Scarlett Johansson Is Now the Highest-Grossing Actor of All Time After New Milestone

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Scarlett Johansson has reached a new financial milestone after the success of her latest film Jurassic Park Rebirth.

The Marvel star is now the highest-grossing actor of all time.

Jurassic Park Rebirth has raked in $318 million since its July 2 release.

Scarlett Johansson can now call herself the Tyrannosaurus Rex of Hollywood, thanks to a major milestone. Jurassic Park Rebirth, where Johansson stars as a mercenary opposite Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali, has been slaying the box office since its July 2 release—and she’s getting a major piece of the pie. Following the movie’s $318 million weekend earnings, Scarlett Johansson has officially become the highest-grossing actor of all time.

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Johansson—who was previously in third place behind her Avengers costars Robert Downey Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson—has taken the crown following the success of her latest movie, according to data from The Numbers. The Black Widow actress has now been paid $14.8 million throughout the course of her three-decades-long career—a number that could go up if Jurassic Park Rebirth continues to perform at the box office.

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Scarlett Johansson with Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Downey Jr. in 2010

Johansson may have left the MCU behind, but she recently opened up about how much she’d dreamed about being a part of the Jurassic World franchise. While making a June 25 appearance on the Today Show, she told Craig Melvin that it was a “childhood dream” of hers to star in the film, explaining, “I’ve been trying to get in the 'Jurassic' universe for three decades.”

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Scarlett Johansson at the Jurassic World Rebirth premiere in Seoul on July 1

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Scarlett Johansson with Jurassic World Rebirth co-stars Rupert Friend and Jonathan Bailey on July 1

She recalled, “I saw the movie ‘Jurassic Park’ when I was 10 years old in the theater and it was so impactful. Like the entire audience, I was completely transfixed, mesmerized, carried away, terrified, all of that stuff, and it’s part of the formative part of my childhood.” While Johansson poked fun at some of the less-comfortable parts of filming in a jungle setting, including scorpions, cockroaches, and monsoon heat, during the interview, it looks like it all paid off for her.

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