BLACK ADAM Star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Named World's Highest Paid Actor For Second Year In A Row

BLACK ADAM Star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Named World's Highest Paid Actor For Second Year In A Row

Can you smell what The Rock is cookin'? Moviegoers certainly can, as WWE Superstar turned Hollywood actor Dwayne Johnson has been named the world's highest paid actor for the second year in a row...

By MarkCassidy - Aug 12, 2020 05:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Black Adam

Pro-wrestler turned Hollywood megastar Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has been named highest paid actor in the world for the second year in a row.

According to a Forbes report, the former WWE Champion earned $87.5 million between June 2019 and June 2020. $23.5 million of that came from his starring role in upcoming Netflix movie Red Notice alone, but his Under Armour clothing line, Project Rock, also massively contributed to his income.

Johnson's earnings don't quite match up to last year's, when amassed a whopping $89.4 million.

The second highest paid actor of 2020 was Deadpool star and Johnson's Red Notice co-star Ryan Reynolds, who made $71.5 million. Mark Wahlberg (yes, really) came in third.

Here's the top 10:

Dwayne Johnson – $87.5 million

Ryan Reynolds – $71.5 million

Mark Wahlberg – $58 million

Ben Affleck – $55 million

Vin Diesel – $54 million

Akshay Kumar – $48.5 million

Lin-Manuel Miranda – $45.5 million

Will Smith – $44.5 million

Adam Sandler – $41 million

Jackie Chan – $40 million

Johnson recently teased his role as Black Adam in the upcoming Shazam! spinoff, and we should find out more about the movie during the DC FanDome online event later this month. A trailer is unlikely, but we might just get a first glimpse of The Rock suited up as the powerful antihero.

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tmp3
tmp3 - 8/12/2020, 5:36 AM
Outside of Fast and Jumanji, two franchises, his box office resume isn’t that impressive. Baywatch, Rampage and Skyscraper all either under-performed or outright bombed recently.
DiCaprio is the only actor with box office pull anymore. Maybe Denzel, depending on the project.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/12/2020, 5:37 AM
LMFAO, my f*cking SIDES, MAN!!!!

I shit you not, i was about to say that "of course he makes tons of money, he's the Akshay Kumar of Hoolywood!"

And then i see f*cking Akshay Kumar on the list hahahahaha! XD


P.S. He's a Bollywood actor that makes like...999 movie in a year. :P
TheOtherOn
TheOtherOn - 8/12/2020, 4:41 PM
@Doomsday8888 -
There are 2 things many probably don't know about Bollywood stars.

1- Majority of them are tax dodgers, hence the "reported" earnings are always low and Akshay is famous for paying proper tax.

2- A LOT of (probably even more than movies) earnings of Bollywood stars come from endorsements. They do make multiple movies each year but that's just a "part" of their earnings.
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 8/12/2020, 5:43 AM
What movies has Mark Wahlberg been in since the last Transformers?
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 8/12/2020, 5:49 AM
@WakandanQueen - Daddy’s Home 2, Scoob, Mile 22 and probably the one he most likely got payed the most for since it’s Netflix, Spencer Confidential.

Some shitty movies, but everyone knows his face unfortunately.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 8/12/2020, 5:49 AM
@WakandanQueen

Spencer Confidential. On Netflix.

They pay their stars 20 mil + per movie.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 8/12/2020, 6:18 AM
Just shows you, you don't need to be the best actor to be the highest paid actor
Grodd87
Grodd87 - 8/12/2020, 6:26 AM
Jackie Chan 40 million damn
GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/12/2020, 6:27 AM
Says a lot about "ACTING"
MutantEquality
MutantEquality - 8/12/2020, 6:46 AM
Can Dwayne take a couple years off? He is becoming too much. Maybe...probably just me. But I’m tired of hearing about him
LameLuka
LameLuka - 8/12/2020, 11:02 AM
@MutantEquality - I'm expecting him to join the Monsterverse at any point now. The Rock and Godzilla team up to fight what ever monsters will threaten the world. And I would probably be at the theaters day 1 to watch that
MutantEquality
MutantEquality - 8/12/2020, 2:52 PM
@LameLuka - I’ll wait for that when it hits the bargain bin...wait no...that still just sounds terrible.
Kyos
Kyos - 8/12/2020, 7:26 AM
There isn't a single actor on this list who could sell me on a movie just with his starring power. Not that there are many of those these days anyways...
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/12/2020, 12:06 PM
Skyscraper was terrible movie.

Baywatch would only be worth watching for the sexy women, so not for the rock.

Jumanji was ok

Looking forward to his portrayal of Black Adam.
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