This actress is considered a “box office poison” as she has continuously starred in loss-making films for many years but still maintains the top salary in the world.

As an A-list star in Hollywood, Angelina Jolie is going through a series of film projects that both failed at the box office and received a series of criticism from audiences and critics over the past 8 years. If not counting the voice acting in the animated blockbuster Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), Jolie’s last profitable movie was Maleficent (2014), earning 758.5 ​​million USD at the box office with a budget of about 186 million USD.

Maleficent (2014) is Angeline Jolie’s most recent profitable film

Her two most prominent recent blockbusters, Maleficent 2: Mistress of All Evil (2019) and Eternals (2021), both did not have impressive results at the box office. With only a 40% Rotten Tomatoes score, Maleficent 2 earned 491.7 million USD while needing more than 500 million USD to make a profit. Meanwhile, Eternals earned 402 million USD and became the first blockbuster of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to suffer a loss since The Incredible Hulk (2008).

Unlike many other colleagues, Angelina Jolie sometimes only makes one or two movies a year to spend time on humanitarian activities and taking care of her children. For this reason, the projects of this A-list star receive attention from a large public. Thanks to being loved by many audiences, she still maintains an extremely high salary in Hollywood.

During more than 40 years of acting, Angelina Jolie has acted in more than 40 movies and is always one of the most sought-after actresses in Hollywood. Just from 2001 to 2011, the star earned more than 120 million USD in acting salary alone. Her salary gradually increased after projects, from Lara Croft (7 million USD), Lara Croft 2 (12 million USD), Mr & Mrs Smith, The Good Shepherd and A Mighty Heart (same level of 10 million USD), Wanted ($15 million), Salt and The Tourist (same $20 million).

At the age of 48, Angelina Jolie is still trusted by many major film studios. With the blockbuster Eternals , she earned more than 35 million USD for her role as Thena even though she did not appear for too much time. However, if Jolie continues her current streak of poor results at the box office, it will be difficult for Jolie to maintain her current high salary.

Angelina Jolie is the most sought-after beauty in Hollywood from her youth until now.

In the near future, she will have a comeback with the animated blockbuster Kung Fu Panda 4 , scheduled to hit theaters in March 2024. The Screenrant, experts predict that this will be a work that will help Jolie end the period of making losses for the actress, which has lasted for nearly 8 years. In addition, she also has many major projects in production such as Maude vs Maude, Maleficent 3, Maria or Every Note Played .