Scarlett Johansson Net Worth

Scarlett Johansson is an American-born actress best known for her work in The Avengers and Lost in Translation. Having started working in Hollywood in the mid-90s, Johansson has over 70 acting credits to her name. Not to mention she’s one of the few celebrities to top Forbes’ highest-paid actresses list.

However, it’s not just her work on the big screen that has contributed to her success. Scarlett Johansson’s net worth has also been impacted by her real estate investments and her new skincare brand, The Outset. Read on to learn about Johanson’s most successful endeavors and follower her career from the beginning until now.

Early life

Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born in Manhattan, New York, on November 22, 1984. She has dual citizenship thanks to her Danish father, Karsten Olaf Johansson, who comes from Copenhagen, Denmark.  Her mother, Melanie Sloan, is a New Yorker who comes from an Ashkenazi Jewish family from Poland and Russia. Johansson also describes herself as Jewish.

Johansson’s parents divorced when she was only thirteen years old. She isn’t an only child, though. She also has a twin brother, Hunter. Additionally, she also has an older sister, Vanessa (who is an actress as well), an older brother Adrian, and a half-brother Christian.

Johansson’s deep desire to become an actress motivated her to enroll at the Lee Strasberg Theater & Film Institute. Initially, she would go on auditions for commercials. But later, she would shift her focus to theater and film. She also attended the Professional Children’s School (PCS) for aspiring young actors in Manhattan.

Acting Career

Johansson’s first stage appearance was in Sophistry, an off-Broadway show with Ethan Hawke. She only had two lines, but she was just getting started. In 1994, she would have her big screen debut with the fantasy comedy film North alongside John Ritter.

In 1996, she acted alongside her twin, Hunter, in Manny & Lo. Johansson’s character, Amanda, was Johansson’s first leading role. The film’s $500,000 budget was small, but Johansson’s performance earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Lead Female.

One of Johansson’s first major films was 1998’s The Horse Whisper alongside actor and director Robert Redford. It earned her an “introducing” credit on the film. And it would also score her a Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination for her portrayal of Grace MacLean. The film made $186 million worldwide on a $60 million budget.

The next notable role would be in the 2001 dark comedy Ghost World. While the film performed poorly at the box office, only earning $8.7 million on its $7 million budget, Johansson’s work on the film earned widespread praise from critics.

In 2003, Johansson applied to the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, but she was not accepted. However, the rejection made it possible for her to focus on her film career, which would only continue to grow in the coming years. 

Success in the 2000s

While Scarlett Johansson’s net worth was still just starting to grow, 2003 brought a turning point in her career. First, was Lost in Translation with Bill Murray. The Sofia Coppola-directed film was made for just $4 million and hit a global gross of $118 million. Johansson would be nominated for over 30 different awards for the film, and she would win the 2004 BAFTA for her performance.

In the same year, Girl with a Pearl Earring was also a box office success, grossing $33 million against at $12 million budget.

In 2005, she worked on Match Point with director Woody Allen. She is also in the 2008 movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

The Broadway Debut

Johansson made her Broadway debut in 2010, performing in A View from the Bridge alongside Liev Schreiber. She not only received rave reviews, but she also won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress for her work on the play.

Marvel Movies

Much of Scarlett Johansson’s net worth comes from her long and eventful relationship with the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). She first joined the MCU in 2010 as Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) in Iron Man 2. And she was reportedly paid $400,000 for her work on the movie.

The film, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, was a mega-hit at the box office, grossing $624 million worldwide with a budget of $200 million. To date, this Iron Man 2 is Johansson’s 10th highest-grossing film of all time.

She reprised the role in 2012 for Marvel’s The Avengers, which is her third highest-grossing film of all time, not to mention (as of writing this), the ninth highest-grossing film of all time.

In 2014, she joined the cast of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. With a budget of $170 million, the film went on to gross more than $700 million worldwide. And while impressive, it’s not nearly as impressive as 2016’s Captain America: Civil War. The movie had a budget of $250 million and grossed more than $1.150 billion worldwide. 

