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 you don’t count the voice acting in the animated blockbuster Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), Jolie’s most recent profitable film Maleficent (2014), which earned $758.5 million at the box office on a budget of about $186 million.
Her two most prominent recent blockbusters are: Maleficent 2: Mistress of All Evil (2019) et Eternals (2021) did not have impressive results at the box office. Only has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 40%, Maleficent 2 grossed 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 losses since then 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 each project, 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 USD), Salt and The Tourist (same level of 20 million USD).
At the age of 48, Angelina Jolie is still trusted by many major film studios. With blockbusters Eternals, she earned more than 35 million USD for the role of 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.
In the near future, she will have a comeback with an animated blockbuster Kung Fu Panda 4, expected to hit theaters in March 2024. The Screenrant, experts predict that this will be a work that will help Jolie end the actress’s period of making losses every time she makes movies, 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 nice Every Note Played.