Dwayne Johnson Named Second Highest Paid Actor In The World

According to Forbes Magazine, George Clooney is the world’s highest-paid actor with a whopping $239 million.

In total, the world’s 10 highest paid actors raked in a combined $748.5 million between June 1, 2017, and June 1, 2018, before fees and taxes.

Last week, Scarlett Johannson was revealed as the highest paid actress with $40.5m (£31.9m). This places the “Avengers” star as seventh in the male list.

This is an improvement from the 2017 list, which saw the highest paid actress Emma Stone not a spot in the top 10 Forbes list.

Others on the list include Dwayne Johnson, Dwayne Johnson, who almost doubled his 2017 earnings, making an extra $119m in the last 12 months.

1. George Clooney – $239 million
2 Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson – $124 million

3. Robert Downey Jr – $81 million

4. Chris Hemsworth – $64.5 million

5. Jackie Chan – $45.5 million

6. Will Smith – $42 million

7. Akshay Kumar – $40.5 million
8. Adam Sandler – $39.5 million

9. Salman Khan – $38.5 million

10. Chris Evans – $34 million