According to Forbes, George Clooney is world’s highest paid actor with $239 million. According to Forbes Magazine, George Clooney is the world’s highest-paid actor with a whopping $239 million. In total, the world’s 10 highest paid actors raked in a combined $748.5 million between June 1, 2017, and June 1, 2018, before fees and taxes. Last week, Scarlett Johannson was revealed as the highest paid actress with $40.5m (£31.9m). This places the “Avengers” star as seventh in the male list. This is an improvement from the 2017 list, which saw the highest paid actress Emma Stone not a spot in the top 10 Forbes list. Others on the list include Dwayne Johnson, Dwayne Johnson, who almost doubled his 2017 earnings, making an extra $119m in the last 12 months.Check them out:1. George Clooney – $239 million 2. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson – $124 million 3. Robert Downey Jr – $81 million 4. Chris Hemsworth – $64.5 million 5. Jackie Chan – $45.5 million 6. Will Smith – $42 million 7. Akshay Kumar – $40.5 million8. Adam Sandler – $39.5 million 9. Salman Khan – $38.5 million 10. Chris Evans – $34 million Earnings estimates are tracked from June 2017 to June 2018 and based on data from Nielsen, ComScore, Box Office Mojo and IMDB, as well as interviews with industry insiders.
