Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar made it to the ‘World’s 100 highest-paid entertainers’ by Forbes magazine for the second successive year. However, Shah Rukh Khan – who was ranked 65th in the Forbes 2017 list – did not make it to the list.
Akshay Kumar secured the 76th spot – in a tie with Scarlett Johansson with earnings of Rs 270 crore this year. Salman Khan’s earnings in 2017-18 so far have been Rs 251 crore bagging him the 82nd spot.
The methodology takes the pretax earnings of global celebrities from June 1, 2017 till June 1, 2018, before accounting for manager fees, lawyers and agents.
According to Forbes, Salman Khan has been called Bollywood’s “mainstay” who “continues to produce and star in hits such as ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’, cashing in on backend profits. Coupled with a slew of endorsements from Suzuki motorcycles to Chlormint gum, he remains one of India’s top earners.”
The Top 10 on the list
- American Boxer, Floyd Mayweather tops with earning of $285 million
- George Clooney ($239 million)
- Kylie Jenner at No. 3 with $166.5 million. Kylie, the 20-year-old mother, reality television star and owner of Kylie Cosmetics, is youngest on the list.
- Judy Sheindlin, 75, with earnings of $147 million
- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson with earnings of $124 million
- Musicians, U2 ($118 million) at No.6
- Coldplay ($115.5 million) at No. 7
- Lionel Messi ($111 million)
- Ed Sheeran ($110 million)
- Cristiano Ronaldo ($108 million)
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