Top 20 Highest Paid Actors In The World – 2016

Posted by: lukwago J in Life style September 19, 2016

Johnny Depp

$48 million
In May a judge ordered a restraining order against Depp after his then-wife Amber Heard alleged he physically and verbally abused her. The couple reached a $7 million divorce settlement in August. The damning accusations did not impact his earnings during our scoring period—he pocketed an estimated eight figures upfront for the latest Pirates of the Caribbean installment and box office bomb Alice Through the Looking Glass—but his earnings will likely plummet next year.

Tom Cruise

$53 million
Hollywood’s favorite Scientologist banked a big backend paycheck for 2015′s Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation, plus upfront fees for a Jack Reacher sequel and Mena. At 53, he still manages to notch action hero roles thanks in no small part to his success as agent Ethan Hunt – the five-part M:I series has grossed nearly $2.8 billion globally.

Matt Damon

$55 million
The red planet turned green: Damon’s The Martian grossed a mighty $630.1 million on a $108 million budget. Damon earned handsomely from the film and nabbed a Best Actor Oscar nod, while banking sizable checks for his return as Jason Bourne and an east-west co-production, The Great Wall.

Jackie Chan

$61 million
The world’s No. 2 highest-paid actor hasn’t had a stateside live-action smash in ages, but he’s the king of China’s burgeoning box office, thanks in part to a cozy connection with Beijing. Chan starred in the latest installment of the Monkey King franchise and has several Chinese films in post production. As a producer/investor and actor, he benefits from government censors looking kindly on his films.

Dwayne Johnson

$64 million
Rock-solid box office numbers helped the erstwhile wrestler become the world’s highest-paid actor. Since helping launch the billion-dollar Fast and Furious franchise and leading 2015’s San Andreas to a surprising $473 million worldwide, Dwayne Johnson has become Hollywood’s go-to action hero. Next up for the beefy star: a starring role in the upcoming Baywatch remake. “I can kick ass better than anyone on the planet,” he once told FORBES. “And I have a decent smile.”

Source: Forbes

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