Reese Witherspoon highest-paid actress

(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-12-03 08:19

Rounding out the top 10 are Drew Barrymore and Jodie Foster, who ask $10 million to $12 million per project, and Halle Berry, who gets $10 million a picture.

"Traditionally, the top male actors — like Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise — make around $30 million per film, with a piece of the film's profits," Michelle Grabicki, associate features editor at the trade publication, told The Associated Press.

According to an AP-calculated look at executive pay, published in June, typical A-list stars such as Brad Pitt or Leonardo DiCaprio earn $20 million plus 20 percent of the gross box office take per movie.

"Men traditionally command a higher salary than the women," Grabicki said. "It's a newer trend, women getting a percentage of the back end. Cameron Diaz is catching up with the men."

Grabicki said Diaz made around $30 million for "Shrek 3" because of a generous share of the film's profits. She did not know the percentage.

The Hollywood Reporter's salary list only looked at two actresses — Diaz and "Grey's Anatomy" star Katherine Heigl — in terms of what they also make with box office film profits included, Grabicki said.

The salary list appears in The Hollywood Reporter's "Women in Entertainment: Power 100" issue, on newsstands Tuesday.

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