Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock, is once again topping the Forbes list of the world’s highest-paid actors, collecting $89.4 million between Jun
Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock, is once again topping the Forbes list of the world’s highest-paid actors, collecting $89.4 million between June 1, 2018, and June 1, 2019.
“It has to be audience first. What does the audience want, and what is the best scenario that we can create that will send them home happy?” Johnson said.
It seems he makes the audience happy. Johnson has landed a pay formula as close to the famed twenty-twenty deal of yore as any star can get these days. The twenty-twenty deal involves taking $20 million upfront and 20% of gross profit. The likes of Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise were among the few who netted this formula.
But today, Dwayne Johnson collects an upfront salary of up to $23.5 million — his highest quote yet — for the forthcoming ‘Jumanji: The Next Level.’ He also commands up to 15% of the pool from high-grossing franchise movies, including ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,’ which had a worldwide box office of $962.1 million. And he is paid $700,000 per episode for HBO’s Ballers and seven figures in royalties for his line of clothing, shoes and headphones with Under Armour.
While Johnson’s deal is the biggest in the business right now, he’s not the only one with a lucrative deal. Robert Downey Jr. gets $20 million upfront and nearly 8% of the pool for his role as Iron Man, and that amounted to about $55 million for his work in Avengers: Endgame, which grossed $2.796 billion at the box office.
That gross was so big that it secured spots on this year’s top-earner list for Chris Hemsworth, Bradley Cooper and Paul Rudd, in addition to Downey; together, they earned $284 million, with most of that coming from the franchise.
Here is the top ten highet paid actor of 2019 below with earnings estimates are based on data from Nielsen, ComScore, Box Office Mojo and IMDB, as well as interviews with industry insiders. All figures are pretax; fees for agents, managers and lawyers (generally 10%, 15% and 5%, respectively) are not deducted.
- Will Smith
Earnings: $35 million
- Paul Rudd
Earnings: $41 million
- Chris Evans
Earnings: $43.5 million
- Adam Sandler (tie)
Earnings: $57 million
- Bradley Cooper (tie)
Earnings: $57 million
- Jackie Chan
Earnings: $58 million
- Akshay Kumar
Earnings: $65 million
- Robert Downey jnr
Earnings: $66 million
- Chris Hemsworth
Earnings: $76.4 million
- Dwayne Johnson
Earnings: $89.4 million
