"I threw my back out," is going to be my excuse for everything for next few weeks since I have rarely taken this long to recover! Anywayyyy, on Wednesday, Forbes released their annual list of highest paid actresses. Since the list also includes and ALWAYS reflects the kind of actresses that also promote beauty/luxury/leisure, it might more accurately be called the Highest Paid Female Celebrities Who Also Happen To Act. I mean... Mila Kunis is on the list again. Quick: when was the last time people lined up to see her headline a movie? Follow up Question: Yes, Bad Moms. But was it a hit because of her? I rest my case.
Forbes Highest Paid Actresses 2017
- Emma Stone $26 million
That reduced payday for a cut on La La Land really paid off since that movie was a half billion blockbuster globally - Jennifer Aniston $25.5 million
Queen of Spokes-Actresshood. What doesn't she endorse? - Jennifer Lawrence $24 million
Dior contract plus mother! and the forthcoming Red Sparrow - Melissa McCarthy $18 million
Someone whose actual incomes come from her movies! (now that Mike & Molly is off the air) - Mila Kunis $15.5 million
Bad Moms + Family Guy + surely some endorsements like her Jim Bean deal - Emma Watson $14 million
Beauty & The Beast, the year's #1 hit (sigh) - Charlize Theron $14 million
Dior pays her well. Plus her upfront salary on Atomic Blonde. We don't understand why that movie isn't a huge hit (it's so exciting) but she won't be making a mint from it as a producer since it isn't.
- Cate Blanchett $12 million
That Thor: Ragnarok payday musta been Hela good - Julia Roberts $12 million
Her Lancôme contract accounts for much of this since her movies aren't blockbuster successes anymore - Amy Adams $11.5 million
(Comparatively) quiet year for her but this includes paychecks for Arrival and Justice League
Fan Bingbing and ScarJo fell off the list this year but don't worry - they're still swimming in money. How long til Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot makes this list we wonder?