A New Star Just Unseated Emma Stone as the World's Highest-Paid Actress

As previously stated, Johansson pulled in $40.5 million over the last year because of her lucrative role as Black Widow in the Avengers franchise, which quadrupled her 2017 earnings. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige actually touched on just how much money it takes to fill a superhero series with giant stars back in April 2017. "The percent of budget cost have certainly skewed heavy, particularly on the Avengers movies, to cast now, whereas maybe in the early ones it was more visual effects or below the line," he said. "But that's okay because [the actors] are the best effects."

Angelina Jolie hasn't been acting on the big screen as much as she used to, but claimed the second spot with $28 million for the year largely because of her upfront pay for the Maleficent sequel.

The Friends actress is a fan favourite for movie audiences and companies eager to have her as their spokeswoman, like Emirates Airlines, Smartwater, and Aveeno. Aniston earned $19.5 million over the past year, coming in at number three on the list. She just might make it to number two next year, though, because of her new Apple TV show with Reese Witherspoon, which will grant her an estimated $1.25 million an episode.

Although Forbes doesn't list Jennifer Lawrence's exact salary, The Hunger Games star is listed as making enough to put her as slightly less than Aniston but more than the fifth actress on the list, Reese Witherspoon ($16.5 million).

Witherspoon's success producing and starring in the buzzy hit Big Little Lies earned her a not-so-little income of $16.5 million.

The Ocean's 8 star earned $12.5 million over the last 12 months.

Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot unsurprisingly earned a pretty wonderful paycheck this year: $10 million.