Tyler Perry is Hollywood’s top paid man

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Tyler Perry, who has his possess film and TV studio in Atlanta, ranks atop a list of Hollywood’s tip paid men, in a new ranking from Forbes.com that includes executive Steven Spielberg and thespian Elton John.

Perry surfaced a list by creation $130 million from May 2010 to May 2011, financial website Forbes.com reported on Monday.

The actor, writer, executive and writer had his Hollywood breakthrough with 2005 film “Diary of a Mad Black Woman,” that he combined as a theatre play. He dressed in drag to execute tough-talking family mama Madea, a crowd-pleasing role.

That film led to a array of sequels, and many recently Perry has seen success producing a radio uncover “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne,” that runs on TBS.

Holding a No. 2 position on a Forbes list with $113 million is writer Jerry Bruckheimer. He is behind a “Pirates of a Caribbean” authorization and had a strike with a latest film in a series, that came out this year and warranted over $1 billion during tellurian box offices.

Steven Spielberg ranks during No. 3 with $107 million, Forbes said. The final film destined by Spielberg was expelled in 2008, though he has kept himself bustling on a array of projects given afterwards where he was a writer or executive producer, including movement flicks “Transformers: Dark of a Moon” and “Cowboys Aliens” and a arriving scholarship novella TV uncover “Terra Nova.”

“Rocket Man” thespian Elton John, whose many new debate grossed over $200 million, takes a No. 4 mark on a list with $100 million in earnings, Forbes said.

TV celebrity and song executive Simon Cowell, whose “The X Factor” singing competition is about to make a U.S. debut, ranked No. 5 with $90 million, Forbes said.

Writer James Patterson, author of “The Women’s Murder Club” array of novels and such titles as “I, Alex Cross,” ranks during No. 6 on a Forbes list with $84 million.

Rounding out a tip 10 on a party universe list are: Phil McGraw, a TV clergyman and Oprah Winfrey dependent from a uncover “Dr. Phil,” with gain of $80 million; actor Leonardo DiCaprio with $77 million; radio startle jock Howard Stern with $76 million; and pro golfer Tiger Woods with $75 million.

DiCaprio and Perry were a usually actors on a list, and Forbes.com remarkable that Perry warranted many of his income from producing and directing projects instead of appearing on-camera.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis: Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)

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