Forbes has recently released their annual list of actors who got the highest payment this year. The wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson has been able to hold the no. 1 position in Forbes list of highest-paid actors, as he was no. 1 in 2019 too. The actor, who stunned us in movies like the Hobbs & Shaw and Skyscraper, has brought 87.5 million dollars this year. The Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds came in second place with 71.5 million dollars.
The overall list has seen quite a good shuffle this year. Actor-producer Mark Wahlberg has come up in the third position with an earning of 58 million dollars. Actor-director Ben Affleck has made it to the fourth position as he has pocketed a 55 million dollars and Vin Diesel has come up in the fifth position because he took home 54 million dollars in 2020.
Lin-Manuel Miranda has been lucky this year to be included in the list. He was lucky this year to earn 45.5 million dollars. On the other side, Jackie Chan has earned enough to make a comeback to the list and that goes for two other actors too, Adam Sandler and Will Smith.
Akshay Kumar has made India and Bollywood film industry proud once again to get a place in the Forbes list 2020. He had made it last year too when he got fourth place. This year Akshay’s income from movies has come down to 48.5 million dollars, pushing him down by two places than 2019.
Netflix has been the common denominator this year. A major factor behind Dwayne Johnson’s making it to the no.1 position in Forbes list is that he is getting 23.5 million dollars from Netflix as he is starring in their next action movie, Red Notice. The filming of the movie was postponed due to pandemic but it will resume soon.
Ryan Reynolds too already had two projects with the streaming giant Netflix and now it will collaborate with the Canadian actor in another project. In the case of Mark Wahlberg too, Netflix has been a denominator. Forbes’ top-10 list includes –
Dwayne Johnson – $87.5 million
Ryan Reynolds – $71.5 million
Mark Whalberg – $58 million
Ben Affleck – $55 million
Vin Diesel – $54 million
Akshay Kumar – $48.5 million
Lin-Manuel Miranda – $45.5 million
Will Smith – $44.5 million
Adam Sandler – $41 million
Jackie Chan – $40 million
