Jennifer Lawrence is Forbes’ highest paid actress with $52 million: worth it?

Jennifer Lawrence

Here’s the new poster for Joy, the next David O. Russell movie starring Jennifer Lawrence. Just in case you wanted to look up JLaw’s nose (and she wouldn’t mind), take a good look. The movie comes out on Christmas Day, which means I’ll have to make a tough choice between this film and Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight. Decisions, decisions.

Forbes published their annual list of highest paid actresses, and JLaw came out on top with $52 million in earnings over 12 months. They measure from June 2014-2015, so there’s plenty of Hunger Games coin in there, along with what she earns to cover herself in blue body paint for the X-Men franchise. She also receives millions each year to wear poorly designed Raf Simons dresses for Dior. The second name on the list is a welcome one, Scarlett Johansson, who came in with $35 million (much of that for her Black Widow role). She may not appear in much of the Marvel marketing materials, but at least they’re paying her. You can see the whole list here. Melissa McCarthy comes in third place, and Bingbing Fan pops in as a new arrival in fourth with $21 million.

Is Jennifer worth $52 million per year? Uh, yeah. She makes a lot of money for film studios and Dior. People can’t stop talking about her, whether positive or negative. JLaw’s also very well positioned to keep making good money after Mockingjay: Part 2 hits theaters. At age 25, she could stop working now and live well forever, but actresses run far behind the leading male actors. Robert Downey Jr. was announced as Forbes’ highest paid actor with $80 million, which is surprising since he hasn’t had a solo hit in years but still makes more than the other Avengers actors (and much more than Scarlett).

One more thing. This new Mockingjay 2 poster contains a hidden oopsie. Someone probably got canned for this mistake.

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence

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  1. lunchcoma says:

    Everything she touches* either turns to Oscars or buckets of money. She’s a big name, makes multiple movies a year, and whether people like her or not does turn up to promote her movies. She works hard and deserves it.

    *aside from that awful Serena movie

    • Grace says:

      She does deserve it for her franchise work. But take away the built in audiences and see how she fares. SLP and American Hustle was always going to be an oscar movie because the academy are so far up DOR’S ass. Once she has the franchises out of the way we will see if she really is a box office magnet when it’s a ‘boring’ subject or a tiny indie (like Serena)

      • Farah says:

        American Hustle, despite being an ensemble, was marketed SOLELY on JLaw. The Sony emails revealed that. I do think that era was her peak. She’s way too polarizing now. We’ll have to wait for her Passenger’s film with Chris Pratt. Are they truly movie stars, or do they just pick the right franchises?

      • lunchcoma says:

        I agree that it’s yet to be seen, Grace. I don’t know that she’ll keep her place on top forever. Well, actually, I know that she won’t. Another young actress will come along, and Lawrence will eventually make a couple bad choices. (I think they all need to make good choices these days – I can’t think of a single star out there who can get people to come out for a dull movie that gets poor reviews.) I just think her current paycheck is warranted based on her past successes.

      • OrigialTessa says:

        Have you seen Winter’s Bone? It’s a great film. She carries it beautifully. She’s here to stay imo.

      • littlestar says:

        She’ll probably be much like Julia Roberts. Huge for a time, then over the years her “star power” slowly fades away, but will always have big name recognisability, regardless of whether she still sells films 15 years from now.

      • Grace says:

        @Tessa I hated Winter’s Bone. Struggled to stay awake, i was surprised because i had been looking forward to it a lot and i liked the premise. I thought the acting was fine, especially John Hawke and Dale ?, but i didn;t get the fuss over Jennifer at all. I liked her in The Hunger Games, thought she was pretty bad in X-Men, and over-acted in SLP (but i hated that movie because i felt it treated mental illness very offensively)

        I love Jacki Weaver but her nomination for that movie is one of the most baffling in oscar history. I think even she was embarrassed by it. De Niro was meh but i thought Bradley Cooper was great and deserved a nom – crazy that he didn’t

      • OrigialTessa says:

        Grace, I agree about SLP. I really disliked that movie start to finish. Have no idea what the fuss was about.

      • Helo says:

        @Farah: Eh, I don’t think Jennifer Lawrence is polarizing by any stretch…I mean, sure, there are those that aren’t fans but those that love or like her far outweigh those that don’t.

