Who are the biggest actors working right now?

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Why: On Fb:

Answer: It changes from year to year, obvi, but it's some arrangement of these people:

• Will Smith - Made over $80 million between 6/1/07 and 6/1/08, including $20m from The Pursuit of Happyness
  
• Johnny Depp - Made over $72 million between 6/07 and 6/08, including $40m from Pirates 3 and Sweeney Todd
  
• Tom Cruise - Makes something like $60 million per film , and $35m for War of the Worlds (2005)
  
• Eddie Murphy - Over $55 million between 6/07 and 6/08, the year of Shrek 2, Dreamgirls, and Norbit
• Mike Myers - $55 million between 6/07 and 6/08
• Cameron Diaz $50 million between 6/07 and 6/08
• Leonardo DiCaprio - $45 million between 6/07 and 6/08
• Bruce Willis - $41 million between 6/07 and 6/08
• Daniel Radcliffe - Highest earning male actor of 2009, with $41 million from 2 Harry Potter movies + royalties
• Ben Stiller - $40 million in 2009, including $20m from Little Fockers
• Tom Hanks - $36 million in 2009, including $19m from Angels and Demons and $15m for Toy Story 3
• Adam Sandler - $31.5 million in 2009, including $25m for Grown Ups
  
• Emma Watson - Highest earning female actor of 2009, with $30 million from 2 Harry Potter movies + royalties
• Julia Roberts - First woman to be paid $20 million for a film; made that much for Erin Brockovich, The Mexican, and Mona Lisa Smile
  

Here is the Vanity Fair list of 2009 earners from February, but some of these people do stuff other than just acting, and some don't act at all:

1. Michael Bay: $125 million
2. Steven Spielberg: $85 million
3. Roland Emmerich: $70 million
4. James Cameron: $50 million
5. Todd Phillips: $44 million
6. Daniel Radcliffe: $41 million
7. Ben Stiller: $40 million
8. Tom Hanks: $36 million
9. JJ Abrams: $36 million
10. Jerry Bruckheimer: $35.5 million
11. Tyler Perry: $32.5 million
12. Adam Sandler: $31.5 million
13. Denzel Washington: $31 million
14. Emma Watson: $30 million
15. Rupert Grint: $30 million
16. Owen Wilson: $29 million
17. Nicolas Cage: $28 million
18. Russell Crowe: $28 million
19. Cameron Diaz: $27 million
20. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard: $25.5 million
21. Johnny Depp: $25 million
22. Steve Carell: $25 million
23. Robert De Niro: $24.5 million
24. Sarah Jessica Parker: $24 million
25. Katherine Heigl: $24 million
26. Shawn Levy: $23 million
27. Oren Peli and Jason Blum: $22.5 million
28. Robert Downey Jr.: $22 million
29. George Clooney: $22 million
30. Matt Damon: $22 million
31. Reese Witherspoon: $21 million
32. Angelina Jolie: $21 million
33. Jennifer Aniston: $20 million
34. Sandra Bullock: $20 million
35. Robert Pattinson: $18 million
36. Clint Eastwood: $17 million
37. Kristen Stewart: $16 million
38. Mark Wahlberg: $16 million
39. Shia LaBeouf: $15 million
40. Brad Pitt: $13.5 million

Source: Showbiz99, Worst Previews, Dafactopedia, Forbes, WiseGeek

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