Friday December 30, 2005 Hong Kong 1. Jackie Chan $232 million Jacky filmed "The Myth" for $60 million. He was also a property spokesperson; the only loss was movie, "Everlasting Regret," which lost $1 million. 2. Andy Lau $100 million Andy Lau has long been acknowledged as money-smart. In second place, Andy filmed 7 commercials ($64 million), concert with 14 shows ($11 million), and 3 movies ($31 million) 3. Kelly Chan $75 million Kelly is the top earning female artist in 2005. Although she didn't spend much time in HK this year, she was in China promoting her new album ($3 million in album bonus) and concert ($18 million). Her performance is China also earned her ($24 million) Kelly starred in numerous commercials as well ($30 million). 4. Joey Yung $60 million Joey held 13 shows in concerts in Hong Kong, China, and overseas this year. She also took part in 8 commercials and benefited from bonuses from 3 albums. 5. Twins $53 million Twins took part in 10 commercials and had a concert this year as well. 6. Cecilia Cheung $51 million Cecilia acted in several big movies this year, including "The Promise." Her acting fee is approximately $4 million per movie. She also filmed 9 commercials, adding to her earnings. 7. Paula Tsui Siu Fung $36 million Paula emerged from retirement and held 23 shows for her concert in Hong Kong. Reportedly, she received $1 million for each show. Also an album with her hit singles were released, adding to her bonus fees. 8. Aaron Kwok $30 million 9. Leon Lai $23 million 10. Jacky Cheung $20 million **Aaron, Leon, and Jacky continue to rake high earnings from their participation in commercials, theater, movies, and concerts. IN TAIWAIN: 1. Jay Chou $59 million Jay filmed for 8 commercials and his fee is reportedly $5 million per commercial. He also received high bonuses from his albums. As with last year, Jay has remained Taiwan's top-earning artist. 2. Jolin Tsai $36 million Jolin filmed for 5 commercials and received bonuses from album sales. 3. Lam Chiling $28 million Taiwan's top model, Lam Chiling fell from a horse and had to rest for 2 months. But that did not stop her from earning $28 million from commercials for the year. NOTE: Earnings are based on newspaper calculations of artists earnings based on their album, movie, concert sales, as well as ad endorsements, so figures are approximate. http://hkcelebrities.blogspot.com/ http://asianfanatics.net/forum
Twins is do young yet earning loads, i probably need like 10 lifetimes of work before i can earn what they do in a year