        It’s her popularity that helped to earn that 20 million dollar paycheck.

        Anyway, to answer Bedhead”s question, Is Lawrence worth the 52 million?…yup, she is.

      • Anne says:

        The Judge bombed and nobody is writting articles asking if RDjr deserves 80 millions. Jen has a bad indie she did few years ago that didn’t work out and people wonder if she deserves what she is getting. Yeah, we have to wait to see how she does outside the franchise, but even Marvel’s king is failling outside his security blanket and people don’t care.

    • Hannah says:

      @ grace I think the one that has benefitted most from the academy’s love for DOR, is actually Bradley cooper. Jlaw was always gonna blow up with the hunger games franchise and she had an Oscar nom ( as well as multiple other awards at a young age) prior to all that so Hollywood had already acknowledge her talent. Bradley literally went from comedy actor to respected serious actor with a bunch of Oscar noms through his work with DOR. Prior to that he wasn’t offered the kind of serious work he gets offered now. Also Bradley WAS nominated for an Oscar for silver lining playbook.
      All the four main characters were nominated if I remember correctly.

      • Alex says:

        I agree. When Jen had her first Oscars appearance (as a nominee) she had X Men finished and just booked The Hunger Games. She was on the up and DOR just happened to latch onto her at the right time. Jen was going to blow up regardless
        Bradley Cooper, on the other hand, definitely turned into someone who gets an Oscar push because of DOR. Just look at his Last two Oscar campaigns. That was funded by Eastwood and DOR not his talent (although I did love him in SLP)

    • Jib says:

      I’m sorry, unless you have cured cancer or Alzheimer’s this past year, no one deserves 50 million dollars a year. It is a sign of our screwed up celebrity worship culture that she makes this kind of money and firefighters, nurses and teachers in my family can barely afford to send their kids to college. This just pisses me off.

      • Kathy says:

        Absolutely! Does anyone *deserves* more money than they can spend in a lifetime? That amount seems so unreal to me…

      • Enea says:

        @Jib
        Did you write the same for Rober Dawney Jr. who made $80M or is only for a woman?

      • Timbuktu says:

        Can’t answer for Jib, but I agree with her, and while I didn’t write the same for RDJ, I could have.

      • LOLA says:

        There will always be that one person who’ll complain with the same ‘cure cancer’ excuse to veil their own envy. Why did your family members choose to be nurses, teachers, fire fighters and not businessmen or actors? Because they can’t, even if they wanted to. Turns out that being the top actress or actor of the generation is a pretty hard job. Actors get a paid a lot more than your family members because they are involved in a business that generates a billions of dollars. The day a teacher’s or nurse’s job would generate the same kind of money that a Marvel movie does, your family members will get paid millions of dollars too.

    • Anne tommy says:

      I like J-law. Worth it? Depends how one views these things. I assume it’s the C U next Tuesday on the poster that you are referring to Bedhead, not sure how it wasn’t spotted earlier.

    • Nancy says:

      @enea, please reread my post. I said no one should make this kind of money unless you have cured cancer. You really had to reach to find this sexist and get all hot under the collar!

  2. Skyblue says:

    I love the hidden oopsie in the poster. Classic! But was it really an oopsie????

    • lem says:

      WHAT IS IT?! I’ve been staring at that photo for too long.

      • Ronda says:

        C U Next Tuesday i guess.

      • MrsB says:

        Glad I wasn’t the only one who couldn’t find it! Though now that I do see it, I have doubts it was accidental.

      • Birdix says:

        I agree it doesn’t look like an accident –no reason the designer wouldn’t have cut both sides of the 0 just like he/she did with the D. Or to center it, it’d make more sense to push it off the 0 entirely. But these things do happen. Copyeditors should have caught it…

      • Katydid20 says:

        Oh my goodness, I didn’t realize that’s what it was……..I looked at that poster a few times and couldn’t figure out what all of the outrage was about.

    • jugstorecowboy says:

      What’s the oopsie?

      • Kathy says:

        Look at the “100”. The last zero is cut off and looks like a “C”. The “until” kind of blends in to form…yeah, I’m not saying it! Just add the “C” to the first three letters of “until”

        Got it? Took me a while!

