The King of Hollyweird

July 23rd, 2008 54 Comments 143 Views

Posted by Bossip Staff

Will Smith has been declared a certified baller:

Forbes has released their latest list for the highest-paid actor in Hollywood, and this year’s winner is Will Smith. The list is based on who banks the most between June 1st 2007 through June 1st 2008.

Will made $80 million last year, beating out Johnny Depp, who made $74 million, and Eddie Murphy, who made $55 million.

Kudos to Will for holding it down, but we can’t help but to wonder what percentage of his income goes to that Scientology ~~cult~~ crew.

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54 Responses to “The King of Hollyweird”

bree

7/23/08, 08:56:am

go Will

Kompton's Kutie

7/23/08, 08:56:am

Good Job Will!

$m♥K.E.Y.

7/23/08, 08:58:am

PUFF PUFF P***** …!

as seen on t.v. (R.I.P. K-Swift)

7/23/08, 09:00:am

Do your thing Fresh Prince!

GirlfriendL

7/23/08, 09:02:am

Thats great will but you know you need to come on back and hear the word of GOD not of Aristotle lol

http://www.girlfriendchurch.com will tell jada to come check me out

Bird

7/23/08, 09:04:am

Why do you care where his money goes? I don’t recall Gregory Hines taking heat for being a Scientologist. Why all the hoopla about Will?

bree

7/23/08, 09:06:am

Bird, Gregory Hines was a scientologist?..do tell!

Slide Like A Fresh Pair of Gators (fka Keepin' It Real - D'Original)

7/23/08, 09:09:am

We doing our thing in Sports & Entertainment but we still need to do better in School & Education!!!

Congrats to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air…

That’s what you’re supposed to do, use rap as a segway to other things… People don’t want to hear you rapping when your 40…

Eddie making all of that money via them dumb a$$ movies (Pluto Nash, Dave) = another piece of evidence that you’ve got to own, produce & write your own s…

Can’t wait to hear that Mel B. Song = Beverly Hills ***** though… Go see your child “Donkey”, she needs you in her life regardless if Johnny Gill doesn’t want you too…

Afiya

7/23/08, 09:11:am

Whatever %’s goes to Scientology…he EARNED every bit of it!!!

fnioeu

7/23/08, 09:14:am

He is playful,right? he is a hot member of ” C a s u a l S e e k . C o m ” which is for casual encounter for romance. he has dated several hot girls on that club.

swoosh

7/23/08, 09:18:am

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

Brooklyn, Stand UP!

7/23/08, 09:18:am

Will Smith is my role model! A successfull family man!

Emerald

7/23/08, 09:20:am

Preach Slide Like A Fresh Pair of Gators (fka Keepin’ It Real – D’Original)

Booyah Kasha

7/23/08, 09:22:am

Wow Big *****, you have come a long way with an even brighter future.

Lauren

7/23/08, 09:24:am

@Slide…

“Can’t wait to hear that Mel B. Song = Beverly Hills ***** though… Go see your child “Donkey”, she needs you in her life regardless if Johnny Gill doesn’t want you too…”

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Tell it!!! I can’t wait to hear that song either, no matter how much he doesn’t like Mel B, that should be NO reason for him not to be spending time with her. And if he thinks that spending time with her via child support checks will suffice, I can’t wait to see when baby Angel gets 18 years old so she can out his ***** for being a dead beat! (and yes, he supports her financially, whoop dee doo!)

Just Sayin

7/23/08, 09:25:am

Make money, money, money…

Kesha

7/23/08, 09:27:am

Go head Will! He is doing the damn thang! I think a lot more men should look at Will as a role model. He is a father and a husband first…get a clue guys.

Just Sayin

7/23/08, 09:27:am

@ Afiya

Whatever %’s goes to Scientology…he EARNED every bit of it!!!

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LMBAO

I'm Just Me (GIVE ME A QUARTER AND I'LL TELL YOU YOUR FORTUNE)

7/23/08, 09:29:am

MORNING BOSSIP FOLK

GO WILL, GO WILL! That is a great look!

Envy Me (Go-Go is my medicine)

7/23/08, 09:31:am

go ahead Will, you deserve every bit of it!

Corree

7/23/08, 09:34:am

I’m just tryng to figure out how Eddie is even on that list with his wack ***** movies. His time is up.

