Video: Dwayne Johnson named Forbes' highest paid actor
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Recently, a list was published on the official website of the famous Forbes magazine, which included the names of the actors who were considered the highest paid over the past year. This list is headed by Dwayne Johnson - this is a world famous wrestler, producer, American actor. Many people know this actor more by the nickname "The Rock".
Over the past twelve months, this actor has managed to earn $ 89.4 million. The early 47-year-old American actor was in second place on the list, and his new annual earnings allowed him to top the rankings. The actor received 23.5 million dollars for filming films. Dwayne Johnson earned 15% from the box office of Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle. This is a 2017 film that at the worldwide box office was able to raise the amount of $ 962, 1 million. "The Rock" also took part in the filming of the film "Football Players". This is a popular TV series that has been shown on the NBO channel since 2015. For each episode in this series, the famous actor received an amount of 700 thousand dollars.
Over the past year, Chris Hemsworth was able to earn $ 76.4 million, which put him in second place in the list of the highest paid actors according to Forbes. The actor owes such a high salary to his participation in the creation of a fantastic story called "The Avengers: Endgame". This motion picture grossed a record $ 2.796 billion worldwide. This result allowed the film about superheroes to overtake the film called "Avatar". This film by James Cameron was released in 2009 and it grossed $ 2.7897 billion worldwide. The top three highest paid actors included Robert Downey Jr. Over the past year, he managed to earn $ 66 million. Thus, he retained his position in the ranking.
The top five most paid actors included Akshay Kumar, the Bollywood star, who made $ 65 million, and Jackie Chan, who made $ 58 million. Bradley Cooper, Adam Sandler and Chris Evans are on the list of the highest paid actors. The last places in the top ten most expensive actors went to Paul Rudd and Will Smith, who respectively earned $ 41 million and $ 35 million.
When forming this rating, experts took the earnings of famous actors from June 1, 2018 to the same period, only this year. The amount was considered before taxes were paid by the stars.
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