johansson in Jurassic World Rebirth.
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Johansson made her acting debut when she was nine, in the comedy drama North (1994). Her highest-grossing films include Avengers: Endgame (2019) and The Jungle Book (2016).
She won the Bafta for best actress for Lost In Translation (2003), and the Tony Award for best performance by a featured actress in a play in 2010 for her role in A View From The Bridge. She has also been nominated twice at the Oscars in the acting categories, for Marriage Story (2019) and Jojo Rabbit (2019).
