For the third year in a row, Robert Downey Jr.’s stratospheric $80 million payday is more than any other leading man on the planet, helping Iron Man punch $30 million above Hong Kong hero Jackie Chan’s second place haul.
Though China may be Chan’s cinematic stomping ground, the nation’s movie appetite propelled Downey’s Avengers: Age of Ultron to a $240 million gross in the People’s Republic alone, ensuring Downey topped the World’s Highest Paid Actors list. From Hollywood to Hong Kong and Bollywood, the ranking examines international stars’ earnings for the first truly global dollar tally of film’s flushest stars.
“I always look at the map… I think the world belongs to us. America belongs to me. China belongs to you,” said Chan, who makes a mint starring in East-West coproductions such as Dragon Blade and through Chan-brand extensions including merchandise and an eponymous cinema chain.
The full list includes 33 actors from seven countries. Together they earned a combined $877 million before taxes and fees.
Forbes will be publishing a separate list of highest-paid actresses later.
See full list below.
- Robert Downey Jr: $80 million
- Jackie Chan: $50 million
- Vin Diesel: $47 million
- Bradley Cooper: $41.5 million
- Adam Sandler: $41 million
- Tom Cruise: $40 million
- Amitabh Bachchan: $33.5 million
- Salman Khan: $33.5 million
- Akshay Kumar: $32.5 million
- Mark Wahlberg: $32 million
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