Johansson also appeared in 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron. She was actually pregnant with her first child while making the film, which is her fourth highest-grossing film to date. The movie made $1.4 billion worldwide on a $250 million budget. 

Johansson returned to the Marvel universe in 2018 for Avengers: Infinity War. A year later, Marvel released the next installment of the series, Avengers: Endgame, which is currently the second highest-grossing movie of all time. With a $356 million budget, the film grossed $2.797 million worldwide, making it Johansson’s highest-grossing film to date.

Yahoo! Finance estimates that she’s made $75 million for all of Johansson’s work in the MCU to date.

Black Widow

In 2021, Scarlett Johansson finally released the solo prequel film Black Widow, with the story set after Captain America: Civil War. Critics provided positive feedback for the movie, praising her stellar performance. She was paid a base salary of $20 million for work on the film.

However, Johansson sued Disney for breaching the terms of the contract. To compensate for lost bonuses, Johansson’s talent agency asked Disney to pay $80 million on top of her base salary. The parties later resolved the dispute, but the settlement was not revealed to the press.

Recent Non-Marvel Work

Johansson portrayed the live-action version of Motoko Kusanagi in 2017’s Ghost in the Shell (2017). The film grossed $169 million worldwide on its $110 million budget.

The same year, Johansson also hosted Saturday Night Live for the fifth time. Her March 2017 appearance added her to SNL‘s prestigious Five-Timers Club.

In 2019, Johansson took on a supporting role in Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit (2019), which made $90 million on its $14 million budget. The film and Johansson were nominated for a slew of accolades that award season. And Johansson was even nominated for an Oscar for her work on the film.

That same year, she also starred in Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story with Adam Driver. And Johansson was nominated for an Oscar in this film as well.

Real Estate

In 2014, Scarlett Johansson purchased a $2.2 million beach house on Amagansett Dunes, New York. The same year, she also purchased a 3,500-square-foot home for $3.88 million in Los Feliz, California, with her then-husband, Romain Dauriac.

In 2018, Johansson purchased a 4,000-square-foot house in Palisades, New York, roughly 25 minutes from New York City. The home, known as the “Ivy House” to locals, overlooks the Hudson River and includes a tennis court, swimming pool, and pool house.

Her Skincare Brand & Brand Endorsements

In 2022, Scarlett Johansson launched her own skincare brand, The Outset. She co-founded the company with Kate Foster Lengyel, who serves as the brand’s CEO.

Initially, Johansson took meetings with a number of big players in the beauty industry, including Estée Lauder and Shiseido. But she would eventually accept financial backing from the investment firm Najafi Companies.

The Outset released five skincare products at Sephora in April 2002, with prices ranging from $32 to $54. The products included a micellar-based cleanser, vegan collagen serum, squalane-infused daytime moisturizer, niacinamide night cream, and vitamin C eye cream.

In addition to her own brand, Johansson has also worked with numerous luxury brands, appearing in campaigns for Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein, and Dolce & Gabbana, to name a few.

Personal Life

Johansson married Ryan Reynolds in 2008 but separated three years later. In 2014, she wed Frenchman Romain Dauriac after giving birth to their daughter, Rose Dorothy Dauriac. They later divorced in September 2017.

In May 2019, she announced her engagement to Saturday Night Live star Colin Jost. The couple held their wedding at their New York home in 2020. She and Jost also had a baby, Cosmo, together in August 2021. Johansson’s family currently resides in the Los Feliz neighborhood in Los Angeles and their Palisades estate in New York.

Scarlett Johansson’s Net Worth 2022

As of 2022, Scarlet Johansson’s net worth is estimated at $165 million. To date, her films have grossed more than $14.3 billion worldwide. And with being the highest paid actress in 2019 as well as being a longtime luxury brand ambassador, not to mention being in one of the most successful movie franchises of all time, Johansson’s net worth growth shows no signs of slowing down. 

Fans of Johansson can see her next in Wes Anderson’s Astroid City alongside Tom Hanks and Margot Robbie. She’ll also star in director Kristin Scott Thomas’ My Mother’s Wedding alongside Sienna Miller. Additionally, she has five more movies in various stages of development, including Little Shop of Horrors, where she’s rumored to play Audrey.