For the time being year in a row, Dwayne Johnson is the undisputed heavyweight champion of the Hollywood payroll. According to Forbes, the former WWE star earned $87.5 million last year “thanks to a $23.5 million Netflix check for the upcoming Red Notice film and its success under the Armor, Project Rock line.”
Netflix is a subject of maximum wisdom in the list of top lucrative stars of the year, and Forbes notes that “the giant of streaming … reduced the checks to six of the ten sensible maximum.” That includes two paychecks of more than $20 million for Ryan Reynolds, as well as another big challenge for Adam Sandler, who has been creating comedies for several years.
Here are the five paid actors of the year:
Forbes figures are derived from ‘Nielsen Data, ComScore, Box Office Mojo and IMDB, as well as interviews with industry experts’. There are no women in the ten most sensible, as they will have their own list in Forbes next month.
For the time being year in a row, Dwayne Johnson is the undisputed heavyweight champion of the Hollywood payroll. According to Forbes, the former WWE star earned $87.5 million last year ‘thanks to a $23.5 million Netflix check for the upcoming Red Film Perform and its hit Line Under Armour, Project Rock…
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For the time being year in a row, Dwayne Johnson is the undisputed heavyweight champion of the Hollywood payroll. According to Forbes, the former WWE star earned $87.5 million last year “thanks to a $23.5 million Netflix check for the upcoming Red Notice film and its success under the Armor, Project Rock line.”
Netflix is a subject of maximum wisdom in the list of lucrative top stars of the year, with Forbes noting that “the giant of streaming … reduced the checks to six of the maximum of ten sensible.” That includes two paychecks of more than $20 million for Ryan Reynolds, as well as another big challenge for Adam Sandler, who has been creating comedies for several years.
Unexpected top names on the rest of the list come with Lin-Manuel Miranda, who benefited greatly from the sale of Hamilton to Disney and Jackie Chan, who earned $40 million last year by creating five other films, as well as a ton of commercials. Just because he hasn’t appeared in so many Hollywood videos in recent years doesn’t mean he hasn’t made much money anyway.
Forbes figures are derived from ‘Nielsen Data, ComScore, Box Office Mojo and IMDB, as well as interviews with industry experts’. There are no women in the ten most sensible, as they will have their own list in Forbes next month.
Gallery – Best performances through non-professional actors:
For the time being year in a row, Dwayne Johnson is the undisputed heavyweight champion of the Hollywood payroll. According to Forbes, the former WWE star earned $87.5 million last year “thanks to a $23.5 million Netflix check for the upcoming Red Notice film and its success under the Armor, Project Rock line.”
Netflix is a theme up and down the list of the year’s top moneymaking stars, with Forbes noting that “the streaming giant … cut $140.5 million worth of checks to six of the top ten.” That includes two $20 million+ paychecks to Ryan Reynolds, plus another big deal for Adam Sandler, whose been cranking out comedies for the site for the last several years.
Here are the five paid actors of the year:
Unexpected high names on the rest of the list come with Lin-Manuel Miranda, who benefited greatly from the sale of Hamilton to Disney and Jackie Chan, who earned $40 million last year by creating five other films, as well as a ton of commercials. Just because he hasn’t appeared in so many Hollywood videos in recent years doesn’t mean he hasn’t made much money anyway.
Forbes figures are derived from ‘Nielsen Data, ComScore, Box Office Mojo and IMDB, as well as interviews with industry experts’. There are no women in the ten most sensible, as they will get their own list at Forbes next month.
Gallery – Best performances through non-professional actors: