Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Jennifer Lawrence named world's highest-paid actress with a whopping $52MILLION last year

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The Hunger Games banked a whopping $52 million dollars thanks to her roles in the dystopian franchise and the X-Men films.

Jennifer Lawrence is the highest-paid actress of the year.

The Hunger Games banked a whopping $52 million dollars thanks to her roles in the dystopian franchise as well as appearing in independent productions and the X-Men films.

Likewise, the second top earner, Scarlett Johansson made serious dollar from her role as Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and standalone films like Lucy.

Melissa McCarthy's comedic talents brought her a considerable $23m dollars in the year to June, according to Forbes magazine.

Chinese megastar Bingbing Fan was the fourth highest earner, bringing in $21m.

Check out the top 18 below.

The Top 18 highest-earning female movie stars

1. Jennifer Lawrence: $52,000,000 (£33m)
2. Scarlett Johansson: $35,500,000 (£22.6m)
3. Melissa McCarthy: $23,000,000 (£14.6m)
4. Bingbing Fan: $21,000,000 (£13.4m)
5. Jennifer Aniston: $16,500,000 (£10.5m)
6. Julia Roberts: $16,000,000 (£10m)
7. Angelina Jolie: $15,000,000 (£9.5m)
8. Reese Witherspoon: $15,000,000 (£9.5m)
9. Anne Hathaway: $12,000,000 (£7.6m)
10. Kristen Stewart: $12,000,000 (£7.6m)
11. Cameron Diaz: $11,000,000 (£7m)
12. Gwyneth Paltrow: $9,000,000 (£5.7m)
13. Meryl Streep: $8,000,000 (£5.1m)
14. Amanda Seyfried: $8,000,000 (£5.1m)
15. Sandra Bullock: $8,000,000 (£5.1m)
16. Emma Stone: $6,500,000 (£4.4m)
17. Mila Kunis: $6,500,000 (£4.4m)
18. Natalie Portman: $6,000,000 (£3.9m)