Zoe Saldana | Guardians of the Galaxy

When talking about mega-blockbusters, three movies quickly come to mind –James Cameron’s 2009 fantasy adventure film Avatar and the last two Avengers movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe or MCU, Infinity War and End Game. More than being mega-blockbusters, their box-office earnings surpass $2 billion. And an actress to have benefited in all three of these movies is Zoe Saldana. She played Neytiri in Avatar and Gamora in the MCU.

Surprisingly enough, in 2014, when Zoe initially landed the role of Gamore on the Guardians of the Galaxy, she was only paid $100,000. People might consider her getting underpaid, knowing the film grossed $772 million. However, we can only give Marvel’s studio the benefit of the doubt that they have other investments in line for the actress. After all, she will be reprising the role of Gemora in 2023. More importantly, Zoe is still in her prime and will indeed reprise many lead roles in the foreseeable future.