Corree

7/23/08, 09:40:am

Hold up!! Please tell me that Will is NOT rockin Jheri Curls in that pic. And I’m not trying to hear that “good hair” ish either.

Corree

7/23/08, 09:42:am

Why does Will Smith have Jheri Curls in that pic? And I don’t wanna hear about his “good hair” either, cuz that’s definitely snap back up in there.

Corree

7/23/08, 09:43:am

sorry for the duplicate.

Mahogany

7/23/08, 09:52:am

Han***** is bankable.

Was I seeing things or did his production company, Overbrook entrtnmnt. fund Han*****?

If it did, damn!

SoWhat

7/23/08, 10:00:am

@Mahogany, yes Will’s own production company put did Han*****.

Bossip, stop being so dayum silly. None of Will’s fans are as concerned about whether or not he’s a Scientology as you are. (As you can see by the comments thus far.) Instead of this post being about his success, you try to reduce it to bull***** by bringing up that RUMOR for which you have no real proof. Try to keep it cl*****y!

The Grundle

7/23/08, 10:00:am

You know who is really happy that Will made $80 million last year? You guess it, Terrell Fletcher.

Who is Terrell Fletcher you asked? The dude that is married to Will’s ex-wife Sheree Zampino.

Dude living so good that he retired at the ripe old age of 28. Retired at 28 people. That was 6 years ago. Hahaha. You know he’s Will’s biggest fan…

Man, I just don't care

7/23/08, 10:11:am

I hate to say “I told you so” but……

When they are talking about some celebrity “billionaires” (or people with a chance) don’t sleep on:

Magic Johnson

Will Smith

Lebron James

Kobe Bryant

Michael Jordan

Puffy

We know of Jay Z and Oprah. They may be in sports and entertainment but a dollar is a dollar.

African Princess

7/23/08, 10:13:am

Do your thang Big Will. Send me a million or so.

Slide Like A Fresh Pair of Gators (fka Keepin' It Real - D'Original)

7/23/08, 10:13:am

no matter how much he doesn’t like Mel B, that should be NO reason for him not to be spending time with her. And if he thinks that spending time with her via child support checks will suffice, I can’t wait to see when baby Angel gets 18 years old so she can out his ***** for being a dead beat! (and yes, he supports her financially, whoop dee doo!)

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@Lauren

I’ma big fan of Eddie Murphy’s via them string of hit movies that he made in the 80’s & early 90’s (Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cops, Golden Child, Coming to America, etc…) and I don’t care whether he’s gay, bisexual or whatever = none of my business what he does in the privacy of his own bedroom because it doesn’t affect me & my life, whether I personally agree with that lifestyle or not…

But I don’t respect that not being there for your child bullsh#t… NO EXCUSE is good enough… Regardless of the fact that he made $55 Million last year… He don’t need that money anyway because according to him in a recent interview – he’s made the most money in Movie Box Office History = he has A LOT of money, so much so that he doesn’t have to work another day in his life…

Eddie is better than that and he knows better than to abandon his child that has been proven to be biologically his…

Knowing that he just wanted some coochie and didn’t want another child or to get married to Mel B, he should of made it his business to strap up…

A LOT of people look up to him and he’s influenced A LOT of people, case & point = “hammertime toes”, look at how he made a lot of men pay attention to women’s feet after they saw him talk about not liking women with “beat up” feet in that Movie Boomerang…

Ladies, you know what I’m talking about and you know I’m not lying…

*By the way, just fyi Ladies – I like nice feet too, if you see me look at your feet and laugh… Well anyways…

Oh yeah, ALL them Asian Nail Shop Owners OWE that man some money – no bullsh#t!!!

