Twilight stars among top earners in Hollywood

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner have all made it into the top 20 of Vanity Fair's list of big movie earners in 2010.

Taylor, who plays Jacob, came ninth bringing in $33.5million (£21million), Bella actress Kristen was the highest-earning woman in 13th making $28.5million, while her British co-star Robert Pattinson came in 15th position with $27.5million.

Avatar director, James Cameron, topped the list bringing in a phenomenal $257million (£171million) in the past year alone.

Taking second place was Johnny Depp with $100million and director Steven Spielberg came third with $80million.

Only six women made the top 40. Joining Kristen Stewart in that category are Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie, Reese Witherspoon, Sandra Bullock and Katherine Heigl.

Other names on the list include directors Christopher Nolan and Tim Burton, and actors Nicolas Cage, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn and Shia LaBoeuf.

The magazine's list was collated from only film-related projects and did not take into account money made from advertising campaigns or television programmes.