  3. alyrae says:

    I’ll See You Next Tuesday, Mockingjay!

  4. Shambles says:

    I say get that money girl, and I’m sure Joy will be good. But I would always go with Tarantino first, m’self.

  5. Kelly says:

    Yep. She kicks butt as an action heroine; she’s Oscar worthy, and, unlike some other highly paid actors, her movies make money.

    I wonder if Meryl looks at Jennifer’s career and thinks maybe I should have done a little action as well. I would love to seem them in a movie together. Or Helen Mirren.

    My two “girl” crushes: Helen Mirren and J. Lawrence.

    • lunchcoma says:

      Somehow I don’t think Meryl regrets a thing about her career. The market when she was establishing herself as a star was quite different, with more medium-sized dramas and romantic comedies and other talky movies. She didn’t really need to do action, and most of the women who were known for action roles during those years haven’t fared as well as she has.

      I would love to see them together, though, and I suspect someday it will happen.

    • Ronda says:

      Meryl wouldnt really have been believable in such movies and in her times there were no big franchise movies as a must for your career. im sure she is fine, she also got to grow up without social media and everything on the internet, she gets mostly left alone in terms of gossip.

      • korra says:

        Meryl could be in an action movie if she wanted to, but most action movies don’t have really good interesting female parts. The bulk of her filmography are typically well written women.

    • Jib says:

      Meryl Streep did do that movie about the killer who attacks her family while white water rafting – I think it’s called “The River Wild,” with Streep and Kevin Bacon, and it’s not great, but entertaining with some great white water scenes, which I love!! It was action!!

  6. missmerry says:

    i dont get it(her)…but i guess not everything is for me to get.

  7. Algernon says:

    “Robert Downey Jr. was announced as Forbes’ highest paid actor with $80 million, which is surprising since he hasn’t had a solo hit in years but still makes more than the other Avengers actors (and much more than Scarlett).”

    Let’s not turn this into gender disparity. RDJ fronted his own franchise (and is the biggest draw among the avengers), and ScarJo plays a supporting role. Even still, she makes more as a support character than some of the people who do front franchises, like Chris Evans. The pay gap is real, but sometimes it’s also just weighing lead vs. supporting roles.

    • Mark says:

      Exactly the writer is reaching. he’s the heart and soul of the franchise. If it wasn’t for him the MCU wouldn’t have blown up like it did. He deserves to be paid way more than Scarlett or anyone in the franchise.

      And he made sure everyone in the avengers got a pay day after the movies.

    • Sarah says:

      Well it is gender disparity when there are so so few females actually fronting these giant blockbuster films. All the superhero films centre around men and the women are in supporting roles. It’s easy to say at face value that the supporting actor deserves less but when that supporting actor is nearly always an actress, you’ve gotta see that it is about sexism in the industry.

  8. Farah says:

    I can’t believe no one noticed the C U Next Tuesday! Maybe the marketing team isn’t a JLaw fan.

    I’m really curious about her post X-Men and HG career. The only non HG, DOR and X-Men film she did bombed. She does have many interesting films scheduled. I hope she moves away from POS Russell. She doesn’t NEED him. Hopefully, the whole Joy shoot made her open her eyes to him. She’s always terrible in his movies. In my mind, she won an Oscar for Winter’s Bone.

    • Korra says:

      Freaking this. Im way more excited to see her post HG, Xmen, and DOR career. She’ll still be able to bring in money for a good number of years after. So she can take some risks and do interesting work.

  9. Don't kill me I'm French says:

    Good for her !

  10. Korra says:

    Yeah she deserves it cause she’s able to bring in a lot. I still think her abilities as an actor are overblown and she has a lot to prove in that arena. But as a box office name, no she always deserves a high paycheck. I’m surprised by ScarJo, but then again almost every male on that list is like huh? Why? Not surprised by Mccarthy. It was a great year for her. Spy was hilarious.

  11. Mmtahoe says:

    What’s with the Photoshop fail on her jawline in the Joy poster?

  12. aims says:

    She’s a great actress and a cool person.I’m happy for and her success.

  13. Maya says:

    This list is a joke – Angelina Jolie Pitt received £20m up front and 15 percent of the earnings (boxoffice & merchandise) for Maleficent.

