Scarlett Johansson’s file because the highest-grossing actor was just lately smashed by Zoe Saldaña — however the Black Widow star’s husband is trying on the vibrant facet of life.
Colin Jost was the butt of Saturday Night time Reside’s joke on Saturday, January 17, that addressed the all-female field workplace toppling. Studying off Weekend Replace’s cue playing cards, Jost, 43, advised the digital camera, “Zoe Saldaña, who stars within the new Avatar film, has surpassed Scarlett Johansson to change into the highest-grossing actress of all time.” To accompany his phrases, a visible graph was proven to characterize each actors’ earnings.
“Let’s see what occurs for those who embrace the field workplace from Scarlett’s husband’s films,” an amused Jost continued because the graph indicated a fall from $15.4 billion to $15.1 billion, which led to Jost laughing.
“It went down?” he hilariously requested.
The general public reference comes after Johansson, 41, was eclipsed by Saldaña, 47, following the discharge of her new movie Avatar: Hearth and Ash, which pushed Saldaña’s earnings as much as $15.47 billion, per reporting by Selection. Johansson at the moment sits at $15.40 billion.
Saldaña addressed her achievement by sharing an Instagram video that thanked followers. “I simply need to specific my sincerest gratitude for the extraordinary journey that has led me to change into the very best grossing movie actor of all time right this moment,” she mentioned within the clip. “An achievement made completely potential by the unbelievable franchises and the collaborators that I’ve been lucky to be part of.”
She continued, “To each director who positioned their belief in me, thanks. J.J. Abrams, Joe and Anthony Russo, James Gunn and most significantly, thanks James Cameron for believing in my potential, for seeing one thing in me that I’ve not at all times seen in myself and for difficult me to at all times rise to the event. Your religion, your steerage and your imaginative and prescient, they form not solely these movies however me as an artist. To the followers world wide, thanks, thanks. Your unwavering help, ardour and loyalty are the true basis of this milestone. None of this exists with out you displaying up time and time once more with open hearts and enthusiasm. This accomplishment belongs to all of us.”
’Tis the season for Colin Jost and Michael Che’s annual “Weekend Replace” joke swap on Saturday Night time Reside — and this time Jost’s spouse, Scarlett Johansson, was entrance and middle within the viewers. Throughout the Saturday, December 21, episode, Jost, 42, requested, “Why?” when he noticed a photograph of Johansson, 40, flash on the display screen. […]
Jost, who married Johansson in October 2020 and shares a son, Cosmo, 4, along with her, has cheekily addressed his spouse’s equally outstanding achievements by way of SNL jokes previously. (Johansson can also be mom to daughter Rose, 11, whom she shares with ex-husband Romain Dauriac.)
Throughout a December 2025 episode of the late evening comedy present, Jost’s Weekend Replace coanchor, Michael Che, wrote Jost a joke that pressured him to deal with his spouse’s monetary success. “New analysis exhibits that hundreds of thousands of ladies depart the office attributable to menopause, which suggests there’s solely a pair years left on my gravy prepare,” Jost mentioned as he stifled his amusement and a photograph of Johansson flashed up on display screen. “My woman already be like, ‘Colin, I’m heat. Colin, I’m sweating.’ Bitch, you having a scorching flash, however don’t fear about me. I’ve acquired a backup [because] they don’t name Wednesday ‘hump day’ for nothing.”
