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These are Hollywood’s 25 top paid actors of 2022 and 2023

The list of highest paid actors in Hollywood for 2022 and 2023 is here, with a severe lack of women and streaming services instead of Marvel and DC.

Variety magazine has just published a list of the 25 highest-paid actors in Hollywood in 2022 and has once again shown how fast the world of cinema changes. The post-pandemic crisis is behind us and we are facing some of the highest salaries of the decade, among which, curiously, we found no trace of marvel. The superhero bubble seems to have burst, at least as far as the Stan Lee factory is concerned, since from DC Comics we do find four actors and films present: Dwayne Johnson for Black Adam, Tom Hardy for Venom 3, Joaquin Phoenix for Joker 2: Folie a Deux, and Jason Momoa for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.

Many of the films present are yet to be released and will arrive in the coming months, but Tom Cruise is in the lead thanks precisely to one that has already come out. The actor has skyrocketed his income thanks to that peculiar clause that he always puts in his contracts and according to which a percentage of ticket sales is guaranteed. Taking into account the numbers of Top Gun: Maverick, already between the 50 films grossing more than 1 billion at the box office, you can imagine. On the other hand, to see the highest-paid actress we have to go down to position 18, where we find Margot Robbie tied with her co-stars for Barbie. Apart from her, there are only four other names: Millie Bobby Brown, Emily Blunt, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Anya-Taylor Joy.

With Marvel out of the list due to a lackluster Phase 4, the studio war is being fought by streaming platforms and services. Apple has thrown everything out the window and now its two biggest payouts are for Will Smith and Leonardo DiCaprio, both in the top 3. Netflix has done the same for Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds for Spirited, as well as Chris Hemsworth’s return as Tyler Rake in Extraction 2 this summer.

Without further ado, the list:

The 25 best paid actors in Hollywood in 2022 and 2023

ActorMovieSalary
1. Tom CruiseTop Gun Maverick (2022)$100 million USD
2. Will SmithEmancipation$35 million USD
3. Leonardo DiCaprioKillers of the Flower Moon$30 million USD
4. Brad PittUntitled F1 movie$30 million USD
5. Dwayne JohnsonBlack Adam(2022)$22.5 million USD
6. Will FerrelSpirited (2022)$20 million USD
7. Chris HemsworthExtraction 2$20 million USD
8. Vin DieselFast X$20 million USD
9. Tom HardyVenom 3$20 million USD
10. Joaquin PhoenixJoker 2: Folie a Deux$20 million USD
11. Ryan ReynoldsSpirited (2022)$20 million USD
12. Denzel WashingtonThe Equalizer 3$20 million USD
13. Jason MomoaAquaman and the Lost Kingdom$15 million USD
14. Eddie MurphyBeverly Hills Cop 4$15 million USD
15. Chris PineStar Trek 4$13 million USD
16. Steve CarellMinion: The Rise of Gru (2022)$12.5 million USD
17. Ryan GoslingBarbie$12.5 million USD
18. Margot RobbieBarbie$12.5 million USD
19. Millie Bobby BrownEnola Holmes 2 (2022)$10 million USD
20. Timothée ChalametWonka$9 million USD
21. Matt DamonOppenheimer$4 million USD
22. Robert Downey Jr.Oppenheimer$4 million USD
23. Emily BluntOppenheimer$4 million USD
24. Daniel KaluuyaNope (2022)$4 million USD
25. Jamie Lee CurtisHalloween Ends$3.5 million USD
26. Anya-Taylor JoyFuriosa$1.8 million USD