George Clooney & Scarlett Johansson Top Forbes' Highest Paid Actors & Actresses List

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Honoree George Clooney attends the American Film Institute's 46th Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to George Clooney at Dolby Theatre on June 7, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
Will Smith, Dwayne Johnson, and Robert Downey Jr. also make appearances.

Forbes has gathered a list of the highest earning actors in Hollywood, and the list may surprise you a bit. The list honors earnings from June 1, 2017, to June 1, 2018. Of course, a couple Marvel stars make the top ten cut. Still, not many would have placed George Clooney as the number one earner. Clooney sold his Casamigos Tequila for $1 billion dollars, which give him an obvious boost. He earned a cool $239 million. 

Next in line is Dwayne Johnson, to nobody's surprise. Johnson makes money off releasing endless content, so whether the movie is a blockbuster hit or not, the former wrestling star is raking in big bucks. He earned a nice $124 million. In third place is Iron Man himself, Robert Downey Jr., with $81 million based on his turn in Avengers: Infinity War and Spider-Man: Homecoming. Thor follows right behind Iron Man, as Chris Hemsworth takes fourth place with $64.5 million, with his checks for Ragnarok and Infinity War making up most of that amount. Rounding out fifth place, surprisingly, is Jackie Chan, who made $45.5 million.

Will Smith ($42 million), Akshay Kumar ($40.5 million), Adam Sandler ($39.5 million thanks to Netflix), Salman Khan ($38.5 million), and Chris Evans ($34 million), finish out the top ten highest paid actors in the last year, respectively. For the highest paid actress, Scarlett Johansson sits at number one with $40.5 Million. Angelia Jolie ($28 Million), Jennifer Aniston ($19.5 million), Jennifer Lawrence ($18 million), and Reese Witherspoon ($16.5 million) round out the top five highest-paid actresses, respectively.


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