A ranking sourced from The Numbers via The Root tallies worldwide box office totals for films featuring Black actors, led by Zoe Saldaña at roughly $15 billion, boosted by Avatar: Fire and Ash and her status as the first actor in four $2-billion-plus films. Samuel L. Jackson follows at about $14.6 billion, largely via Nick Fury and decades of blockbuster supporting work.
Dwayne Johnson, Don Cheadle, and Will Smith round out the upper tier with roughly $9-11 billion each, powered by Fast & Furious, Marvel, and 1990s hits respectively. Chadwick Boseman, Letitia Wright, and Danai Gurira post totals above $7 billion each, largely through Black Panther, while Eddie Murphy and Idris Elba close the list above $5.6 billion apiece via Shrek, Beverly Hills Cop, and various family franchises.
The list explicitly notes these are combined film grosses, not personal paychecks, meaning ensemble franchises like Marvel and Avatar do most of the heavy lifting.
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