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Taming dinosaurs might be a risky gig, but it’s paying off big time for Scarlett Johansson. The actress has roared to the top as Hollywood’s highest-grossing lead actor ever, thanks to the blockbuster success of Jurassic World Rebirth over the recent holiday weekend.
As of July 16, 2025, at 08:47 PM WAT, the film has hauled in a hefty $318.3 million globally, pushing Johansson’s lifetime career box office gross to an impressive $14.8 billion for films where she starred as a lead or part of a lead ensemble, per data from The Numbers. That leap vaulted her past two Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) heavyweights, cementing her reign.
Johansson’s ascent isn’t just a dino-driven fluke. Over half of her staggering total—$8.7 billion—stems from her role as Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, across the MCU’s galaxy of hits. This franchise muscle helped her overtake long-time chart-topper Samuel L. Jackson and close rival Robert Downey Jr., both fellow Avengers alumni.
The top five highest-grossing lead actors are dominated by MCU stars, with only Tom Hanks breaking the superhero mold—a testament to how the Avengers franchise, like nature itself, finds a way to dominate the box office.
While Jurassic World Rebirth’s chaotic charm has sealed her lead, the question lingers: can Johansson hold the crown as new MCU projects loom, or is this just the start of her prehistoric reign?
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