The Hollywood Money Makers

We all know that many celebrities make a lump sum of money, which includes movies and/or television work, endorsements and fashion deals. These are often A-list actors and actresses. Anyway, here is the rundown on the earnings of the top five actresses:

Making the number one list is Cameron Diaz. During the past year, she has made fifty million dollars. This is due to her very demanding recurring role as princess/ogre Fiona in the "Shrek" franchise.

Fans are more accustomed to her portraying ditzy characters, Diaz stars in the movie, "What Happens in Vegas," a comedy with Ashton Kutcher. In the future, she will star in a best-selling adaptation by Jodi Picoult, "My Sister’s Keeper" and a fourth movie version of "Shrek."

Guess who is in second place? British actress Keira Knightley. Her annual earnings are a whopping thirty two million dollars. Within one year, Knightley managed to star in the two very popular movies, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End" and "Atonement." In addition to these two movies under her belt within a single year, she also has various ads for the Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle perfume campaign.

Number three on the list: Jennifer Aniston. Within the year, she has racked up approximately twenty-seven million dollars.

Despite being smothered by these crazy tabloids on her private life, Aniston is still managing to make films such as "Marley & Me" and the ultimate dating movie, "He’s Just Not That Into You." Besides the income from her movies, she also receives income from the syndication of "Friends" and endorsements from Smartwater. Although her face is published worldwide to brands such as Heineken and L’Oreal, the Smartwater deal will be her first American endorsement.

Reese Witherspoon and Gwyneth Paltrow have made it to the number four spot. They both made twenty-five million dollars in the past year.

Witherspoon will be starring with Vince Vaughn in "Four Christmases" this upcoming winter. Not only she is starring in the movie; she will also be the producer. Away from the movie set, she had a three-year contract approximately thirty million dollars to promote Avon Cosmetics as the brand’s first worldwide ambassador, in the manner of speaking.

As with Gwyneth Paltrow, she stars with Robert Downey, Jr. in the summer blockbuster hit Iron Man. Summer is not quite over, but the movie has made a lump sum of five hundred sixty-eight million dollars at the worldwide box office. Box Office Mojo reported this.

Paltrow has picked up a multi-year contract to be a spokeswoman for Estee Lauder.

This is good news to hear that these actresses are being very productive in the limelight. Good luck to them!


Source:
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/hollywood-top-earing-actresses/11852