When it comes to wealth, no Scream cast member even comes close to Courteney Cox, who has appeared in every movie as ambitious reporter-turned-survivor Gale Weathers. The franchise made her a horror fixture, but Friends is the real reason she towers over the rest of this ranking.

Cox starred in all 236 episodes as Monica Geller, earning around $88 million (£66.4m) in salary alone, before long-running royalties added many millions more. Her post-Friends CV includes Cougar Town, Dirt and Shining Vale.

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