WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) — Jennifer Lawrence sits at the top of Forbes’ list of the year’s highest paid actresses with a $52 million paycheck.
The Hunger Games actress moved up from her previous spot at number two behindSandra Bullock, who won the title as highest paid actress last year. Bullock — despite her voice roll in Minions — dropped to the 15th spot on the magazine’s list, making just around $8 million this year.
Lawrence made a sweet $17 million more than this year’s number two, Scarlett Johansson, who starred in Avengers: Age of Ultron and Lucy. The third highest paid actress is Spy‘s Melissa McCarthy.
The only foreign actress to make this year’s list is China’s Bingbing Fan, who earned $21 million this year. In the United States, Fan is best known for her role in X-Men: Days of Future Past as Blink.
American Ultra‘s Kristen Stewart made the list as number 10, earning a total of $12 million this year. Cameron Diaz and Gwyneth Paltrow trail behind her at one and two million less, respectively.
Earlier this month, Forbes released its compilation of the world’s highest paid actorswith Robert Downey, Jr. again at the top. The Avengers actor earned a whopping $80 million this year — $30 million more than the list’s number two, Hong Kong’s Jackie Chan.
Below is Forbes’ list of the top 18 highest paid actresses of 2015 as released by CBS:
1. Jennifer Lawrence: $52,000,000 2. Scarlett Johansson: $35,500,000 3. Melissa McCarthy: $23,000,000 4. Bingbing Fan: $21,000,000 5. Jennifer Aniston: $16,500,000 6. Julia Roberts: $16,000,000 7. Angelina Jolie: $15,000,000 8. Reese Witherspoon: $15,000,000 9. Anne Hathaway: $12,000,000 10. Kristen Stewart: $12,000,000 11. Cameron Diaz: $11,000,000 12. Gwyneth Paltrow: $9,000,000 13. Meryl Streep: $8,000,000 14. Amanda Seyfried: $8,000,000 15. Sandra Bullock: $8,000,000 16. Emma Stone: $6,500,000 17. Mila Kunis: $6,500,000 18. Natalie Portman: $6,000,000
