Angelina Jolie is the Highest Paid Actress

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Film star Angelina Jolie commands the biggest salary for Hollywood actresses, according to an annual list published by the Hollywood Reporter.

Jolie can expect to make $15m a film, ahead of Julia Roberts who claimed the No. 2 spot after a long absence from the screen, making more than $15 million for "Duplicity," which comes out next year. Reese Witherspoon, 32, who topped the female list last year after winning an Oscar for her role in the 2005 movie "Walk the Line," dropped to No. 3. She earned $14 million for appearing in the comedy hit "Four Christmases" that opened last week.

But male stars are outstripping their female counterparts, with Will Smith able to make $25m for a movie. Brad Pitt is able to make up to $20m.

Jolie, 33, currently starring in Clint Eastwood's Changeling, made $15m for Wanted and could increase her pay-out to $20m for a sequel, said the Hollywood Reporter. The actress finished in second spot in last year's ratings.

Other actresses in the top movie making actresses are Cameron Diaz, Katherine Heigl, Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway and former Friends star Jennifer Aniston, who made $8 for comedy Marley and Me, due to open on Christmas Day.

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