American super actor Dwayne Johnson has topped Forbes magazine’s list of Hollywood’s highest paid actors for the second consecutive year.
The wrestler-turned-actor bested the competition by taking home $87.5 million, which comes a little bit short of last year’s estimated earnings of $89.4 million.
According to Forbes, The Rock’s claimed the number top spot, thanks to the forthcoming Netflix film ‘Red Notice’ and made considerable returns on his collaborations with the clothes and headphones brand, Under Armour.
The Rock made an estimated $23.5 million check from that deal.
Coming in at the second highest-paid spot was Ryan Reynolds, with $71.5 million, and Mark Wahlberg was third on the list with earnings of $58 million.
Ben Affleck joined at number four, earning $55million. The Oscar-winner returned to the big screen with ‘The Way Back’ earlier this year. He also appeared in Netflix’s ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’.
Johnson’s ‘Fast and Furious’ co-star Vin Diesel was next, with $54m, again mostly thanks the Netflix via their series ‘Fast & Furious Spy Racers’, which he produced.
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, Will Smith, Adam Sandler and martial art star Jackie Chan rounded out the top 10 list, with earnings being estimated from June 1, 2019 to June 1, 2020.
Check on it below:
1. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson – $87.5 million
2. Ryan Reynolds – $71.5 million
3. Mark Wahlberg – $58 million
4. Ben Affleck – $55 million
5. Vin Diesel – $54 million
6. Akshay Kumar – $48.5 million
7. Lin-Manuel Miranda – $45.5 million
8. Will Smith – $44.5 million
9. Adam Sandler – $41 million
10. Jackie Chan – $40 million
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