Taylor Lautner richer than Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson!
Taylor Lautner has beaten his Twilight costars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in 2010’s Hollywood Top 40 Earners List.
Compiled by Vanity Fair magazine, the rankings revealed the 18-year-old actor raked in an estimated $33.5 million for his various movie appearances throughout 2010, making him the ninth-highest earner in Hollywood.
As well as pushing last year’s number nine Robert Downey Jr. into tenth place, Taylor beat both Kristen and Robert — who received $28.5 million and $27.5 million for their respective film roles over the past 12 months, putting them in 13th and 14th places.
“He’s perhaps the highest-paid teenage star right now. When they first negotiated their contracts, they were getting paid a lot less,” said Vanity Fair’s contributing editor Peter Newcomb.
“Then, with the immense success of the film, the agents went back and renegotiated the deal — Lautner’s deal in particular was really bumped up.”
With Avatar director and producer James Cameron securing the top spot in the rankings with an estimated yearly earning of $257 million, Johnny Depp – who raked in $100 million in 2010 — was listed as the highest-earning actor, taking home $40 million for his role as the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland alone.