    Maleficent earned £750m at the box office – that gives Angelina atleast £100m (not even including the millions she would earn from merchandise.

    Angelina should top the list of both highest earning actress and actor – she should top the list all together.

    • meme says:

      Calm down…it’s for 2014-2015 combined. Angelina can’t be on every list for every thing.

    • monika says:

      Maya….
      I was wondering the same!! Where is Angelina on this list??
      I mean, it was reported that she made a lot of money for Maleficent, and now… forces, dont have her in this list!! So what the f&ck???

      • mia girl says:

        She is on the 2015 list ranked 7th.
        She was ranked 5th on last year’s list.
        She was ranked #1 in 2013.

    • Mark says:

      They pull this stuff out of their backside thats why, most of this is just a guessing game.

    • lucy2 says:

      That was last year. She topped their list for it for 2013-2014.

      • Maya says:

        This list is combining earnings from May 2014 – may 2015.

        Maleficent was released on 30th May 2014 – that makes this eligible to be included in this list.

        I haven’t even added the earning for Unbroken.

      • Genie G says:

        Presumably if Maleficent was released in May 2014, Jolie was paid the bulk of her salary well before then – generally on completion of the shot. And as a relatively untried director developing a personal passion project, her earnings for Unbroken won’t be massive.

      • Maya says:

        @Genie: even if she received the bulk of her salary – she still getting 15 percent of the boxoffice & merchandise. Those earnings fall under this year’s list.

      • lucy2 says:

        My mistake, she was 5th last year. I think I figured it out though, it looks like they split her Maleficent stuff over 2 years. The description last year said “Part payment Maleficent”.
        Anyways, it’s all an estimate by Forbes anyway, they’re not actually looking at anyone’s paychecks. It’s all based on reported salaries and deals, and most of the time those aren’t quite accurate.

  14. littlestar says:

    See you next Tuesday!

  15. Penelope says:

    JLaw’s worth it and more imo. She’s the whole package.

    I’m over Meryl Streep. At this point she gets nominated for awards solely *because* she’s Meryl Streep. She’s an excellent actress but she’s been overrated for a long time now.

  16. Mellie says:

    Love her, she’s one of the most versatile actresses of our time, I believe it’s well deserved. Keep on keepin’ on J Law.

  17. lucy2 says:

    I think it’s well deserved – she is in 2 very successful franchises, and has the rare combination of box office and critical/artistic success. I think she’s very talented, have ever since I saw Winter’s Bone, and I think she is very smart about her career choices.

  18. me says:

    Na i don’t believe that, i know she makes plenty but i highly doubt she makes that much, forbes isn’t really reliable

  19. Hannah says:

    Yeah she deserves it, her movies are commercially and for the most part critically successful. She’s above average talented and extremely charismatic. I am just annoyed she isn’t making as much as the highest paid males on that list. Most of the males are action stars or comedy actors who just make the same movies over and over like Adam sandler.

  20. WallFlower says:

    To me it seems like JLaw keeps playing the same role: ” a girl with an attitude.” I’ve never seen her deviate from the role, and she keeps getting awards and nominations for playing the “sassy female”. Yeah, she’s talented at playing that role, but is she versatile? My guess would be no since she keeps doing the same thing.

    • Genie G says:

      Personally, I think the characters she plays in for example the HG movies and American Hustle are light years apart. Therefore, I don’t buy the idea that she keeps doing the same role at all. In fact, I would say that one of her strengths in her unusual versatility. Not many actresses can do serious drama and comedy well, as she can, playing very different characters. It is true that her characters tend to have a personality, rather than being doormats – but I fail to see how that’s a criticism!

      • korra says:

        Except her work in american hustle is incredibly mediocre. But she was nominated because she was a beloved, money bringing in star in a DOR film. So she’s given and been in a diverse range of roles, doesn’t mean she can pull each one off. It’s stupid to say not many actresses can do what she can or that she has unusual versatility. We’ve already establish time and again that most actresses don’t even get that chance. Jlaw was smart about going after some of the roles she’s had.

