Avengers: Endgame and Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson took the top spot on Forbes’ list of the highest-paid actresses for the second year in a row.
Based on data collected from Nielsen, ComScore, Box Office Mojo, IMDB, and interviews with industry insiders, Forbes has listed Avengers: Endgame and Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson as the highest-paid actress for the second year based on her $56 million earnings. According to the outlet, this figure includes an eight-figure check Scarlett Johansson received for the upcoming film Black Widow and a back-end payment of approximately $35 million for her work on Avengers: Endgame, which grossed over $2 billion worldwide.
While Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff sacrificed her life in Avengers: Endgame, the heroine will return as the lead hero in Black Widow. Directed by Cate Shortland from a script written by Jac Schaeffer and Ned Benson, Black Widow stars Scarlett Johansson, David Harbour, Florence Pugh, O-T Fagbenle, Ray Winstone, Olivier Richters, and Rachel Weisz.
Here is the official synopsis for Avengers: Endgame:
The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers ranks compels the remaining Avengers to take one final stand in Marvel Studios’ grand conclusion to twenty-two films, “Avengers: Endgame.”
Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Benedict Wong, Jon Favreau, Bradley Cooper, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Josh Brolin.
Avengers: Endgame is now available on Digital HD, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD.
Source: Forbes
