Jerry Bruckheimer

$84 million If the $1 billion-plus global box office take for last summer's Pirates of the Caribbean was any indication, Bruckheimer is poised for a very lucrative spring. The series' third installment, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, is scheduled to hit theaters at the end of May. Also padding the producer's wallet: syndication fees from CSI, his hit forensics show, and its spinoffs.