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Cameron, Depp are Hollywood's top earners
Published Saturday, Feb 5 2011, 06:35 GMT | By Kate Goodacre
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The annual list features actors, directors and producers and only includes the money they are believed to have earned from film projects in 2010.
$253m (£157.1m) of Cameron's estimated $257m (£159.6m) earnings were from Avatar, with the remainder from past royalties and other miscellaneous payments.
Depp was estimated to have earned $100m (£62.1m) from Alice In Wonderland, The Tourist and other royalties. He is also thought to have received $35m (£21.7m) as an advance for Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
The rest of the top five is made up by Steven Spielberg ($80m/£49.7m), Christopher Nolan ($71.5m/£44.4m) and Leonardo di Caprio ($62m/£38.5m).
The highest placed woman on the list is Kristen Stewart in 13th place. Stewart is thought to have made $28.5m (£17.7m) in 2010, placing her above her Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson.
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