Top 10 Highest-Paid Actors In The World.
1.Dwayne Johnson
Rock-solid box office
numbers helped the erstwhile wrestler become the world's highest-paid actor.
Since helping launch the billion-dollar Fast and Furious franchise and leading
2015's "San Andreas" to a surprising $473 million worldwide, Dwayne
Johnson has become Hollywood's go-to action hero. Next up for the beefy star: a
starring role in the upcoming "Baywatch" remake. "I can kick ass
better than anyone on the planet," he once told FORBES. "And I have a
decent smile."
The world's No. 2 highest-paid actor hasn't had a stateside
live-action smash in ages, but he's the king of China's burgeoning box office,
thanks in part to a cozy connection with Beijing. Chan starred in the latest
installment of the Monkey King franchise and has several Chinese films in post
production. As a producer/investor and actor, he benefits from government
censors looking kindly on his films.
The red planet turned green: Damon's "The Martian"
grossed a mighty $630.1 million on a $108 million budget. Damon earned
handsomely from the film and nabbed a Best Actor Oscar nod, while banking
sizable checks for his return as Jason Bourne and an east-west co-production,
"The Great Wall."
Hollywood's favorite Scientologist banked a big backend
paycheck for 2015′s "Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation," plus upfront
fees for a "Jack Reacher" sequel and "Mena." At 53, he
still manages to notch action hero roles thanks in no small part to his success
as agent Ethan Hunt--the five-part M:I series has grossed nearly $2.8 billion
globally.
In May a judge ordered a restraining
order against Depp after his then-wife Amber Heard alleged he physically and
verbally abused her. The couple reached a $7 million divorce settlement in
August. The damning accusations did not impact his earnings during our scoring
period—he pocketed an estimated eight figures upfront for the latest
"Pirates of the Caribbean" installment and box office bomb
"Alice Through the Looking Glass"—but his earnings will likely
plummet next year.
For a second consecutive year,
Lawrence is Hollywood's highest-paid woman. She took a cut of profits from the
big box office gross of her final "Hunger Games" installment ($653.4
million) and plumped her checkbook with soaring upfront fees.
It may have been panned by critics, but "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" gave Affleck the best box office of his career: The movie grossed over $870 million worldwide. The caped crusader earns big from upfront fees and backend profits for the series, helping him pocket his highest annual paycheck yet
8. Vin Diesel
With an upfront paycheck for the
latest Diesel-powered installment, "Furious 8," plus a sequel to
"Guardians of The Galaxy," the gravelly-voiced actor joins our list
for the third time. A key user of Facebook's "Facebook Live" feature,
he has 100 million Facebook fans. "The whole point [of "Fast and the
Furious"] was to diversify Hollywood," Diesel told FORBES in 2015.
Who you gonna call? McCarthy earned an
estimated eight-figure upfront fee to star in the "Ghostbusters"
remake. Her compensation has finally inched up to reflect her ticket booth
tallies: 2015's "Spy" grossed $235.7 million worldwide on a $65
million budget.
Khan continues to rule Bollywood's box office with the lead role in hit "Dilwale" and many others, earning multimillion-dollar upfront fees and a cut of the back-end for his efforts. He also cashes in on endorsement deals for dozens of brands most Americans have likely never heard of.
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