Hollywood's top 40 movie earners: James Cameron tops list; Kristen Stewart leads six women

James Cameron unsurprisingly topped Vanity Fair's list of Hollywood's biggest movie earners for 2010 thanks to his"Avatar"success -- more surprising was the fact that only six women made the 40-strong survey.

"Twilight"star Kristen Stewart beat out Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston and Sandra Bullock to, at 20, become one of the youngest members (she came second only to co-star Taylor Lautner, 18, who landed at number 9 with $33 million) and the richest woman on the list at the number 13 spot with estimated earnings of $28.5 million.

But the actress' earnings paled in comparison to Cameron's $257 million take in 2010 -- which the magazine based on"Avatar's"worldwide gross of $1.95 billion -- which was followed by"Pirates of the Caribbean"star Johnny Depp's income of $100 million.

Rounding out the top five were Steven Spielberg at $80 million, followed by"Inception"director Christopher Nolan at $71.5 million and his film's star, Leonardo DiCaprio, who is estimated to have earned $62 million last year.

The next actress to make the list after Stewart was Jennifer Aniston, at number 18, who earned an estimated $24.5 million last year based on her high fees for films like"Just Go With It"for which she was paid her highest price at $10 million.

She beat out Angelina Jolie -- who landed at number 21 -- by $1 million, despite the fact that the actress earned $9 million more than Aniston's highest fee for her role in"The Tourist."

Rounding out the list of top-earning actresses was Sandra Bullock at number 22, who earned $22 million last year thanks to"The Blind Side"and older revenues, Katherine Heigl, who nabbed the number 33 spot with $16 million, and Reese Witherspoon, who took the number 36 spot with $14.5 million.

Vanity Fair's survey includes directors, producers, writers and actors and the money they earned from the big screen.

For the magazine's full list of top Hollywood movie earners,click here.

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