Harry Potter Stars dominate Rich List

• From: Bang Showbiz

The actor, who has the title role in the hit wizard movie franchise, was named fifth richest in the young millionaires category in the Sunday Times Rich List, with a fortune of 42 million ($70 million).

His co-star Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger, was placed joint 10th with a 22 million ($37 million) fortune.

Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley in the films was placed 12th in the list with an estimated 20 million ($34 million) wealth.

The list compares the earnings of stars aged under 30.

Former Harry Potter actor Robert Pattinson, who has gone on to find success as the star of the Twilight series of films, is placed 14th on the list with a 13 million ($22 million) fortune.

The top spots on the young millionaires list were taken by inheritors and businessmen.

"The Harry Potter franchise has been massively successful worldwide and boosted the UK economy, taking hundreds of millions at the box office," said a source.

"Five of the franchises films are in the top twenty highest grossing of all time and although its stars were just children when it started I don't think anyone could have guessed exactly how successful this was going to be.

"They have all still worked very hard for their places on this list, and it shows the once again healthy state of the British film industry."

J.K. Rowling, who penned the series of children's books on which the movies are based, topped the author's list with a fortune estimated at 519 million.

Pirates of the Caribbean star Kiera Knightley was also rated highly on the young rich list with an estimated fortune of 28 million ($47 million), earning her seventh place.

In the field of music, Leona Lewis and ex-child star Charlotte Church were rated joint 16th on the young rich list with 11 million ($18 million), while Cheryl Cole was rated 20th with 10 million ($16 million).

Sunday Times Rich List: Top 20 young millionaires

1 Arthur Landon, 28, inheritance 200m

2 Andrew Michael, 30, internet 130m

3 Fawn, 24, and India Rose James, 18, inheritance 120m

4 Richard Walters, 30, construction and mining 98m

5 Daniel Radcliffe, 20, films 42m

6 Sean O'Connor, 29, finance 33m

7= Kiera Chaplin, 27, media 28m

7= Keira Knightley, 25, films 28m

7= Princes William, 27, and Harry, 25, land and inheritance 28m

10= Adam Hildreth, 25, software 22m

10= Emma Watson, right, 20, films and modelling 22m

12 Rupert Grint, 21, films 20m

13 Richard Jones, 27, internet 15m

14 Robert Pattinson, 23, films 13m

15 Natalia Vodianova, 28, modelling 12m

16= Charlotte Church, 24, music 11m

16= Katherine Jenkins, 29, music 11m

16= Leona Lewis, 25, music 11m

16= Earl of Shaftesbury, 30, land 11m

20= Cheryl Cole, 26, music 10m

20= Dominic McVey, 25, publishing and property 10m

20= Katie Melua, 25, music 10m