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'Forbes' Highest Paid Actor List Revealed & You'll Never Guess Who Made What
It's always fun to look at a list of really, really, ridiculously rich, rich people. For a second or two, you can actually imagine what it'd be like to make $50 million in a year, and lemme be the first to say: that fantasy yacht you just bought with your fake money is dope, yo. To that end, Forbes announced the highest paid actors from June 2012 to June 2013, and you won't believe how much money some of these guys raked in. You also might be surprised at who made the list, and who didn't. Spoiler alert! A Magic Mike star cleaned up.
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It's always fun to look at a list of really, really, ridiculously rich, rich people. For a second or two, you can actually imagine what it'd be like to make $50 million in a year, and lemme be the first to say: that fantasy yacht you just bought with your fake money is dope, yo. To that end, Forbes announced the highest paid actors from June 2012 to June 2013, and you won't believe how much money some of these guys raked in. You also might be surprised at who made the list, and who didn't. Spoiler alert! A Magic Mike star cleaned up.
#10: Liam Neeson
It's baffling that Liam Neeson made $32 million over the course of a year, but hey, stranger things have happened. Like human-hunting wolves in the The Grey and a his ability to be everywhere at once in Taken.
#9: Denzel Washington
Thanks to his back-end deal on Flight, Washington earned $33 million over the last 12 months ... and an Oscar nomination.
#8: Tom Cruise
You might not have seen Jack Reacher, but a bunch of people overseas did. Forbes reports that Cruise made $35 million thanks to that movie's performance abroad.
#7: Adam Sandler
Sandler can do no wrong, even when he does wrong. The actor pulled in $37 million last year, despite that horrible movie he made with Andy Sandberg, That's My Boy.
#6: Leonardo DiCaprio
Ah, Leo. With The Great Gatsby and Django Unchained under his belt, DiCaprio earned $37 million last year. No, cheers to YOU, Leo.
#5: Dwayne Johnson
It pays to align yourself with a franchise -- because of Fast & the Furious 6 and G.I. Joe: Retaliation, The Rock pocketed FORTY. SIX. MILLION.
#4: Mark Wahlberg
Remember when he was Marky Mark and rapping about good vibrations? Now, with insanely popular movies like Ted, Mr. Wahlberg banked $52 million over the last year.
#3. Hugh Jackman
If Jackman ever asked himself Jean Val Jean's question, "who am I", he might answer with, "one really rich mother trucker." Jackman earned $55 million last year thanks to Les Miserables.
#2: Channing Tatum
If you want to Channing all over his Tatum, just, please be careful: the kid's worth a lot of money. Due to the enormous success of Magic Mike, Tatum brought home $60 million last year.
#1: Robert Downey, Jr.
As Forbes points out, The Avengers was the third-highest grossing movie of all time, behind Avatar and Titanic, so when Downey shows up in the Iron Man suite, you can pretty much bet on the big bucks -- he secured a whopping $75 million last year alone.
