There was outrage last year when the Sony emails revealed that superstar Jennifer Lawrence was paid less than male co-stars Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale for American Hustle.

But for her next project, it looks as though Jennifer has negotiated things in her favour.

According to The Hollywood Reporter Oscar-winner Jennifer, 24, will get $20million for her new movie Passengers, while this time her male co-star (Chris Pratt) will receive less, getting a $12million fee.

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That's a pretty penny: Jennifer Lawrence, pictured at a New York event in May, will earn at least $20 million while Chris Pratt, seen at the Jurassic World premiere, will pick up $12 million for their turns in Passengers

Not only that, Jennifer will also receive a 30 per cent of the profit after the movie breaks even, sources told the showbiz industry magazine.

And Chris, 35, will collect $12 million, up from his original $10 million, thanks to a sweet deal that tied his pay to the success of Jurassic World, which broke box office records with a $524.1 million global opening last weekend.

Sony declined to comment to THR about the numbers.

But the magazine reported the deal was touch and go after Sony Pictures’ new motion picture chairman Tom Rothman balked at the $150 million budget for the movie, described as 'Gravity with romance.'

A-list talent: The 24-year-old will next be seen with Liam Hemsworth, Evan Ross and Sam Claflin in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, due out November 20

Sources said Tom couldn't decide whether to give it a greenlight, put it in turnaround or place it with Jeff Robinov’s Studio 8, which is partly owned by Sony but has outside financial backing, according to THR.

Passengers was set up and waiting to go when Tom took over Sony in late February after Amy Pascal stepped down.

Tom did try to get director Morten Tyldum, who was Oscar nominated for The Imitation Game, to trim the budget to $90 million but he refused.

Warner Bros. and Universal were both circling the film and Jeff was keen to snap it up for Studio 8.

Tom apparently told the filmmakers they could take the movie elsewhere if they chose, but he changed his mind when they chose Studio 8.

Sources told THR he has spread the risk by securing financing partners Village Roadshow and LStar to cover as much as 75 percent of the budget.

Passengers is set to begin filming in September.

Five years ago, Lawrence was earning just $3,000 (£2,000) a week for her breakthrough role in Winter's Bone, a low-budget drama about a struggling teenager with a criminal father.

But she's been catapulted to success with some high-profile performances in box-office smash hits that have turned her into Hollywood's darling, popular with audiences and critics alike.

She was reportedly paid just $1million (£700,000) for her role as Katniess Everdeen in the original Hunger Games movie, which grossed more than $400million (£260million).

But she got $10million (£6.5) for the sequel, Catching Fire, and $15million (£10million) for the two-part finale, Mockingjay, the second of which is due to open in November.

Heating up: The 39-year-old, with wife Anna Farris at the Jurassic World premiere, was due to earn $10 million for Passengers but thanks to a deal tying his pay to the dinosaur blockbuster's success, it leapt to $12 million

She was thrust to the forefront of the equal pay debate after leaked emails between Sony executives revealed that she and Amy Adams, the female leads in American Hustle, received less than their male costars.

The women got seven per cent shares of the profits while director David O Russell and the three leading men, Bradley Cooper, Chrisitan Bale and Jeremy Renner, got nine per cent.

The news sparked fury among many prominent actresses, including Charlize Theron, who then demanded that she was paid an equal amount to costar Chris Hemsworth in their next film Snow White And The Huntsman.

'If you're doing the same job, you should be compensated and treated in the same way,' she has told Elle Magazine.