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The Best Paid In The (LaLa) Land

Filed under: Eddie Murphy > Will Smith > Leonardo DiCaprio > Mike Meyers

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It's still a man's world in Hollywood. Just ask the highest-earning A-list celebs.

The top 10 best paid actors in Hollywood have out earned female actresses 2-1 over the last year!

Collectively, the top male actors took home approximately $487 million this year - as opposed to the leading ladies who brought in $244.5 million.

And, of that, the highest paid male actor is surprisingly Will Smith.

Smith took home an estimated $80 million during the last year!!!!

Crazy!

Looks like the Scientology leaders might be replacing Tom Cruise soon as their unofficial spokesman.

Johnny Depp is second on the list of top paid actors, making $72 million in the last year.

And coming in third is Eddie Murphy with $55 million.

People are still paying to see him????

Coming in fourth is Mike Meyers, followed by Leonardo DiCaprio.

Zacquisha will be up there one day!

[Image via Mavrix Online.]



108 comments to “The Best Paid In The (LaLa) Land”

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  1. um says – reply to this
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    leonardo is the only credible actor.

    all the rest are just in shitty blockbusters.

  2. Beth says – reply to this
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    first??

  3. ZList says – reply to this
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    Will Smith sucks. Johnny Depp rules.

  4. BHGHB says – reply to this
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    Why is this talentless fag getting paid that much?? he sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dep is the best!!!!

  5. queen says – reply to this
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    PROUD OF YOU MY BROTHER! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

  6. jenna says – reply to this
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    FIRST!!!! (for the third time in a row today I might add! :)

    P.S
    Johnny depp should be highest paid!!!

  7. jenna says – reply to this
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    Re: BHGHB – AGREED!

  8. hmmm says – reply to this
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    YES!!! I LOVE JOHNNY DEPP AND WILL SMITH. EDDIE MURPHY ISN'T FUNNY HOW DID HE GET THIRD? OH AND PEREZ IF YOU EVER TALK ABOUT ZACQUISHA ONE DAY BEING A GREAT A-LIST ACTOR AGAIN I'LL CUT YOUR HEAD OFF.

  9. hanna says – reply to this
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    WILL SMITH IS FULL OF HIMSELF

  10. hey y says – reply to this
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    SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY BITCHES

  11. ca says – reply to this
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    will is amazing and super hot

  12. david says – reply to this
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    of course eddie murphy is there, perez; he's been a box office champ FOR OVER 20 YEARS!! i bet you feel kinda STUPID for dissing him, huh?

    and fyi, zacquisha will NEVER be in that league.

  13. Carin says – reply to this
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    Why are you surprised?! Will Smith had more movies out last year than the names listed below!!

  14. hilar says – reply to this
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    love the suit !
    i think perez need one like that, very snazzy

  15. WTF says – reply to this
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    HOW THE FUDGE DID EDDY MURPHEY GET THIRD????? DID PEOPLE NOT SEE HIS NEW MOVIE? Well go watch that failure and you'll change your mind

  16. WHORE says – reply to this
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    WILL SMITH HAS 8 MOVIES THAT GROSSED OVER $100 MILLION EACH.

    OBVIOUSLY, DEPP IS NOT THE BEST.

  17. burrr says – reply to this
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    Zaquisha's name will never be associated with the A-listers. Sorry Perez you dumbshit.

  18. WHORE says – reply to this
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    Re: ZList

    JOHNNY DEPP RULES?? LMAO!!!

    OBVIOUSLY NOT.

    BOX OFFICE RECEIPTS DON'T LIE.

    WILL SMITH IS THE MAN IN HOLLYWOOD. DEAL WITH IT HATERS.

  19. cat says – reply to this
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    Zacquisha is in like 1 movie….highschool fagsicals……he will NEVER be up there

  20. 20

    zac efron is totally gonna be THE highest paid actor ever in just a few years!
    haha.
    go johnny depp!!

  21. Lala says – reply to this
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    Will Smith deserves every penny!
    I love that man!!

  22. off t says – reply to this
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    Don't remind them!

  23. lily says – reply to this
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    His movies suck! Why is he the number 1 spot?! Same with Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers! Their movies were terrible.

  24. sandr says – reply to this
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    why are u SOOO zacquisha-obsessed perez?????
    it's becoming really disgusting, plus he doesn't deserve being in that list!!!!!!!

  25. yip says – reply to this
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    the male/female divide still being so huge is crazy… on the bright side its a more ethnically diverse list than i expected.. and how did the execrable film chooser of eddie murphy made the top!

  26. ks says – reply to this
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    Boy, does Will Smith look like a gay blade in that outfit, or what? Can't stand the guy. And, his movies are garbage.

  27. confu says – reply to this
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    Johnny and leo are the only 2 I care about. Will smith is just the black Tom Cruise. ICKY!

  28. Prett says – reply to this
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    BET ON BLACK YOU BITCHES….BLACK POWER…WE ARE TAKING OVER THE WORLD……LOL

  29. Bob says – reply to this
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    Why you are always talking about money, millions and "A-Z Listers"? who are you to rate people like this?

