Hollywood's Top-Earning Celebrity Couples
What happens when you marry an $82 million hip-hop brand with an $80 million R&B empire? You get Hollywood's best-paid power couple. The Hollywood's 10 Top-Earning Couples according to forbes.No. 1: Shawn (Jay-Z) Carter and Beyoncé Knowles
Total: $162 million
Any way you slice it, the chart-topping newlyweds have had a monster year. He banked $82 million by signing a $150 million 10-year recording, touring and merchandising deal with concert promoter Live Nation and releasing his second platinum comeback CD, American Gangster.No. 2: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
Total: $85 million
Though Jada Pinkett Smith's résumé continues to grow, husband Will Smith maintains his role as the family breadwinner. He pulled down $80 million in the year ending June 2008, thanks to another set of top-performing blockbusters: I Am Legend, The Pursuit of Happyness and this past summer's Hancock.No. 3: David Beckham and Victoria Beckham
Total: $58 million
Conquering fans on both sides of the Atlantic, the power couple pulled down $58 million over the course of the year. Becks' share: $50 million, proving the much-covered move to America has paid off for the British soccer starNo. 4: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
Total: $35 million
In addition to the big loot country sweethearts McGraw and Hill made on their Soul-2-Soul concert tour, he earned his $23 million from festivals and a double-platinum album, Let It Go.No. 5: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Total: $34 million
They may not be Tinseltown's richest couple, but they're arguably its most famous. But the tabloid staple couple did more than grab press mentions this year.No. 6: Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann
Total: $30 million
This joke-slinging duo is laughing all the way to the bank. Mann pulled in an estimated $3 million with a major role in her hubby's blockbuster Knocked Up and the upcoming films I Love You Phillip Morris, 17 Again and Shorts.No. 7: Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani
Total: $28 million
As rock music's prettiest couple, Rossdale and Stefani created a valuable family brand. With a fashion line, an endorsement deal with Hewlett-Packard and an international tour to promote her most recent album, The Sweet Escape, Stefani earned $27 million from June '07 to June '08.No. 8: Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman
Total: $25 million
It has been a big year for this county crooner and his Aussie glamazon wife. She gave birth to their first child, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, and banked $13 million on the highly anticipated Australia and endorsement deals with Nintendo and Omega.No. 9: Tony Parker and Eva Longoria
Total: $22.5 million
Point guard Tony Parker and his Hollywood wife Eva Longoria seem to have it all and endorse it all. He made $10.5 million last year playing for the San Antonio Spurs, which he supplemented with endorsement deals with VitaminWater, FedEx, Nike, Electronic Arts and KelloggsNo. 10: Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart
Total: $22 million
Despite Flockhart's recurring role on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, Ford out-earned her, thanks to a return to the big screen as Indiana Jones. The 66-year-old actor made $18 million from June '07 to June '08. The actress formerly known as Ally McBeal pulled in $4 million in the same period.
Labels: Celebrity
Posted by Nayan at Sunday, November 23, 2008