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The World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2017: Emma Stone Leads With $26 Million

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LordOfLore

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La La Land--the city and its celluloid namesake--has been very kind to Emma Stone. At just 28 years old, the Hollywood star is this year's highest-paid actress, banking $26 million pretax in our 12 month scoring period.

Stone has her earnings from the movie-musical to thank for the bulk of her payday, which also won her a Best Actress Oscar. Her portrayal of Mia, an aspiring actress and barista, garnered rave reviews and goosed the film to $445.3 million at the global box office.

"I moved here when I was 15 to start auditioning, I knew what it felt like to go on audition after audition," Stone said backstage after accepting her Academy Award, speaking of the similarities between the role and her life. Those auditions have officially paid off: she scored her largest ever annual take-home and is the biggest dollar and percent gainer, year over year, of anyone on the list.

She bests Jennifer Aniston (No. 2; $25.5 million) who continues to bank millions more than a decade after Friends' conclusion, thanks to regular roles in movies such as The Yellow Birds. But Aniston, 48, makes most of her money by endorsing the likes of Emirates airlines, Smartwater and Aveeno. Hair-care line Living Proof, which she owned a stake in, was sold Unilever for an undisclosed amount in December 2016, adding to Aniston's bottom line.

Former top-ranked Jennifer Lawrence comes in at No. 3, notching just over half her 2016 total. But don’t worry—she still made $24 million. Without a Hunger Games movie, most of Lawrence's paychecks came from forthcoming Darren Aronofsky thriller Mother!, Red Sparrow and a longstanding Dior endorsement. Melissa McCarthy (No. 4; $18 million) and Mila Kunis (No. 5; $15.5 million) round out the top five.

Together, the world's 10 highest-paid actresses tallied a combined $172.5 million between June 1, 2016, and June 1, 2017, before fees and taxes. Earnings estimates are based on data from Nielsen, ComScore, Box Office Mojo and IMDB, as well as interviews with industry insiders. All figures are pretax; fees for agents, managers and lawyers are not deducted. The list examined actresses the world over, but no stars from Asia made the cut, as Fan Bingbing and Deepika Padukone dropped off due to quieter years.

Brit Emma Watson (No. 6) is this year's sole newcomer after depositing her paycheck for Beauty and the Beast, which grossed $1.26 billion to become the top-grossing movie of the year so far. Though tech drama The Circle flopped, she managed to make $14 million in our time frame, thanks to the Mouse House.

"Every kid who grew up on Harry Potter felt instantly comfortable seeing Emma Watson on screen; even if she wasn't Hermione Granger, she was Belle," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at industry tracker ComScore. "[Disney] could have plugged in any actor into that role but it wouldn't have had that magic."

This year, three women breached the $20 million mark, compared to four women in 2016. Notably absent this year: Scarlett Johansson, who failed to earn above the $11.5 million cut off for this year's list. Overall, the cumulative total is down 16% from $205 million in 2016.

Their success remains remarkable considering that female characters fill only 28.7% of all speaking roles in film according to a 2016 study. Roles for women above 40 are even fewer and farther between, which makes it all the more notable that 60% of this year's list members are over the age of 40. These women have forged their own roles, such as Atomic Blonde producer and star Charlize Theron, 42, (No. 6; $14 million) who spent five years developing the spy project.

"We’ve had moments like this, where women really showcase themselves and break glass ceilings," Theron told Variety. "And then we don’t sustain it. Or there’s one movie that doesn’t do well, and all of a sudden, no one wants to make a female-driven film."

As the ticketing receipts of Wonder Woman and Girls Trip show, strong female characters have never been more bountiful at the box office. Here's hoping their success engenders more roles for a wider range of actresses in years to come.
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Kill3r7

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Viewt said:
To highlight the absurd wage gap that still exists in Hollywood, 2016's highest-paid actor, Dwayne Johnson, made $64 million.

I'm not saying that Emma Stone specifically should've made more than Dwayne Johnson (the dude has a crazy-respectable hustle), but the fact that the chasm between the most-paid professionals in their respective genders is so wide is definitely an issue.
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The Rock almost exclusively makes blockbuster movies right now and is arguably one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood.
 
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Dereck

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FantasticMrFoxdie said:
And they say Asian American actors/actresses don't get payed well!
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TheCochese said:
Man, that's pretty good money for an Asian actress.
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Fancyarcher

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Most of Aniston's money comes from endorsing products, more then it does her films. She hasn't really been in a hit in a while, heck I'm not sure she's really acts much these days either.

