Melissa McCarthy - $33 million
One of the top-billed stars of the Ghostbusters reboot, reportedly taking home an eight-figure paycheck for the film, McCarthy’s meteoric rise through the ranks of Hollywood’s most bankable actresses began with her iconic turn in Bridesmaids and she solidified herself as a marquee name with starring roles in Tammy, Spy, and, most recently, The Boss. This year, she brought in $10 million more than last. The comedian is also seriously involved in the fashion world, as her all-size Seven7 clothing line provides her with yet another revenue stream.
Fan Bingbing - $17 million
The Chinese leading lady cleared a cool $17 million in 12 months time. Stateside, Bingbing is best known for playing Blink in X-Men: Days of Future Past, but movies such as The White-Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom and a host of endorsements in her home country helped land her on the list. Not to mention that she's becoming known as a fashion icon, of sorts. In 2015, she landed a gig serving as a judge on CCTV variety show Amazing Chinese, which helped keep her on the list, even if her earnings are down slightly from last year's $21 million.
Forbes has released its list of the highest-paid actresses of the year and –surprise, surprise — J-Law tops the list once again in 2016, marking the second year in a row that she raked in more cash than any other female film star.
Forbes tallied gross pay from June 1, 2015 through June 1, 2016 and the Hunger Games star took home a whopping $46 million during that span. That’s less than she brought home last year, but still $13 million more than the second entrant on the list, Melissa McCarthy.
Apart from the top five highest paid actresses above, other notable superstar leading ladies this year include: Charlize Theron ($16.5 million), marking her first time back on the list in three years; Amy Adams ($13.5 million); Julia Roberts ($12 million); Mila Kunis ($11 million); and first-time entrant, Indian film actress Deepika Padukone ($10 million). Falling off the top-10, however, were Angelina Jolie, Reese Witherspoon, Anne Hathaway, and Kristen Stewart. Kunis is an interesting entrant, clearly raking in big bucks for films like Bad Moms, which was released not long after Forbes’ tally period, as well as her long-time (and apparently lucrative) gig voicing the character of Meg Griffin on the long-running animated series Family Guy. Not bad for the former Jackie Burkhardt from That ’70s Show.
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