The Highest-Paid Actors Of 2024 (Including all earnings, film salaries, & other forms of income) - The Rock Tops the List with $88M

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattcraig/2025/02/28/the-highest-paid-actors-of-2024/

Dwayne Johnson ($88 million, $103 million gross)
Ryan Reynolds ($85 million $100 million gross)
Kevin Hart ($81 million, $108 million gross)
Jerry Seinfeld ($60 million, $70 million grossly
Hugh Jackman ($50 million, $66 million gross)
Brad Pitt ($32 million, $42 million gross)
George Clooney ($31 million, $37 million gross)
Nicole Kidman ($31 million, $41 million gross)
Adam Sandler ($26 million, $35 million gross)
Will Smith ($26 million, $30 million gross)
Mariska Hargitay ($25 million, $26 million gross)
Channing Tatum ($24 million, $28 million gross)
Jason Statham ($24 million, $25 million gross)
Mark Wahlberg ($23 million, $31 million gross)
Matt Damon ($23 million, $30 million gross)
John Cena ($23 million, $30 million gross)
Denzel Washington ($23 million, $27 million gross)
Jake Gyllenhaal ($22 million, $26 million gross)
Scarlet Johansson ($21 million, $25 million)
Joaquin Phoenix ($19 million, $22 million gross)

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x00z@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
God I hate that Dwayne Johnson is at the top.

He’s not an actor and getting paid the most.

I actively avoid anything he’s part of.

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- cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Imagine the production cost for Red Notice 2021
  
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Jesusaurus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
It’s amazing to me that Jerry Seinfeld is on this list despite only having a single terrible imdb accreditation in 2024. The Seinfeld series really is a cash cow I guess.

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- golli@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  He and Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) are are the only tv actors on the list, the latter one suprises me even more.
  
  I’d imagine the Friends cast barely missed this list? Because i was under the impression that they also pocket close to like $20m/year from residuals.
  
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- burgersc12@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Unfrosted seems like the kind of movie to overpay for his writing/acting. Also I see a couple of cameos in comedy or documentaries, so he probably got paid for those as well.
  
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reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Not sure that The Rock is worth that kind of money.

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cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Wow Ryan Gosling is not even in the list.

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- doodledup@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  He’s terrible.
  
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  - cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Huh 10 times better in acting than Rock Johnson
    
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Waffle@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I wonder what proportion of Ryan Reynolds’s income is from Mint Mobile

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- golli@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  
  Additionally, the ranking only includes earnings related to entertainment—acting, producing, directing, or other forms of performance (such as stand-up comedy). Entrepreneurial endeavors not related to entertainment, such as joint ventures, licensing, commercials or social media partnerships, were not counted.
  
  So presumably that isn’t included here, unless he pays himself for advertisements? His income this year is probably primarily from Deadpool and Wolverine, where he doesn’t just earn through acting, but also writing and producing.
  
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  - CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I’m pretty sure they at some point said they do t? Or something like that’s part of how they keep it cheap is not paying for an a list actor to advertise.
    
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straightjorkin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Crazy that not a single one of them were tied to anything in the awards circuit

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- Skyrmir@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Half income on that list is just actors knowing to invest their money rather than blow it all.
  
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- anonymouse2@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  No major awards, but Gladiator 2 (Denzel W.) was nominated for Costume Design at the Oscars and Nicole K. (Babygirl) received an acting nomination at the Golden Globes.
  
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Emperor@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
At least Deadpool & Wolverine made a lot of cash, Red One didn’t do well at the box office, although it was more entertaining than I was expecting.

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