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Los Angeles: Will Smith, Johnny Depp and Eddie Murphy were the best-paid Hollywood actors in the past year, according to Forbes magazine's special Entertainment All Stars issue.
Smith, 39, made US$80 million (S$108.97 million) between June 1 last year and June 1 this year, thanks to blockbusters like I Am Legend, Hancock and The Pursuit of Happyness, for which he was nominated for best actor in the 2007 Oscars.
Depp, 45, who straddles both commercial movies - including the Pirates of the Caribbean series - and more challenging, independent roles, earned US$72 million in the same period.
Director Tim Burton's favourite actor, Depp was also nominated in the 2007 Oscars for his starring role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street.
Murphy, 47, despite his often criticised aggressive style of humour, is still highly marketable, earning US$55 million in the past 12 months - mostly from the films he starred in, but above all for being Donkey's voice in the animated Shrek series of films and videogames.
Shrek The Third also made Canadian actor Mike Myers - the green ogre's voice - the third top Hollywood moneymaker along with Murphy at US$55 million, despite his recent comedic flop The Love Guru.
And also thanks to Shrek and the voice of princess Fiona, Cameron Diaz was not far behind in earnings, with US$50 million.
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