Angelina Jolie | Maleficent | $33 Million

One of the most-known A-list stars in Hollywood is Angelina Jolie. There has not come a day that you will not see the 45-year-old actress in the headlines. She has been named Hollywood’s highest-paid actress several times, and her award-winning films, along with past portrayals, made her an established leading star.

Who will ever forget the 1998 movie Gia, where she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the 1999 masterpiece Girl, Interrupted, opposite fellow A-list actress Winona Ryder? With these feats, it does not come as a surprise that Jolie earned $33 million when she did the first Maleficent movie in 2014. Jolie didn’t just confine herself as a leading actress as she can also compete with Hollywood actors, getting credits from doing action scenes and stunts, as seen in her movies Salt and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, among others.