      • Enya says:

        @korra
        Her job in American Hustle was mediocre? And you think that U.N.C.L.E. was a good movie LOL

      • korra says:

        @Enya Yeah I did. I said it was fun and the men were handsome. I’m not exactly stanning for it to win an award (just make enough for a sequel). Quite a lot of people agree, except with that last part because we all know that’s not going to happen. I’m not hoping it is nominated or wins an Oscar. Well for music maybe, but Michael Giacchino did an amazing job for Inside Out. So he’s probably got that locked down. Seriously, that beginning song tugs at my heart strings.

        Yes, her work was in fact mediocre. Accent slipping, looked like she was playing dress up, hysterical and played herself. I laugh when people try and excuse all of it as if she’s just playing the role as it’s meant, when in reality people are trying to reinterpret her performance to say it was good. I’m not of the mindset that it deserved an Oscar nom. I also think Winter’s Bone was one of Law’s best roles. I think I’ve also said she deserved an Oscar for that movie over Natalie Portman in Black Swan. I’ve said time and again I think she’s talented, but she’s not the only one that can do what she can do. Yes, I do in fact dislike her cult of personality. But that’s a testament to the of her fans more than her. But continue as you are LOL.

      • trilby227 says:

        She was horrible in American Hustle, an example of “scenery chewing” at its finest.

    • amelie says:

      Winter’s Bone is completely diffrent than Silver Linings . Burning plain is different than Hunger games. She has already show that shehas rage. Nice try

      • Kiwi says:

        Her characters in Burning Plain, Winter’s Bone, and Hunger Games are all silimiar to each other. So please explain the unusual versatility she has?

        Not to mention most actors can switch from comedy to drama and back. Amy Adams (a much more versatile actress then Lawrence) and Bradley Copper have done it. Sheesh even Channing Tatum can. But hey great effort.

      • Jbap says:

        I would have thought that it was obvious that Lawrence is a highly versatile actress. Just line the HG films up with Winter’s Bone, SLP and Hustle – all very different characters. And you mightn’t like her performance in Hustle (I thought it was one of the best things about a very mediocre film), but at the very least she showed great comedic flair in that film. Korra might be right to say that she has chosen her roles well, but she deserves credit for that: many actors stick within their safety zone. Basically, Lawrence has proved she can do intense drama, comedy, and action films: for a 25-year old, that’s an impressive achievement.

    • Jecko says:

      ‘Scenery chewing’? Sorry – no way! J-Law was tremendously good in Hustle. She brought a peripheral character to vivid life, and demonstrated a great comic touch. Her scenes weren’t well-integrated into the film, which was general was very patchy and all over the place. However, there was absolutely nothing wrong with her acting in that role.

      • korra says:

        No she was pretty bad. Her accent was atrocious and if anything she played herself more than she played the character. Her bringing it to life is watching Jlaw play this character like Jlaw.

      • WallFlower says:

        Thanks Korra for saying JLaw plays herself in some roles, which she does. You can’t argue that fact. “The girl with an attitude” is the role that she tends to stick to. She did it for American Hustle, XMen, SLP, and HG. She’s just good at picking her roles. That’s all. She’s not “incredibly versatile” like some claim. However, she is a good actress. And most actresses don’t get to show off their versatility because directors are usually looking for the “big names” like JLaw. Drama roles are easier for an actor to play, and that’s that.

      • korra says:

        @Wallflower I disagree. The girl is talented. What I take issue with is the idea that she’s the only one capable of doing what she does because she’s simply the only one good enough to do it and that she’s some sort of acting dynamo whom no one is capable of ever touching. Nope, get outta here with that. She’s said herself that EVEN after Winter’s Bone the roles were not pouring in. She had to do a sexy photoshoot in order to get out of that typecast of unattractive, woodsy girl with a backbone before she could land anything else. It’s what got her Xmen. I think this girl has made her choices brilliantly, from the franchises she’s chosen and sticking with DOR. She knows what it takes and is willing to work at it.

        I’m not so much interested in her filmography as it is right now. I just think it’s kinda boring with DOR, Xmen, and the hunger games. 2/3 which imo don’t require much acting wise. But all choices aside it would be nothing if not for her likeablity factor. The latter is what moved her past KStew and has given her the place she has where she can basically do no wrong in the eyes of the public. A gift actresses are rarely if ever really given.

