Scarlett Johansson Is No. 1 on Forbes' List of 2016's Top-Grossing Actors

Officially the biggest movie star of 2016. (Credit: Marvel Studios)
Scarlett Johansson in ā€˜Captain America: Civil Warā€™ (Photo: Marvel Studios)

Remind us again why Black Widow doesnā€™t have her own Marvel-ous solo adventure yet? Largely thanks to her key role in this summerā€™s blockbuster hit, Captain America: Civil War, the folks at Forbes have crowned Scarlett Johansson as 2016ā€™s top-grossing actor. Reprising her role as super-agile Avenger, Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. the Black Widow, Johansson reluctantly took Team Iron Manā€™s side in the teamā€™s civil war, which was gut-wrenching within the Marvel cinematic universe, but great for Marvel Studiosā€™ bottom line, as the film grossed more than $1.15 billion around the world.

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That Giant Man-sized number ā€” coupled with a $63 million worldwide gross for Johanssonā€™s other 2016 ensemble spectacle, Hail Caesar! ā€” was enough to bump the actressā€™s total box office tally to $1.2 billion. Not for nothing, but those figures would be even larger if Forbesā€™ guidelines had not excluded Johanssonā€™s voice-only performances as chatty snake Kaa in Jon Favreauā€˜s wildly successful The Jungle Book (almost $1 billion worldwide) and a porcupine punk rocker in Universalā€™s Christmas cartoon hit, Sing (more than $75 million from its long holiday weekend debut in the U.S.).

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In powering her way to the top of the Forbesā€˜ list, Johansson left her fellow Marvel superheroes eating her dust, including the ostensible star of Civil War, Chris ā€œCaptain Americaā€ Evans, who tied for second place with his onscreen nemesis, Robert ā€œIron Manā€ Downey Jr. Breakout Suicide Squad star Margot Robbie claimed fourth place, which suggests that Warner Bros. was wise to get into the Harley Quinn business with the announced spin-off, Gotham City Sirens. And, like Black Widow, Harley ran circles around the DC Universeā€™s male heroes, with Batman v. Superman co-stars Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill having to settle for sixth and seventh place, respectively. So basically, this Forbes list is telling us that a Black Widow/Harley Quinn team-up adventure would make all the money. Ballā€™s in your court, Hollywood.

Click over to Forbes to see its full Top-Grossing Actors of 2016 list, which also includes Will Smith, Felicity Jones, Ryan Reynolds, and Amy Adams.

Watch Scarlett Johansson and her ā€˜Singā€™ cast mates with Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, and Paul McCartney having a ā€˜Wonderful Christmastimeā€™: