Top 10 Highest Paid Best Hollywood’s Stars 2011

1. James Cameron

WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER (Creative Artists Agency)

ESTIMATED 2010 EARNINGS: $257 MILLION (2009 rank: 4)
$248 million: Avatar (back-end for writing, producing, and directing, based on 2010 worldwide box-office gross of $1.95 billion, and share of DVD and pay-television revenue; excludes $50 million earned in 2009)
$5 million: Avatar (share of toy licensing, other revenue)
$4 million: Older film revenue (e.g., back-end and royalties from earlier projects, other payments)

2. Johnny Depp

ACTOR (United Talent Agency)

ESTIMATED 2010 EARNINGS: $100 MILLION (2009 rank: 21)
$40 million: Alice in Wonderland (back-end for starring in Tim Burton film, based on worldwide gross of $1.02 billion)
$35 million: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (up-front money for starring in next installment of Jerry Bruckheimer’s waterlogged but ludicrously profitable franchise)
$20 million: The Tourist (fee for co-starring in one of the year’s bigger flops alongside Angelina Jolie)
$5 million: Older film revenue

3. Steven Spielberg

DIRECTOR, PRODUCER (CAA)

ESTIMATED 2010 EARNINGS: $80 MILLION (2009 rank: 2)
$50 million: Universal-theme-park royalties and consulting fees
$20 million: War Horse (fee for directing and producing upcoming World War I drama)
$10 million: Older film revenue

4. Christopher Nolan

WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER (CAA)

ESTIMATED 2010 EARNINGS: $71.5 MILLION (2009 rank: —)
$69 million: Inception (back-end for writing, producing, and directing, based on worldwide gross of $823 million, and share of DVD and pay-TV revenue)
$2.5 million: Older film revenue

5. Leonardo DiCaprio

ACTOR (Special Artists Agency)

ESTIMATED 2010 EARNINGS: $62 MILLION (2009 rank: —)
$59 million: Inception (back-end for starring in somewhat convoluted Christopher Nolan film)
$3 million: Back-end for starring in somewhat convoluted Martin Scorsese film Shutter Island, older film revenue

6. Tim Burton

DIRECTOR (William Morris Endeavor)

ESTIMATED 2010 EARNINGS: $53 MILLION (2009 rank: —)
$50 million: Alice in Wonderland (back-end for directing, based on worldwide gross of $1.02 billion, and share of DVD and pay-TV revenue)
$3 million: Older film revenue

7. Adam Sandler

ACTOR, PRODUCER, WRITER (WME)

ESTIMATED 2010 EARNINGS: $50 MILLION (2009 rank: 12)
$25 million: Just Go with It (fee for producing and starring in upcoming comedy opposite Jennifer Aniston)
$20 million: Jack and Jill (fee for producing and starring in upcoming comedy with Katie Holmes and Al Pacino)
$3 million: Grown Ups (back-end for starring and writing, based on worldwide gross of $271 million, plus share of DVD and pay-TV revenue)
$2 million: Older film revenue

8. Todd Phillips

ACTOR (WME)

ESTIMATED 2010 EARNINGS: $33.5 million (2009 rank: —)
$12.5 million: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 1 (fee for co-starring in upcoming penultimate Twilight film)
$12.5 million: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 2 (fee for co-starring in upcoming final Twilight film)
$7.5 million: Abduction (fee for starring in upcoming John Singleton thriller)
$1 million: Older film revenue, mostly from Twilight franchise

9. Taylor Lautner

WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER (CAA)

ESTIMATED 2010 EARNINGS: $34 MILLION (2009 rank: 5)
$15 million: The Hangover Part II (fee for writing, producing, and directing)
$13 million: The Hangover (back-end for producing and directing; excludes $39 million earned in 2009)
$3 million: Due Date (back-end for producing and directing, based on worldwide gross of $200 million, as of December 31, 2010)
$2 million: Older film revenue
$1 million: Project X (fee for producing upcoming low-budget comedy)

10. Robert Downey Jr.

ACTOR (CAA)

ESTIMATED 2010 EARNINGS: $31.5 MILLION (2009 rank: 28)
$15 million: Fee for starring in upcoming untitled Sherlock Holmes sequel
$12 million: Iron Man 2 (back-end, based on worldwide gross of $627 million, and share of DVD and pay-TV revenue)
$3.5 million: Sherlock Holmes (back-end, based on worldwide gross of $523 million, and share of DVD and pay-TV revenue)
$1 million: Older film revenue

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Highest Paid Hollywood Actresses in 2010

1.Sandra Bullock

Estimated Net Worth: $85,000,000

Recent Earnings : $56 million

Winning Awards : Oscar, MTV Movie Awards.

Hits: The Proposal and The Blind Side

Date of Birth: July 26th, 1964

Title : she's the highest-earning actress. The most popular actresses in Hollywood.

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2.Reese Witherspoon

Recent Earnings : $32 million

Winning Awards : Oscar, Golden Globe,MTV Movie Awards, etc.,

Hits: Walk the Line

Date of Birth: March 22, 1976

Title : The most popular actresses in Hollywood.

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3.Cameron Diaz

Recent Earnings : $32 million

Winning Awards : Golden Globe Nominated ,MTV Movie Awards.

