Tom Cruise Tops Forbes’ Highest Paid Actors for 2012 List
July 8, 2012 by cd
Tom Cruise is richest Hollywood actor according to Forbes’ annual list.
The Mission Impossible star captured the no. 1 position in Forbes’ 100 highest paid actors for 2012 list, earning nearly twice of second placer Leonardo DiCaprio.
Cruise, who just turned 50-years-old and currently divorcing Katie Holmes, earned $75 million between May 2011 and May 2012, big thanks to his recent blockbuster hit “Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol.”
Leonardo DiCaprio, 37, shared second place position with Adam Sandler, 45. Both actors earned $37 million in the said period.
Rounding off the Top 5 are Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson ($36 million) and Ben Stiller ($33 million).
Forbes’ based the annual ranking from the following factors: upfront pay, profit participation, residuals, endorsements and advertising work.
1. Tom Cruise earned $75 million.
2-3. Leonardo DiCaprio earned $37 million.
2-3. Adam Sandler earned $37 million.
4. Dwayne Johnson earned $36 million.
5. Ben Stiller earned $33 million.
6. Sacha Baron Cohen earned $30 million.
7. Johnny Depp earned $30 million.
8. Will Smith earned $30 million.
9. Mark Wahlberg earned $27 million.
10. Taylor Lautner earned $26.5 million.
11. Robert Pattinson earned $26.5 million.
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