Lawrence tops the Forbes list thanks to her appearances in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' and 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1'.
- December 27, 2014
AceShowbiz -
Jennifer Lawrence is named the top-grossing actor of 2014 by Forbes, beating Chris Pratt who trails behind her on second place. On Thursday, December 26, Forbes released their annual list of the top-grossing actors which was compiled with data from Box Office Mojo. Lawrence is on the first spot after she appeared as Mystique in "X-Men: Days of Future Past" and played Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1" which grossed an estimated $1.4 billion worldwide.
Pratt, meanwhile, is not far behind. This year, he took part in "The Lego Movie" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" as Peter Quill a.k.a. Star Lord. They garnered an estimated $1.2 billion worldwide in total. Next on the list is Scarlett Johansson whose projects "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", Luc Besson-directed "Lucy" and "Under the Skin"scored an estimated $1.18 billion.
The fourth and fifth place on the list are taken by Mark Wahlberg and Chris Evans respectively. Wahlberg earns the position following his performance in "Transformers: Age of Extinction" which grossed $1 billion globally. Evans, meanwhile, starred in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and "Snowpiercer" which grossed $801 million.
Other names in the list include Emma Stone, Angelina Jolie and "X-Men: Days of Future Past" stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Hugh Jackman. Stone's projects "The Amazing Spider-Man 2", "Magic in the Moonlight" and "Birdman" scored $764 million worldwide. Jolie's "Maleficent" raked in $758 million worldwide, while McAvoy, Fassbender and Jackman round out the list with $747 million, $747 million and $746 million respectively.
Forbes' List of Highest-Grossing Actors of 2014:
