Highest paid actors in the world 2015

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Even though the U.S. and Canadian box office declined down with 5% to 10.4 billion between 2013 and 2014, the global film market continues to grow rapidly this year, notably in China, which jumped 34% to $4.8billion.

With movies like Fast and Furious 7 and Jurassic World grossing over $1.5billions, one can only wonder how many times these movie makers and actors leave the bank with smiles; especially at the rate movie lovers are racing to the cinema.

One other evidence that proves the growth of the movie industry worldwide is, Forbes list of highest paid-actors in 2015. The list had 12 newcomers joining the ranks with five from Bollywood.

Here is a summary of the list.

Robert Downey Jr. stands at the top with a total of $80 million. Robert downing junior was rated as highest paid actor of the year, according to Forbes. This is a title he has held for three years in a role, all this is thanks to his heroic role as iron man in the Marvel universe.

Actors like Dwayne Johnson,Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Deppalso found themselves in the highly paid group, each known for banking steep paychecks for every project.

The Marvel Universe also placed Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans, co-stars in The Avengers franchise on the list, with $27 million and $13.5 million, respectively.  Not forgetting Chris Pratt who snatched the 33rd spot with $13million. Owing to the recent success of Jurassic World and Guardians of the Galaxy, we sure hope to see Pratt name move higher up the least in the coming years.

Before I go on with the list of 2015 highest paid actors in the world, I will love to answer the two questions running in many readers mind right now and that is; “How is this possible when there are actors like Leonardo Dicaprio out there? And why pay him such amount of money?”

Well, the Oscar award nominee starred in the 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron which grossed more than 1.3 billion worldwide. He has also played the billionaire playboy super hero; Tony Stark, in three highly successful standalone Iron Man films, as well as the 2012 Avengers film. The third Iron Man movie and the First Avenger both grossed over $1billion worldwide.

Robert Downing 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

Note – This list was published as listed by Forbes – The world’s highest paid-actors of 2015

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