Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in "Fast Five"Universal Pictures
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson topped Forbes' list of the highest-paid actors in the world for the second year in a row with $87.5 million.
- Johnson is set to earn $23.5 million from Netflix's upcoming action movie "Red Notice." His costar, Ryan Reynolds, came in at No. 2 on Forbes' list.
- Other actors on the list include "Fast and Furious" star Vin Diesel, Ben Affleck, and Mark Wahlberg, all of whom have worked on Netflix projects in the last year.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is once again the highest-paid actor in the world.
Johnson topped Forbes' list, published on Tuesday, for the second straight year with $87.5 million between June 2019 and this June (he pulled in $89.4 million last year). This time, he got help from Netflix. The wrestler-turned-actor is set to star in the streaming giant's upcoming action movie "Red Notice," for which he will make $23.5 million, according to Forbes.
Since Johnson is also a producer on the movie, that's more than his costar Ryan Reynolds, who's set to earn $20 million for "Red Notice." Reynolds followed Johnson on Forbes' list with $71.5 million in the last year.
Forbes' estimates are based interviews with industry insiders and data from Nielsen, ComScore, Box Office Mojo and IMDb. The numbers are pretax and reflect earnings from June 1, 2019 to June 1, 2020.
Actors have been able to strike huge deals with Netflix in recent years that rival traditional movie studios.
Adam Sandler landed another deal worth millions in January for four more movies with Netflix after the success of last year's "Murder Mystery," which is one of the streamer's most popular movies ever. Sandler came in at No. 9 on Forbes' list with $41 million. Mark Wahlberg, who starred in Netflix's hit "Spenser Confidential" this year, came in third.
Below are Forbes' top five highest-paid actors of 2020: