Below you can find the list of 5 highest paid actors and actresses in the world. For a detailed coverage of this topic and a more comprehensive list, please see this article.
5. Vin Diesel
Total earnings in 2020 (in millions of dollars): 54
It seems that there is a Fast and Furious movie every other year, and the franchise has helped ensure the relevance of Vin Diesel and his massive bank account. He would’ve been significantly higher in this list but due to the pandemic, F9 was delayed to 2021 and he won’t receive the backend pay this year, though I guess earning just $54 million in a year will have to suffice.
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4. Ben Affleck
Total earnings in 2020 (in millions of dollars): 55
Ben Affleck returned to the big screen after taking a break from acting and focusing on his private life, and boy did he return in a big way, earning $55 million in just a single year. These earnings were majorly derived from his work in Netflix’s The Last Thing He Wanted and The Way Back.
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3. Mark Wahlberg
Total earnings in 2020 (in millions of dollars): 58
Mark Wahlberg has been a prominent actor for the last two decades and been in the business for three, and has acted in big budget productions such as The Perfect Storm, The Italian Job and Planet of the Apes. He was recently in the news for his strict daily regiment which included waking up at 2 am and multiple workouts. His earnings are mostly due to the success of Spenser Confidential, the third highest viewer attaining movie among the original films of Netflix. In addition, he has been involved in the production of Wahl Street as well as McMillions.
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2. Ryan Reynolds
Total earnings in 2020 (in millions of dollars): 71.5
Ryan Reynolds is one of the most popular actors in the world, and has a lot of fans for his social media presence in addition to his acting skills. He is another actor who has Netflix to thank for his astounding earnings having earned over $20 million from the streaming giant for his movies Six Underground and Red Notice, which also stars the highest paid actor in the world.
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1. Dwayne Johnson
Total earnings in 2020 (in millions of dollars): 87.5
Topping the list of the 15 highest paid actors and actresses in the world for the second year in a row is Dwayne ‘The Rock” Johnson. Dwayne started his career with the WWE, where within a span of a few years, he became one of the most popular wrestlers in history, and he used this popularity to engineer a move to Hollywood, and his extreme work ethic has ensured that this move has been more successful than it has been for other wrestlers, and is now one of the most in demand action stars in the world. He has also got a successful line with Under Armour, known as Project Rock, which has been immensely successful as well. Furthermore, he was paid $25 million by Netflix to appear in a movie ‘Red Notice’ along with Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot, thus cementing his position at the top.
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