Highest Paid Actor Earns More Than Double Highest Paid Actress Emma Stone
A quick glance atEmma Stone's acting escapades makes it easyto see why she is Hollywood's highest paid actress rn, from her recent dancing days inLaLa Land to her wild party-throwing anticsback inSuperbad. That girl has got some serious skills.
But according to a list of the highest paid actors of 2017 released byForbes, those serious skills just weren't enough to even come close to highest paid actor Mark Wahlberg, who raked in a decent $68m.
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That's a whole lot more than a Stone's throw from the$26 mill Emma earned - $42 million more to be exact.
Obvs that amount of doughis hardly anything to turn your nose up at, but regardless, the list seriously exposed the harsh realities of the gender pay gap in Hollywood, especially considering the top 14on the listwere all male.
In fact,Emma, who's role as Mia Dolan in La La Land won her an Oscar for best actress, was one of just three women that featured in the top 20 of the list and one of nine in the top 30.
Coming in second on the list wasDwayn Johnson (AKA The Rock) who earned $65 mil, and Vin Diesel and Adam Sandler came in third and fourth - earning $54.5 mil and $50.5 mil respectively.
Even Emma's co-star, Ryan Gosling managed to sneak in ahead of her at number 14- banking himself $29 mil.
The stark contrast between pay in Hollywood is a hot topic year after year, but sadly the gap between the top ten 10 men and womenhas actually grown since last years analsysis. Here's a quick peek at the top 15:
Mark Wahlberg...
$68 million
Dwayn 'The Rock' Johnson...
$65 million
Vin Diesel...
$54.5 million
Adam Sandler...
$50.5 million
Jackie Chan...
$49 million
Robert DowneyJr...
$48 million
Tom Cruise...
$43 million
Shah Rukh Khan...
$38 million
Salman Khan...
$37 million
Akshay Kumar...
$35.5 million
Chris Hemsworth...
$31.5 million
Tom Hanks...
$31 million
Samuel L. Jackson...
$30 million
Ryan Gosling...
$29 million
Emma Stone...
$26 Million
Forbes worked out the salariesaccording to estimates of pre-tax profits in the 12-month period leading up to June 2017.
Some of the few female actors that ranked include Jennifer Aniston with $25.5 million and Jennifer Lawrence, who's salary hit $24 million.
It's not like Emma is going to struggle to get by, but considering she has spoken out about the gender pay gap in the past we doubt she will be over-joyed by the news.
