Fan Bingbing Is the 4th Highest-Paid Actress in the World
Forbes recently released its annual list of the wealthiest actresses in the world, and Chinese actress and producer Fan Bingbing (范冰冰) came in fourth, beating out Hollywood leading ladies like Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, and Sandra Bullock.
The Empress of China <武則天> star earned a whopping $21 million USD in 2014, being the only Asian actress on the list. Fan Bingbing earned $4.5 million USD more than Jennifer Aniston, who came in fifth on the list, and only $2 million USD less than Melissa McCarthy, who came in third.
Leading two film franchises under her belt, Jennifer Lawrence came in first with $52 million USD, making her the highest-paid actress in the world. The Avenger’s Black Widow, Scarlett Johansson, came in second with $35.5 million USD. Melissa McCarthy is third, earning $23 million USD.
Fan Bingbing is currently filming French-Chinese movie The Lady in the Portrait, starring opposite French actor Melvil Poupaud.
Source: stheadline
This article is written by Addy for JayneStars.com.
And? her movies and dramas suck big time. She, along with all those mainland actors, are dragging the Chinese entertainment industry down, including HK’s.
@flakpanzer40
First, congrats to Fan BB for her hard work and dedications to get to where she is today.
and Flakpanzer, maybe it it time for you and your pals to start another occupy protest in hk again? lol
@tomtom Um what does me criticizing an overrated actress have to do with occupy? And how does that make me a person from HK?
Sure she makes a lot of money, but looking at her work it’s honestly not “that great”. There are many better actresses with better works who do not earn as much. All that money was put in by the government, who decided to “sponsor” and “fund” the entertainment industry. The problem is, quality is ignored, which is why I said those mainland actors are dragging it down, because many of them earn a lot of money without doing much or caring about quality of their works. Chinese movies in the 2000s were even better than this decade’s.
@flakpanzer40
HK films were prolific during its heyday in the 80s and 90s, but the majority of quickie films were trash. Blaming the mainland is easier than pointing fingers at HK triads and sleazy producers for running your local film industry to the ground.
@msxie0714 that is sortoff true, but i m commenting on the entire Chinese entertainment industry and not just HK’s nor Taiwan’s
As you see, many poorly rated movies are earning a lot of money in the box office, in China, which is also the same case in dramas. Even low-earning movies still manage to earn more than their respective budgets. This means that producers won’t need to be encouraged to make good movies because they’ll earn money nonetheless , as long as they use famous actors. This is what I call dragging the industry down, and it is already showing its decline.
These people are also trying to bring HK actors into China , giving them high pay regardless of their performances . this is also killing the industry because they do not have to care about quality, whereas in HK they had to act well if they wanted promotions. This cycle again is killing the industry.
@flakpanzer40
I see where you’re coming from.
Honestly though, why do all these trashy Chinese movies end up doing so well in the box office?
Is it due to high profile casts? or the audience has poor taste in quality? or both?
I cannot for the life of me show any interest in any Chinese and HK productions (with the exception of some HKTV dramas). The plots are always so repetitive, it lacks creativity, and the way they are filmed is so 90s (comparing to Hollywood, the camera angles are so static).
@flakpanzer40
From a creative and production standpoint, I think the Chinese entertainment (incl. HK), as a whole, is at least 20 years behind Hollywood. Hollywood has nothing to worry about.
@flakpanzer40
The fact that trash like Tiny Times and crappy Hollywood blockbusters like Transformers can be box office smashes says much about the poor taste of the majority of mainland movie audiences, comprised mainly of 18 to 30 year olds.
HK,Taiwan, Korean and now Hollywood actors didn’t need much inducement making a beeline into the huge and lucrative China market.
Wow! I had no idea that Fan Bing Bing earns soo much ! Kudos to her, for her hard-work to get to where she is at today!
Never found FBB a great actress. She does the job but I find she’s too focused on her looks to really make much of an impact acting-wise. So I think she’s overrated. She has gone a long way though, from being just a maid to now her rank as one of China’s top actresses.
am not too surprised that she’s a top earner b/c of her recent popularity w/ WZT. That show i heard has taken asia by storm. i don’t think her acting’s bad and she definitely has what it takes to be a top earner.
Purely acting fee wise or includes other incomes? If includes i am not surprised as she is advertising queen.hey if jen aniston who is doing nothing is top earner why not fbb? I think it includes advertising.
Wow. The money China have is a bottomless pit!!! A drama series can earn more then Hollywood movies?? Hard to believe, but the truth is out there. No wonder so many countries sucking and licking China !
@dramadrama Um a drama’s usually 40-50 episodes and a movie is like 2 hrs. If the Friends’ cast made an additional 50 episodes they wouldve gotten paid well over 50 mill PER cast member.
@coralie Yes, but Friends is international series, where’s WZT is mostly Asians only.
Wow what an achievement! Many chinese actors and actresses get overlooked by the western side of the industry, the only Chinese actor they know is Jack Chan. So to make the list and to come 4th is helping to give a name for fellow chinese actors and actresses!
@melodylai
Fan managed to raise the exposure level of Chinese actresses with a positive article about her in glamour.com. Love her or hate her, at least Fan’s much more classy and presentable than the awful Bai Ling.