Jennifer Lawrence Tops Forbes List of World's Highest-Paid Actresses of 2016 at $46M

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The World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2016: Jennifer Lawrence Banks $46 Million Payday Ahead 0f Melissa McCarthy
by Natalie Robehmed, Forbes Staff
8/23/16


For the second year in a row, the odds are in her favor: Jennifer Lawrence is once again the world’s highest-paid actress, notching $46 million pretax over 12 months–$13 million more than second-ranked Melissa McCarthy, who pocketed $33 million.

Lawrence’s impressive earnings consist largely of a profit slice from the big box office gross ($653.4 million) of her final Hunger Games installment and a mammoth upfront fee for the forthcoming Passengers.

Her total is down 11.5% from $52 million in 2015, but she remains the girl on fire, financially speaking.



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