Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Ryan Reynolds among top-paid Hollywood actors of 2020
Johnson has kept his number one spot as Hollywood's highest-paid actor for the second year in a row
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has kept his number one spot as Hollywood's highest-paid actor for the second year.
Johnson pulled in 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 film "Red Notice." Another actor benefiting heavily from his role in "Red Notice" is Ryan Reynolds.
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The Canadian star, 43, was reportedly paid $20 million for the movie and another $20 million for his other Netflix action-heist film "Six Underground." The streaming giant announced they are also in negotiations for a third film with the "Deadpool" star. All together Reynolds pulled in $71.5 million.
Number three on the list in Mark Walhberg who raked in $58 million. His action movie "Spencer Confidential" was Netflix’s third-most-watched original film 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 movies this year: "The Way Back" and Netflix’s "The Last Thing He Wanted."
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Rounding out the top five was Vin Diesel who made $54 million. He starred in "Bloodshot" this year and voiced his character, Dominic, in the video game "Fast and Furious Crossroads."
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2020 was the first year Lin-Manuel Miranda joined the list after the "Hamilton" creator sold the Broadway show's worldwide movie rights to Disney for $75 million.
Check out the breakdown 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.