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Highest-Grossing Actors 2011: Daniel Radcliffe and Shia LaBeouf Top the List

Highest-Grossing Actors 2011: Daniel Radcliffe and Shia LaBeouf Top the List

Forbes magazine has just released its list of highest grossing actors of the year 2011. According to this list, Daniel Radcliffe tops the list as the highest-grossing actor of 2011. The second place belongs to “Transformers” actor Shia LaBeouf. Johnny Depp ranks third place on the list, followed by Robert Pattinson and Bradley Cooper.


With the success of the eighth movie “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”, which earned $1.3 billion from box office worldwide, the highest-grossing level of the franchise, Daniel Radcliffe has been recognized as the highest-grossing actor of 2011. Daniel is seen in almost every scene in the film featuring Harry’s final battle against Ralph Fiennes’ Lord Voldemort


Daniel Radcliffe came out on top of the list with only one movie

Daniel Radcliffe came out on top of the list with only one movie


Shia LaBeouf is named on the second place of the list also thanks to the strength of just one film. LaBeouf’s film “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” grossed $1.1 billion at the box office. Nevertheless, the actor said that he won’t take a role in the fourth transformer film.


Shia LaBeouf – the second highest paid actor in Hollywood in 2011

Shia LaBeouf – the second highest paid actor in Hollywood in 2011


The $1 billion from fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film has brought enough money to place actor Johnny Depp on the third position on the list of highest grossing actors of 2011. Depp’s other film of 2011, “The Rum Diary,” was an error, grossing only $22 million on a budget of $45 million.


Johnny Depp ranks third on the list

Johnny Depp ranks third on the list


Robert Pattinson’s name appeared on the list ranking the fourth Hollywood’s highest-paid actor of 2011 thanks to the film adaptation of “Water for Elephants.” Although the film was not a blockbuster in the United States, it is a big hit on global, bringing back a healthy $117 million in comparison to its budget of only $38 million.


Robert Pattinson’s biggest hit of 2011 was “Breaking Dawn,” but he earned money from “Water for Elephants”

Robert Pattinson’s biggest hit of 2011 was “Breaking Dawn,” but he earned money from “Water for Elephants”


The fifth place on the list of highest grossing actors of 2011 belongs to Bradley Cooper, whose “The Hangover: Part II” was considered the sixth highest-earning film at the global box office this year.


Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper

 

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