Who makes the most in Hollywood???
(Teen Hollywood) Will Smith has been crowned the highest earning actor in Hollywood, with a fortune of $80 million. The "Hancock" star came first in the Forbes ranking to find the best paid actor of last year. Cameron Diaz was Hollywood's highest earning actress with a fortune of $50 million, with Keira Knightley and Jennifer Aniston in second and third place with $32 million and $27 million respectively. The full list of Hollywood stars' pay checks are as follows:
- Will Smith, $80 million
- Johnny Depp, $72 million
- Eddie Murphy, $55 million
- Mike Myers, $55 million
- Leonardo DiCaprio, $45 million
- Bruce Willis, $41 million
- Ben Stiller, $40 million
- Nicolas Cage, $31 million
- Will Ferrell, $31 million
- Adam Sandler, $30 million
According Forbes magazine, Vince Vaughn has topped a list of Hollywood stars giving studios the best returns on their investments. Forbes says it compiled the list by looking at a star's last three films that opened wide before January 1, 2008 and were made in the past five years -- and were not animated. The mag then took half of each film's box office income and added the first three months of wholesale DVD revenues, subtracted the budget, and used the star's gross income to work out payback. Here's the list of the top payback stars:
- Vince Vaughn, $14.73
- Tobey Maguire, $13.44
- Julia Roberts, $13.19
- Brad Pitt, $12.73
- Naomi Watts, $12.16
- Matt Damon, $12.16
- George Clooney, $11.56
- Jennifer Aniston, $10.48
- Hugh Jackman, $9.90
- Ben Stiller, $9.50


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