Dwayne Johnson Named Hollywood’s Highest-Paid Actor Once More
Dwayne Johnson’s bank account is the happiest in this time of the pandemic: the actor has, yet again, been named Hollywood’s highest paid actor.
According to Forbes, the 48-year-old racked in a whopping $87.5 million from June 1, 2019 to June 1, 2020, making him Hollywood’s highest-paid actor for the second year in a row. In 2019, he earned $89.4 million for projects including Skyscraper, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, and the HBO series Ballers.
Forbes explains that a large chunk of Wayne’s earnings came from his successful Under Armour line called Project Rock, as well as the Netflix thriller Red Notice
Other stars who made money between last year and this include Ryan Reynolds, who came in at No. 2 with $71 million. He reportedly earned $20 million for Red Notice and another $20 million for the Netflix thriller, 6 Underground.
Mark Wahlberg took the No. 3 spot with $58 million; Ben Affleck, who landed at No. 4 with $55 million. Vin Diesel followed with $55 million, most of which came from the Fast & Furious franchise, including the Netflix series Fast & Furious Spy Racers.
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