Jennifer Lawrence photographed in London.

JENNIFER LAWRENCE PULLED IN $46 MILLION THIS YEAR, MAKING HER ONCE AGAIN THE WORLD’S HIGHEST-PAID ACTRESS BUT HER PRETAX INCOME PALES IN COMPARISON TO WHAT HER MALE COUNTERPARTS EARN. THE HIGHEST-PAID ACTOR ON THE LIST OF HIGHEST-PAID CELEBRITIES LIST IS DWAYNE JOHNSON, WHO EARNED $64.5 MILLION

Jennifer Lawrence pulled in $46 million this year, making her once again the world’s highest-paid actress.

That’s according to Forbes, which on Tuesday released its annual list of actress’ earnings. But Jennifer Lawrence’s pretax income pales in comparison to what her male counterparts earn. Yes, even the super-rich and famous experience a wage gap.

Although Forbes will release its list of highest-paid actors on Thursday, it already has a list of the highest-paid celebrities this year. And the highest-paid actor on that list is Dwayne Johnson, who earned $64.5 million.

Lawrence made less than the top five highest-paid actors, as listed in the Forbes Highest-Paid Celebrities list. In addition to Johnson, there’s Jackie Chan ($61 million); Matt Damon ($55 million); Tom Cruise ($53 million) and Johnny Depp ($48 million). If Lawrence were a man, she would have come in just ahead of Ben Affleck, who earned $43 million.

Lawrence’s earnings have been part of the conversation about the Hollywood pay gap before. The 2014 Sony email hack revealed that the actress, along with Amy Adams, were paid less than their male co-stars for the movie American Hustle.

Ninety per cent of the women on the 2016 Forbes list supplemented their pay from acting gigs with major endorsement deals, according to Forbes. For instance, Jennifer Aniston, who came in fourth at $21 million, made most of her money through endorsements from companies such as Emirates airlines, Smartwater, Aveeno and Living Proof, according to Forbes.

Melissa McCarthy earned $33 million and the No. 2 spot on the Forbes list. She received an estimated eight-figure fee for Ghostbusters and designs her own clothing line. She was followed by Scarlett Johansson at $25 million (who was reportedly paid $17.5 million for next year’s Ghost in the Shell). Forbes, which counts earnings before fees and taxes between June 1, 2015, and June 1, 2016, also included China’s Fan Bingbing (No. 5 at $17 million) and India’s Deepika Padukone (No. 10 at $10 million).

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