“The Rock” is the world’s highest paid actor – NRK

With an income of $ 64.5 million outdistanced Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson colleague Robert Downey Jr. as the world’s highest paid actor.

revenue of $ 64.5 million corresponding to 531,589,650 Norwegian kroner in the daily rate.

Johnson, which more than doubled the income from the previous year, earned thus almost $ 20 million more is Jennifer Lawrence, the world’s highest paid female actress.

The magazine Forbes published annually a list of the highest paid actors in the world. The list shows the revenue from 1 June 2015 until 1 June 2016, before taxes and other fees are deducted.

In addition to his acting career is “The Rock” formerly known from careers as professional wrestler, weightlifter and American football. He has not been wrestling since 2011.

According to Forbes coming actor’s income jumps of advance payments for films like “Central Intelligence”, “Solid 8″ and “Baywatch.”

2. Jackie Chan – $ 61 million.

It is long since Chan played the lead roles in American big bets, but has acted in several Chinese movies in recent years. Over the past year he has been topical in the movie “Monkey King”.

3. Matt Damon – $ 55 million

Damon film “The Martian” earned $ 630 million. In addition to The Martian was Damon also relevant with the films “Jason Bourne” and “The Great Wall”.

4. Tom Cruise – $ 53 million

Scientology frontman and actor Tom Cruise got well paid for returning to the canvas as agent Ethan Hunt in the movie “Mission: Impossible Rouge Nation.” So far, “Mission: Impossible” movie earned nearly $ 2.8 billion worldwide.

5. Johnny Depp – $ 48 million

The American actor has benefited from roles in “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Alice Through the Looking Glass.”

6. Ben Affleck – $ 43 million

Although “Batman v Superman ‘not harvested especially critical acclaim, earned the film an enormous amount of money. Globally pulled the film, which Affleck plays Batman, over $ 870 million. According to Forbes has Affleck never earned more than he did last year.

7. Vin Diesel – $ 35 million

With a solid advance payment for their efforts in the movie “Furious 8″, in addition to a sequel of “Guardians of The Galaxy”, the US player climbed into Forbes list for the third time.

8. Shah Rukh Khan – $ 33 million

Khan is the one who earns most of Bollywood stars. During the past year, he has played the lead role in the hit film “Dilwale”, in addition to several other films.

8. Robert Downey Jr. – $ 33 million

The American actor who topped the list last year, but this year has dropped eight places down. According to Forbes has income of Downey dropped by 58 percent in a year.

10. Akshay Kumar – $ 31,500,000

The Indian Bollywood star is tied for tenth place with an income of $ 31.5 million. Kumar has played for three film successes over the past year, but has also earned a lot of money on advertising, including for Honda motorcycles.

10. Brad pitt – $ 31.5 million.

Last year produced and played 57 years old Pitt in the movie “The Big Short”. The film won an Academy Award and earned over $ 133,300,000 worldwide. America is currently participating as an actor in the film “War Machine”.