In the world of Western cinema, success is measured in millions of dollars. And the highest paid actor in the world could probably bathe in money, like Uncle Scrooge in his gold vault.
However, enough words, let's move on to the numbers. After all, a recent report by the American weekly Variety gave us a list of the highest paid Hollywood actors in 2019.
15. Martin Lawrence - $ 6 million
One of the Bad Boys will earn less for the third part of the film than his colleague Will Smith. And it will not be possible to accuse Sony of racial discrimination of the actors, because both Lawrence and Smith are black.
In the third part, the former partners will have to unite again to confront an Albanian mercenary who wants to avenge the death of his brother.
14. Kristen Stewart - $ 7 million
From Twilight's vampire girlfriend, Kristen reincarnated as one of Charlie's angels in the reboot of the classic franchise.
Charlie Townsend's detective agency team, which in addition to Stewart included Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska, will visit Hamburg, Berlin and Istanbul. And we'll see if the new "angels" will be able to repeat the success of the previous ones.
13. Ben Affleck - $ 8 million
The former Dark Knight of Gotham, who forever said goodbye to this mask (as he said in a conversation with Jimmy Kimmel), did not stop cracking down on the bad guys in the movies. True, now he does it in the role of a soldier of fortune, who is paid 8 million "evergreens".
And you can see if it is worth that kind of money in the film "Triple Border", which has been in theaters since March.
12. Idris Elba - $ 8 million
If the appearance of the dark Arrow in "The Dark Tower" was perceived by many viewers coolly, then Elba's play in the yet-to-be-released "Fast and the Furious: Hobbs and Shaw" may be received much more favorably. There he will play an antihero, against whom such different personalities as Luke Hobbs (played by Dwayne Johnson) and Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) have united.
And since good must always triumph over evil, Johnson and Statem will be paid $ 10 million each, and Elba "only" $ 8 million.
11. Margot Robbie - $ 9-10 million
The adorable girlfriend of the Joker from Suicide Squad and one of the highest paid actresses of 2019 has become a central character in the action movie Birds of Prey.
Together with her, other famous comic book heroines will appear on the screen, such as Black Canary, Cassandra Kane and the Huntress. And the opponent of these strong and independent women will be the Batman villain Black Mask, aka Roman Sayonis. It's funny that he will be played by ex-Jedi Ewan McGregor.
10. Leonardo DiCaprio - $ 10 million
Very soon, in July 2019 (and in Russia - in August), a new drama thriller with Brad Pitt will be released. It's called Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood, and is directed and written by Quentin Tarantino.
DiCaprio starred in one of the main roles, and his partners on the set were such celebrities as Margot Robbie, Kurt Russell and Brad Pitt.Like Pitt, DiCaprio was paid $ 10 million for this film.
9. Gal Gadot - $ 10 million
Although one of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood Possibly paid "pennies" for her role as Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016, she will receive $ 10 million to wear nice cuffs and an armored bra in Wonder Woman 1984. The films about the Amazon princess, Diana, have turned Gadot into one of the top Hollywood stars, and she's finally getting paid accordingly.
8. Brad Pitt - $ 10 million
Brad Pitt's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has already received top marks at the Cannes Film Festival. This is good news for the fans of the actor.
And the bad news is that 55-year-old Pitt intends to change his profession, as he said in an interview with the Australian publication GQ. He admitted that he feels like a dinosaur and does not want to compete with young actors.
However, the Hollywood star is not going to immediately leave the sky. Brad explained that he will be filming less and less and will focus on directing and producing.
7. Emily Blunt - $ 12-13 million
Emily Blunt is currently the highest paid actress in the world. Paramount pays her from $ 12 to $ 13 million for the film "A Quiet Place 2". The film was again directed and written by John Krasinski.
Recall that the first part of "A Quiet Place" about the survival of a family among hordes of horrible monsters entered ten scariest films of 2019.
6. Tom Cruise - $ 12-14 million
In 2020, Top Gun 2 will be released, starring the aged but still charismatic and handsome Tom Cruise as the consummate pilot Maverick. The director's chair is piloted by Joseph Kosinski, and the sequel is scripted by Peter Craig (City of Thieves) and Justin Marks (The Jungle Book).
According to Variety, Cruise will receive between $ 12 million and $ 14 million for his role as Best Shooter.
5. Jason Statham - $ 13 million
Fans of brutal baldness will be delighted to have Statham starring in a true Hollywood blockbuster, not to mention appearing on the list of highest paid actors. But once Stateham began his career in 1993, dancing in leopard swimming trunks in the video of the British band The Shamen.
It turned out that not only British show business, but also American Hollywood needs Jason Stateham. And, as a rule, this includes driving fancy cars and fights.
4. Will Smith - $ 17 million
While it would be fair to say that Will Smith's acting career has had some glitches - not least due to the disastrous fantastical movie After Our Era in 2013, he still made it into the top 15 highest paid actors.
He is currently filming the third installment of Bad Boys, the sequel to one of his most successful films, in addition to Independence Day and I Am Legend.
3. Robert Downey Jr. - $ 20 million
The 54-year-old actor is expected to make $ 20 million for The Journey of Dr. Dolittle, which will be released on January 17, 2020.
As for his superhero alter ego - Iron Man - no one knows yet if he will return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Perhaps the red and gold suit in the new films will be worn by Tony Stark's daughter or some other completely unknown character. But this will be a completely different story, and a different salary. After all, Downey Jr. is the only MCU actor to receive a percentage of Marvel movie grosses.
2. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson - $ 20 million
In the early 2000s, Dwayne Johnson was one of the biggest stars of World Wrestling Entertainment, and in the late 2010s he became one of the most sought-after actors in Hollywood, proving that the transition from sports to cinema is not limited to cameo appearances or cameos.
In 2002, he starred in the action-adventure movie The Scorpion King, earning $ 5.5 million and being in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest fee for his first leading role. This was followed by The Mummy Returns, Doom, Tooth Fairy and many other movies and TV series.
Deep down, The Rock may still be an action star - and it is certainly a source of big money - but it has shown that it can do much more.
1. Ryan Reynolds - $ 27 million
As the husband of actress Blake Lively and the voice of Pikachu in the recently released Detective Pikachu, Ryan Reynolds is the highest paid Hollywood actor in 2019, according to Variety.
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At the age of 15, Reynolds made his first appearance on the Nickelodeon program. He played one of the main characters and earned $ 150 per episode. “Then I thought I looked like a gadjillionaire,” Reynolds said a few years later. “For $ 150 a day, it felt like a dream,” he added.
Perhaps the turning point in his career came in 2005 when he starred in the romantic comedy Just Friends. Since then, his comedic ability has been demonstrated in one way or another in many, if not all of his acting roles.
In 2016, Reynolds fulfilled his long-held dream of becoming Deadpool, which proved to be a major success in cinema, making over $ 700 million on a film budget of $ 58 million. Since then, Reynolds has starred in a sequel (the second earned another $ 700 million at the worldwide box office), and will star in the third part of this anti-superhero family movie in the coming years.