Angel: Actor Daniel Craig has topped the list of highest-paid movie stars of 2021, surpassing actor Dwayne Johnson with earnings of $100 million. As aceshowbiz.com reports, Craig tops Variety’s highest-paid movie stars for 2021 list.
Craig earns his money from Rian Johnson’s upcoming ‘Knives Out 2’ and ‘Knives Out 3’. As for Johnson, who came in second, he’s walking away with $50 million from Amazon’s holiday-themed action movie “Red One.”
Just behind Johnson are Will Smith and Denzel Washington, who earned $40 million for their films “King Richard” and “The Little Things” respectively.
Meanwhile, Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg earned $30 million each for Netflix movies “Don’t Look Up” and “Spencer’s Confidential.”
In sixth place is actress Jennifer Lawrence, who earned $25 million from ‘Don’t Look Up’.
Other actors and actresses who made the top 10 of the list are Julia Roberts ($25 million from “Leave the World Behind”), Sandra Bullock ($20 million from “The Lost City of D”) as well as Ryan Gosling (“The Lost City of D”). $20 million from “The Gray Man”).
Chris Hemsworth and Brad Pitt equaled Ryan’s $20 million for “Thor: Love and Thunder” and “Bullet Train” respectively.
Actor Michael B. Jordan, on the other hand, earned $15 million from “Without Remorse”, while Tom Cruise was paid only $13 million to star in “Top Gun: Maverick.”
The list shows Keanu Reeves descending to 15th place as he earned $12-14 million from ‘The Matrix 4’.
The A-listers above include Chris Pine, who reportedly made $11.5 million from his film “Dungeons & Dragons,” and Robert Pattinson, who made $3 million from “The Batman.”
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