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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has held his number one spot as Hollywood’s highest paid actor for the second year in a row.
Johnson raised an estimated $ 87.5 million in 2020, according to Forbes, which dropped its annual list of Hollywood money makers on Tuesday,
The magazine reported that $ 23.5 million is just salary from the 48-year-old’s upcoming Netflix action movie “Red Notice.” Another actor who greatly benefits from his role in “Red Notice” is Ryan Reynolds.
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The Canadian star, 43, was reportedly paid $ 20 million for the film and another $ 20 million for his other Netflix action-heist film “Six Underground.” The streaming giant announced that they are also in negotiations for a third film with the “Deadpool” star. All together, Reynolds raised $ 71.5 million.
Number three on the list in Mark Walhberg who raised $ 58 million. His action movie “Spencer Confidential” was Netflix’s third-most-watched original movie after it debuted in March.
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (L) and Ryan Reynolds (R) (Getty)
Walhberg, 49, also produced “McMillions” and “Wahl Street” in 2020.
Ben Affleck, 47, came in at number five with $ 55 million. He starred in two films this year: “The Way Back” and Netflix’s “The Last Thing He Wanted.”
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The top five came from the Vin Diesel rounds that made $ 54 million. He starred in ‘Bloodshot’ this year and released his character, Dominic, in the video game ‘Fast and Furious Crossroads’.
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2020 was the first year that Lin-Manuel Miranda made the list after creator “Hamilton” sold the world-wide film rights to a Broadway show to Disney for $ 75 million.
Check out the format below:
- Dwayne Johnson: $ 87.5 million.
- Ryan Reynolds: $ 71.5 million.
- Mark Wahlberg: $ 58 million.
- Ben Affleck: $ 55 million.
- Vin Diesel: $ 54 million.
- Akshay Kumar: $ 48.5 million.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda: $ 45.5 million.
- Will Smith: $ 44.5 million.
- Adam Sandler: $ 41 million.
- Jackie Chan: $ 40 million.
