Vanity Fair's 2009 Top Earners In Hollywood List
Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Jennifer Aniston, Katherine Heigl rule the list...
Want to know how much your favorite movie stars make, and where they fall on the list of Hollywooders getting paid? Look no further -- here's the 2010 Vanity Fair's top earners list (covering 2009 earnings).
Your list of Vanity Fair's Top Earners, with celeb name, representing agency, annual earnings and figures for highest-paid project (except we left Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart's full figures for you!):
1 Michael Bay
(William Morris Endeavor Entertainment)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $125 million ($75 million for directing the Transformers franchise and horror flicks like Friday the 13th)
2 Steven Spielberg
(Creative Artists Agency)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $85 million ($50 from Universal Theme Parks royalties)
3 Roland Emmerich
(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $70 million
4 James Cameron
(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $50 million
$50 million: (from Avatar)
5 Todd Phillips
(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $44 million ($59 mill for The Hangover)
6 Daniel Radcliffe
(Artist Rights Group)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $41 million (yep, all Harry Potter)
7 Ben Stiller
(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $40 million (half from upcoming Little Fockers)
8 Tom Hanks
(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $36 million ($19 million from Angels & Demons)
9 J. J. Abrams
(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $36 million
10 Jerry Bruckheimer
(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $35.5 million ($10 million from The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
11 Tyler Perry
(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $32.5 million ($19 million from) Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
12 Adam Sandler
(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $31.5 million ($25 million from Grown Ups)
13 Denzel Washington
(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $31 million ($15 mill each from the Book of Eli and Unstoppable)
14 Emma Watson
(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $30 million ($15 mill each from both Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
15 Rupert Grint
(Hamilton Hodell)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $30 million ($15 mill each from both Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
16 Owen Wilson
(United Talent Agency)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $29 million ($15 million from Little Fockers)
17 Nicolas Cage
(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $28 million
($12 million each from The Sorcerer's Apprentice and The Hungry Rabbit Jumps)
18 Russell Crowe
(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $28 million ($20 million from Robin Hood)
19 Cameron Diaz
(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $27 million ($10 million from Shrek Forever After)
20 Brian Grazer and Ron Howard
(CAA [Howard])
Estimated 2009 earnings: $25.5 million ($16 million from Angels & Demons)
21 Johnny Depp
(UTA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $25 million ($15 million from The Rum Diary)
22 Steve Carell
(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $25 million ($12.5 million from upcoming Tina Fey comedy Date Night)
23 Robert De Niro
(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $24.5 million ($20 million from Little Fockers)
24 Sarah Jessica Parker
(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $24 million ($15 million from Sex and the City 2)
25 Katherine Heigl
(Paradigm)
Etimated 2009 earnings: $24 million ($12 million from Killers)
26 Shawn Levy
(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $23 million
($12.5 million from Night at the Museum)
27 Oren Peli and Jason Blum
(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $22.5 million ($17.5 million from Paranormal Activity)
28 Robert Downey Jr.
(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings:
$22 million ($12 mill from Due Date)
29 George Clooney
(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $22 million
($10 million from Up in the Air)
30 Matt Damon
(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $22 million ($7 million each from The Adjustment Bureau, Invictus and Hereafter)
31 Reese Witherspoon
(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $21 million
($10 million from Monsters vs. Aliens)
32 Angelina Jolie
(Media Talent Group)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $21 million ($20 million from Salt)
33 Jennifer Aniston
(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $20 million ($8 million each from The Bounty Hunter and The Baster)
34 Sandra Bullock
(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $20 million
($15 million from The Blind Side)
35 Robert Pattinson
(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $18 million
$7.5 million: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (fee for starring in upcoming third installment of vampire franchise)
$5 million: The Twilight Saga: New Moon (fee for starring in second installment)
$4 million: Remember Me (fee for actually starring in a non-Twilight film)
$1.5 million: New Moon (back end, based on worldwide gross of $661 million)
36 Clint Eastwood
(Leonard Hirshan Mgmt.)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $17 million ($6 million each from Invictus, Hereafter and Gran Torino)
37 Kristen Stewart
(Gersh)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $16 million
$7.5 million: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (fee for starring)
$5 million: The Twilight Saga: New Moon (fee for starring)
$2 million: The Runaways (for starring in upcoming Joan Jett biopic)
$1.5 million: New Moon (back end)
38 Mark Wahlberg
(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $16 million ($8 million from The Other Guys)
39 Shia LaBeouf
(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $15 million ($8 million from Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps)
40 Brad Pitt
(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $13.5 million ($4.5 mill from Inglourious Basterds)
Is there dama between Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie over their neck-and-neck salaries? Get the story...
Here check out Vanity Fair's 2009 list of Hollywood's most beautiful people...guess who topped it? Angie.