        I’m very much excited for when it moves past that. I’m happy to see her move out of this phase and for the projects she picks after.

  21. Kelly says:

    She’s worth it totally. But Scarlett? No.

  22. Angie says:

    I like Jennifer and not for all the annoying bandwagon reasons everybody else does. She seems to have really worked her ass off to find her niche and make herself known. I have a feeling her star won’t fade like some people have said. I hope it doesn’t because I think she can develop her range even further. It’s true, Julia Roberts was big in the 90s but I think she was very one dimensional. Hopefully J.Law will maintain her streak and keep giving bad ass performances!

  23. Miran says:

    Whoever pays her salary is getting straight ripped off.

    • Genie G says:

      Sure – because studios and fashion houses never do their research, never check market appeal, never ask directors and producers who they want to hire before throwing millions of dollars at Jennifer Lawrence….

      I’m always amused by her haters – why do people have so much problems with an obviously talented actress with a sense of humour making it so big?

      • Nik says:

        “an obviously talented actress with a sense of humour”

        Hmmm that’s subjective.

      • Genie G says:

        Well, everything is subjective…However, I would have thought that her talent was fairly indisputable: you might argue about how gifted she is, but she clearly can act within the standard (commonly held subjective view!) of the term. And I’ve yet to hear anyone argue that she doesn’t have a sense of humour…

  24. word says:

    Is any actor/actress worth $50 million? What do they do that’s so amazing? But I guess their salary is based on a percentage of what the films make. I just recently watched her in a movie called “House at the end of the street”…it’s a few years old but I actually liked it !

    • Crumpet says:

      I know, I just recently watched that one too!

      Winter’s Bone was the first movie I saw her in, Hunger Games the second. Then Silver Lining Playbook. All very different roles, btw, and I was impressed. She isn’t as enjoyable to watch as Julia Roberts was in her hey-day, but she makes up for it in sheer talent.

  25. Birdix says:

    I don’t think anyone is worth that many multiples of anyone else–not the CEOs, Russian oligarchs, actors or even athletes. None of them are even remotely doing it on their own and none are irreplaceable…
    (And now I’ll sit down on Ashbury st and adjust my Birkenstocks while finishing up some macrame.)

  26. A.Key says:

    Objectively no, but that’s celebrity culture for ya…

  27. shi_gatsu says:

    Is anybody really worth it?

  28. SillySimone says:

    Those numbers don’t even compute for me. At some point, 20 million and 50 million all blur into invisible numbers or something. Although maybe if teachers made that kind of money, we might actually have kids who are able to do basic math. (shrug)

  29. Kara says:

    The question should be does RDJr deserves 80 millions? I’m tired of hearing people question if Jlaw deserves the money. Seriously, what an actress in Hollywood needs to do to deserve top pay? Be nominated for awards? Win an Oscar? do different roles? Be in one successful franchise, two? She got all that. The only thing RDJr do is act on those boring avengers movies. His indie movie tanked on boxoffice and critical acclaim, but you don’t see articles asking if he deserves the money. People want to throw Jlaw under the bus because of Serena forgetting all her acomplishments. Iol

    • korra says:

      I personally think RDJ is lucky his wife is such a boss. Imo she is totally the one that scored that deal for him. We can go back and forth about whether any human deserves an insane amount of money. At the end of the day it doesn’t really change much. The only reason they make this much is because they’re in a lucrative field, end of. They should make bank on their name if that’s what the markets paying. Like we wouldn’t do the same.

      The only person who without a doubt should not be on that list is Adam Sandler. The man is a joke.

  30. neer says:

    Forbes is NOT reliable….

