Jurassic World: Rebirth vaulted the actress into the top spot, ahead of fellow Marvel stars Samuel Jackson, Zoe Saldaña, and Robert Downey Jr.

Scarlett Johansson attends the New York premiere of Jurassic World: Rebirth
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With an assist from some rampaging dinosaurs, the Oscar-nominated actress is officially Hollywood’s highest grossing lead actor at the worldwide box office, surpassing previous record-holder (and fellow Marvel Cinematic Universe veteran) Samuel L. Jackson. Three other MCU alums, Robert Downey Jr., Zoe Saldaña, and Chris Pratt, round out the top five.

That data comes fresh from the box office tracking site The Numbers, which lists Johansson’s cumulative global gross at $14.8 billion versus Jackson’s $14.6 billion. (For the record, Jackson still holds the No. 1 spot for the highest-grossing star domestically.)

The extra bump can be credited to Jurassic World: Rebirth, which roared its way to an opening weekend tally of $318.3 at the worldwide box office and $147.3 million in the U.S. alone. Despite largely mixed reviews, the seventh installment in the Jurassic franchise proves that audiences young and old still enjoy seeing famous faces like Johansson and Rebirth costars Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali running and hiding from giant genetically-engineered reptiles.

Here’s a breakdown of how Johansson reached these rarefied box office heights… and who might challenge her reign.

How she got here

With a 30-year career in front of the camera, Johansson has a long box office track record to draw from. The actress made her debut at age 10 with a small role in Rob Reiner‘s 1994 misfire North. But bigger successes were to come: supporting parts in movies like The Horse Whisperer and The Man Who Wasn’t There gave way to star turns in such films as Lost in Translation and Match Point.

In 2010, Johansson joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, after Emily Blunt had to bow out of the role. Her decade-long residence in the MCU established her as a leading action star, supplemented by global hits like Lucy, Ghost in the Shell and now Jurassic World: Rebirth.

For its rankings, The Numbers breaks down Johansson’s appearances into three main categories: “Leading,” “Supporting,” and “Lead Ensemble Member.” The latter accounts for her highest total with $12.9 billion at the global box office, followed by “Leading” at $1.8 billion and “Supporting” at $828.9 million. (Additional categories include films that she’s narrated, and technical credits like producing.)

Perhaps not surprisingly, Johansson’s prominent presence in the ensemble of Marvel’s four Avengers movies are a big part of her current success. Each of those films earned over a billion dollars at the global box office with the one-two punch of Infinity War and Endgame surpassing $2 billion apiece. Combined with the billion-dollar worldwide gross of Captain America: Civil War, that accounts for roughly $8.7 billion of her $14.8 billion total. Add in Iron Man 2, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Black Widow and that number rises to $10.5 billion.

Other prominent non-Marvel titles contributing major bucks to her final global tally include Jon Favreau‘s live action Jungle Book ($951.8 million), both Sing movies ($631 million and $404 million), and Lucy ($457 million).

Steve Park, Michael Cera, Johansson and Tom Hanks at the New York premiere ofThe Phoenician SchemeJohn Nacion/Variety

Who is waiting in the wings?

Looking ahead at the movie release calendar, Johansson has at least a year of resting on her laurels. Besides Jurassic World: Rebirth, she’s getting additional revenue from Wes Anderson‘s art house hit The Phoenician Scheme and has her directorial debut, Eleanor the Great, on deck for a fall awards season push. She’s currently shooting James Gray’s new film, Paper Tiger, alongside Adam Driver and Miles Teller.

One place you won’t see her, though, is back in the MCU. During the Jurassic press tour, Johansson confirmed that she won’t be part of the all-star Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars mega-productions that’s bringing back so many of her Marvel colleagues, including Downey, who is returning not as good guy Tony Stark, but bad guy Victor Von Doom.

“It would be very hard for me to understand in what capacity [returning] would make sense for me, for the character that I play,” Johansson told Vanity Fair about opting not to resurrect Natasha following her death in Endgame. “I miss my buddies and really would love to be with them forever, but what works about the character is that her story is complete. I don’t want to mess with that. For fans too — it’s important for them.”

As of now, Jackson’s name is also notably absent from the Doomsday and Secret Wars cast lists. Their absence leaves an opening for Downey — currently sitting at No. 3 in the global box-office standings — to leapfrog into the pole position come December 2026. Maybe it’s not too late for Black Widow to re-enter the Marvel web after all…