--- description: She's followed by Melissa McCarthy and Scarlett Johansson. But their male counterparts are making double what these actresses are getting. title: Jennifer Lawrence Is This Year's Highest-Paid Actress image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd0d2107f5dd76c0/6988a3580b72e39a206eabd2/jennifer-lawrence-x-men.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jennifer Lawrence Is This Year's Highest-Paid Actress  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 23, 2016 4:30 PM CUT  Jennifer Lawrence attends a Global Fan Screening of "X-Men Apocalypse" on May 9, 2016 in London, England. Jennifer Lawrence attends a Global Fan Screening of "X-Men Apocalypse" on May 9, 2016 in London, England.Karwai Tang—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 23, 2016 4:30 PM CUT It’s been a good year for Jennifer Lawrence. [The actress](http://time.com/4363919/jennifer-lawrence-adam-mckay-theranos/?iid=sr-link6 "undefined") raked in $46 million between June of 2015 and 2016, [_Forbes_ reports](http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2016/08/23/the-worlds-highest-paid-actresses-2016-jennifer-lawrence-banks-46-million-payday-ahead-of-melissa-mccarthy/#63863d3244d6 "undefined"), thanks to her star turn in the blockbuster _Hunger Games_ franchise, her Oscar-nominated role in _Joy_ and an advance for the sci-fi drama _Passengers_. This is her second year topping the list. _Ghostbusters_‘ Melissa McCarthy and Marvel star Scarlett Johansson took top honors after Lawrence, while Jennifer Aniston, Fan Bingbing, Charlize Theron, Amy Adams, Julia Roberts, Mila Kunis and Deepika Padukone round out the top ten. Of course, this metric only takes the calendar year’s activity into account not their lifetime earnings or their bankability to studios. For that, we can crown Scarlett Johansson: she’s [brought in $3.3 billion](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/30/scarlett-johansson-highest-grossing-actress "undefined") in domestic ticket sales. Those are receipts worth keeping. Although these women are certainly finding an impressive level of financial success in Hollywood, they’re far from being the highest-paid celebrities this year. That honor goes to [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/4401252/taylor-swift-highest-paid-celebrity/ "undefined"), who brought in $200 million, over four times what Lawrence made. Compared to their male counterparts, none of these ten actresses are even close to the same page: comedian Kevin Hart brought in $87.5 million, putting him in fourth place [on Forbes’s annual Celebrity 100](http://time.com/4403247/these-10-celebrities-made-the-most-money-this-year-according-to-forbes/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined"), a co-ed, multi-industry ranking. Lawrence [doesn’t even show up until number 49](http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emjl45efegf/49-jennifer-lawrence/#170e386637d9 "undefined"), out-paid by actors like Jackie Chan, Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp. Looks like Lawrence’s comments about [the industry’s equal pay challenges](http://motto.time.com/4340424/celebrity-quotes-equal-pay/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") still ring true. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4462882/jennifer-lawrence-highest-paid-actress/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4462882/jennifer-lawrence-highest-paid-actress/"},"headline":"Jennifer Lawrence Is This Year's Highest-Paid Actress","datePublished":"2016-08-23T16:30:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:08:57.181Z","description":"Although she still made way less than her male counterparts","url":"https://time.com/4462882/jennifer-lawrence-highest-paid-actress/","keywords":["celebrities","Entertainment","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd0d2107f5dd76c0/6988a3580b72e39a206eabd2/jennifer-lawrence-x-men.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd0d2107f5dd76c0/6988a3580b72e39a206eabd2/jennifer-lawrence-x-men.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"X-Men Apocalypse\" - Global Fan Screening - Red Carpet Arrivals","caption":"\"X-Men Apocalypse\" - Global Fan Screening - Red Carpet Arrivals","creditText":"Karwai Tang—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4462882/jennifer-lawrence-highest-paid-actress/","name":"Jennifer Lawrence Is This Year's Highest-Paid Actress"}}]}] ```