Entertainment Dwayne Johnson becomes the highest paid actor in the world; Akshay Kumar takes the sixth place

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Forbes has released the list of the highest paid actors across the globe for 2020 and for the second year in a row, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson holds the first position. While the list has a lot of prominent names including the likes of Ryan Reynolds, Mark Wahlberg, Vin Diesel, and more, Bollywood’s famous superstar Akshay Kumar holds the 6[SUP]th[/SUP] rank in the list.

With Dwayne Johnson standing at a sum of $87.5 million including his upcoming projects, Ryan Reynolds bagged the second place with $71.5 million. Followed by Mark Wahlberg at $58 million and Ben Affleck at $ 55 million. Vin Diesel and Akshay Kumar stand at $54 million and $48.5 million, respectively. The list also marks Akshay Kumar being the only Bollywood actor this year to make it to the top 10. Lin-Manuel Miranda stands at $45.5 million while Will Smith takes the 8[SUP]th[/SUP] place with a sum of $45.5 million to his name. the 9[SUP]th[/SUP] position has been taken by Adam Sandler at $41 million and finally, Jackie Chan at $40 million.

These earnings have been calculated from June 1, 2019 to June 1, 2020 considering their future projects too.

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