Film Thursday, 2 July 2009

Jolie and Aniston are the top earners

A study by Forbes.com has found that Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston are the highest earning actresses in Hollywood.

Jolie earned $27m in the past year, while Aniston earned $25m.

Meryl Streep ($24m) was third, Sarah Jessica Parker ($23m) was fourth and Cameron Diaz ($20m) was fifth.

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Forbes.com said: "As is still typical for Hollywood, our actresses earned significantly less than their male counterparts."

Harrison Ford was the year's top earning male actor ($65m).

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