outfits. the business of being lady gaga is no laughing matter. she dropped out of nyu to pursue her dream. it has been my destiny. she wrote songs for britney spears until hip hop signed her to his label. just dance reached number one. the monster ball tour drew 2.5 million people and grossed $227 million. no way. next up, another hit album. born this way. the queen of pop brought home $80 million in the last year. making her the top earning celebrity under the age of 30. and her new album, art pop. there s an app for that. innovating the album release and
to a $408 million take in north america. the number two spot is held by the top grossing animated film of the summer. hilarious. reporter: seems movie-goers couldn t get enough of those mignons. reporter: despicable me 2 earned $353 million. flying high this summer reboot of the superman saga with man of steel helping to take in $290 million. james p. sullivan. reporter: creatures of monsters university continued to show their popularity with the prequel bring in $261 million. two sequels next on the money making list with fast & furious 6 $239 million, and star trek into darkness, 227 million. rounding it out, brad pitt s,
tonight s jackpot. that s the reason so many people are coming out to stores like this all across the country. but you know, don, folks like this woman who is in line hoping to win the lottery may not know 600 million is not exactly what you get. the lump sum for if $600 million jackpot is more like 376 million. in the end you would walk home with somewhere around 227 million. that s an estimate. of course that s still a huge amount of money even more money if no one wins tonight. the jackpot will roll over and wednesday we could see a jackpot approaching one billion dollars. that might not make sense to people but the truth is that the entire economy of the us virgin islands whereby the way you can buy a powerball ticket. thank you, lisa. why are we being such killjoys.
how much they would actually get from this. first of all, the lump sum would be about $376 million. i still would not complain. reporter: the tax man wants a big chunk. if you take out federal taxes at highest rate, maybe they could get some breaks, if you take out federal taxes in the end, the take home is closer to $227 million. i m with you, though, i d still take it. later this afternoon, we want to give folks an idea. we re going to tell you later on what the luckiest numbers have been for powerball and also the lu luckiest states. so stay tuned. thanks so much. good luck to you and to me because i m going to buy some tickets today too. coming up, donald trump is on trial. he s hoping to feel rather lucky in this case. he s on trial now defending himself for allegedly conning an
behind a plan to arm the nation s schools. the nra certainly has the resources to put towards such a plan. in 2010, the organization had $227 million in revenue. in the last election cycle, the nra spent more than $18 million backing pro-gun candidates. but with all that money, the group didn t have so much success. six of the seven nra-backed candidates lost their bids for the senate and of 26 house incumbents that failed to be re-elected, 18 were nra favorites. in fact, the sunlight foundation named the nra one of the most ineffective outside spenders in the 2012 election cycle, yet as a single issue organization, they have long been seen as one of the most influential policy advocates. back with my panel. before we even get into that question, the other thing that has changed about the nra is that their membership, while it is growing, i think they have like four million members strong, actual gun ownership in the country is declining and it