Shah Rukh Khan still remains the highest paid actor in Bollywood as per Forbs list!
While acquiring the 8th spot in the global listing, Shah Rukh beats Salman Khan & Akshay Kumar in the competition, despite a flop like Jab Harry Met Sejal!
BollywoodMDB Team | Updated On: Aug 23, 2017 12:06 PM
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Indeed, popular actors and superstars in Bollywood or film industry, get paid a fortune, and that factor also mentions how much a star have his star-power on box office. We get to see this power-show when an influential magazine like Forbes unveils a list of highest paid actors in the world, which also features some of the A-list Bollywood superstars. And the title race for the top earner in Bollywood is won by none other than Shah Rukh Khan !
The top spot of the list is taken over by Mark Wahlberg, the year’s highest paid actor, earned an estimated $68 million in 2017. While on the Bollywood front, Shah Rukh Khan on number eight, earned $38 million which is 243.50 crores in 2017 alone! While Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar were also featured in the prime spot in the list with the earning on of 237 cr and 227.5 cr respectively! In case, if you are wondering who both toppers gave flops to the industry and still managed to top the list, the asset management and making money through product endorsements is one of the common ways Bollywood stars stay top on the list!
While the second spot of the list was taken by wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson with the earnings of $65 Million dollars. The next three spots were taken by Vin Diesel with $54.5 Million earning, Adam Sandler $50.5 Million and Jackie Chan $49 Million. Though, once highest paid actor Robert Downey Jr. got the 6th spot of the list, followed by The Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise on the second spot! On the female front, Harry Potter star Emma Watson leads the list with $26Million.