Stone's done very well, but most of these actors / actress make their money more from smart career choices then anything.
 
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Razgriz-Specter

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Viewt said:
To highlight the absurd wage gap that still exists in Hollywood, 2016's highest-paid actor, Dwayne Johnson, made $64 million.

I'm not saying that Emma Stone specifically should've made more than Dwayne Johnson (the dude has a crazy-respectable hustle), but the fact that the chasm between the most-paid professionals in their respective genders is so wide is definitely an issue.
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In the time frame they listed, The Rock was in
Central Intelligence - 217 million
Moana - 643 million
Fate of the Furious - 1.239 billion
Baywatch - 176 million

vs

LaLa Land - 445 million


The Rock and his agent put in work.
 
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SpideySenses

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Fancyarcher said:
Stone's done very well, but most of these actors / actress make their money more from smart career choices then anything.
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She's had some real stinkers though, I actually think one takeaway from her topping the list is that if you're the best thing in a bad movie, it shouldn't hinder your value too badly if studios view you as rising above the material.
 
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Tagyhag

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From just one movie, that's pretty crazy.

Viewt said:
To highlight the absurd wage gap that still exists in Hollywood, 2016's highest-paid actor, Dwayne Johnson, made $64 million.

I'm not saying that Emma Stone specifically should've made more than Dwayne Johnson (the dude has a crazy-respectable hustle), but the fact that the chasm between the most-paid professionals in their respective genders is so wide is definitely an issue.
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There's definitely a gap, but this is a bad comparison.

Had The Rock only made one movie he would have made less than Stone if we were to cut his earnings by 75%
 
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thefro

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Razgriz-Specter said:
In the time frame they listed, The Rock was in
Central Intelligence - 217 million
Moana - 643 million
Fate of the Furious - 1.239 billion
Baywatch - 176 million

vs

LaLa Land - 445 million


The Rock and his agent put in work.
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He's also got Ballers on HBO and probably makes a decent amount on legacy WWE merch/his occasional WWE appearance. He's got endorsement deals with at least Ford & Apple that I remember seeing.
 
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Loxley

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SpaceWolf said:
Kind of crazy that Jennifer Aniston's career is still going so strong.
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Especially since there seemed to be a period there post-Friends and into the late 2000s where should could only get roles in shitty rom-coms.

Good for her though, that's quite a career turnaround.
 
UberTag

UberTag

Member
So the top 6 consist of the Jens (Aniston and JLaw) and the Ems (Emma, Melissa, Mila and Emma).

Incidentally, I'm a Kunis fan but I have no earthly clue how she's leveraged herself into that position given the roles she's landed. Must be cutting some smart deals.
 
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Oersted

Member
Tagyhag said:
From just one movie, that's pretty crazy.



There's definitely a gap, but this is a bad comparison.

Had The Rock only made one movie he would have made less than Stone if we were to cut his earnings by 75%
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There is a point to be made that women barely get the chance to headline so many (big) movies. Its Blanchett and Theron and thats pretty much it.
 
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Master Milk

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seems really fucked up that beauty and the beast pulled in so much, but emma only saw around 1% of that

actually, that would be assuming all of her money was from that one movie, which it most certainly isn't
 
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PHOENIXZERO

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Master Milk said:
seems really fucked up that beauty and the beast pulled in so much, but emma only saw around 1% of that

actually, that would be assuming all of her money was from that one movie, which it most certainly isn't
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That's probably just her base salary, she almost certainly has points on the gross.
 
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Einchy

semen stains the mountaintops
Razgriz-Specter said:
In the time frame they listed, The Rock was in
Central Intelligence - 217 million
Moana - 643 million
Fate of the Furious - 1.239 billion
Baywatch - 176 million

vs

LaLa Land - 445 million


The Rock and his agent put in work.
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Yup, there's nothing there to compare, The Rock is in every other movie, of course he will make more than Emma Stone.
 
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kswiston

Member
PHOENIXZERO said:
That's probably just her base salary, she almost certainly has points on the gross.
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It's a Disney IP movie. Her base pay was likely low, and her marginal participation made up the rest. BatB didn't make $1.25B because people desperately wanted to see an Emma Watson film.
 
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