Tyler Perry, the director, actor, screenwriter, producer and even songwriter has been named by Forbes magazine as the highest earning figure in Hollywood from May 2010 through May 2011.
According to the magazine the hit makers $130 million gross puts him ahead of big names including Jerry Bruckheimer and Steven Spielberg .
Perry’s money came in from five movies he made over the last two years including:
“Madea’ s Big Happy Family,” “Why Did I Get Married Too?” and “For Colored Girls.”
Perry also reaps the benefit of two TV series “Meet the Browns” and ” House of Payne.”
In terms of sheer acting Leonardo DiCaprio was the highest paid actor with $77 million thanks to just two movies Shutter Island and Inception. Had DiCaprio worked on more films he likely would have ranked at the top of the list.
Second place went to Jerry Bruckheimer who raked in $113 million despite the box office flops of “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” and ” Prince of Persia.” Bruckheimer’s biggest score came from “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” which took in more than $1 billion globally.
In third place was Steven Spielberg who took a three year directing hiatus but still managed to take in $107 million.
Elton John followed behind those men as the top singer with $100 million, while X-Factor creator Simon Cowell didn’t do to bad either with $90 million to round out the top five.
Is there anyone missing from the top 5 list that you would have suspected made more money?
