Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson highest-paid actor
Updated | By MornéJK
Forbes magazine released their annual "highest paid" list and the 44-year-old former wrestler raked in $64.5 million between June 2015-June 2016.
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That is double his earnings from last year and he jumped up from 11th place.
He tweeted: "Want to say two things about this. I started w/ $7 bucks. If I can overcome, so can you. Waffle House on me!! (sic)"
Jackie Chan again took second spot with $61 million, thanks to his popularity at the Chinese box office, while 'The Martian' star Matt Damon's $55 million earnings saw him take third place.
Tom Cruise, with $53 million, and $48 million-earning Johnny Depp rounded out the top five.
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Forbes magazine's highest-paid actors 2016:
1. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson - $64,500,00
2. Jackie Chan - $61,000,000
3. Matt Damon - $55,000,000
4. Tom Cruise - $53,000,000
5. Johnny Depp - $48,000,000
6. Ben Affleck - $43,000,000
7. Vin Diesel - $35,000,000
8= Shah Rukh Khan - $33,000,000
8= Robert Downey Jr. - $33,000,000
10. Akshay Kumar - $31,500,000
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