Presented herewith is a global dollar tally of
film's leading men that they gained from June 1, 2014 to June 1, 2015 before deducting
management fees and taxes. Figures are sourced through Nielsen, Box Office Mojo
and IMDB, together with the interviews with agents, managers, lawyers, and
stars themselves.
One of the leading roles of the film Avengers:
Age of Ultron. Based on the film, when Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.)
jump-starts an inactive peacekeeping program, conditions go intolerably
crooked, coercing him, Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Incredible Hulk (Mark
Ruffalo) and the rest of the Avengers to reassemble. As Earth’s destiny hangs
in the balance, the team is placed to the extreme trial as they fight
Ultron, a technological terror who’s determined to achieve something at
all costs on human destruction. Along the way, they come across two strange and
strong newcomers, Pietro and Wanda Maximoff.
Jackie
stars the movie Dragon Blade. The story talks about an exiled Chinese general
(Jackie Chan)who offers refuge to a
rebel Roman (John Cusack) and his band, then subsequently involved in the
soldier's dispute with Rome's iniquitous consul (Adrien Brody).
3. Vin Diesel - $47
Million
Vin Diesel, is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and
producer who stars Furious 7. In this film, after beating international
terrorist Owen Shaw, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker)
and the rest of the crew have disunited to return to more normal lives.
Nevertheless, Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), Owen's older brother, is infuriated
for retaliation. Good at his job, a government agent offers to assist Dom and
company take care of Shaw in exchange for their help in saving a kidnapped
computer hacker who has developed a powerful surveillance program.
4.
Bradley Cooper - $41.5
Million
He is an American actor and producer, nominated for four
Academy Awards, three for acting and one for producing, and one Tony Award, and
named the "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine in 2011.
Bradley
Cooper stars the movie Aloha, where he plays the role of a military
contractor who goes to Hawaii and reconnects with a lost love while falling for
his Air Force watchdog (Emma Stone).
5. Adam Richard Sandler - $41
Million
Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian,
screenwriter, entrepreneur, film producer, and musician who leads the film The Cobbler playing the role of a
frustrated shoemaker who finds a magical sewing machine that allows him to
perceive the world in a new way by stepping into the lives of his customers.
6. Tom Cruise -
Tom Cruise is an American actor and filmmaker who has been
nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe Awards. He
started his career at age 19 in the 1981 film Endless Love.
In his latest film Mission: Impossible 5 Rogue Nation, with the IMF
now separated and Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) neglected, a new threat, identified
as the Syndicate, soon floats up. The Syndicate is a network of expert
operatives who are dyed-in-the-wool to set up a new world order through a rising
series of terrorist attacks. Confronted with what may be the most impossible
mission yet, Ethan assembles his team and joins forces with Ilsa Faust (Rebecca
Ferguson), a disavowed British agent who may or may not be a member of this
lethal rogue nation.
Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan is an Indian film actor, who first
gained fame in the early 1970s for movies like Deewar and Zanjeer, and was
dubbed India's first "angry young man" for his on-screen roles in
Bollywood.
He stars Shamitabh, a 2015 Indian drama movie written and directed by R. Balki.
7. Salman Khan - $33.5
Million
Salman Khan is an Indian film actor, producer and television
personality, known in the media as "The Tiger of Bollywood",
"Blockbuster Khan", "Box-office King", and popularly called
as "Bhaijaan" and "Sallu" by his fans.
He leads the film Bajrangi Bhaijaan where
he plays for a man with a magnanimous spirit who helps a mute girl from Pakistan
to return home.
9. Akshay Kumar - $32.5
Million
Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia better known as Akshay Kumar is an Indian
actor, producer and martial artist, who finished over a hundred Hindi films. He
has been nominated for Filmfare Awards several times, winning twice.
He plays
the role of a brother to Sidharth Malhotra, two estranged, street-fighting
brothers square off against each other in a mixed martial arts tournament.
Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg
is an American actor, producer, businessman, and former model and rapper. Kknown
as Marky Mark in his earlier years, he became famous for his 1991 debut as
frontman with the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.
Mark Wahlberg, along with Stephen
Levinson and Ellin are produces the film Entourage, starred by Vince, an actor deemed the
next big thing, four buddies migrate west from Queens, N.Y. More often than not
within his reach are his less successful half brother, Drama; Vince's best
friend, Eric; and their irrepressible pal, Turtle. As the foursome adjusts to
Tinseltown's fast pace and frenzied business arrangement, Vince's take-charge
agent, Ari, makes use of his power- often to Eric's aggravation.
Source:
The World’s Highest-Paid Actors 2015, http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emjl45mmei/the-worlds-highest-paid-/
