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Angelina Jolie is one of the few actresses who can demand a man-sized paycheck for the right movie. http://t.co/LhWLTs5zTS via @forbes
— Dorothy Pomerantz (@DorothyAtForbes) July 29, 2013
She might not get paid as much as Iron Man, but there’s no doubt that celestial beauty Angelina Jolie is smiling all the way to the bank. This year, Jolie topped Forbes‘ annual list of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood with an incredibly robust $33 million. Though her last big-budget feature was the much maligned The Tourist back in 2010, Jolie has spent the past few years developing, writing and directing flicks such as In the Land of Blood and Honey and the upcoming Unbroken, and even found time to film Disney’s Maleficent. You see, Angelina Jolie is so wealthy that she can basically stop acting, develop some very small indie flicks and still make money.
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Angelina Jolie Tops Our List Of Hollywood's Highest-Paid Actresses
It’s been three years since Angelina Jolie‘s last big movie, The Tourist, with Johnny Depp. It underperformed for a film with that kind of star power, bringing in $278 million on a $100 million budget.
In the interim, Jolie wrote and directed her first film, the Bosnian War movie In The Land of Blood and Honey, and privately dealt with a major health issue. After finding out that she was a carrier of the BRCA1 gene, Jolie opted to have a double mastectomy.
Jolie probably could have kept her decision a secret. Somehow, the celebrity press never caught on to why the star was suddenly out of the public eye.
Instead, she wrote an op-ed in the New York Times about why she decided to have the mastectomy. The piece was honest, controversial and very brave.
Hollywood hasn’t shied away from Jolie. She’s still one of the few actresses who can demand a paycheck north of $15 million for the right movie — like Disney’s retelling of the old Sleeping Beauty story, Maleficent. The film, which hits theaters next summer, marks Jolie’s return to blockbusters and big money. Jolie tops our list of Hollywood’s Top-Earning Actresses with an estimated $33 million in earnings between June 2012 and June 2013.
That’s $13 million more than Jolie earned last year and $9 million more than the second-ranked actress on our list, Jennifer Lawrence.
Angelina Jolie
$33 millionNever one to shy away from controversy, Jolie recently shared with the world that she had undergone a voluntary double mastectomy because she carries a gene that puts her at a high risk for breast cancer. Her revelation sparked plenty of debate and showed again why Jolie is one of the most powerful women in Hollywood. It also explained her recent time out of the limelight but she's back in full force now with a big payday under her belt for Maleficent, Disney's new spin on the Sleeping Beauty story.
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