Jennifer Lawrence Set For One Of Hollywood's Biggest Ever Pay Rises To Star In 'Hunger Games' Sequel

Jennifer Lawrence Set For One Of Hollywood's Biggest Ever Pay Rises To Star In 'Hunger Games' Sequel

She's one of Hollywood's hottest young actors, and now Jennifer Lawrence is beginning to be paid like it, as she's set to earn an incredible $10m for the sequel to 'The Hunger Games', 'Catching Fire'.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the young Academy Award nominee will see her pay rocket from the $500,000 she received for the original film.

The payrise is comparable to that of the stars of 'The Hangover', whose pay has risen over the course of three movies from a reported $1m to $15m, and that Will Smith received to return for a sequel to 'Men In Black', which saw his pay rocket from an estimated $3.5m to $40m.

Yet when compared to her original fee, the raise dwarfs those pay outs, with it being 20 times what she received when she signed up for 'The Hunger Games'. In the likely event that 'Catching Fire' matches the success of 'The Hunger Games', the pay bump could be even bigger by the time Lawrence signs up for the third movie in the series.

Co-stars Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth are believed to be receiving substantial but smaller pay bumps.

The huge increase in Jennifer's earning power can be attributed to Lawrence being in two major money making franchises ('The Hunger Games and X-Men), while also garnering critical acclaim when becoming, at 20, the second youngest person to ever be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Hannah Montana Star Miley Cyrus Being Usurped By Jennifer Lawrence

 Hannah Montana Star Miley Cyrus Being Usurped By Jennifer Lawrence

 Since first becoming famous as the titular star of Disney teen comedy Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus has been one of Hollywood’s most visible and glamorous stars.  But for how much longer?  Is it possible the 19-year-old starlet feels her time in the limelight might be up anytime soon?  That’s apparently the case, according to a few unnamed sources who recently spoke to Grazia.  The sources claim that Cyrus believes she is being “threatened by the career and confidence” of Jennifer Lawrence, who became a household name with her starring role in The Hunger GamesYou read that right

Hannah Montana herself feels the threat of Katniss Everdeen.  As the magazine’s sources continued, “Jennifer seems to have replaced Miley as Hollywood’s It girl.  And now Miley seems terrified she’ll replace her as Liam (Hemsworth)’s girlfriend too.  That’s when she started working out so much and the weight dropped off.  Miley’s had to grow up fast and I guess she’s worried her success could all end tomorrow. She’s barely sleeping.  It’s very sad.” Cyrus is currently engaged to Hemsworth, who played Gale Hawthorne in The Hunger Games.

This report of a potential Miley Cyrus-Jennifer Lawrence feud shouldn’t surprise many.  It wasn’t long ago when Cyrus supposedly had a similar issue during the shooting of Hemsworth’s upcoming film Empire State.  When Emma Roberts, who plays Hemsworth’s girlfriend in the film, entered the set, she had allegedly flaunted her being “single and ready to mingle”, which really upset Cyrus.  Popular, yet often unreliable showbiz tabloid The National Enquirer claimed that Cyrus was very concerned that Roberts was “trying to steal her sweetheart.”  The article went on to claim that the Hannah Montana star yelled out “Hands off my man!”  to her fellow young actress.  According to the Enquirer, “Miley doesn’t want Liam socializing with a loose cannon like Emma.  She thinks the girl is bad news.”