Jennifer Lawrence Tops List of Highest Grossing Actors
Forbes ranks the top 10 highest grossing actors of 2014.
-- intro: Jennifer Lawrence has had a very good year.
The 24-year-old actress tops the list of highest-grossing actors at the box office, according to Forbes. The magazine ranked the top 10 highest grossing actors by totaling the global box office returns for each of their 2014 films.
Lawrence starred in two of the year's biggest blockbusters: "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" and "X-Men: Days Of Future Past," making her global box office total $1.4 billion. With another "Hunger Games" movie on deck for next year, there's no doubt she'll once again be big at the box office in 2015.
Keep reading to see who else made the cut this year.
quicklist:title: Chris Pratttext: Close behind Lawrence was Chris Pratt, whose first turn as a super hero in "Guardians of the Galaxy" made him a surprise hit at the box office. That, along with "The Lego Movie," in which Pratt voiced lead Lego Emmet, yielded $1.2 billion worldwide.
quicklist:title: Scarlett Johanssontext: Scarlett Johannson had a busy year. She co-starred in "Captain America," one of the biggest movies of the year, as well as "Lucy" and "Under the Skin," bringing in $1.18 billion at the global box office. Oh yeah, she also gave birth to her first child, daughter Rose, and got married to Romain Dauriac.
quicklist:title: Mark Wahlbergtext: Mark Wahlberg may be a huge movie star, but he's not afraid to take chances. "Ted," in which he starred beside a talking bear, became the highest domestic grossing film of his career. Topping that this year was his star turn in the fourth "Transformers" movie, "Age of Extinction," which turned out to be a $1 billion global hit. Don't be surprised if Wahlberg is back for the next installment.
quicklist:title: Chris Evanstext: "Captain America" star Chris Evans scored a huge hit with the second installment. He also earned a bit more with "Snowpiercer," which turned out to be a big video-on-demand hit, bringing in a total of $801 million at the global box office.
quicklist:title: Emma Stonetext: Emma Stone topped her "Amazing Spider-Man" co-star and boyfriend Andrew Garfield by also starring in Woody Allen's "Magic in the Moonlight" and the indie hit "Birdman." For 2014, she grossed $764 million worldwide.
quicklist:title: Angelina Jolietext: "Unbroken" director Angelina Jolie actually had the biggest hit of her career with Disney's "Maleficent," a sympathetic take on the villain in the Sleeping Beauty story. (Disney is ABC News' parent company.) She brought in $758 million at the global box office.
quicklist:title: James McAvoytext: Just behind Jolie was Scottish actor James McAvoy, with a $747 million return at the box office. McAvoy was one of four actors who made the list because of his role in "X-Men: Days of Future Past." He got an extra boost from his smaller film, "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby."
quicklist:title: Michael Fassbendertext: McAvoy's "X-Men" co-star, Michael Fassbender, known for his roles in "12 Years a Slave" and "Shame," brought in $746 million for playing young Magneto in the comic book series.
quicklist:title: Hugh Jackmantext: Tying Fassbender was his co-star Hugh Jackman, whose only film this year was reprising his role as Wolverine in "X-Men: Days of Future Past."