Fed: Kidman and Urban among Australia's top earners

AAP General News (Australia)
04-12-2006
Fed: Kidman and Urban among Australia's top earners

NICOLE KIDMAN and KEITH URBAN may not need a pre-nup .. if and when they tie the knot.

The celebrity couple made almost the same amount of money last year .. a combined 42.3
million dollar.

That's made them the top male and female earners in Australia's entertainment business.

BRW Magazine's list of Australia's 50 richest performers in 2005 is out .. and has
placed KIDMAN and URBAN behind children's group The Wiggles and aged rockers AC/DC.





The magazine's calculated KIDMAN's 2005 earnings to be 22.3 million dollars .. in front
of URBAN's 20 million .. which makes him a tie in equal fourth with HUGH JACKMAN.

It's a big jump for URBAN .. from 4.7 million dollars last year.

The Wiggles earned 50 million .. up from 45 million the previous year.

They're followed by AC/DC with 25 million dollars .. boosted by the release of their
Family Jewels DVD.

KYLIE MINOGUE's ranked sixth on the list .. followed by CATE BLANCHETT .. children's
group Hi-5 .. and actors ERIC BANA .. NAOMI WATTS and GEOFFREY RUSH.

The magazine will be released nationally tomorrow.





BRW Magazine's list of Australia's 50 richest performers in 2005 -

1. The Wiggles $50 million

2. AC/DC $25 million

3. Nicole Kidman $22.3 million

4. Hugh Jackman $20 million

5. Keith Urban $20 million

6. Kylie Minogue $19 million

7. Cate Blanchett $15 million

8. Hi-5 $15 million

9. Eric Bana $12 million

10. Naomi Watts $11 million

11. Geoffrey Rush $10.5 million

12. James Wan and Leigh Whannell $10 million

13. Anthony LaPaglia $8.5 million

14. John Laws $8 million

15. Manpower $7.5 million

16. Bjorn Again $5.2 million

17. Stuart Beattie $5.1 million

18. Russell Crowe $5 million

19. Alan Jones $5 million

20. Steve Irwin $4 million

21. Rove McManus $4 million

22. INXS $3.9 million

23. John Farnham $3.5 million

24. Eddie McGuire $3.5 million

25. Gemma Ward $3.5 million

26. Bryce Courtenay $3.4 million

27. Missy Higgins $3.2 million

28. Heath Ledger $3 million

29. Greg McLean $3 million

30. Julian McMahon $2.9 million

31. George Miller $2.5 million

32. Poppy Montgomery $2.5 million

33. The Veronicas $2.1 million

34. Megan Gale $2 million

35. Ray Hadley $2 million

36. Radha Mitchell $2 million

37. Hugo Weaving $1.9 million

38. Jacinda Barrett $1.8 million

39. Delta Goodrem $1.7 million

40. Matthew Reilly $1.7 million

41. Simon Baker $1.5 million

42. Toni Collette $1.5 million

43. Portia de Rossi $1.5 million

44. Guy Pearce $1.4 million

45. Pete Murray $1.3 million

46. Emilie de Ravin $1.2 million

47. James McTeigue $1.2 million

48. Michael Petroni $1 million

49. Cat Empire $1 million

50. Anthony Callea $1 million





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