Kardashians are Hollywood’s highest earners

Reality TV family, the Kardashians, added a whopping USD 65 million to their bank balance over the last year, more than the combined earnings of Hollywood superstars Angelina Jolie, Sandra Bullock and Tom Cruise.The Kardashian sisters, Kim, Kourtney and Khloe, and their family, including mother and manager Kris Jenner, made millions through hit reality TV shows and a slew of marketing deals, according to the Hollywood Reporter.The family first grabbed headlines when a sex tape made by Kim was leaked online in 2007 and they soon got their own reality TV show, the hit ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’.During its fifth season the show averaged 3.5 million viewers.In 2009 Kourtney, 31, and Khloe, 26, starred in their own reality show, ‘Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami’.This year Kim and Kourtney launched ‘Kourtney and Kim Take New York’, the third offshoot of the Kardashian reality enterprise.Jenner is almost entirely responsible for her family’s huge business empire, and even wishes she had more children to contribute to the family’s earnings. “My fantasy is to have Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Season 26. Who knew it would be this profitable? I should have had more kids,” says the 55-year-old mother-of-six.According to the Reporter individual members of the Kardashian clan are lucrative in their own right.Kim can charge up to USD 250,000 just to turn up at an event. Her sisters Khloe and Kourtney can be booked for USD 25,000 a piece, while their stepfather, former Olympian decathlon, garners up to USD 10,000.Kim, 30, can even earn thousands of dollars just by tweeting about a product or an event.Younger sister Khloe and husband Lamar Odom have just released a unisex fragrance with a provocative ad campaign.As manager, Jenner, takes 10 per cent of the family’s earnings, according to the Reporter.The Kardashians have endorsed everything from tampons and Sketchers Shape-Ups shoes to Charmin Ultra toilet paper and diet pills Quick Trim.The sisters also run a sucessful boutique chain ‘Dash’ which retails in all major cities.The family’s latest project is launching the first ‘celebrity destination’ store in Las Vegas.