Here’s the list of ‘Forbes Top 10 highest paid actors’ for 2019

22 Aug, 2019

Like every year, Forbes has issued the list of highest paid actors worldwide for 2019. Dwayne Johnson, Chris Hemsworth and Robert Downey Jr have bagged the top three spots in the ranking.

Johnson’s ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ has grossed an estimated $442m worldwide and is now the 13th biggest release of the year in the United States. Johnson will also appear in ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ later this year. While Chris Hemsworth and Robert Downey Jr were part of ‘Avengers: Endgame’, which became the highest grossing movie of all time in August.

Actor Akshay Kumar is the only Bollywood actor who has secured the spot on list of highest paid actors with an earning of $68 million in the year June 2018-June 2019.

According to Forbes, earnings estimates are based on data from Nielsen, ComScore, Box Office Mojo and IMDB, as well as interviews with industry insiders. Here is the full list:

  1. Dwayne Johnson (Earnings: $89.4 million)
  2. Chris Hemsworth (Earnings: $76.4 million)
  3. Robert Downey Jr. (Earnings: $66 million)
  4. Akshay Kumar (Earnings: $65 million)
  5. Jackie Chan (Earnings: $58 million)
  6. Bradley Cooper (Earnings: $57 million)
  7. Adam Sandler (Earnings: $57 million)
  8. Chris Evans (Earnings: $43.5 million)
  9. Paul Rudd (Earnings: $41 million)
  10. Will Smith (Earnings: $35 million)

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