Mark Wahlberg is world’s highest paid actor for 2017

Mark Wahlberg is world’s highest paid actor for 2017

Move over Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Mark Wahlaberg is now the knight in shining armour. Mark Wahlberg, a rapper turned actor has toppled wrestler turne

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Move over Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Mark Wahlaberg is now the knight in shining armour. Mark Wahlberg, a rapper turned actor has toppled wrestler turned actor, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson to emerge the world’s highest paid actor according to Forbes, earning an estimated $68 million before taxes over the past 12 months. The 46-year-old star won his place at the top of the list with earnings from ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ and comedy sequel ‘Daddy’s Home 2,’ due out in November.

Once known by his rap name, Marky Mark, Wahlberg is the most successful musician-turned-actor working today, having amassed dozens of film credits since his debut in the Danny DeVito comedy drama Renaissance Man in 1994.

While Dwayne Johnson came in second at $65 million, Vin Diesel came in third at $54.5 million, followed by Adam Sandler in the fourth place at $50.5 million and Jackie Chan in fifth place at $49 million.

The list was drawn up from data from Nielsen, ComScore, Box Office Mojo, IMDb and interviews with industry experts. The numbers don’t include fees for agents, managers and lawyers. The combined total for the top 20 actors on the Forbes 2017 list is $720 million.

  1. Mark Wahlberg: $68m
    Mark Wahlberg
  2. Dwayne Johnson: $65m
  3. Vin Diesel: $54.5m
  4. Adam Sandler: $50.5m
  5. Jackie Chan: $49m
  6. Robert Downey jnr: $48m
  7. Tom Cruise: $43m
  8. Shah Rukh Khan: $38m
  9. Salman Khan: $37m
  10. Akshay Kumar: $35.5m
  11. Chris Hemsworth: $31.5m
  12. Tom Hanks: $31m
  13. Samuel L. Jackson: $30.5m
  14. Ryan Gosling: $29m
  15. Ryan Reynolds: $21.5m
  16. Matt Damon: $21m
  17. Jeremy Renner: $19m
  18. Chris Evans: $18m
  19. Chris Pratt: $17m
  20. Mark Ruffalo: $13m