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A peek at the stars' paychecks -- In Hollywood, with great power comes...great heaps of money. So exactly how much earning power do today's entertainers have?

Robbie Williams | $100 MILLION MAN Brit pop star Williams recently signed a huge four-record deal
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$100 MILLION MAN Brit pop star Williams recently signed a huge four-record deal

OVER $20 MILLION
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Getting $30 million plus a share of the merchandising money and gross on ''T3: Rise of the Machines''
THE ''FRIENDS'' CAST Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox Arquette, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer each earn $24 million per season.
JAY LENO More than $20 million per year to host NBC's ''The Tonight Show''
ROBBIE WILLIAMS The British pop star will make more than $100 million for a four-record EMI deal.

$15 MILLION TO $20 MILLION
CAMERON DIAZ A sexy $20 million to star in ''Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle''
ROBERT DE NIRO $20 million to star in the sequel ''Analyze That,'' up from $17.5 million for ''Showtime''
DREW BARRYMORE $14 million to star in ''Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle,'' plus her producing fee
MARTIN LAWRENCE $20 million for ''Bad Boys 2''
HOWARD STERN $18 million annually to host his radio show
SANDRA BULLOCK Her asking price is $15 million per movie.

$10 MILLION TO $14 MILLION
TIM LaHAYE The Armageddon chronicler is earning nearly $45 million to pen four novels for Bantam.
CHARLES FRAZIER A total of $11 million for the publishing and film rights to his ''Cold Mountain'' follow-up
JAY ROACH $10 million for directing ''Austin Powers in Goldmember''
BEN STILLER After earning $10 million plus a share of the gross for ''Envy,'' he now commands between $12.5 million and $15 million per picture.
THE ROCK $12.5 million for the movie formerly known as ''Helldorado''

$5 MILLION TO $9 MILLION
CONAN O'BRIEN $8 million-plus per year to host NBC's ''Late Night''
PATRICIA CORNWELL Over $16 million to write two books for Penguin Putnam
COLIN FARRELL $8 million-plus for ''SWAT''
JOSS WHEDON More than $20 million over four years to exec-produce ''Buffy,'' ''Angel,'' and other projects
MARTIN SCORSESE The director signed for $6 million for ''Gangs of New York,'' but had to give back $3 million when the film's budget ballooned.
BRETT RATNER $6 million to direct ''Red Dragon''; he'll get a gigantic raise for ''Superman''
JOHN MADDEN $20 million to do color commentary for four seasons of ''Monday Night Football''

UP TO $5 MILLION
JASON LEE About $3 million to star in ''A Guy Thing''
JANE KACZMAREK $2.2 million for this season of ''Malcolm in the Middle''; $3.3 million for next year
HEATH LEDGER Over $2 million to star in ''The Four Feathers''
JENNIFER CONNELLY The Oscar winner is getting $1.5 million for ''The Hulk.''
SIMON COWELL A cantankerous $2 million to return as a judge on ''American Idol''
JAMES SPADER $400,000 plus gross share for ''Secretary,'' but usually gets $1-2 million per indie
JENNIFER GARNER Around $3 million for ''13 Going on 30''


Originally posted Oct 11, 2002 Published in issue #678 Oct 18, 2002 Order article reprints
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