Ka-Ching! A-List Actors Get Mad Bank

by Kasey McDonald July 24, 2008 12:23 PM
Ka-Ching! A-List Actors Get Mad Bank

Forbes' list of Hollywood's best paid actors was released this week, and even in this shit economy the boys of the big screen are certainly not hurting for cash. The girls aren't hurting either, but no woman managed to break the top ten in earning. My get-paid-less-for-doing-the-same-job-in-Tinsel-Town bitch session will commence in the break room here at Moviefile headquarters around 12:30, but in the meantime, I'll skip right to the top earners.

Will Smith broke out in the number one spot with an estimated take of $80 million between June 1, 2007 and June 1, 2008. With all that scratch from I Am Legend and Hancock, Smith made enough to build himself just about anything and nobly, he built a school. I'm not going to touch the whole Scientology flap about the private school, but any institution that offers classes in yoga, robotics and etiquette is fairly cool. Long as they don't make you take a stress test with your midterms, I'd say Smith did pretty well with his dough.

Not far behind Smith was Johnny Depp, with $72 million. I adore Johnny Depp and want him to have a long and prosperous career, but the man has something of a chain-smoking problem. And Johnny, you can buy a lot of nicotine patches with 72 mill, is all I'm going to say. In third place with $55 million is Eddie Murphy. The studios are probably rethinking his paychecks as I'm not even sure his last two flicks, Norbit and Meet Dave, actually took in $55 million combined at the box office. Rounding out the top five are Mike Myers, who tied for third with Murphy at $55 million, and Leonardo DiCaprio at $45 million. That's a lot of hybrid cars for DiCaprio, and if Myers sticks to the Shreks and lays off the Gurus, he may be in good shape.

The other leading men earning top bank: Bruce Willis, Ben Stiller, Nicolas Cage, Will Ferrell, and Adam Sandler. If I had the cash I'd personally move Nic Cage into the number 6 spot by paying him $5 million to grow in his sideburns. Go watch National Treasure and try not to be distracted by their absence. It can't be done.

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