AFP - Will Smith, Johnny Depp and Eddie Murphy were the best paid Hollywood actors in the past year, according to Forbes magazine's special issue "Entertainment All Stars."
Will Smith, Johnny Depp and Eddie Murphy were the best paid Hollywood actors in the past year, according to Forbes magazine's special issue "Entertainment All Stars."
Smith, 39, made 80 million dollars between June 1, 2007 and June 1, 2008, thanks to blockbusters like "I Am Legend," "Hancock" and "The Pursuit of Happyness," for which he was nominated for best actor in the 2007 Oscars.
Depp, 45, who straddles both commercial movies -- including the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series -- and more challenging, independent roles, earned 72 million dollars in same period. Director Tim Burton's favorite actor, Depp was also nominated to the 2007 Oscars for his starring role in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."
Murphy, 47, despite his often criticized aggressive style of humor, is still highly marketable, earning 55 million dollars in the past 12 months, mostly from the films he starred in, but above all for being Donkey's voice in the animated "Shrek" series of films and videogames.
"Shrek the Third" also made Canadian actor Mike Myers -- the green ogre's voice -- the third top Hollywood moneymaker, along with Murphy at 55 million dollars, despite his recent comedic flop "The Love Guru."
And also thanks to "Shrek" and the voice of princess Fiona, Cameron Diaz was not far behind in earnings, with 50 million dollars.
She was followed by Leonardo DiCaprio with 45 million, Bruce Willis with 41 million, comedian Ben Stiller with 40 million and Nicolas Cage with 38 million dollars, according to Forbes.