Posted April 12, 200619 yr Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban soar 13apr06 The top 50 highest-earning Australian entertainers THE love between glamour couple Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban isn't the only thing that's skyrocketing. The pair are riding high on the list of Australia's 50 richest entertainers for 2005. Kidman, one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors, came in at No. 3 on the BRW list of top 50 Australian entertainers, with gross earnings of $22.3 million. Urban, whose earnings jumped from $4.7 million in 2004 to $20 million last year, charged to No. 5 on the rich list. The mix of wealthy entertainers includes singers, actors, authors, broadcasters, models and television hosts. Children's group the Wiggles were Australia's top earners, raking in a whopping $50 million thanks to sold-out shows across Britain and the US. The skivvy-wearing foursome made $5 million more than in 2004, and recently set up Wiggles World at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast. Rock icons AC/DC were the country's second-richest entertainers, with earnings of $25 million, thanks to huge sales of their DVD The Family Jewels. Broadway hunk Hugh Jackman made the list at No. 4 with $20 million. And pop princess Kylie Minogue came in at No. 6 with $17 million, despite cancelling her Showgirl tour after being diagnosed with breast cancer. The young Melbourne directors of the Saw horror flicks, James Wan and Leigh Whannell, made $10 million this year. Teenage supermodel Gemma Ward was the youngest member of the list, earning $3.5 million. Millionaire media personalities Eddie McGuire, John Laws and Alan Jones all made the list. Australian Idol Anthony Callea rounded out the top 50 with earnings of $1 million. THEY'RE THE TOPS The top 50 highest-earning Australian entertainers No 1 The Wiggles $50m 2 AC/DC $25m 3 Nicole Kidman $22.3m 4 Hugh Jackman $20m 5 Keith Urban $20m 6 Kylie Minogue $19m 7 Cate Blanchett $15m 8 Hi-5 $15m 9 Eric Bana $12m 10 Naomi Watts $11m 11 Geoffrey Rush $10.5m 12 James Wan and Leigh Whannell $10m 13 Anthony LaPaglia $8.5m 14 John Laws $8m 15 Manpower $7.5m 16 Bjorn Again $5.2m 17 Stuart Beattie $5.1m 19 Alan Jones $5m 20 Steve Irwin $4m 21 Rove McManus $4m 22 INXS $3.9m 23 John Farnham $3.5m 24 Eddie McGuire $3.5m 25 Gemma Ward $3.5m 26 Bryce Courtenay $3.4m 27 Missy Higgins $3.2m 28 Heath Ledger $3m 29 Greg McLean $3m 30 Julian McMahon $2.9m 31 George Miller $2.5m 32 Poppy Montgomery $2.5m 33 The Veronicas $2.1m 34 Megan Gale $2m 35 Ray Hadley $2m 36 Rahda Mitchell $2m 37 Hugo Weaving $2m 38 Jacinda Barrett $1.8m 39 Delta Goodrem $1.7m 40 Matthew Reilly $1.7m 41 Simon Baker $1.5m 42 Toni Collette $1.5m 43 Portia De Rossi $1.5m 44 Guy Pearce $1.4m 45 Pete Murray $1.3m 46 Emile De Ravin $1.2m 47 James McTeigue $1.2m 48 Michael Petroni $1m 49 The Cat Empire $1m 50 Anthony Callea $1m
April 12, 200619 yr Author Australian's clearly aren't too rich and don't forget that that's Oz dollars :rofl:
April 12, 200619 yr Author I surprised she didnt earn more with the tour and everything. And Neighbours and a 700,000 sales of IE in the UK!
April 12, 200619 yr And Neighbours and a 700,000 sales of IE in the UK! Wel its only for the year 2005 ;) So there is only the singles and the tour but im sure the lingerie would have earned her some extra bucks
April 12, 200619 yr hey, isn't INXS like 4 guys? shouldn't that be split between them so they wouldn't be in the top 50. I can't believe Missy Higgins is richer, she doesn't have a lingerie range and she didn't charge $200 for tickets on her tour. Surely that's not accurate, my mum's capital increased by a million dollars last year and we're middle class... They'd be richer people that aren't famous. Who would've thought being a Wiggle would rake in THAT much dough? I know what I'm gonna be when I leave school.
April 12, 200619 yr Author hey, isn't INXS like 4 guys? shouldn't that be split between them so they wouldn't be in the top 50. I can't believe Missy Higgins is richer, she doesn't have a lingerie range and she didn't charge $200 for tickets on her tour. Surely that's not accurate, my mum's capital increased by a million dollars last year and we're middle class... They'd be richer people that aren't famous. Who would've thought being a Wiggle would rake in THAT much dough? I know what I'm gonna be when I leave school. How the **** did Missy beat her?! These must be last year's income only...
April 13, 200619 yr The Veronicas are richer than Delta :-0 Must be that song they wrote for tatu lol!!!
April 13, 200619 yr $1.7million aus dollars is only £706,878.33!! Is this Delta's total wealth, or just her earnings for that year? I would thought she'd have at least £3-4million by now?
April 13, 200619 yr Author $1.7million aus dollars is only £706,878.33!! Is this Delta's total wealth, or just her earnings for that year? I would thought she'd have at least £3-4million by now? It must be last year only as she'd be worth WAY more than that...
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