The Decade’s Highest Grossing Actress is…?!
December 16th, 2009We’re as shocked as the rest of you, but, The Guinness Book of World Records has declared 19 year-old Emma Watson as the biggest-grossing female star of the 00s. Her film work with the Harry Potter series has grossed $5.4 billion in global box office receipts.
It was her role as Hermione Granger in the six Potter films, released so far, that cinched her top spot. And interestingly enough, Emma’s overall work actually earned more in ticket sales than her male costars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint (Emma lent her voice to the animated flick The Tale of Despereaux in 2008).
And to add another shocking twist, Dame Maggie Smith (Professor McGonagall) was the second top-earning actress of the decade. How she beat out big-hitters like Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock is beyond us!
As for the men, unfortunately the boys of Harry Potter didn’t take the cake like their leading ladies. While Guinness names Samuel L. Jackson top-grosser, Entertainment Weekly actually awarded Orlando Bloom with the honors for his roles in the Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lord of the Rings trilogies.
Looks like some of these A-List actresses really need to step up their game…