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Mark Wahlberg tops the list of the world’s highest-paid actors

August 24, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Transformers: The Last Knight star Mark Wahlberg has topped Forbes‘ list of the highest-paid actors in actresses in the world for the period of June 2016 and June 2017, knocking last year’s champ Dwayne Johnson down into second place.

Wahlberg earned $68 million thanks to the latest instalment in the Transformers franchise, as well as the upcoming Daddy’s Home 2, compared to Johnson’s $65 million. The Rock’s Fast & Furious co-star Vin Diesel is in third with $54.5 million, followed by Adam Sandler ($50.5 million) and Jackie Chan ($49 million).

You’ll have to go down to 15th place to find the highest-paid actress, La La Land star Emma Stone, who earned $26 million to put her ahead of Jennifer Aniston ($25.5 million), Jennifer Lawrence ($24 million), Melissa McCarthy ($18 million) and Mila Kunis ($15.5 million).

Here’s the full list of the thirty highest-paid stars, via Forbes:

1. Mark Wahlberg, $68 million

2. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, $65 million

3. Vin Diesel, $54.5 million

4. Adam Sandler, $50.5 million

5. Jackie Chan, $49 million

6. Robert Downey, Jr., $48 million

7. Tom Cruise, $43 million

8. Shah Rukh Khan, $38 million

9. Salman Khan, $37 million

10. Akshay Kumar, $35.5 million

11. Chris Hemsworth, $31.5 million

12. Tom Hanks, $31 million

13. Samuel L. Jackson, $30.5 million

14. Ryan Gosling, $29 million

15. Emma Stone, $26 million

16. Jennifer Aniston, $25.5 million

17. Jennifer Lawrence, $24 million

18. Ryan Reynolds, $21.5 million

19. Matt Damon, $21 million

20. Jeremy Renner, $19 million

21. Chris Evans, $18 million

21. Melissa McCarthy, $18 million

23. Chris Pratt, $17 million

24. Mila Kunis, $15.5 million

25. Emma Watson, $14 million

25. Emma Watson, $14 million

27. Mark Ruffalo, $13 million

28. Cate Blanchett, $12 million

29. Julia Roberts, $12 million

30. Amy Adams, $11.5 million

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Adam Sandler, Akshay Kumar, Dwayne Johnson, Emma Stone, Jackie Chan, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Lawrence, Mark Wahlberg, melissa mccarthy, Mila Kunis, Robert Downey Jr., Salman Khan, Shah Rukh 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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