The “Saturday Night Live” star was once again the punchline to a hilarious joke about his wife’s career.

Colin Jost reacts to wife Scarlett Johansson losing her title as highest-grossing Hollywood star

The "Saturday Night Live" star was once again the punchline to a hilarious joke about his wife's career.

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Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost in January 2020 in Los Angeles. Credit:

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Scarlett Johansson's box office reign has ended — which means a *Weekend Update *joke was inevitable.

But instead of poking fun at the *Jurassic World Rebirth* actress, *Saturday Night Live* has once again made Johansson's husband, Colin Jost, the butt of the joke. During the Jan. 17 segment, Jost read from cue cards as he shared the news.

"Zoe Saldaña—who stars in the new *Avatar *movie—has surpassed Scarlett Johansson to become the highest-grossing actress of all time," Jost said. As he spoke, a bar graph of both actresses' earnings appeared onscreen.

He continued, "Okay, well let’s see what happens if you include the box office from Scarlett’s husband’s movies."

Accompanied by a comical sound effect, Johansson's earnings then fell from $15.4 billion to $15.1 billion. This change was clearly a surprise to Jost, who burst out laughing as he looked around at the crew in disbelief.

Colin Jost reacts to Scarlett Johansson's box office numbers.

"It went down?!" he exclaimed.

The update from Jost comes days after the *Black Widow* star, who previously held the title for highest-grossing actor of all time, was dethroned by fellow Marvel star Zoe Saldaña. Thanks to the massive box office yield from *Avatar: Fire and Ash *— in addition to the prior two films in James Cameron's *Avatar* franchise — Saldaña's films have earned a whopping $16,946,884,15 at the global box office. Johansson now sits at No. 2 with $16,435,483,784.

For both stars, their time in the MCU accounts for a major part of their cume. Saldaña has appeared in five Marvel films as Gamora, while Johansson has starred in nine. But Saldaña additionally boasts roles in such major franchises as *Avatar* and *Star Trek*.

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Scarlett Johansson Zoe Saldana.

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Aside front he MCU, Johansson has succeeded with *Jurassic World Rebirth*, *The Jungle Book*, *Sing, *and *Lucy.*

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As for Colin Jost, The Numbers puts his box office yield at $488,489,123, thanks to titles such as 2021's *Tom & Jerry, Coming 2 America, Fly Me to the Moon* (a Johansson-fronted movie in which he made a cameo) and *The Bad Guys 2.*

Watch Jost react to the box office update below.

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