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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.

Originally published August 4, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.

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 Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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