This is 2018's Highest Paid Actress, and She Made Over $40 Million

It's that time of year again. Forbes released it's 2018 list of the world's highest paid actresses on Thursday (August 16). 

Scarlett Johansson topped the list, earning $40.5 million before taxes between June 1, 2017 and June 1, 2018; nearly quadrupling her 2017 earnings. This has a lot to do with the leading lady playing Black Widow in Marvel's Avengers movies — another installment is due out in 2019.

Angelina Jolie holds the No. 2 spot, grossing $28 million — thanks in large part to her upfront pay for the currently filming Maleficent 2. Jennifer Aniston comes in third with $19.5 million, cashing in on endorsement deals with Emirates airlines, Smartwater and Aveeno.

Rounding out the top five are Jennifer Lawrence, who made $18 million thanks to her role in the upcoming X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Dior contract (Mother! and Red Sparrow both underperformed at the box office), and Reese Witherspoon, who raked in $16.5 million for her leading parts in A Wrinkle In Time and the HBO hit series Big Little Lies.

Also featured on the list are Mila Kunis (No. 6, $16 million), Julia Roberts (No. 7, $13 million), Cate Blanchett (No. 8, $12.5 million), Melissa McCarthy (No. 9, $12 million) and newcomer Gal Gadot (No. 10, $10 million).

Emma Stone, who claimed the No. 1 spot last year, drawing in $26 million due in part to her Oscar-winning performance in La La Land, was notably absent from this year's list.

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