Hits: Charlie's Angels,Knight and Day,Shrek film series

Date of Birth: August 30, 1972

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4.Jennifer Aniston

Recent Earnings : $27 million

Winning Awards : Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Hits: Comedy Series, Friends, Love Happens and The Bounty Hunter

Date of Birth: February 11, 1969

Title : The Most Popular Overseas Star

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5.Sarah Jessica Parker

Recent Earnings : $25 million

Winning Awards : Four Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Two Emmy Awards

Hits: Sex and the City

Date of Birth: March 25, 1965

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6.Julia Roberts

Recent Earnings : $20 million

Winning Awards : Academy Award for Best Actress

Hits: Erin Brockovich, The Pelican Brief, Ocean's Eleven and Twelve

Date of Birth: October 28, 1967

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7.Angelina Jolie

Recent Earnings : $20 million

Winning Awards : Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards

Hits: Lara Croft Tomb Raider, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Kung Fu Panda

Date of Birth: June 4, 1975

Title : One of the Most Popular,Best-known and highest-paid actresses in Hollywood.

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8.Drew Barrymore

Recent Earnings : $15 million

Winning Awards : Screen Actors Guild Award and the Golden Globe Award

Hits: Charlie's Angels, 50 First Dates,

Date of Birth: February 22, 1975

Title : appeared People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful.

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9.Meryl Streep

Recent Earnings : $13 million

Winning Awards : Two Oscars, Two Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and seven Golden Globe Awards,two Emmy Awards, etc.,

Hits: Sophie's Choice, Kramer vs. Kramer, record 16th Oscar nomination

Date of Birth: June 22, 1949

Title : American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award

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10.Kristen Stewart

Recent Earnings : $12 million

Winning Awards : MTV Movie Award, Teen Choice Award, Young Artist Award

Hits: Twilight series,The Runaways

Date of Birth: April 9, 1990

Title : recognized as #17 on Entertainment Weekly's top '30 Under 30

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Top Ten Highest Earning Hollywood Movies

No.1.Avatar has crossed over 2 billion dollar and become the highest grossing film of all time in Hollywood and the world. This movie was released overseas on 16 December 2009. It was produced and directed by James Cameron and leading stars were Sam Worthington, Zoe saldana and Stephan lang.Avatar was also nominated for best director, best picture and other Academy awards. The story is about a paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

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No.2.Titanic was released on December 19, 1997 in America. The movie was written, directed and Co. produced by James Cameron. Titanic film became the 2nd highest grossing movie of all time, with a worldwide total of over 1.8 billion dollars. The film was functional romantic tale of a rich girl and poor boy who meet on the ill-fated voyage of the 'unsinkable' of the ship. Unfortunately the ship sinks but their love floats for ever. The leading stars were Leonardo Dicaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane and Kathy

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No.3 The Lord of the Rings is a 2003 fantastic adventurous movie, which was directed and co-produced by Peter Jackson. The film won the Academy for best picture and become the third highest grossing film of all time wonder wide with $1.1 billion dollars earning. The leading stars were Elijah wood, Sean Aston, Andy Serkis and Billy Boyd.

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No.4 Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the highest grossing films of all time in the world. It was direct by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer in 2006.

The movie ended up earning over $1.05 billion in the worldwide box office. The total budget for this movie was estimated at $225 million. Johnny Depp, Orlando bloom, bill nighy and keira were the leading stars of this film. It is an interesting story of groups of Pirates who fight with eachother to hold sway over the Caribbean sea.

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No.5 Alice in wonderland was a fantasy adventure movie released on 25 February, 2010. it became the film ever to gross over $1.01 billion in the worldwide box office. Alice in wonderland was directed by Tim Burton and leading stars were Johnny Glover. It is currently the highest grossing film of 2010. It is an amazing story about a 19-year-old Alice who returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.

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No.6 The Dark Knight won several Academy awards winner and became the sixth highest grossing film in the world. It was a super hero film directed and co-written by Christopher Nolan. It grossed over $1 billion world wide against a $185 million budget. Movie got multiple awards and nomination, including Academy Awards and Golden globe awards. The plot of the movie is about Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent who are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as it drives each of them to their limits

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No.7 Jurassic park was released on June 11, 1993 in United States. The film was most successful from both NBC universal and director Steven. It became the 7th highest grossing film with more than $994 million. The Story begins on Isla Nubler, a small Island 120 Miles off the Coast of Coast Rica. Where large animals reside and put a threat to the life of human beings present there

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No.8 Independence Day was released on 2 July 1996 in United States with total budget of $75 million. The movie has surpassed several 21st century films and currently holds gross with $990 million. Independence Day was directed by Roland Emmerich who co-wrote the script with producer Dean Devlin. The plot covers the aliens who are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy. Fighting superior technology, Man's best weapon is the will to survive.

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No.9 The line king was directed by Roger allers and Rob Minkoff. Matthew Broderick, Jeremy irons. James earl Jones and Nathan lane were the leading stars in this movie. It was one of the highest grossing films of all time and was the highest grossing film in Disney history. The film grossed more than $987 million worldwide and is currently the 9th highest grossing feature film. This animated movie is about the life story of a Lion who is the king of the jungle.

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No.10 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: The film was released on 11 July 2007 and grossed over $985 million world wide against $140 million budget. It is currently the 10th highest grossing film of all time. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix was directed and co-produced by David Yates.

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