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Netflix shakes up Hollywood’s best-paid actors chart: The Rock, Vin Diesel, Ryan Reynolds ... who is the best paid actor in the world?
Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg or Dwayne Johnson? In times of coronavirus, deals with the streaming service can be as lucrative as traditional Hollywood movies studios, so who came out on top amid the new normal of 2020?
Dwayne Johnson attends the premiere of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw in Los Angeles. Photo: Invision/AP
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is once again the highest-paid actor in the world.
Johnson topped Forbes' list, published on August 11, for the second straight year, earning US$87.5 million for the year to June (he pulled in $89.4 million last year). The big development? This time, he got help from Netflix. The wrestler-turned-actor is set to star in the streaming giant's upcoming action movie Red Notice, for which he will make $23.5 million, according to Forbes.
Since Johnson is also a producer on the movie, that's more than his co-star Ryan Reynolds, who's set to earn US$20 million for Red Notice. Reynolds followed Johnson on Forbes' list with US$71.5 million in the last year.
Forbes' estimates are based on interviews with industry insiders and data from Nielsen, ComScore, Box Office Mojo and IMDb. The numbers are pre-tax and reflect earnings from June 1, 2019 to June 1, 2020.
Actors have been able to strike huge deals with Netflix in recent years that rival those struck with traditional movie studios.
Adam Sandler landed another deal worth millions in January for four more movies with Netflix after the success of last year's Murder Mystery, which is one of the streaming service's most popular movies ever. Sandler came in ninth on Forbes' list with US$41 million. Mark Wahlberg, who starred in Netflix's hit Spenser Confidential this year, came in third.
Below are Forbes’ top five highest-paid actors for 2020:
5. Vin Diesel – US$54 million
Diesel has a lucrative deal set for Fast and Furious 9 in which he'll make a percentage of box-office grosses, according to Forbes. The movie was slated for release this year before being pushed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. But he still made money off of the franchise this year thanks to producing Netflix's animated Fast & Furious Spy Racers eries.
4. Ben Affleck – US$55 million
Ben Affleck speaks at Comic-Con International 2017, in San Diego. Photo: Invision/AP
Affleck starred in The Way Back and Netflix's The Last Thing He Wanted this year (which wasn't his first Netflix movie). He also earned US$8 million for the streamer's Triple Frontier last year, according to Variety.
3. Mark Wahlberg – US$58 million
Mark Wahlberg poses at the premiere of Spenser Confidential in Los Angeles. Photo: AP
Wahlberg starred in Netflix's hit comedy Spenser Confidential this year. Netflix said it was its third-most popular film of all time with 85 million households watching in its first four weeks of release.
2. Ryan Reynolds – US$71.5 million
Ryan Reynolds wears Chopard in the film 6 Underground. Photo: Chopard
Forbes said Reynolds is earning US$20 million for the upcoming Netflix action movie Red Notice. He made the same for the streamer's Michael Bay-directed 6 Underground, according to Forbes.
1. Dwayne Johnson – US$87.5 million
Dwayne Johnson attends the premiere of Skyscraper in New York. Photo: Invision/AP
Johnson topped Forbes' list for the second year in a row, thanks in large part to his US$23.5 million paycheck for Netflix's Red Notice. The movie faced a production delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, but will resume filming in September, Johnson said in an Instagram video last week.
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This article originally appeared on Business insider.