Taylor Lautner has beaten his Twilight costars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in 2010’s Hollywood Top 40 Earners List.
Compiled by Vanity Fair magazine, the rankings revealed the 18-year-old actor raked in an estimated $33.5 million for his various movie appearances throughout 2010, making him the ninth-highest earner in Hollywood.
As well as pushing last year’s number nine Robert Downey Jr. into tenth place, Taylor beat both Kristen and Robert — who received $28.5 million and $27.5 million for their respective film roles over the past 12 months, putting them in 13th and 14th places.
“He’s perhaps the highest-paid teenage star right now. When they first negotiated their contracts, they were getting paid a lot less,” said Vanity Fair’s contributing editor Peter Newcomb.
“Then, with the immense success of the film, the agents went back and renegotiated the deal — Lautner’s deal in particular was really bumped up.”
With Avatar director and producer James Cameron securing the top spot in the rankings with an estimated yearly earning of $257 million, Johnny Depp – who raked in $100 million in 2010 — was listed as the highest-earning actor, taking home $40 million for his role as the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland alone.