Best Paid Actors

The latest list of the best paid actors in Hollywood has been released, and guess who’s on top. He wouldn’t have come to mind, but Will Smith is Hollywood best-paid actor, grossing over $80 million in the last year.

Will Smith Is Best-Paid Actor

Will Smith had a big movie year, with his latest, “Hancock”, earning over $100 million. That’s the same amount his last 7 films have made, making Smith a force to be reckoned with. There’s a reason he’s called the hardest working man in Hollywood.

The rest of the top-ten list reads as follows:
2. Johnny Depp - $72 million
3. Eddie Murphy - $55 million
3. Mike Myers - $55 million
5. Leonardo DiCaprio - $45 million
6. Bruce Willis - $41 million
7. Ben Stiller - $40 million
8. Nicolas Cage - $38 million
9. Will Ferrell - $31 million
10. Adam Sandler - $30 million

Forbes divided the list between girls and boys, but the girls put up a fight for top dollar. Though the boys’ best-paid actors more than doubled the pay of the actresses on the girls side, $487 million to $244.5, Cameron Diaz would have landed number 5 overall. Diaz brought in $50 million last year. As for the rest of the actresses, the list is as follows:

2. Keira Knightley - $32 million
3. Jennifer Aniston - $27 million
4. Reese Witherspoon - $25 million
5. Gwyneth Paltrow - $25 million

See photos of the best-paid actors in Hollywood and a video discussing the top-paid list below.