Sandra Bullock tops Forbes highest-paid women list

Sandra Bullock has topped the annual Forbes list of the highest paid female actors in the world, thanks largely to the box office success of Oscar-winning space drama “Gravity”.
Bullock's $51m haul over the past 12 months puts her way ahead of the chasing pack, which is led by Jennifers -- Lawrence and Aniston. Bullock last topped the list in 2010, with an estimated $56m, off the back of hit films “The Blind Side” and “The Proposal”.
Lawrence takes second place with $34m this year, thanks to the Hunger Games movies and a high-profile supporting role in superhero sequel “X-Men: Days of Future Past”. Her three Oscar nominations to date and a win last year for indie romance “Silver Linings Playbook” have made her one of the most powerful actors in Hollywood at a remarkably young age

of 23. Aniston, 45, takes third place with $31m thanks to the success of comedies such as “We're the Millers” and “Horrible Bosses”. Gwyneth Paltrow lands in fourth place this year with $19m, thanks largely to the $1bn box office success of superhero movie Iron Man 3, in which she played Pepper Potts. Last year's top female actor, Angelina Jolie, is fifth this year with $18m. Forbes included her upfront fee for Disney fantasy Maleficent in their 2013 calculations.

The next four places on the list are held by Cameron Diaz ($18m) and a trio of women who have made their earnings playing supporting roles in superhero movies: Scarlett Johansson from “The Avengers” ($17m), Amy Adams from “Man of Steel” ($13m) and Natalie Portman from “Thor: The Dark World”. Kristen Stewart, the list's top earner only two years ago thanks to earnings from the “Twilight” films, slipped down to 10th spot this time around with $12m.
Bullock's impressive earnings mean she would have made it to third place, behind only Robert Downey Jr and Dwayne Johnson, on a combined list of male and female actors. However, Forbes estimates that members of its female top 10 earned just $226m, compared to the $419m haul taken by the top 10 men, between June 2013 and June 2014.
Source: Guardian
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