The 20 highest-paid actors in the world
The 20 highest-paid actors in the world include 2 Ryans, 2 Toms and only 3 women 6park.comKathleen Elkins | 6park.com 9:38 AM ET Mon, 5 March 2018 6park.com 6park.comHollywood's male stars make millions more than its A-list actresses 6park.com 6park.com 6park.com 6park.com 6park.com 6park.com 6park.com 6park.com 6park.com 6park.com 6park.com 6park.com 6park.com 6park.com 6park.com 6park.com 6park.comIt could have been a big night for women at the Academy Awards last night. Rachel Morrison, director of photography of "Mudbound," was the first woman in the 90-year history of the Oscars to be nominated for cinematography. And Greta Gerwig, director of "Lady Bird," could have become the second woman in Oscar history to win best director. 6park.com "The star of this year's Oscars is female empowerment," Tom O'Neil, founder of awards website GoldDerby.com, tells Reuters. "A film with a female perspective has not won best picture since 'Million Dollar Baby' in 2005. This year, four of the nine nominated movies have a female perspective. That's remarkable." 6park.com As it turns out, only six women took home Academy Awards on Sunday night, compared with 33 male winners. That's the fewest female winners since 2012. 6park.com A Hollywood pay gap also very much persists, even for A-listers. 6park.com 6park.comHighest-paying jobs for women 6park.com 6park.comAccording to Forbes, between June 1, 2016 and June 1, 2017, the world's 10 highest-paid actresses made a combined $172.5 million. The 10 highest-paid actors earned more than double that amount: $488.5 million. 6park.com Mark Wahlberg topped the men's ranking after earning $68 million over the 12-month period. The highest-paid actress, Emma Stone, earned less than half that amount: $26 million. 6park.com "Compared to men, in most professions, women make 80 cents to the dollar," Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman tells Marie Claire. "In Hollywood we are making 30 cents to the dollar." 6park.com Although some defenders of the system point out that the disparity could be chalked up to the fact that more men star in profitable action and superhero franchises, women often make less even in romantic comedies. Portman, for example, says she was paid three times less than her male co-star Ashton Kutcher for the 2011 movie "No Strings Attached." 6park.com "I mean, we get paid a lot, so it's hard to complain," the star continues, "but the disparity is crazy." 6park.com If you were to combine the two rankings, the 20 highest-paid actors in the world would include two Ryans, two Toms and just three women (two of whom, as it happens, are named Jennifer). Stone, Hollywood's highest-paid woman, would barely crack the top 15. 6park.com 6park.comAndreas Rentz | Getty Images 6park.comMark Wahlberg 6park.comHere's the breakdown. All figures are pre-tax: 6park.com 20. Jeremy Renner: $19 million 6park.com 19. Matt Damon: $21 million 6park.com18. Ryan Reynolds: $21.5 million 6park.com17. Jennifer Lawrence: $24 million 6park.com16. Jennifer Aniston: $25.5 million 6park.com15. Emma Stone: $26 million 6park.com14. Ryan Gosling: $29 million 6park.com13. Samuel L. Jackson: $30.5 million 6park.com12. Tom Hanks: $31 million 6park.com11. Chris Hemsworth: $31.5 million 6park.com10. Akshay Kumar: $35.5 million 6park.com 9. Salman Khan: $37 million 6park.com8. Shah Rukh Khan: $38 million 6park.com7. Tom Cruise: $43 million 6park.com6. Robert Downey Jr.: $48 million 6park.com5. Jackie Chan: $49 million 6park.com4. Adam Sandler: $50.5 million 6park.com3. Vin Diesel: $54.5 million 6park.com2. Dwayne Johnson: $65 million 6park.com1. Mark Wahlberg: $68 million 6park.com 6park.comEddy Chen/ABC via Getty Images 6park.comEmma Stone took home the award for best actress at the 2017 Oscars for her performance in La La Land 6park.comHere's the full breakdown of the 10 highest-paid actresses: 6park.com 10. Amy Adams: $11.5 million 6park.com 8. Julia Roberts: $12 million (TIE) 6park.com8. Cate Blanchett: $12 million (TIE) 6park.com6. Charlize Theron: $14 million (TIE) 6park.com6. Emma Watson: $14 million (TIE) 6park.com5. Mila Kunis: $15.5 million 6park.com4. Melissa McCarthy: $18 million 6park.com3. Jennifer Lawrence: $24 million 6park.com2. Jennifer Aniston: $25.5 million 6park.com1. Emma Stone: $26 million 6park.comThis is an update of a previously published article. 6park.com 6park.com
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