Top 30 Highest Paid Celebrities of Hollywood

Updated on July 28, 2022 12:45 PM by Anthony Christian

Jay-Z, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and Kanye West undeniably snatched spots among the leading five with their 9-figure aggregates, its vast majority acquired not from rapping, delivering, or acting but from selling champagne, tequila, and tennis shoes.

Indeed, even the similarly new confronted Taylor Swift, No. 25 with $52 million, made the vast majority of her cash re-recording collections she delivered ten years prior.

Out and out, the 25 Highest-Paid Entertainers procured a joined $4.4 billion preceding charges and expenses in 2021, most of whom did it without making anything new.

(This is twofold the $2.2 billion the main 25 superstars procured in 2020.) Says Tom Freston, the previous Viacom leader who green-lit South Park back when VHS tapes were all the while circling: "There is such a lot of decision nowadays. Individuals incline toward what they know."

Peter Jackson • $580 million

In November, the Lord of the Rings chief sold a piece of his special visualizations firm Weta Digital to Unity Software for $1.6 billion, making him just the third individual in history to turn into a wealthy person (after Steven Spielberg and George Lucas) by making motion pictures.

Bruce Springsteen • $435 million

The Boss emptied his whole assemblage of work to his long-lasting name home Sony Music Group in December. The deal, assessed at almost $500 million, included fifty years of famous tunes, accounts, and songwriting credits from 20 studio collections, various box sets, and live performances.

Jay-Z • $340 million

Hip-jump's most memorable; a wealthy person showed his business chops in 2021 when he traded out stakes out music decoration Tidal and the Armand de Brignac champagne brand.

Dwayne 'The Rock Johnson • $270 million

One of a handful of entertainers to make the positioning this year, The Rock became around a fourth of his profit from jobs in films like Jungle Cruise and Red Notice, with a large portion of his Jumanji-sized payday coming from his buzzy tequila brand Teremana.

Kanye West • $235 million

The wealthy person rapper-maker presently brings in the majority of his cash from a long-term arrangement to plan Yeezy tennis shoes for Adidas. His most memorable Yeezys intended for the Gap — a hoodie and coat — showed up last year, rapidly selling out. However, the 52-year-old brand needs more and is supposedly baffled by the sluggish rollout.

Three-pointer Parker and Matt Stone • $210 million

Stunning. Funny. Also, modest to make. The makers of South Park and its branch-offs manage a bungalow industry that currently nets more than $80 million per year, and, in August, they marked a six-year, $900 million arrangement with Paramount+.

Paul Simon • $200 million

The society rock performer sold many tune creations, including "Mrs. Robinson," "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)," and "The Sound of Silence" to Sony Music Publishing for some $250 million in March.

Tyler Perry • $165 million

The wealthy person do-it-all maker and entertainer is bringing back the Madea establishment that put him on the map - yet all that he worked around gets a large portion of his profit, from a long-term creation manage BET to the 330-section of land creation studio he resolves of in Atlanta.

Ryan Tedder • $160 million

Notwithstanding the 500 or more melodies he has composed for his band, the OneRepublic frontman has written hits for Beyoncé, Adele, and Ed Sheeran. He offered a lump of the list to trading company KKR in January.

Bounce Dylan • $130 million

The 80-year-old Nobel laureate moved his recorded music and a couple of future accounts to Sony in July for $150 million. That followed a revealed $400 million megadeal in 2020 to sell his distribution list to Universal.

Intensely hot Chili Peppers • $116 million

London music speculation store Hipgnosis gobbled up the California rockers' inventory, including such hit melodies as "Californication" in May.

Reese Witherspoon • $115 million

The Big Little Lies star sold her female-centered creation organization Hello Sunshine to private value firm Blackstone at a $900 million valuation in August; she has a stake. The entertainer likewise got a revealed $20 million gathered from 10 episodes of The Morning Show's subsequent season.

Throw Lorre • $100 million

The go-to fellow at Warner Bros. Television is as yet gathering several million every year from the partnership of such hits as Two And A Half Men and The Big Bang Theory, yet entirely he's not been inactive. The showrunner has four sitcoms currently circulating as well as the Netflix series The Kominsky Method.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs • $90 million

"I ain't foolin' around. I'm building resources," the youthful manager told Forbes in 1999-and he wasn't joking. He claims the brands he was working on in those days, including Bad Boy Records and the recently re-gained Sean Jean style name, yet a large portion of his profit nowadays comes from his Cîroc vodka alcohol brand.

