Forbes magazine has released its ranking of the 10 highest paid actors and actresses of 2023. And first place will surprise you.
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To establish this ranking, the American magazine Forbes was solely based on income related to entertainment – as an actor, producer or even director. The figures corresponding to each player represent pre-tax revenues for the 2023 calendar year.
Denzel Washington
With a total of 24 million dollars
Tom Cruise isn’t the only sixty-year-old movie star capable of opening for a movie. The third installment of the Equalizer franchise, released in 2023, along with all three entries, crossed $190 million at the box office for one reason: Denzel Washington.
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The two-time Oscar winner’s robust catalog, stretching back nearly 40 years, also produces a steady stream of money each year for the 69-year-old actor.
Ben Affleck
With a total of 38 million dollars
When he’s not busy selling donuts and promoting his new boy band in Dunkin’ commercials, Ben Affleck is CEO of startup Artists Equity. The 51-year-old actor directed and starred in Air, which grossed $90 million at the box office before moving to Amazon Prime Video.
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But why does he always look sad with so many millions?
Jason Statham
With a total of 41 million dollars
In 20 years, the 56-year-old actor has never earned so much money. In 2023, he starred in three major big-budget films: Fast X, Meg 2: The Trench and Expend4bles, Guy Ritchie’s Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre. And is currently the star of the highest-grossing film of 2024, The Beekeeper.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
With a total of 41 million dollars
The 49-year-old Oscar winner may have been snubbed by the Academy for his performance in Killers of the Flower Moon, but he’s doing just fine financially. His starring role in Martin Scorsese’s epic comes with a hefty payday as well as a buyout of his share of theatrical profits when the film airs on AppleTV+.
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Jennifer Aniston
With a total of 42 million dollars
With royalties from Friends, Jennifer Aniston, forever known as Rachel Green, would never need to take other jobs again. But the 54-year-old actress continues to star in both television and film, reportedly earning up to $2 million for her acting role and executive producing every episode of The Morning Show on AppleTV+.
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Additionally, the star appeared alongside Adam Sandler in Murder Mystery 2 for Netflix, while promoting brands like Uber Eats in a Super Bowl commercial.
Matt Damon
With a total of 43 million dollars
His project, Air, directed by Affleck, was sold to Amazon before it was even produced, for an estimated amount of $130 million. Additionally, the 53-year-old actor only received a salary of $4 million for his supporting role in Oppenheimer, well below his usual salary, in exchange for a small share of the film’s substantial profits.
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Ryan Gosling
With a total of 43 million dollars
He may be “just” Ken, but that supporting role in the biggest movie of the year was enough to put him good enough for an Oscar nomination (plus a pretty good fee). As a bonus, his ballad for the film, I’m Just Ken, has been listened to over 100 million times on Spotify. Thus, Ryan Gosling, 43 years old, finished in fourth place in this ranking.
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Tom Cruise
With a total of 45 million dollars
The 61-year-old action star is one of the last, if not the very last, movie stars still eligible for the famous first dollar gross, meaning he receives a percentage of box office and other revenue from the day the film is released, even before the studio gets its money back, Forbes explains. In 2023, he cashed in on the final Mission: Impossible film and continued to receive streaming revenue for the Top Gun: Maverick film.
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Margot Robbie
With a total of 59 million dollars
The cultural phenomenon that is Barbie took off last July and never really slowed down, grossing $1.45 billion at the worldwide box office and countless millions more in licensing and partnerships.
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As the film’s producer and star, Margot Robbie took in approximately 12.5% of all profits, or, according to Forbes, more than 60 million dollars. His production company LuckyChap was also behind the film Saltburn, which received a lot of attention last year.
Adam Sandler
With a total of 73 million dollars
In the first three months after its release on Netflix, the series Murder Mystery 2 was watched for a total of 173 million hours worldwide and ranked in the Top 10 in 90 countries. The sequel comes as part of a very busy year for the actor, who has done more than 40 comedy tour dates in 2023, alongside three Netflix film projects.
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Forbes magazine has released its ranking of the 10 highest paid actors and actresses of 2023. And first place will surprise you.
To establish this ranking, the American magazine Forbes only based itself on entertainment-related income – as an actor, producer or even director. The figures corresponding to each player represent pre-tax revenues for the 2023 calendar year.
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