By Hassan Sanusi
Jennifer Lawrence has been named Hollywood’s highest-grossing actor of 2014.
The 24-year-old star has topped Forbes’ annual ranking, based on figures from Box Office Mojo, after her blockbusters ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’ and ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ pulled in a combined figure of $1.4 billion at the worldwide box office earlier this year.
35-year old Chris Pratt follows closely behind in second place with $1.2 billion in global grosses after the success of his movies, Guardians Of The Galaxy and the comedy, The Lego Movie.
30-year old Scarlett Johansson, who gave birth to her first child, Rose in September, climbed into the third spot after her films, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Black Widow, Lucy and Under The Skin made a total of $1.18 billion in global grosses.
43-year old Mark Wahlberg secured fourth position with $1 billion thanks to Transformers: Age Of Extinction while 33-year old Chris Evans finished off the top 5 with $801 million after the success of The Winter Soldier and the sci-fi action film, Snowpiercer.
Meanwhile, 26-year-old Emma Stone, just missed out on the top five after her films The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Magic in the Moonlight, and Birdman secured $764 million at the box office.
39-year old Angelina Jolie jumped into seventh position after her movie, Maleficent scored $758 million while James McAvoy ended up in eighth place after X-Men: Days of Future Past and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby secured $747 million.
Michael Fassbender and Hugh Jackman, finished off the top ten after their movies both made $746 million.
The top ten highest-grossing actors for 2014 are listed below…
1 – Jennifer Lawrence – $1.4 billion
2 – Chris Pratt – $1.2 billion
3 – Scarlett Johansson – $1.18 billion
4 – Mark Wahlberg – $1 billion
5 – Chris Evans – $801 million
6 – Emma Stone – $764 million
7 – Angelina Jolie – $758 million
8 – James McAvoy – $747 million
9 – Michael Fassbender – $746 million
10 – Hugh Jackman – $746 million
