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Forbes: DiCaprio Beats Depp for Title of Hollywood's Highest Paid Actor
By InCinemas / 03 Aug 2011 (Wednesday)
Source: TheWrap.com
Hollywood’s leading heartthrobs were weighed out in Forbes' most recent highest-earning actors list, released Monday.
According to Forbes, Leonardo DiCaprio jumped from fifth to first place this year, stealing the spot from Johnny Depp.
DiCaprio's estimated $77 million in earnings reflect the success of his two big films, “Shutter Island” and “Inception,” which earned a combined $1.2 billion.
Bumped down a peg (although it’s hard to feel bad for him), Depp moved from first to second place with earnings of $50 million, down from his $75 million recorded in Forbes’ previous list.
“Grown Ups” star Adam Sandler ($40 million) and Will Smith ($36 million) were also ranked high, taking third and fourth places on the list.
Tom Cruise brings up the rear at No. 10, pulling in $22 million in the same period, Forbes estimates.
But as if you didn’t need proof Hollywood is a man’s world, Cruise’s earnings would rank him at No. 5 on the highest-paid actresses list for the same year, just between Reese Witerspoon ($28 million) and Julia Roberts ($20 million).
The 10 top actors earned an estimated $375 million between May 2010 and May 2011.
To come up with its numbers Forbes writes that it talked to agents, lawyers, producers and industry sources.
Here’s the list:
| 1. | Leonardo DiCaprio - $77 million |
| 2. | Johnny Depp - $50 million |
| 3. | Adam Sandler - $40 million |
| 4. | Will Smith - $36 million |
| 5. | Tom Hanks - $35 million |
| 6. | Ben Stiller - $34 million |
| 7. | Robert Downy Jr. - $31 million |
| 8. | Mark Wahlberg - $28 million |
| 9. | Tim Allen - $22 million |
| 10. | Tom Cruise - $22 million |