Wrestler-turned-movie star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson dominates the 2020 list of highest-paid actors. As he was named the world’s highest-paid male actor for the second year in a row, by Forbes magazine on Tuesday.
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Dwayne Johnson, also known by his ring name “The Rock”, has reportedly earned $87.5m between 1 June 2019 and 1 June 2020, including a $23.5m check from Netflix for his upcoming thriller film Red Notice. The Hobbs & Shaw and Skyscrape star also made money from his successful fitness clothing line Project Rock, for Under Armour INC.
Ryan Reynolds who is co-star with Johnson in Red Notice and Netflix’s current golden boy was named the second-highest-paid actor, with total earnings of $71.5m. He reportedly earned more than $20m a piece from Netflix films like Red Notice and Six Underground.
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Actor and producer Mark Wahlberg finished third on the list, with a total earning of $58m. Thanks to his action-comedy Spenser Confidential who became Netflix’s third-most-watched original film after its debut in March.
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As you can see Netflix is helping almost everyone to boost their earnings. Well anyway, fourth on the list was Ben Affleck with earnings of $55m and Vin Diesel came fifth with $54m.
Now Indian actor Akshay Kumar, the only Bollywood star in the top 10 list, came sixth in the list with total earnings of $48.5m. And Forbes says most of his money comes from endorsement deals which cover everything from multivitamins to toilet cleaners.
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Also new to the highest-paid actor list was Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda with a total earning of $44.5m placing him at seventh position. Actors Will Smith, Adam Sandler, and martial-arts star Jackie Chan were the returning members to the top 10 list.
On a related note, The highest-paid female actors list for the same period is yet to be announced. Last year, Scarlett Johansson topped the list with an income of $56m.