Highest Paid Celebrities of Hollywood

Highest Paid Celebrities of Hollywood

When it comes to global recognition, then Hollywood celebs surely have an edge over their other counter parts belonging to various glamour aisles of the world.

And when it comes to their bank balances, then even on that front these celebs don't have any competitor in the arena.

So here are a few sought after celebs of Hollywood, who govern the highest paid celebs league too.

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah's new television network may appear to be struggling, but her bank accounts simply seems to be un-impacted by that.

If reports are to be believed then in past one year Oprah has made $165 million inspite of taking a $125 million pay cut.

Michael Bay

Bay fetched the title of top-earning director this year and all credit goes to his recent cine flick Transformers:Dark of the Moon. Inspite of facing thorough criticism from critics, the movie raked in a good moolah at the box office.

So the director still has the reasons to celebrate with $160 dollars in his account, that he earned in past one year.

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg the the director who is globally known for his larger than life cine sagas, stands at number three in this league of Hollywood's highest paid celebs. In past one year Spielberg added $130 million to his bank balance.

Jerry Bruckheimer

The recent cine venture of Bruckheimer, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides emerged as one of the highest-grossing films of 2011, and fetched $1 billion at the global box office.

After some bad experiences in 2010 with cine flicks Prince of Persia and The Sorcerer's Apprentice which stumbled at the box office. This time Bruckheimer succeeded in earning $115 million.

Dr. Dre

The newest feather in the cap of this ageless super-producer is not any carol, rather it's his smart entrepreneurship skills which have helped him in pocketing $110 million dollars in past one year.

Dr Dre received a whooping amount from handset manufacturer HTC for a 51% stake in Beats by Dr. Dre, the headphone company he co-founded with Interscope chief Jimmy Iovine in 2006.

Tyler Perry

With a successful TV empire that includes shows like House of Payne, Meet the Browns and For Better or Worse in its bunch of goodies, Tyler Perry made $105 million in past one year and managed to secure 6th slot in this league of Hollywoods highest paid celebs.