Transformers: The Last Knight
Mark Wahlberg has surpassed Dwayne " The Rock " Johnson to become the in high spirits pay thespian in 2017 . Once known as the rapper Marky Mark , Wahlberg is without interrogative sentence the most successful player - turned - doer working today , having amassed dozens of film credits since his debut in the Danny DeVito comedy dramaRenaissance Manin 1994 .
Along the way , Wahlberg has been uncoerced to take risks and move in a slate of different genre , from fictional drama(Boogie Nights , Rock Star ) and funniness ( Ted , Daddy ’s Home ) to offense thrillers ( The set off , We Own the Night ) and activity / risky venture ( Three Kings , Shooter ) , as well as real - life-time drama ( The Fighter , Lone Survivor , Patriot ’s Day ) and sci - fi action ( Transformers : Age of Extinction , transformer : The Last Knight ) .
Also among Wahlberg ’s credits isPain & Gainopposite Johnson , and now the thespian has passed his ally and colleague on a very prestigious lean . According toForbes , Wahlberg ’s earnings from June 1 , 2016 , to June 1 , 2017 , have made him the highest paid actor , having realise $ 68 million pre - taxation in the publishing ’s 12 - calendar month marking flow . That amount bests Johnson ( last year ’s top - earner ) , who came in secondment on Forbes ' list at $ 65 million . Coming in at No . 3 on the list is Vin Diesel ( $ 54.5 million ) , followed by Adam Sandler ( $ 50.5 million ) and Jackie Chan ( $ 49 million ) .
While the numbers for Wahlberg , Johnson and Diesel make common sense thanks to such mellow - budget film asThe Fate of the FuriousandTransformers : The Last Knight , the earnings for Sandler and Chan appear more baffling . Forbespointed out , however , that Sandler has a lucrative great deal with Netflix to produce his own movies , while Chan ’s earning mostly fare from his productions in China .
One secern signaling about theForbeslist is that critical praise does n’t matter when it comes an worker ’s payday . While Wahlberg has been nominated for two Oscar in the past tense ( for Best Supporting Actor forThe Departedand as a producer on the Best Picture nomineeThe Fighter ) , his only major release to escort in 2017,Transformers : The Last Knight , garner a gloomy 15 percent " rotten " rating on Rotten Tomatoes .
Forbes say the number were compiled from data from Nielsen , ComScore , Box Office Mojo , IMDb and interviews with industry experts . The numbers do n’t let in fees for agents , managers and attorney . The immix total for the top 20 actors on theForbes2017 list is $ 720 million .
polish out the Top 10 highest compensate actors is Robert Downey Jr. ( $ 48 million ) at No . 6 , followed by Tom Cruise ( $ 43 million ) and Bollywood doer Shah Rukh Kahn ( $ 38 million ) Salman Khan ( $ 37 million ) and Akshay Kumar ( $ 35.5 million ) .
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seed : Forbes
