Vanessa Anne HudgensAge: 19
Earnings: $3.2 million
Vanessa Hudgens has used her High School Musical fame to segue into another industry--music. Hudgens released V in September 2006, which sold 570,000 copies as of April. Her next album, Identified, was released in July and peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard 200. Her estimated $3.2 million bottom line was buoyed by endorsement deals with Marc Ecko and Neutrogena.
Rupert GrintAge: 20
Earnings: $5 million
The ginger-topped Harry Potter co-star saw his salary increase substantially for this summer's installment, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which has, to date, grossed $938 million worldwide. Playing Potter pal Ron Weasley should set Grint up for life. He's already filming Half-Blood Prince, with the film adaptation of the final novel, Deathly Hallows, scheduled to follow.
Hillary DuffAge: 21
Earnings: $5 million
The pop star-actress-'tween merchandise mogul has replaced the Olsen Twins as your teenage daughter's favorite. The "Her Stuff by Hilary Duff" line of apparel and accessories is sold at Kohl's, Target and Claire's. Duff also licenses her name to footwear company Candie's and Electronic Arts, which made her a character in the Sims videogame franchise. In April, she released her sixth studio album, Dignity, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard pop charts. She most recently starred in action flick War, Inc., opposite John Cusack.
Ashley TisdaleAge: 23
Earnings: $5.5 million
Tisdale, 23, headed to the big screen this fall as Vanessa Hudgens' foil in High School Musical 3: Senior Year. She also does voice work for the Disney Channel's animated Phineasand Ferb and endorses Red by Marc Ecko
Emma WatsonAge: 18
Earnings: $5.5 million
Her coy suggestions to the press two years ago that she may need a break from the Harry Potter film franchise, in which she plays Hermione Granger, no doubt sent Warner Brothers into convulsions. For the last three flicks, including last summer's Order of the Phoenix, she scored a substantial raise, earning an estimated $4 million per film. In July, she confessed to Parade magazine that she has enough money now to never work again, adding, "but I would never want that."
Zac EfronAge: 21
Earnings: $5.8 million
The High School Musical star and 'tween heartthrob, 21, had success last summer in Hairspray and continued the franchise with this fall's High School Musical 3: Senior Year. Upcoming movies: Seventeen Again (a comedy) and Me and Orson Welles (an indie).
Jonas BrothersAges: 16,19 and 21
Earnings: $12 million
In the past year, these 'tween rockers, ages 16 to 21, pulled in $9 million from touring, plus another $3 million from CD sales, merchandise and TV deals. In the works: a movie, reality-TV series and TV drama.
Mary-Kate & Ashley OlsenAge: 22
Earnings: $15 million
The petite twins lord over Dualstar, the largest star-driven 'tween merchandising empire on the planet outside of Disney. Mary-Kate and Ashley merchandise retails at Wal-Mart; their new high-end Elizabeth & James sportswear is available at Neiman Marcus. Not that the twins have given up acting. Mary-Kate had an extended role on Showtime's Weeds and generated headlines for her on-camera kiss with Ben Kingsley in the Sundance film The Wackness. Ashley is filming The Informers with Winona Ryder.
Miley CyrusAge: 16
Earnings: $25 million
Cyrus' 70-date Best of Both Worlds concert tour sold out faster than you could say "Hannah Montana," leaving legions of screaming girls scrambling for tickets. In the last year, the 15-year-old also sold millions of CDs, signed a book deal and began filming a movie based on her Disney Channel series. She most recently lent her voice to animated canine comedy Bolt.
Daniel RadcliffeAge: 19
Earnings: $25 million
Last summer the British-born boy wizard, 18, signed a jaw-dropping contract worth an estimated $50 million to continue his leading role in the last two installments of the Harry Potter series. (The final story, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, has since split into two movies, meaning even more cash for him.) He also played the title role in the BBC's TV movie My Boy Jack, a World War I story about Rudyard Kipling's ill-fated son, and he's been baring all on Broadway in Equus.
sources : Forbes.com
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