Mumbai: The much awaited list of world’s highest paid actors is out! Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan are among the top 20 highest paid actors in the world.
Shah Rukh Khan, with $33 million in earnings, stood at the 8th position, Akshay Kumar was at number 10 with $31.5 million, Salman Khan was 14th with $28.5 million earnings and Amitabh Bachchan stood at 18th with $20 million.
About Shah Rukh Khan, the magazine wrote, “Khan continues to rule Bollywood’s box office with the lead role in hit ‘Dilwale’ and many others, earning multi-million-dollar upfront fees and a cut of the back-end for his efforts. He also cashes in on endorsement deals for dozens of brands most Americans have likely never heard of.”
The article said Salman Khan “…one of Bollywood’s leading men, Khan makes top rupee from movies such as ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ and numerous endorsements. In May 2015 he was sentenced to five years in prison for a 2002 hit-and-run car incident which killed a homeless man; his sentence was suspended.”
About Amitabh Bachchan: “Bollywood stalwart has starred in more than 150 movies in a career that spans five decades. The 73-year-old is busy as ever: he appeared in four films during our scoring period,” it wrote.
Regarding Akshay Kumar, the magazine also added, “One of Bollywood’s busiest leading men, Kumar banked top rupee for three hit films in our scoring period. The action star bolsters his earnings endorsing a wider range of products than most Hollywood shills: Honda motorcycles, a dairy producer and a gold loan company, among others.”