Oh yeah, Good Morning

mr mr

7/23/08, 10:13:am

@ Corree

Eddie Murphy CONSISTENTLY makes this list…it is funny that we are all on Will now, but Eddie has been the most consistent person of color on this list for the past 20 years….that Bev Hills Cop, Nutty Professor, Dr. Doolittle $ is LONG…

BTW, he made it to # 3 this year thanks to Shrek 3

Moreaces

7/23/08, 10:20:am

Congrads a Brother,, Make it Rain Will

Dana Dane

7/23/08, 10:29:am

I like him n all but ***** Will i aint open off of that ish Im tryin to make my own millions, I’ll get open when I hear about the scholarship he started or the children hospital in Africa, etc. But we all know a good portion is goin to that scientology BS

lilmomma

7/23/08, 10:35:am

I agree who cares where his money goes? Others go to drugs, booze, hookers, shopping, etc. So who cares where his money goes? At least he appears to be a family man & great role model. Scientology is weird to me, but Christians need to step up our game & love more so there won’t be any competition. He was prolly unimpressed/judged/damaged by some “church folk” like many of us….LMAO

SMDH - spittin on the jealous n!ggers hatin cause they can't have me and the jealous *****es hatin cause they can't be me!!

7/23/08, 10:38:am

Damn – Will and Eddie are paid!!

Too bad the bulk of Eddie’s money is going to support his 7 kids….. Hey, atleast he’s doing the damn thing!!!

Kudos Will!!!

Corree

7/23/08, 10:42:am

@ mr mr: I know Eddie makes movies, but just seeing the commercials for things like Meet Dave and a few others I can’t even remember, it just boggles my mind that he’s even relevant.

Aunt Viv

7/23/08, 10:46:am

Wow Will! Do the da*n thing!

tintin

7/23/08, 10:52:am

i can’t believe eddie is still making that kinda money. that man must be sh*tting money out his ***** cause i can’t think of anything eddie did that is worth $55 mil. on the other hand will smith is no surprise. good job.

Black.Woman.4.Obama

7/23/08, 11:00:am

That’s a good look, Will, and I’ve loved you for most of my adolescence up to this point, but you need to cut out the Scientology bull***** and watch who you *****.

Anyway, do your thing.

Black.Woman.4.Obama

7/23/08, 11:02:am

Scientology-gay ***** religion. I don’t like good-looking men like Will and Usher (Tameka) doing gay *****.

Black.Woman.4.Obama

7/23/08, 11:08:am

That’s gel in Will’s hair. My brother showed me the kind Will’s barber uses, because it was in a magazine. it is a activator-type gel, but men use it WITHOUT a jheri curl, with their natural coily hair. I do not recommend this for my man’s hair, but it does make the hair shiny. I love hair on black men. Will is sexy. I’ll get over the Scientology. Ok.

abc

7/23/08, 11:25:am

Make an Extra $600-$800 Online

http://www.rellcash.com

Make sure to put correct address cause checks go out every month.

http://www.rellcash.com

original1

7/23/08, 11:30:am

congrats brotha.

uptowngirl

7/23/08, 11:36:am

@ Just Sayin – is that TP in your avatar?

Mikey-O

7/23/08, 11:45:am

Congrats Will Smith.

A Black man getting rich!!! We can’t let that happen.

First they say he was gay – when that didn’t work.

Second they say he’s a scientologist – Only idiots believed.

So then they tried to stop people from seeing his film Han***** – I has now made $400 million dollars.

Any fool would see there is a plan to stop will smith from become too powerful in Hollywood, but they are underestimating the strength for the Black community.

Its6amHoGetOut

7/23/08, 11:48:am

As a practicing scientologist I demand you backwoods n*ggas/n*ggettes do more research before condemning my religion.

Its6amHoGetOut

7/23/08, 11:55:am

I like will smith but han***** wasnt very good.

Brooklyn, Stand UP!

7/23/08, 12:37:pm

@Its6amHoGetOut(Check me out!)

I like will smith but han***** wasnt very good.

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Really?

Celebrity CSI

7/23/08, 13:00:pm

Of course Will’s making this kind of bread. You can tell by his updated laugh. It’s very practiced in b flat but slighty adjusted on the tenor side. lol

Man, I just don't care

7/23/08, 14:51:pm

@Mikey-O

“Congrats Will Smith.

A Black man getting rich!!! We can’t let that happen.

First they say he was gay – when that didn’t work.

Second they say he’s a scientologist – Only idiots believed.

So then they tried to stop people from seeing his film Han***** – I has now made $400 million dollars.

Any fool would see there is a plan to stop will smith from become too powerful in Hollywood, but they are underestimating the strength for the Black community.”

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You are 100% right. I was trying to think of the right words to say. What’s funny is “they” tried to cut off Will’s fan base with this foolishness but as always talent shines through.

Any arena a black man goes into he dominates. That’s a fact…..