In the world of Western cinema, success is measured in millions of dollars. And the highest paid actor in the world, probably, could bathe in money, like Uncle Scrooge in his gold vault.
However, enough words, let's move on to the numbers. After all, a recent report by the American weekly Variety gave us a list of the highest paid Hollywood actors in 2019.
15. Martin Lawrence - $ 6 million
One of the Bad Boys will earn less for the third part of the film than his colleague Will Smith. And Sony cannot be blamed for racial discrimination of actors, because both Lawrence and Smith are black.
In the third part, the former partners will have to reunite to confront the Albanian mercenary who wants to avenge the death of his brother.
14. Kristen Stewart - $ 7 million
From the girlfriend of the vampire from "Twilight" Kristen reincarnated as one of Charlie's angels in restarting the classic franchise.
The team of the detective agency Charlie Townsend, which in addition to Stuart includes Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska, will visit Hamburg, Berlin and Istanbul. And we will see if the new "angels" succeed in repeating the success of the previous ones.
13. Ben Affleck - $ 8 million
The former Dark Knight of Gotham, who forever said goodbye to this guise (as he said in a conversation with Jimmy Kimmel), did not stop cracking down on the bad guys in the movies. True, now he does this in the role of a soldier of fortune, who is paid 8 million “evergreens”.
And you can see if it’s worth the money in the movie “Triple Border”, which has been going to theaters since March.
12. Idris Elba - $ 8 million
If many spectators perceived the appearance of the Dark Shooter in the Dark Tower coolly, then Elba’s game in the yet-out Fast and the Furious: Hobbs and the Show may be much more favorably received. There he will play an antihero, against whom so many different personalities have united, like Luke Hobbs (played by Dwayne Johnson) and Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham).
And since good must always conquer evil, Johnson and State will be paid $ 10 million each, and Elbe "only" $ 8 million.
11. Margot Robbie - $ 9-10 million
The Joker’s charming girlfriend from the Suicide Team and one of the highest paid actresses in 2019 has become the central character in the action movie The Birds of Prey.
Together with her, other famous comic book heroines, such as the Black Canary, Cassandra Kane and the Huntress, will appear on the screen. And the opponent of these strong and independent women will be the Batman villain Black Mask, aka Roman Sayonis. It's funny that ex-Jedi Ewan McGregor will play it.
10. Leonardo DiCaprio - $ 10 million
Very soon, in July 2019 (and in Russia in August), a new dramatic thriller with Brad Pitt will be released. It is called Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Quentin Tarantino is the director and screenwriter.
In one of the main roles, DiCaprio starred, and his partners on the set were celebrities such as Margot Robbie, Kurt Russell and Brad Pitt. Like Pitt, DiCaprio paid $ 10 million for this movie.
9. Gal Gadot - $ 10 million
Although one of Hollywood’s most beautiful actresses may have been paid “pennies” for her role as Wonder Woman in Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016, she’ll get $ 10 million to wear pretty cuffs and an armored bra in the movie “ Wonder Woman: 1984. " Films about the Amazonian princess Diana have turned Gadot into one of the main Hollywood stars, and she is finally paid accordingly.
8. Brad Pitt - $ 10 million
The movie "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood," starring Brad Pitt, has already received the highest ratings at the Cannes Film Festival. This is good news for actor fans.
And the bad news is that 55-year-old Pitt intends to change his profession, as he said in an interview with the Australian publication GQ. He admitted that he feels like a dinosaur, and does not want to compete with young actors.
However, the Hollywood star is not going to instantly leave the horizon. Brad explained that he will be removed less and less, and will focus on directorial and producer work.
7. Emily Blunt - $ 12-13 million
Emily Blunt is currently the highest paid actress in the world. For shooting in the film “Quiet Place 2”, Paramount Studios pays her from 12 to 13 million dollars. The director and screenwriter of the picture was again made by John Krasinski.
Recall that the first part of “Quiet Place” about family survival among hordes of terrible monsters was included in the top ten scariest films of 2019.
6. Tom Cruise - 12-14 million dollars
In 2020, "Best Shooter 2" will be released with the aged, but still charismatic and handsome Tom Cruise as the unrivaled pilot Maverick. The director’s chair is piloted by Joseph Kosinski, and Peter Craig (The City of Thieves) and Justin Marx (The Jungle Book) worked on the sequel script.
According to Variety, Cruz will receive between 12 and 14 million dollars for his role as Best Gunner.
5. Jason Stateham - $ 13 million
Fans of the “brutal bald head” will be glad that State is playing a major role in this Hollywood blockbuster, not to mention appearing on the list of the highest paid actors. But once Statem began his career in 1993, dancing in leopard swimming trunks in the clip of the British band The Shamen.
It turned out that Jason State needed not only the British show business, but also American Hollywood. And, as a rule, this includes driving smart cars and fights.
4. Will Smith - $ 17 million
Although it would be fair to say that there were some failures in Will Smith’s acting career - not least because of the failed fantastic picture “After our era” in 2013, he still entered the top 15 of the highest paid actors.
He is currently starring in the third installment of Bad Boys, a sequel to one of his most successful films, besides Independence Day and I Am A Legend.
3. Robert Downey Jr. - $ 20 million
It is estimated that the 54-year-old actor will earn $ 20 million for Dr. Dolittle's Journey, which will be released on January 17, 2020.
As for his superhero alter ego - Iron Man - no one yet knows if he will return to the Marvel cinematic universe. Perhaps the red-gold costume in the new films will be worn by the daughter of Tony Stark or some other, completely unknown character. But it will be a completely different story, and a different salary. After all, Downey Jr is the only MCU actor who receives interest from the fees of Marvel films.
2. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson - $ 20 million
In the early 2000s, Dwayne Johnson was one of the largest stars of World Wrestling Entertainment, and in the late 2010s he became one of the most sought-after Hollywood actors, proving that the transition from sports to cinema is not limited to episodic appearance or cameo.
In 2002, he starred in the adventure action movie “The Scorpion King”, receiving $ 5.5 million and ending up in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest fee for his first leading role. This was followed by The Mummy Returns, Doom, Tooth Fairy, and many other movies and TV shows.
At heart, “The Rock” can still be a militant star - and this is certainly a source of big money - but he has shown that he is capable of much more.
1. Ryan Reynolds - $ 27 million
Being the husband of actress Blake Lively and the voice of Pikachu in the recently released Detective Pikachu, Ryan Reynolds is Hollywood's highest paid actor in 2019, according to Variety.
One of the most beautiful actors in the world will play a major role in the action movie of Michael Bay 6 Underground.
At the age of 15, Reynolds first appeared on the Nickelodeon program. He played one of the main characters and earned $ 150 per episode. “Then I thought I looked like a gadillionaire,” Reynolds said a few years later. “For $ 150 a day, it was like a dream,” he added.
Perhaps a turning point in the actor’s career occurred in 2005, when he starred in the romantic comedy “Just Friends”. Since then, his comedic abilities have somehow been demonstrated in many, if not all of his acting roles.
In 2016, Reynolds fulfilled his old dream - he became Deadpool, which turned out to be a major film success, earning more than $ 700 million with a film budget of $ 58 million. Since then, Reynolds starred in the sequel (the second earned another $ 700 million worldwide), and in the coming years will be removed in the third part of this anti-superhero family movie.
