Zoe Saldana is one of the highest grossing film actors literally ever thanks to appearing in several of the most successful movies in the world—many of which have made billions of dollars. Like, hello Avatar? Avengers: Endgame? The list goes on! Naturally, Zoe has a pretty massive net worth thanks to her knack for picking extremely profitable projects, so let's break it all down. Starting with....

Zoe Saldana's Total Net Worth

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Zoe Saldana's net worth is $35 million. Which is obviously a huge amount of money but should honestly be a lot higher (we'll get into that in a moment).

Note: It doesn't seem like Zoe's earrings for Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 have been factored into this (especially since she'll likely be earning a ton on the backend!), and it's also unclear if her salary for Netflix's From Scratch was considered.

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She's Been in Some Major Movies

To name a few: Drumline, Center Stage, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Avatar, Avengers: Endgame, Star Trek, Guardians of the Galaxy, and, perhaps most importantly, Crossroads with Britney Spears. Actually, just gonna do this real quick:

A hugely impressive career, though Zoe recently talked about feeling in a bit of a rut with so many franchise roles, telling The Hollywood Reporter this past November, “I feel that for the last 10 years of my life, I’ve been just stuck. I felt stuck doing these franchises. I’m very grateful for the opportunities that they provided, from collaborating with amazing directors and getting to meet cast members that I consider friends and getting to play a role that fans, especially children, love. But it also meant that I felt artistically stuck in my craft of not being able to expand or grow or challenge myself by playing different sorts of genres and different roles.”

But she feels super optimistic going forward, adding, “But today, now that I’m 44, I’ve been able to have these opportunities, and I took control over my aging and I took control over my voice and how I consider myself as a woman,” she continued. “And I’m so happy that I’m able to collaborate with filmmakers and producers and people in this industry that want that for women, that want women to be ageless and who don’t fetishize women’s youth. And so it’s interesting. It’s really interesting.”

There's Speculation That She's Been Underpaid

Zoe's been in films that have seen HUGE profits, and there's been some question about why her reported net worth isn't bigger. Obviously $35 million is a huge amount of money, but compared to other actors on her level who are being cast in similar movies, Zoe has a lot less in the bank. An example? According to The Things, Zoe made $100,000 for Guardians of the Galaxy. Meanwhile, Chris Pratt was paid $1.5 million Guardians of the Galaxy. (Presumably/hopefully she got a lot more for the sequel!)

So, What About Zoe's Avatar Salary?

Avatar is the top grossing movie of all time, and Zoe has been tapped to reprise her role in both Avatar 2 and Avatar 3. It's unclear what Zoe earned for the first film, but rumor has it that she was extremely underpaid—and that both she and Sam Worthington got less than Sigourney Weaver even though Sigourney was in a supporting role.

The salaries for Avatar 2 and 3 haven't been revealed by a reputable outlet, but again—presumably/hopefully Zoe negotiated a major pay increase!