Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has been knocked off the top spot as highest paid male actor, according to Forbes magazine.
Forbes published its annual list of top-paid male and female actors and it came as a shock to some as it was revealed Mark Wahlberg had taken the top spot, earning an estimated $68 million last year.
But the list has sparked outrage amidst the gender pay gap row, as it shows Wahlberg earned $42 million more than the highest paid female actor, Emma Stone.
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Wahlberg’s earnings have come from movies Daddy’s Home 2 and Transformers: The Last Knight, according to the Forbes rankings, and knocked 2016’s top paid actor, Dwayne Johnson, into second place, with estimated earnings of $65 million.
This year, newcomers to the top-paid male actors list include Ryan Reynolds, Ryan Gosling, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo.
Best-paid male actors:
- 1. Mark Wahlberg – $68m
- 2. Dwayne Johnson – $65m
- 3. Vin Diesel – $54.5m
- 4. Adam Sandler – $50.5m
- 5. Jackie Chan – $49m
- 6. Robert Downey Jr – $48m
- 7. Tom Cruise – $43m
- 8. Shah Rukh Khan – $38m
- 9. Salman Khan – $37m
- 10. Akshay Kumar – $35.5m
If you’re wondering how Adam Sandler has made the top five, that’s due to a $250million Netflix deal to make four original films for the streaming service.
But back to the pay gap outrage. Hollywood’s highest-paid actors continue to out-earn their female counterparts, with Emma Stone earning an estimated $26m. However, as well as Mark Wahlberg, another 13 male actors earned more than her between June 2016 and June 2017, according to Forbes.
Best-paid female actors:
- 1. Emma Stone – $26m
- 2. Jennifer Aniston – $25.5m
- 3. Jennifer Lawrence – $24m
- 4. Melissa McCarthy – $18m
- 5. Mila Kunis – $15.5m
- 6. Emma Watson – $14m
- 6. Charlize Theron – $14m
- 8. Cate Blanchett – $12m
- 8. Julia Roberts – $12m
- 10. Amy Adams – $10.5m
According to Forbes, until there are an ‘equal number of high-paying roles, there will continue to be an inequality in the paychecks of Tinseltown’s very richest’.
Hmm…
