Beyonce and Jay-Z top the list of this year’s highest-earning celebrity couples. Blue Ivy Carter’s parents counted $78 million in earnings this year, according to Forbes magazine. (Christopher Polk / Getty Images)
How are they spending the dough? Lavish gifts, for one. In 2010, Bey purchased the Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermes for Jay’s 41st birthday. Price? $2.4 million. (Bruno Clergue / Bugatti)
Rich, fit and gorgeous: That’s enough to land Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen at No. 2 with a take of $72 million. (Rodrigo Abd / Associated Press)
They’ll need that payday for the upkeep on their 22,000-square-foot mansion in Brentwood, which reportedly cost $20 million. (Evan Agostini / AP)
At No. 3, sexy and stylish imports David and Victoria Beckham netted $54 million this year. (Leon Neal / AFP )
The green went toward grapes in 2008, when David snatched up a Napa Valley vineyard as a gift to Victoria. (Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP)
Brangelina take the No. 4 position with $45 million. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Jolie used some of her dough to buy a waterfall, and the land above it, for Pitt to build a house upon. Above, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in Pittsburgh that will serve as inspiration. (AP)
Rounding out the richest celeb couples is Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. The thespian pair tallied $40 million in paychecks this year. (Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images)
How do the Pinkett-Smiths dole out their wages? An ownership stake in the Philadelphia 76ers, Will’s hometown, to start. ( Drew Hallowell/ Getty Images)
