Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt named Forbes’ top-grossing actors of 2014December 27, 2014 - 14:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Jennifer Lawrence is named the top-grossing actor of 2014 by Forbes, beating Chris Pratt who trails behind her on second place. On Thursday, December 26, Forbes released their annual list of the top-grossing actors which was compiled with data from Box Office Mojo. Lawrence is on the first spot after she appeared as Mystique in "X-Men: Days of Future Past" and played Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1" which grossed an estimated $1.4 billion worldwide, AceShowbiz said. Pratt, meanwhile, is not far behind. This year, he took part in "The Lego Movie" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" as Peter Quill a.k.a. Star Lord. They garnered an estimated $1.2 billion worldwide in total. Next on the list is Scarlett Johansson whose projects "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", Luc Besson-directed "Lucy" and "Under the Skin"scored an estimated $1.18 billion. The fourth and fifth place on the list are taken by Mark Wahlberg and Chris Evans respectively. Wahlberg earns the position following his performance in "Transformers: Age of Extinction" which grossed $1 billion globally. Evans, meanwhile, starred in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and "Snowpiercer" which grossed $801 million. Other names in the list include Emma Stone, Angelina Jolie and "X-Men: Days of Future Past" stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Hugh Jackman. Stone's projects "The Amazing Spider-Man 2", "Magic in the Moonlight" and "Birdman" scored $764 million worldwide. Jolie's "Maleficent" raked in $758 million worldwide, while McAvoy, Fassbender and Jackman round out the list with $747 million, $747 million and $746 million respectively. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |