{"id":1372,"date":"2026-01-14T08:20:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:20:05","slug":"zoe-saldana-becomes-the-highest-grossing-actor-of-all-time-thanks-to-avatar-fire-ash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/zoe-saldana-becomes-the-highest-grossing-actor-of-all-time-thanks-to-avatar-fire-ash\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoe Salda\u00f1a Becomes the Highest-Grossing Actor of ALL TIME Thanks to \u2018Avatar: Fire & Ash\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

A little over 25 years after making her on-screen film debut 2000\u2019s \u2018Center Stage<\/strong>,\u2019 Academy Award winner\u00a0Zoe Salda\u00f1a<\/strong> has become the highest-grossing actor of all time.<\/p>\n

Beyond being the three highest-grossing films of all time, \u20182009\u2019s \u2018Avatar \u2018(<\/b>$2.9 billion), 2019\u2019s \u2018Avengers: Endgame \u2018(<\/strong>$2.8 billion), and 2022\u2019s \u2018Avatar: The Way of Water \u2018(<\/strong>$2.3 billion) all have one major thing in common: Zoe Saldana.<\/p>\n

Between those history-making movies, \u2018Star Trek<\/strong>,\u2019 her other Marvel Cinematic Universe appearances, and the latest \u2018Avatar\u2019 installment \u2018Fire and Ash\u2018recently<\/strong> crossing the $1.23 billion revenue-mark, Saldana is now the highest-grossing actor of all time.<\/p>\n

Reports have it\u00a0her films have collectively amassed a whopping $15.47 billion at the box office over the last 25 years, snatching the title from fellow MCU starlet\u00a0Scarlett Johansson<\/strong>\u00a0(whose works reportedly sit at $15.40 billion combined).<\/p>\n

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According to movie industry data, films featuring Saldana in leading roles have collectively earned an estimated\u00a0$15.47 billion globally<\/b>, taking out the previous record holder,\u00a0Scarlett Johansson,<\/strong>\u00a0whose leading roles total approximately\u00a0$15.40 billion<\/b>.<\/p>\n

The latest boost comes from\u00a0\u2018<\/strong>Avatar: Fire and Ash\u2019<\/strong>, where Saldana helped the film generate $1.2 billion worldwide (as of time reported) thanks to her return as warrior \u201cNeytiri\u201d for the third time.<\/p>\n

Taking to Instagram on Tuesday evening (January 13<\/strong>), Zoe posted a video expressing her appreciation over reaching the historic milestone.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI just want to express my sincerest gratitude for the extraordinary journey that has led me to become the highest-grossing film actor of all time today,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0she said.\u00a0\u201cAn achievement made possible entirely, entirely by the incredible franchises and the collaborators that I have been fortunate enough to be a part of, to every director who placed their trust in me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A little over 25 years after making her on-screen film debut 2000\u2019s \u2018Center Stage,\u2019 Academy Award winner\u00a0Zoe Salda\u00f1a has become the highest-grossing actor of all time. Beyond being the three highest-grossing films of all time, \u20182009\u2019s \u2018Avatar \u2018($2.9 billion), 2019\u2019s \u2018Avengers: Endgame \u2018($2.8 billion), and 2022\u2019s \u2018Avatar: The Way of Water \u2018($2.3 billion) all have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[160],"class_list":["post-1372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","author-urbanafrica"],"authors":[{"term_id":160,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"urbanafrica","display_name":"URBANAFRICA","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-FFB50F59-0D6C-491C-BACA-64123F72D056.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-FFB50F59-0D6C-491C-BACA-64123F72D056.jpg"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1374,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372\/revisions\/1374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1372"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}