    Money is the only important thing in America!?!?
    no matter who you are or what have you done… if you got money.. youre important in USA!
    LAME!

  30. ccvcb says – reply to this
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    Re: lily – Agreed. Especially Eddie Murphy wtf is up with this country? lol

  31. b says – reply to this
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    Hmm. Number one box office star is a black man. Next president is likely a black man. What is Taye Diggs crying about, anyway?

  32. Brtsh says – reply to this
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    This surprises me. Murphy is such a dick.

  33. confu says – reply to this
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    zaquisha is the new brad pitt. bwahahahahha people liked them for the looks but they both suck at acting too.

    their looks are overrated

  34. chief says – reply to this
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    you couldn't pay me to watch anything with Eddie Murphy or Mike Meyers. The 90ies are over, and to are they

  35. Sash says – reply to this
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    Mike Myers?? Seriously??? Dear God, what an insult to Leo!!!!!!

  36. lacee says – reply to this
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    THIS IS FUCKING RIDICULOUS! PEOPLE DONT NEED TO BE MAKING AND KEEPING THIS MUCH MONEY FOR THEMSELVES. THIS WORLD IS SO FUCKED UP. SEND SOME OF THAT MONEY TO AFRICA. ONE PERSON DOES NOT NEED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ONE YEAR

  37. kai says – reply to this
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    Hmm. Number one box office star is a black man. Next president is likely a black man. What is Taye Diggs crying about, anyway?

    LOL

  38. alex says – reply to this
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    MISERABLE LOSERS STOP HATING. IM PROUD OF WILL SMITH MIKE MEYERS JOHNNY DEPP AND EDDIE MURPHY…THEY WORK HARD AND THEY EARN EVERY PENNY THEY MAKE!! NOT EVERY MOVIE IS GONA BE AN OSCAR AWARD WINNING ONE. SO WHAT!? AND LOL PEREZ YOU KNOW DAMN WELL ZACQUISHA WILL NEVER BE UP ON THAT LEVEL…WELL I SHOULD NEVER SAY NEVER. BUT I DONT SEE IT HAPPENING LOL!

  39. alex says – reply to this
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    OOPS FORGOT TO INCLUDE LEO….HOW COULD I HE IS DEF ONE OF MY FAV ACTORS. BUT YEAH

  40. Mo says – reply to this
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    Surprisingly it's Will Smith???? Where have you been Perez?

  41. dia says – reply to this
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    It's rainin Men! Allelujiah! and as for eoi - are you a r-o-b-o-t?

  42. Kayle says – reply to this
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    OMG why can't you ever spell Mike's name right? It's "Myers." Seriously.

  43. Angel says – reply to this
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    One would think that Will Smith would be a little more care with whom he hangs around or his possible religious beliefs. He might be number 1 right now, but if he keeps befriending Tom Cruise and considering Scientology he is going to start losing his fan base. His possible Scientology beliefs are what kept me from seeing his last movie. Scientology is a money-hungry cult and will end up doing nothing but destroying his career just as it has done for Tom and Katie Cruise.

  44. Allie says – reply to this
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    Just goes to show how Hollywood shows a lack of pay equity between male and female actors. If a female actor does the same amount of work as a male actor and is very sucessful in her own right, she still gets payed less. It's really sad to see such talented ladies get ripped off : ( Never the less they're great at what they do!

  45. miso says – reply to this
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    That's cuz all the women in Hollywood aint doin nuthin but havin babies. Just like they should be.

  46. Alli says – reply to this
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    I thought it said best PLAID…

  47. yes says – reply to this
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    Re: miso – HAH! they deserve this comment!!!

  48. mccau says – reply to this
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    Scientology should put an end to that. Hes part of a CULT. I wouldn't see a film with either him or Tom in them.

  49. agree says – reply to this
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    Re: Allie – I Agree!

  50. Lady says – reply to this
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    Re: miso – You're full of SHIT! Women are Wonderwomen now adays. Work and Have Families. Something Men could NEVER do!

  51. becca says – reply to this
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    i like will smith

  52. DUFFY says – reply to this
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    OH, I THOUGHT AMERICA IS ALL "RACIST"?? SO HOW COME A BLACK MAN IN THE HIGHEST PAID? AND A BLACK WOMAN (OPRAH) IS THE RICHEST WOMAN AND A BLACK MAN IS GOING TO BE PRESIDENT? RIGHT, BLACKS ARE FULL OF SHIT. WITHOUT WHITE PEOPLE WATCHING OPRAH, SEEING WILL SMITH'S SHITTEOUS MOVIES AND VOTING FOR OBAMA NONE OF THEM WOULD BE ANYTHING. FOOD FOR THOUGHT WHILE YOU'RE SITTING ON YOUR ASS TRASHING WHITE PEOPLE.

  53. lala says – reply to this
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    Re: DUFFY – I AGREE WITH YOU 1000%!! YEAH POOR, POOR BLACK PEOPLE. PLEASE, ENOUGH WITH THE WHINING.

