Who’s the highest earning male actor in the world?
Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson has been named the highest-paid male actor for the second year in a row, according to wealth magazine Forbes.
The former wrestler reportedly earned $87.5m (£67m) between 1 June 2019 and 1 June 2020, including $23.5m for the Netflix thriller Red Notice.
He also made money from his fitness clothing line, Project Rock.
The 10 top earners combined made $545.5m this year – more than a quarter of that from Netflix, Forbes said.
Johnson’s Red Notice co-star Ryan Reynolds was the second-highest paid actor, with earnings of $71.5m.
Among his movie deals were $20m, also for Red Notice, and $20m for Six Underground, another Netflix film.
Third on the list was actor and producer Mark Wahlberg, who earned $58m, while Ben Affleck came in fourth and Vin Diesel fifth.
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Indian actor Akshay Kumar was the only Bollywood star in the top 10.
He came in sixth place with earnings of $48.5m, which Forbes said mostly came from product endorsement deals.
Also on the list were Lin-Manuel Miranda, actors Will Smith and Adam Sandler, and veteran movie star Jackie Chan.
The highest-paid female actors for the period are released as a separate list, and are yet to be announced.
Last year, Scarlett Johansson topped the list with an income of $56m – less than that year’s seventh-placed male actor.
Source: BBC
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