Mark Wahlberg Named Highest Paid Actor In 2017 By Forbes

Mark Wahlberg is the highest paid actor in Hollywood, according to the Forbes list in 2017.

FORBES HIGHEST PAID ACTOR LIST

The former rapper-turned-actor earned a whopping $68 million pretax. This was his highest pay year to date, thanks to blockbusters such as Transformers: The Last Knight and the forthcoming Daddy’s Home 2. Despite receiving just a 15% on rottentomatoes.com, the film still paid Wahlberg his fixed compensation.

Last year, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson came out on top, but was ranked in second place in 2017, earning $65 million. His roles in Baywatch, Jumanji, and HBO’s Ballers helped him gain $50 million more than his 2016 total. “I can kick ass better than anyone else on the planet,” he once told the magazine. “And I have a decent smile.”

Rounding out the top five of the list are Fast and the Furious‘ Vin Diesel (No. 3, $54.5 million), Adam Sandler (No. 4, $50.5 million), and Jackie Chan (No. 5, $49 million), the latter of whom made a lucrative deal with Netflix so that he can produce his own content for the platform.

Between June 1, 2016 and June 1, 2017, the top 20 highest paid actors earned a combined $720 million before taxes. A quarter of the list’s finalists come from outside the US, including three stars from Bollywood, as well as the Australian-born Chris Hemsworth, coming in at number 11 with $31.5 million. Newcomers make up a fifth of list, and include names such as Ryan Reynolds, Ryan Gosling, Jeremy Renner, and Mark Ruffalo.

See the complete list of 20 below.

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

The highest-paid actresses are kept on a separate list, with only 10 top spots, and a significantly lower top pay spot. Number 1 earner Emma Stone earned $26 million this year, $42 million less than the leading man Wahlberg. See that complete list below.

1. Emma Stone, $26 M
2. Jennifer Aniston, $25.5 M
3. Jennifer Lawrence, $24 M
4. Melissa McCarthy, $18 M
5. Mila Kunis, $15.5 M
6. Emma Watson, $14 M
7. Charlize Theron, $14 M
8. Cate Blanchett, $12 M
9. Julia Roberts, $12 M
10. Amy Adams, $11.5 M