Hollywood's Billion-Dollar Black Stars — The 10 Highest-Grossing Black Actors Of All Time
The ranking uses The Numbers data and shows how franchise roles pushed several actors past $7 billion in worldwide grosses.
- A 2024 ranking from The Root, based on The Numbers data, identified Hollywood's highest-grossing Black actors by combined worldwide box office revenue from their filmographies.
- Following Avatar: Fire and Ash, Salda surpassed $15 billion in lifetime worldwide box office totals, making her the highest-grossing actor of all time according to The Numbers reporting.
- Samuel L. Jackson remains behind Salda with roughly $14.6 billion in receipts, while Dwayne Johnson has generated more than $11 billion and Will Smith roughly $9 billion worldwide.
- The Black Panther franchise significantly boosted Letitia Wright and Danai Gurira; Wright accumulated more than $7.5 billion and Gurira nearly $7 billion in worldwide box office receipts.
- Eddie Murphy and Idris Elba round out the highest-grossing list, with Murphy generating more than $6.7 billion from franchises including Shrek and Elba contributing more than $5.6 billion.
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The Highest-Grossing Black Actors In Hollywood & How Much Their Movies Have Made
Source: Alessandro Levati / Getty Black actors in Hollywood have been collecting coins for a while now. Check out the highest-grossing Black actors and how much their movies have made inside. A 2024 ranking from The Root, based on data from The Numbers, highlighted the Black actors whose films have generated the most worldwide box office revenue. The figures are not their personal paychecks. They represent the combined worldwide grosses of the m…
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The Highest Grossing Black Actors In Hollywood & How Much Their Movies Have Made
Source: Alessandro Levati / Getty Black actors in Hollywood have been collecting coins for a while now. Check out the highest-grossing Black actors and how much their movies have made inside. A 2024 ranking from The Root, based on data from The Numbers, highlighted the Black actors whose films have generated the most worldwide box office revenue. The figures are not their personal paychecks. They represent the combined worldwide grosses of the m…
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