After a year of highs and lows, Forbes has dubbed Sandra Bullock Hollywood’s highest-paid actress. Her whopping $56 million income between June 2009 and June 2010 is due to the success of The Proposal and The Blind Side. She took reduced upfront pay in order to get a higher percentage of the profits. After adopting a baby and becoming a single mother due to a nasty divorce in the same year, it’s nice to see good things happen to her.Cameron Diaz and Reese Witherspoon tied for second place at $32 million. While Reese Witherspoon is bringing in the big bucks from upfront pay from two new movies, Cameron Diaz is making a large chunk of her income from the Shrek Franchise and her recent romantic comedies. And Jennifer Aniston, who also gets a sizable amount of money from her past work on the Friends series, placed fourth on the list at $27 million. Sarah Jessica Parker place fifth with $25 million, which she got from both Sex and the City and the second Sex and the City movie, which just came out this year.
The actresses often make money from other sources, as well. Reese Witherspoon makes a fair amount from representing Avon, and Jennifer Aniston recently opened her own perfume line– something Sarah jessica Parker has been doing for years.
It’s refreshing to see “older” women managing to make ridiculous amounts of money in Hollywood still. Now if only the concept would catch on more often!
