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5 August 2015

By NEBeep

Avengers: Age Of Ultron star Robert Downey Jr has topped the Forbes list of highest paid actors for the third year. The actor earned an astonishing $80m, $30m ahead of second place Jackie Chan who is the biggest movie star in China.

Daniel Craig was the only British Actor to feature on the list, coming in the 15th spot and earning $27m.

Forbes described it as, “the first truly global earnings tally of leading men,” adding that the 34 stars on the full list “earned a combined $941m (£603m) before taxes and fees between June 2014 and June 2015.”

Forbes will be publishing a separate list later of the highest-paid actresses.

 

 

Forbes list of the world’s highest-paid actors 2015:

1. Robert Downey Jr – $80m

2. Jackie Chan – $50m

3. Vin Diesel – $47m

4. Bradley Cooper – $41.5m

5. Adam Sandler – $41m

6. Tom Cruise – $40m

7. Amitabh Bachchan – $33.5m

8. Salman Khan – $33.5m

9. Akshay Kumar – $32.5m

10. Mark Wahlberg – $32m

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