Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar are among the world’s top ten highest-paid actors in Forbes first global list of actors from Hollywood, Hong Kong and Bollywood.
Bachchan and Khan entered the list in joint seventh place, with estimated earnings of $33.5 million (Dh123 million) in the past year. Akshay Kumar follows behind in ninth place with $32.5 million.
Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan (18) and Ranbir Kapoor (30) with estimated earning of $26 Million and $15 Million respectively, also made the Forbes list.
Bollywood stalwart Bachchan has starred in more than 150 movies in his 50 year career. He continues to earn top money for his roles in flicks such 2014’s Bhoothnath Returns, Forbes noted.
One of India’s biggest stars, Salman Khan, has appeared in some 80 movies since his 1989 breakout role Maine Pyar Kiya.
Kumar has appeared in around 150 movies since his 1992 breakthrough in Khiladi.
Shah Rukh Khan has been described as “India’s Leonardo DiCaprio”. He starred in movies such as Happy New Year and Fan.
Kapoor is best known for his role in Roy and Bombay Velvet.
US actor Robert Downey Jr topped the list with estimated total earnings of $80 million thanks to the Iron Man franchise, while Jackie Chan came in a surprise second position with a $50 million pay packet.
Others among the top ten were Vin Diesel (3), Bradley Cooper (4), Adam Sandler (5), Tom Cruise (6), and Mark Wahlberg (10).
The 34 stars on Forbes’ list earned a combined $941 million before taxes and fees between June 2014 and June 2015.
A separate list of highest-paid actresses will be published later this year.
