Angelina Jolie best-paid movie actress in Hollywood

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Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie is the highest paid movie actress for the year 2008, she supplanted previous winner Reece Witherspoon.

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie commands a $15 million a movie. She recently starred in Clint Eastwood’s Changeling and in Wanted.  Her contract states that in case of a sequel, she is expected make $20 million according to Hollywood Reporter.  Jolie will make more than Julia Roberts and Reece Witherspoon. Jolie finished second in 2007.  Other stars like Nicole Kidman and Halle Berry don’t get paid as much as Jolie, they make less than $10 million. Cameron Diaz, Katherine Heigl, Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway and Jennifer Aniston are ahead of them both.  Overall, the male stars make more money than their female counterparts. Will Smith tops the list with $25 million per movie. Jolie’s husband Brad Pitt makes $20 million for a movie.

Changeling Movie Trailer


Changeling Changeling
Price: $6.96
List Price: $19.98
Brangelina: The Untold Story of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Brangelina: The Untold Story of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Price: $16.17
List Price: $25.00
Original Sin (Unrated Version) Original Sin (Unrated Version)
Price: $5.79
List Price: $14.98
Angelina Jolie's: Notes from My Travels Angelina Jolie's: Notes from My Travels
Price: $5.27
List Price: $15.00

Wanted Movie Trailer

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compu-smart  says:
12 months ago

I still cannot understand how these actors and actress are paid these ridiculous amounts of money no matter how good they are at there job!! Its absurd!!

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cgull8m  says:
12 months ago

Compu-smart, now movies are like a global enterprise, they earn a minimum 100 million to 200 million for a reasonable hit movie worldwide. The producers make more, with all the DVD sales, TV broadcasting rights and they will earn for a lifetime. So, they can afford giving actors like this.

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