Wednesday January 02, 2008 China Chinese kung fu actor Jet Li made the most money in 2007 among China's entertainment elite, totaling some 465 million yuan, or around 62 million US dollars, as listed by Shanghai-based Oriental Morning Post on Wednesday. It was the third year that the newspaper made a through calculation of stars' annual income based on their media coverage. The 44-year-old actor starred in three films in 2007, "The Warlords", "The Forbidden Kingdom" and "The Mummy 3." His salary from "The Warlords" alone was 100 million yuan. A sharp rise as he got only one yuan for his debut film "The Shaolin Temple" 27 years ago! Following him was another action star, Jackie Chan with the total pool of about 428 million yuan. Hong Kong pop king Jackie Cheung ranked first among the singers, thanks to his 2007 world tour show, which presented altogether 75 concerts. Malaysia-born Chinese ethnic actress Michelle Yeoh was the richest female star of the past year, raking in an annual income of 80 million yuan. She was at seventh spot. Taiwan girl group S.H.E. were the only female singers on the list. They earned about 62.5 million yuan from their concerts, shows and TV commercials. The top ten earners are as follows (1 yuan equals around $US7.5): 1 Jet Li 465 million yuan 2 Jackie Chan 428 million yuan 3 Jackie Cheung 300 million yuan 4 Tony Leung 290 million yuan 5 Andy Lau 230 million yuan 6 Chow Yun-fat 100 million yuan 7 Michelle Yeoh 80 million yuan 8 Zhang Ziyi 65 million yuan 9 S.H.E. 62.5 million yuan 10 Jay Chow 60 million yuan credits: cri.
Wow... I tired of hearing this already. Fearless is his last wushu movie, not his last movie. It doesn't mean he will stop making movies.
YAY jet li totally earn it as the national treasure i hope he got better roles in hollywood though just saw rogue/war last night ...not really good i say
It's not much of a surprise that Jet came out on top seeing how much of his salary is from Hollywood films, but it is a big surprise to see Jacky Cheung all the way up there. I didn't even know that Jacky earned so much money from his concerts. I guess concerts and advertisements are the two big money earners. But apparently movies also help to earn a lot. TVB stars on the other hand are not even on that list. And I expected Andy Lau to be higher on that list.
