Emma Watson Gets Herself Into Guinness Book of Record

Thu, 17 December 2009 02:45:00 ET

Earning 5.4 million pounds for her works in movies, the Hermione Granger of 'Harry Potter' series has been crowned the biggest-grossing female star of the decade by the Guinness Book of World Record.

Emma Watson may only be 19 years of age, but she has beaten her seniors, such as Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, and Cameron Diaz, in terms of the amount of money her movies have earned. EW recently reported that the Hermione Granger of "Harry Potter" series has been crowned the biggest-grossing female star of the decade by the Guinness Book of World Record.

According to the famed reference book, Emma has collected $5.4 billion in global box office receipts. The actress gained the impressive receipts from starring in movie franchise "Harry Potter" as well as from lending her voice to the 2008 animated film "The Tale of Despereaux". In fact, she earned more ticket sales than her "Potter" co-stars, Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint.

Following Emma in the second place of the biggest-grossing female star list is her other "Potter" co-star, Maggie Smith. Smith, who tackles the role of Minerva McGonagall in the wizard movies series, earned $88 million and $74 million respectively for "Gosford Park" and "The Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood".

While Emma Watson grabbed the female star title, Samuel L. Jackson, who gained $7.42 billion after starring in 44 movies in 10 years, is dubbed the biggest-grossing male star of the decade by Guinness. Still, Entertainment Weekly believed that Orlando Bloom is the one who should get the title, reasoning that the actor commanded $6.5 billion in ticket sales for movie franchises, "The Lord of the Rings" and "Pirates of the Caribbean".

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