  54. Jenni says – reply to this
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    Re: alex – THEY WORK HARD AND EARNED EVERY PENNY?? I'm a registered nurse at Beth Israel Hospital in NY and I just worked a three day, 18 hour shift (each day). In my 18 hour shift, I assisted a heart transplant, an amputation of a leg, 7 cancer patients,5 gun shot wounds, 2 deaths, 3 abused children and not to mention all the cuts, bruises I had to patch up. If anyone deserves all this money, it is the doctors who save peoples lives not these spoiled, bullshit actors who whine, get free meals, free designer clothes, handbags, jewelry and not to mention all the other freebies to have a glamorous job in the spotlight so spare me the "they earned it". How hard is it to act and have everything handed to you on a silver platter. What the fuck do they do to deserve 20 million a movie? Not much.

  55. 55

    um hey mario, isn't it mike "myers"

  56. Suzy says – reply to this
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    suzy suzy

  57. gymo says – reply to this
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    Will Smith movies made 5.5 Billion dollars, more than any other actor/s movies career.
    He is now producing his own movies so he made even more than $80 million, through his production company. It's been estimated that his total take for the year was closer to $350 million, share between him and his partner.

  58. 58

    Will Smith 80 Million! Wow! Fantastic! Unbelievable!
    A champion for African American youth.
    Unfortunately, still a tad outweighed by "Boom Shake the Room."
    No, kidding Will, kisses.
    Don't leave me out of Hancock 2-Rehab on Mars
    Or Hancock 3-Krypto Crack's Revenge
    Damn, parents just don't understand.

  59. mike says – reply to this
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    Re: Jenni – Ok you need to shut up…it is a LOT harder than you think…yes I applaud you for your job and thank you becasue you help people…but dont judge something you have never done…not every actor is spoiled…there are a lot of actors who work there asses off and don't get things handed to them on silver plates…so don't hate because your not making the same amount of money as them…if you had that money and had people giving you stuff you wouldn't mind you'd freely take it….so shut the fuck up you whore and don't hate others because they are better than you!

  60. mike says – reply to this
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    Re: Jenni – oh and another thing you are just a HATER! that is all…i hope you commit suicide!!!!!!!!!!!

  61. 61

    And just to show I am not picking on Will…
    Wow! Johnny Depp $72 Million! Fantastic! Unbelievable!
    A role model for mix gendered youth everywhere!
    I bet when Peter DeLuise picks up your dry cleaning he is real proud of you.
    I'm terrible. I'm never going to heaven. That is going to happen to me someday.
    I pray that doesn't happen to me…
    …that took research too.

  62. nazi says – reply to this
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    perez nevers seems to want to miss an opportunity to bully tom cruise or his religion. what a neo-nazi.

  63. FUNNY says – reply to this
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    IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN HANCOCK, GO SEE IT OR SEE IT ON DVE. IT'S FUNNY AS HELL.

  64. Malic says – reply to this
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    Perez hates Hollywood because Hollywood rejected his dumb-ass. No talent, no looks, no morals, shit-for-brains, no ethics…. I could seriously go on forever. Perez went to New York University and received a BA in drama. He couldn't get a job for shit and became so enraged at the industry for not giving him a job so he instead attacks the industry and those who were actually able to work hard and have some lady luck on their side and MAKE IT. What a malicious fuck he is.

  65. splif says – reply to this
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    Truth of the matter is, neither doctors or actors deserve that much money. It should spent on more important things, like the homeless and vets and so on not shitty ass actots like WIll Smith who played in fresh prince in Bel Air what a fucking joke!

  66. Zella says – reply to this
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    ZACH EFRON??? YOU WISH. His career will be over in 5 years like all the other Disney slutlets.

  67. laaa says – reply to this
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    nice suit, meat

  68. L says – reply to this
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    $80 million and he dresses like Fred Sanford?!?!?!

  69. Obi-W says – reply to this
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    Obi-Wan Obama says the Force was NOT with his latest 4th of July
    Hype-fest, HanCROCK

  70. gymo says – reply to this
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    Hancock made $400 million local and foreign. It 's expected to earn $600 million.

  71. Erica says – reply to this
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    Why are u surprised Will Smith is the highest paid actor? Is it because he's black? HUH? Anyone who knows a little about Hollywood knows that every movies he's put over the past 7 years have been blockbusters. Your supposed to be the big Hollywood man, so you already know, so don't act dumb you fat nasty ugly cunt.

  72. ass says – reply to this
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    "And coming in third is Eddie Murphy with $55 million"
    -
    Yeah, but the money doesn't matter, he probably cries himself to sleep at night because you said his career is over Perez. AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
    -
    Fucking douchebag.

  73. not-D says – reply to this
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    Re: DUFFY
    ***So DUFFY, there's some truth to your comment, there are black people who act like victims for sure, but when you want to label all black people like they have the same attitude, then you're going to upset some people. My mom's black and my dad's white (so i guess i'm mixed??) and they treat each other like human beings. Black people who act like victims should get over it, and white people who think they're superior should look around!! There will always be people complaining, but the color of your skin does not hold anyone back anymore, it doesn't give someone and advantage neither!!