Global Sensations: The Top 10 Highest Grossing Actors: Quick Facts

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Zoe Saldana smiling at an event in 2018, wearing a black top with a colorful floral pattern and large dangling earrings.

Scarlett Johansson in Avengers: Age of Ultron

Samuel L. Jackson wearing a dark beret, glasses, and a navy blue suit with a matching shirt, photographed at an event in 2014.

Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark in his red and gold Iron Man suit with the helmet lifted, glowing arc reactor visible on his chest, from Iron Man (2008).

Chris Pratt wearing a dark jacket and striped shirt, standing in front of a colorful blurred background in 2020.

Tom Cruise as Maverick in Top Gun sits in a flight suit with a serious expression, hand at his chin, with other pilots blurred in the background.

Chris Hemsworth as Thor stands in battle armor with a red cape, holding a hammer, in a forest battle scene from Thor: The Dark World.

Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto stands with arms crossed on a city street at night in The Fast and the Furious, with cars and people in the background.

Chris Evans smiling at an event in 2019, wearing a blue suit, green shirt, and dark tie, with a neatly trimmed beard and short hair.

Dwayne Johnson smiling, wearing a black turtleneck with a crest emblem, at an event in 2019.

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