    Jennifer Aniston is on the list and even higher than Angelina Jolie…. this is ridiculous….
    Here are the facts I read from another site pointed out by PT:

    “…..Angie got 15% of all profits Disney made on Maleficent – including product tie-ins – and there’s no way in hell that only amounted to $15MIL. Boxoffice.com lists Mal’s “total budget” as $235MIL – that’s production budget plus their estimate on what was spent on NA marketing. The budget was $190MIL so they’re estimating $45MIL for domestic marketing. Add another $55MIL for foreign marketing and let’s say it’s $290MIL total budget. The movie made $758MIL. For the sake of argument say Disney got 50% of the BO – $379MIL. That makes their profit $89MIL. 15% of 89 = $13.39MIL. Soooo…is Forbes saying that Disney took in less than $12MIL from DVD\blu-ray, PPV, VOD, rentals, streaming, product tie-ins, etc? Cuz…that’s just stoopid. You can look at the Blu-Ray and DVD sales charts on The-Numbers.com and see that as over early Jan Mal had made over $68MIL in sales. And all the damned Mal products that Disney sold last year? That had to easily be another $100-150MIL in sales. So Angie earning $15MIL and Aniston earning $16.5MIL – and ScarJo earning $35MIL? Bunch of bul*shi*.

    …..The Aniston’s Cake salary was something I also pointed out on Variety. There’s no way in hell she made $16.5MIL last year – or else she wouldn’t be signing another endorsement contract THIS YEAR. Aniston making more than twice what Cake cost to make? Please.
    And you’re exactly right about Brad and Angie’s investments not being counted. There’s no way the wine business is losing money. He wouldn’t be doing more furniture with Pollaro if the initial offerings hadn’t sold well – and they didn’t even count the contract that he and Pollaro got commissioned to make furniture for that new hotel. Angie’s also in business with Robert Procop. Sure, they give the profits to charity, but that’s beside the point. None of this stuff ever gets mentioned for Forbes.

    ….Forbes is also still claiming that Aniston is getting a significant amount of money from Friends residuals. Their 2004 residuals contract was $100MIL per year divided equally 6 ways – for 5 years. After that their residuals dwindled to less than $1MIL per year. All residuals contracts are front-loaded for actors. The longer the show runs – the less money they get. Friends has been in re-runs for 11 years and Aniston’s $16.67MIL dried up 6 years ago in 2009. Also – she doesn’t make $16.5MIL from endorsements. She gets $3MIL from Aveeno, $1MIL from Smartwater – plus she’s an investor, so she gets dividends, and nobody knows how much she gets from Living Rough because they won’t advertise that. She’s also an investor in the company. But why would they be counting her investments as income when they have no way of knowing how much she’s making because Living Rough is privately held and isn’t required to release that info? Again – Forbes is full of crap.”

  31. Norman Garza says:

    I think I know why a lot of people like Jennifer Lawrence:

    1) She makes bank: Hunger Games has over $700,000,000 in earnings for one example.
    2) She has not been accused of being difficult to work with.
    3) She has a sense of humor especially in awards shows, does not take herself too seriously.
    4) She is not known for parting.
    5) She is not a magnet for the paparazzi and likely avoids being the center of attention outside of her field.
    6) Limited social media.
    7) No scandals.
    8) Dating life kept largely private, not known for being a serial dater, no TMI.
    9) Works Hollywood, does not live Hollywood.
    10) She works hard and she seems to have fun.
    11) Does not complain about fame or fans, positive demeanor.
    12) Respect given, respect earned.

  32. neer says:

    More info about AJ’s income last year..
    Forbes is NOT reliable….

    Jennifer Aniston is on the list and even higher than Angelina Jolie…. this is ridiculous….
    Here are the facts I read from another site pointed out by PT:

    “…..One other thing I will say about Angie’s earnings – last year they reported it as $33MIL and said it included $20MIL up front for Mal + $1MIL for directing Unbroken.

    What I read about Angie’s Mal deal was that it was $20MIL PLUS 15% – NOT $20MIL AGAINST 15%. The latter means she would get either $20MIL or 15% – whichever was greater. The former means she got a $20MIL salary PLUS 15% of all profits. So when I gave those numbers earlier – they can’t come back and say the $13.38MIL was part of the $20MIL – because it’s not. The 15% is like a bonus on top of the $20MIL.”

    • neer says:

      Forbes should read this… They really thought they can just put out a list for the sake of having one even if the figures are NOT based on facts but unrealistic estimates. They really thought they can simply get away with it as long as they can please the PR Huvane manipulation. If they put AJ on the list BUT it’s a false info, they should rather not include her at all. To hell with the list… I rather not see AJ on the list if it’s all lies.

  33. Fidele says:

    Oopsie.. C/o President Snow… 😁