Top 10 Hollywood's Top Earning Couple

By Staff

Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 10:00

Forbes has declared Beyonce Knowles and hubby Jay-Z as Hollywood's Top-Earning Couple, with a total earnings of 162 million dollars between June 1, 2007 and June 1, 2008, defeating star couple Will Smith and his actress wife Jada Pinkett Smith with a shared wealth of 85 million dollars.

Third on the list are the stylish Beckhams, with an estimated earnings of 58 million dollars followed by Country music couple, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill with a collective wealth of 35 million dollars between June 1, 2007 and June 1, 2008, reports Fox News.

Surprisingly, fifth on the spot are the Hollywood power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt who banked 34 million dollars together. Film producer and director Judd Apatow and his actress wife Leslie Mann also made it to the list at No. 6 with a total income of 30 million dollars.

Seventh on the list are perched Singer Gwen Stefani and husband Gavin Rossdale, with an earnings of 28 million dollars. Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are at No. 8, with 3 million dollar less, followed by Eva Longoria and Tony Parker, both of whom earn 22.5 million dollars.

Finally tenth on the list are Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart, with a collective wealth of 22 million dollars. "Naturally, powerful people tend to gravitate toward other powerful people," clinical psychologist and celebrity researcher Jim Houran tells Forbes.com.

The top 10 power couple are :

1 Beyonce Knowles, Jay-Z

2 Will, Jada Pinkett Smith

3 David and Victoria Beckham

4 Tim McGraw, Faith Hill

5 Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie

6 Judd Apatow, Leslie Mann

7 Gwen Stefani, Gavin Rossdale

8 Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban

9 Eva Longoria, Tony Parker

10 Harrison Ford, Calista Flockhart