Bollywood star Akshay Kumar beats Will Smith, Jackie Chan to clinch spot on world’s highest-paid male actors of 2021 | Hindi Movie News

Akshay Kumar has overwhelmed his Bollywood contemporaries to grow to be one of a few Bollywood actors to function among the Forbes top 10 highest paid Bollywood actors of 2021. Though the star has had no movie releases this year, Akki landed the sixth spot with earnings of $48.5 million.

Though the star has had no movie releases this yr, Akki landed the sixth spot with earnings of $48.5 million.

In accordance to the report, most of his earnings got here from product endorsements.

The actor’s cop-flick ‘Sooryavanshi’ was slated for an April launch, however received postponed due to the COVID-induced lockdown. Apart from the Rohit Shetty directorial, the actor has movies like ‘Prithviraj’, ‘Bell Backside’, ‘Bachchan Pandey’, ‘Atrangi Re’ and ‘Hera Pheri 3’ within the numerous levels of manufacturing.

Apart from beating out his Bollywood contemporaries within the quantity recreation, the actor has additionally overwhelmed the like of Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hollywood stars Will Smith, Adam Sandler and Worldwide motion famous person Jackie Chan.
In the meantime, wrestler-turned-movie star Dwayne Johnson took the highest spot of the world’s highest-paid male actors for the second time in a row. Johnson reportedly earned $87.5 million from June 1, 2019, to June 1, 2021, Forbes mentioned, together with $23.5 million from an OTT movie launch. He additionally benefited from his health put online.

Ryan Reynolds, greatest identified for his function as ‘Deadpool’ got here in second with incomes of $71.5 million complete for the one-year interval.

Actor and producer Mark Wahlberg, got here in third with $58 million, adopted by Ben Affleck with $55 million and Vin Diesel rounded off the highest 5 spots with $54 million.

In accordance to the report, the figures are pre-tax and don’t embody deductions for charges given to brokers, managers and attorneys.