Dwayne Johnson has topped Forbes magazine’s list of the highest paid male actors, earning $64.5m (£48.8m) in the last year nearly $20m more than his female counterpart, Jennifer Lawrence.
The former wrestler, also known as the Rock, more than doubled his earnings from the previous year thanks to lucrative roles in the Fast and Furious franchise and the disaster movie San Andreas. Second in 2014, he bumped Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr, who had topped the list for three years running, from the top spot.
Forbes’s annual best-paid actors lists, which are divided between men and women, have again highlighted the huge pay gap between genders. Lawrence’s earnings are only 72% of Johnson’s, slightly lower than the pay disparity between white men and women in the US who earn an average wage.
Top 10 world’s paid male actors 2016
1. Dwayne Johnson – $64.5 million
2. Jackie Chan – $61 million
3. Matt Damon – $55 million
4. Tom Cruise – $53 million
5. Johnny Depp – $48 million
6. Ben Affleck – $43 million
7. Vin Diesel – $35 million
8. Shah Rukh Khan – $33 million
8. Robert Downey Jr – $33 million
10. Akshay Kumar – $31.5 million
Top 10 world’s paid female actors 2016
1. Jennifer Lawrence – $46 million
2. Melissa McCarthy – $33 million
3. Scarlett Johnsson – $25 million
4. Jennifer Aniston – $21 million
5. Fan Bingbing – $17 million
6. Charlize Theron – $16.5 million
7. Amy Adams – $13.5 million
8. Julia Roberts – $12 million
9. Mila Kunis – $11 million
10. Deepika Padukone – $10 million