Hollywood actor Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Bollywood's Akshay Kumar on Forbes' highest-paid male actors list

Dwayne Johnson and Akshay Kumar

Wrestler-turned-movie star Dwayne Johnson clung to the top slot on the list of the world’s highest-paid male actors for a second straight year, according to an annual tally released by Forbes magazine on Tuesday. Johnson, also known by his ring name ‘The Rock’, earned $87.5 million from June 1, 2019 to June 1, 2020, Forbes said, including $23.5 million from Netflix Inc to star in movie thriller ‘Red Notice.’ He also benefited from his ‘Project Rock’ fitness wear line for Under Armour Inc.

Ryan Reynolds, who co-stars with Johnson in ‘Red Notice,’ came in second in the Forbes ranking of male stars. He earned $20 million for that film, plus another $20 million for Netflix movie ‘Six Underground,’ the magazine said, part of his $71.5 million total for the one-year period.

Actor and producer Mark Wahlberg, star of Netflix action comedy ‘Spenser Confidential,’ finished third with $58 million.

Next on the list was actor Ben Affleck with $55 million. The actor made his earnings from his big screen comeback in ‘The Way Back’ and ‘The Last Thing He Wanted.’

Vin Diesel got the fifth spot with $54 million by acting as producer on the animated Netflix series ‘Fast & Furious Spy Races’. He might have been higher on the list if it wasn’t for the release of his ‘Fast and Furious’ movie being delayed until April 2021.

Akshay Kumar, the only Bollywood star in the top 10, landed in sixth place with earnings of $48.5 million. His rank has dropped two notches from last year. He held the fourth spot in the 2019 list. According to the magazine, the actor, who is working on his first television series ‘The End’ for a streaming platform, earned most of his money from his endorsement deals. The magazine stated that Kumar is getting $10 million for his role in the upcoming television series.

‘Hamilton’ creator Lin-Manuel Miranda was number seven after Disney bought the worldwide movie rights to his original Broadway production for $75 million this year.

‘Men in Black’ actor Will Smith made it back to the list with earnings of $44.5 million. This year you can catch him on ‘Bad Boys For Life’ and ‘King Richard’.

Adam Sandler is doing pretty well for himself in spite of no box-office majors. In 2014, he signed a four-movie deal with streaming giant Netflix and since then his earnings have been doing quite well. This year’s intake $41 million.

1) Martial-arts star Jackie Chan has endorsements, licensing deals and five new movies, taking his earnings to a hefty $40 million.