Dwayne Johnson dominates the game while the 'Iron Man' star falls from the throne and settles outside the top five on the Forbes list.
- August 26, 2016
AceShowbiz -
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is the world's biggest-earning actor this year, according to Forbes. The actor has pocketed a whopping $64.5 million for the past 12 months, doubling his 2015 earnings. He kicks Robert Downey Jr. out of the top spot on the list of highest-paid actors. The Marvel star slips to No. 9 with $33 million.
The Rock's money comes from his major roles in movies like "Central Intelligence", "Moana", "Fast and Furious 8" and "Baywatch". Although his payday is less than Downey Jr.'s total of $80M atop the list last year, it's still way more than the $46 million that Jennifer Lawrence collected as this year's biggest-paid actress.
In fact, J.Law places only sixth among this year's top actors. Jackie Chan sits at the runner-up position with $61 million, Matt Damon settles at the third place with $55 million, Tom Cruise follows closely behind with $53 million, and Johnny Depp rounds up the top five with an estimated $48 million. Others on the top 10 include Ben Affleck and Vin Diesel.
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson - $64.5M
- Jackie Chan - $61M
- Matt Damon - $55M
- Tom Cruise - $53M
- Johnny Depp - $48M
- Ben Affleck - $43M
- Vin Diesel - $35M
- Shahrukh Khan - $33M
- Robert Downey Jr. - $33M
- Akshay Kumar - $31.5M
