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Robert Downey Jr. tops list of Hollywood’s highest paid actors for the third year in a row

August 4, 2015 by Gary Collinson

For the third consecutive year, Robert Downey Jr. has topped Forbes’ list of the highest-paid actors in the world, with his back-end deal for Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron helping to propel the star to a whopping $80 million dollar haul over the past twelve months. And with Captain America: Civil War on the horizon, he seems a pretty good bet to take the crown in 2016 too…

Here’s the full list of Hollywood’s highest earners:

1. Robert Downey Jr. – $80 million
2. Jackie Chan – $50 million
3. Vin Diesel – $47 million
4. Bradley Cooper – $41.5 million
5. Adam Sandler – $41 million
6. Tom Cruise – $40 million
7. Amitabh Bachchan – $33.5 million
7. Salman Khan – $33.5 million
9. Akshay Kumar – $32.5 million
10. Mark Wahlberg – $32 million
11. Dwayne Johnson $31.5 million
12. Johnny Depp – $30 million
13. Leonardo DiCaprio – $29 million
13. Channing Tatum – $29 million
15. Chris Hemsworth – $27 million
15. Daniel Craig – $27 million
17. Matthew McConaughey – $26.5 million
18. Shah Rukh Khan – $26 million
18. Will Smith = $26 million
20. Matt Damon – $25 million
21. Hugh Jackman – $23 million
22. Ben Affleck – $19.5 million
22. Liam Neeson – $19.5 million
24. Chow Yun-Fat – $18 million
24. Russell Crowe – $18 million
26. Seth Rogen – $17 million
27. George Clooney – $16.5 million
28. Brad Pitt – $16 million
28. Jonah Hill – $16 million
30. Will Ferrell – $15 million
30. Ranbir Kapoor – $15 million
32. Chris Evans $13.5 million
33. Chris Pratt – $13 million
33. Andy Lau – $13 million

SEE ALSO: See the 2014 and 2013 lists.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Adam Sandler, Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Bradley Cooper, Jackie Chan, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Downey Jr., Salman Khan, Tom Cruise, Vin Diesel

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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