Jennifer Lawrence is world’s highest-paid actress with $52 million fortune
Forbes noted that only four of the women on this year’s highest-paid list, which takes into account earnings from movies, television, endorsements and other sources, made more than $20 million while 21 male actors reached that level.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: when a handful of raw data about the movie industry’s A-list gives us a peek into the current state of moving pictures.
Rounding out the top 10 were Julia Roberts ($16 million); Angelina Jolie ($15 million); Reese Witherspoon ($15 million); Anne Hathaway ($12 million); and Kristen Stewart ($12 million). Bullock’s Heat co-star Melissa McCarthy did get to No. 3 with $23 million, with Chinese star Bingbing Fan in fourth at $21 million and Jennifer Aniston completing the top five with $16.5 million. Even with the lower criteria, only 18 women made the list compared to 34 men. Check out the photo gallery below of who else made the cut and how much each earned! He’s always been a megastar in his home country, but his latest film Dragon Blade (which arrives in American theaters next month) was a massive success, grossing more than $120 million in China.
Jennifer Lawrence is the highest-paid female actor in Hollywood, according to Forbes.
A spreadsheet of salaries of Sony staffers – also from November’s trove of hacked documents – revealed that of the 17 employees who were making $1 million or more, only one is a woman, according to The Daily Beast. She also proved she can carry her own action franchise in the surprise hit Lucy last summer. But when you look a Lawrence’s resume, it’s not the most surprising news. Remember that Vulture infographic from a couple years ago?
Sandra Bullock was 2014’s top earning actress. The financial magazine estimated earlier this month that the “Iron Man” star earned million in the year ending in June.