Scarlett Johansson Is No. 1 on Forbes' List of 2016's Top-Grossing Actors
Remind us again why Black Widow doesnāt have her own Marvel-ous solo adventure yet? Largely thanks to her key role in this summerās blockbuster hit, Captain America: Civil War, the folks at Forbes have crowned Scarlett Johansson as 2016ās top-grossing actor. Reprising her role as super-agile Avenger, Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. the Black Widow, Johansson reluctantly took Team Iron Manās side in the teamās 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 Johanssonās other 2016 ensemble spectacle, Hail Caesar! ā was enough to bump the actressās total box office tally to $1.2 billion. Not for nothing, but those figures would be even larger if Forbesā guidelines had not excluded Johanssonās voice-only performances as chatty snake Kaa in Jon Favreauās wildly successful The Jungle Book (almost $1 billion worldwide) and a porcupine punk rocker in Universalās 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 āCaptain Americaā Evans, who tied for second place with his onscreen nemesis, Robert āIron 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 Universeās 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. Ballās 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 āSingā cast mates with Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, and Paul McCartney having a āWonderful Christmastimeā: