Angelina Jolie is Hollywood's
highest paid actress with estimated earnings of $33 million in the last year,
according to Forbes.
Angelina Jolie, who will next be
seen on the big screen in the film "Maleficent," is Hollywood's
highest paid actress with estimated earnings of $33 million in the last year,
according to Forbes.
She easily surpassed this year's
Best Actress Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, who came in second with $26
million, and pushed Kristen Stewart of the "Twilight" series, who
topped the list last year, into third place with earnings of $22 million.
"Hollywood hasn't shied away
from Jolie. She's still one of the few actresses who can demand a paycheck
north of $15 million for the right movie — like Disney's retelling of the old
Sleeping Beauty story, Maleficent," reporter Dorothy Pomerantz, wrote on
Forbes.com.
Jolie, 38, made headlines earlier
this year when she revealed she had a double mastectomy after learning she had
inherited a high risk of breast cancer. "Maleficent" will be released
next summer.
The celebrity mother, who has three
biological and three adopted children with her fiancé, actor Brad Pitt, rose
from third place on 2012's list.
Jennifer Aniston, whose newest movie
"We're the Millers" will be released in U.S. theaters next week,
captured fourth place with earnings of $20 million and Emma Stone, who appeared
in "The Amazing Spider-Man" with real-life boyfriend Andrew Garfield
was No. 5 with $16 million.
Forbes talked to agents, managers
and other people with knowledge of the film industry to compile the ranking
based on estimated earnings from June 2012 to June 2013.
Sandra Bullock, who was third in
last year's list, dropped to No. 7 with estimated earnings of $14 million and
Julia Roberts slipped from sixth to 10th place this year, taking home $11
million.
Oscar-winner Bullock wowed audiences
with the female buddy comedy "The Heat." Her 2009 film "The
Blind Side," who which she won a best actress Academy Award, earned $309
million on a budget of $30 million, according to Forbes.
Mila Kunis, at No. 9, was a newcomer
to the ranking this year with earnings of $11 million. Two films she starred
in, "Ted" and "Oz: The Great and Powerful," earned a
combined $1 billion at the global box office.
