In the entertainment industry, actors and actresses usually make the highest salary, especially if you are a top and in-demand actor. The current highest paid actors and actresses are listed below-
- Mark Wahlberg- $68 million- Wahlberg starred in several large-scale big movies in the recent times which include Patriots Day, Deepwater, Horizon and Transformer: The Last Knight. Unfortunately, these movies did not do well in the box office, but Wahlberg still receives his complete payment despite the status of the movie.
- Dwayne Johnson- $65 million- His work in Baller, The Fate of the Furious, Baywatch and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Dwayne Johnson stands in the second position for highest paid actors.
- Vin Diesel– $54.5 million- Vin Diesel did both on-screen and off-screen starring in the past year as he starred as a voice over actor in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and played the lead role in xXx: Return of Xander Cage, apart from being the lead actor in the Fast and Furious Franchise. Vin Diesel also starred alongside Dwayne Johnson in The Fate of the Furious. Almost all of the movies Vin Diesel starred in the recent times were blockbuster hits making him the third highest paid actor.
- Adam Sandler, $50.5 million- Adam Sandler managed to be the fourth highest paid actor in Hollywood with his four movie deal with Netflix. His movies The Meyerowitz Stories and Sandly Wexler with Netflix earned him $50.5 million in one year.
- Jackie Chan- $49 million- Known for being the biggest star for action-packed films, Jackie Chan’s movies Reset, The Foreigner, Bleeding Steel, The LEGO Ninjago Movie, Kung Fu Yoga, The Nut Job 2 and Namiya made him the fifth highest paid actor in Hollywood.
- Robert Downey Jr.- $48 million- Robert Downey Jr. had a fall in ranks from the first position to the sixth position, despite which he continues to make his superhero movies with Marvel, such as Spider Man: Homecoming, which alone attributed to his salary of $48 million in a year.
- Tom Cruise- $43 million- Another popular action movie star, Tom Cruise is the 7th Highest paid actor in Hollywood for his movies, The Mummy and American Made.
- Chris Hemsworth- $31.5 million- Another star from the Marvel Franchise, Chris Hemsworth earned most of his $31.5 million from his role as Thor in Thor:Ragnarok.
- Tom Hanks- $31 million- Tom Hanks starred in major movies such as The Post, The Circle and Spielberg which landed him in the ninth position for Hollywood’s highest paid actors.
- Samuel L. Jackson- $30.5 million- His work in Kong:s Skull Island, Unicorn Store, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Blazing Samurai and xXx: Return of Xander Cage made him the tenth highest paid Hollywood Actor.