Akshay Kumar takes 4th spot in Forbes highest paid actors list

The National Award-winning actor has raked in $65 million, according to the list

August 22, 2019 12:06 pm | Updated 12:15 pm IST - Los Angeles

Akshay Kumar in Shankar's 2.0.

Akshay Kumar in Shankar's 2.0.

National Award-winning actor Akshay Kumar has made it to the fourth position on the Forbes magazine’s Worlds Highest-Paid Actors Of 2019 list.

According to the list on forbes.com Akshay has raked in $65 million.

Hollywood star Dwayne ‘Rock’ Johnson tops the Forbes list of the 10 highest-paid actors, collecting $89.4 million between June 1, 2018, and June 1, 2019.

Australian actor Chris Hemsworth took the second spot with $76.4 million — one of many actors from Marvel’s superhero universe.

The list also covers the timeline from June 2018 to June 2019, during which the highest grossing films of all time Avengers: Endgame was also released.

The Thor star is followed by most of the Avengers stars —— Iron Man Robert Downey Jr. at No. 3, Rocket Bradley Cooper in sixth, Captain America Chris Evans in eighth and Ant Man Paul Rudd at the ninth spot.

Others named are Jackie Chan, Adam Sandler and Will Smith.

Here’s the list of the World’s Highest-Paid Actors Of 2019 listed by Forbes:

1. Dwayne Johnson ($89.4 million)

2. Chris Hemsworth ($76.4 million)

3. Robert Downey Jr. ($66 million)

4. Akshay Kumar ($65 million)

5. Jackie Chan ($58 million)

6. Bradley Cooper ($57 million)

7. Adam Sandler ($57 million)

8. Chris Evans ($43.5 million)

9. Paul Rudd ($41 million)

10. Will Smith ($35 million)

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