Dick Wolf • $86 million

Dun! Indeed, even following 32 years, Wolf's Law and Order establishment kept on snaring wrongdoing addicts with a combo of new shows (Organized Crime) and partnered with more seasoned ones (Special Victims Unit)- while bringing in cash on everything from a benefit share manage Universal Television that most makers would kill for.

Howard Stern • $85 million

Oneself broadcasted "ruler, everything being equal" moved from radio to SiriusXM satellite a long time back. In 2020, the one-time radio shock-muscle head re-increased with SiriusXM on a five-year, $500 million arrangement.

Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman, David Crane • $82 million

Companions for eternity: The show sprinters liable for the quintessential 90s sitcom reemerged briefly when they brought back the cast for a gathering show on HBO Max. The threesome keeps trading out with an arrangement on the decoration that secured the chuckles for $425 million.

Shonda Rhimes • $81 million

The Bridgerton maker made a bet on herself when she endorsed Netflix in 2017 and wowed leaders there with one of the decoration's most discussed pandemic deliveries. She re-increased with Netflix in July and keeps on getting heavy residuals from ABC for Gray's Anatomy.

Neil Young • $80 million

In January, a year after he sold his music privileges to speculation reserve Hipgnosis, Young advised Spotify to pick among him and Joe Rogan, who supposedly spread Covid falsehood. The web-based feature eliminated his music.

Greg Berlanti • $75 million

The showrunner is known for his pack of CW hits like Riverdale. However, a large portion of his pay comes from a six-year creation managing Netflix for shows like the suspenseful thrill ride You.

Lindsey Buckingham • $73 million

Fleetwood Mac's eminent guitarist offloaded his distributing index to London's Hipgnosis in January 2021, gathering on a long period of hits including "Head out in a different direction," "The Chain," and "Tusk."

Mötley Crüe • $72 million

The 1980s big metal band, known as much for their indulgence and insane hair as maybe their music, offered the privileges to melodies including "Launch My Heart," "Dr. Feelgood," and "Young ladies, Girls, Girls" from their nine studio collections to music privileges holder BMG."

Oceanside Boys • $64 million

The guardians of surf rock sold a controlling interest in their licensed innovation to unbelievable music chief Irving Azoff in February 2021.

Blake Shelton • $55 million

The nation star sold his music list in 2021, yet one more large payday was in TV, where he gets compensated a revealed $13 million from his training gig on The Voice-and from $14.5 million made in a 15-city visit.

Taylor Swift • $52 million

The 32-year-old musician transformed outrage into a benefit by changing and delivering accounts sold by Scooter Braun without her consent in 2020; she likewise got profit thanks to worthwhile Peloton and Starbucks support bargains.

Despite the now-scandalous slap, the Oscar victor will keep getting enormous pay. His next check will be for the gotten away slave thrill ride "Liberation," coming to Apple TV+.

Brad Pitt

The Oscar champ will get in the driver's seat of a race vehicle for his next film. It will be coordinated by "Top Gun: Maverick" director Joseph Kosinski.

Dwayne

Like Cruise, Johnson gets different impetuses added to his compensation. Alongside a maker credit, he procures millions by advancing the film on his virtual entertainment.

Phoenix

As per Variety, Phoenix acquired $4.5 million, interestingly playing the amazing miscreant. After the film gets $1 billion, he will procure more for his re-visitation of the job.

Millie Bobby Brown — $10 million

The "More peculiar Things" star will get a significant payday for her other Netflix adventure.

Timothée Chalamet — $9 million

Chalamet is as yet a rising star with regard to paydays. However, he'll get a decent check for playing the notorious chocolate producer.

Daniel Kaluuya — $4 million

The Oscar victor is the star of Jordan Peele's most recent film.

Jamie Lee Curtis — $3.5 million

This film denotes the finish of Curtis in the "Halloween" establishment. (However, never say never.)

Anya Taylor-Joy — $1.8 million

We anticipate that this star's asking cost should go far up after individuals see her in this prequel to "Distraught Max: Fury Road."