Melissa McCarthy has overtaken Scarlett Johansson in Forbes’ annual rich list.
McCarthy earned $33m (£25m) before tax between June 2015 and June 2016, making her the world’s second highest paid actress, behind Jennifer Lawrence. Johansson, who was placed second last year, dropped to third, earning $25m (£19m) across the year. It tops off a busy year for McCarthy, which saw her appear in the all-female Ghostbusters reboot, as well as The Boss, which topped the US box office.
Johansson has appeared in Captain America: Civil War, the remake of The Jungle Book and the Coen brothers’ film Hail Ceasar! over the last year. Forbes reported Lawrence earned $46m (£34.9m) before tax over 12 months to make her the world’s highest-paid actress for the second year running. She appeared in the last film in The Hunger Games franchise and the Oscar-nominated Joy during that time.
