Dwayne Johnson has just made history at the cinema by beating stars like Stallone, Downey Jr. or Cruise with a surprising record
It doesn’t matter if you like your movies or not, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is one of Hollywood’s great stars today. Although apparently their papers have been pigeonholed in the “hero that can everything”, nothing takes away that it is one of the best paid actors in the industry. Where even, broke a record that nobody had achieved.
To the surprise of almost anyone, Johnson became the actor with the best salary in 2024. Yes, this has already been heard before, the novelty is that This is the fifth time that the rock achieves said title. With that, he surpassed other male talents such as Sylvester Stallone, Robert Downey Jr., and even Tom Cruise himself.
For simple mortals the news can pass without sorrow or glory, but among the high spheres of the entertainment world it results in a milestone how the former fighter became with 88 million dollars in a year. As I collect ForbesJohnson won about $ 50 million to star in Code: Red suit and negotiated a percentage of the profits of Moana 2.
In the words of the magazine, the contracts of these two films can be considered as “The greatest payment for broadcasting rights in the history of streaming cinema” and “An unprecedented agreement for Disney animation dubbing actors”. With this, Johnson repeats his leadership in profits as he did in 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Now, as for who has reached this position the greatest number of times are Stallone with four occasions in 1987, 1988, 1990 and 1995. Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Harrison Ford, Robert Downey Jr. and Kevin Costner are followed in third place. Curiously, The last two achieved it consecutively just like Johnson.
It is worth mentioning that Forbes He performs this type of listing since 1987, so if a similar achievement has happened in years prior to this date there is no record. Similarly, other sources of income are taken into account, as if they served as executive producers, and not only what they charged for acting in a film.
The 10 best paid actors of 2024
Since if you ask you, this is the top 10 of the best paid actors in the world for 2024:
- Dwayne Johnson – 88 million dollars.
- Ryan Reynolds – 85 million dollars.
- Kevin Hart – 81 million dollars.
- Jerry Seinfeld – 60 million dollars.
- Hugh Jackman – 50 million dollars.
- Brad Pitt – 32 million dollars.
- George Clooney – 31 million dollars.
- Nicole Kidman – 31 million dollars.
- Adam Sandler – 26 million dollars.
- Will Smith – 26 million dollars.
Who will be the best paid actor this 2025? It is still very early to say it, but undoubtedly Dwayne Johnson will be present in the list. In October we will see it in the biopic The Smashing Machine Although it works as an independent film, it may generate profits if you use your tactic to make dozens of networks in networks to promote the film.
