Dwayne Johnson Tops List of Most Paid Stars in Hollywood

  • 8/15/2020
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has been named Hollywoods top-paid actor for a second year running according to Forbes annual ranking, heading a list dominated by lucrative Netflix contracts. The former professional wrestler banked $87.5 million in the year ending June 2020, showed Forbes annual ranking. That figure -slightly down from last years $89.4 million haul- was boosted by Johnsons $23.5 million fee for upcoming Netflix action flick Red Notice. Netflix shelled out more than a quarter of all the paychecks collected by this years top 10. Others benefiting from the streaming giants $140 million A-lister splurge included Reynolds (Six Underground and Red Notice), third-placed Mark Wahlberg (Spenser Confidential) and fourth-placed Ben Affleck (The Last Thing He Wanted). Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda made his debut on the list after Disney paid $75 million for the movie rights to the smash-hit Broadway production, which soared on Disney+ streaming last month. Perennials such as Bollywood megastar Akshay Kumar and martial arts legend Jackie Chan returned to the top 10, as did Will Smith and Adam Sandler. Largely absent this year were the cast of Marvels Avengers films—who dominated last year. But Vin Diesel, lynchpin of the ever-popular Fast & Furious franchise, returned at number five with $54 million. The ranking does not include actresses, who will be featured in a separate list next month. THE TOP 10 1. Dwayne 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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