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We don’t hear much about Jackie He’s on the chart with $47 mil- Chan these days, but he’s among the lion, thanks to his string of Fast top paid actors with $50 million. and Furious movies. Furious 7 He also owns a movie chain and grossed $1.5m with 77 per cent a Segway dealership. He’ll lend of that coming from overseas. Of his voice once again for Kung Fu course, his voice over of a talking Panda 3 and will star with Johnny plant for the film Guardians Knoxville in Skiptrace. of the Galaxy hasn’t hurt either. Coming up on the actor’s list of projects - what else but Furious 8 and Guardians of the Galaxy 2. It is no surprise to anyone that the top- per of the list is Mr. Iron Man himself, Robert Downey, Jr. who has made a whopping $80 million. Downey has made more than any other actor for three years in a row, thanks to his icon- ic role in the Marvel universe.

Making the list with $33.5 million is Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan. It seems like a mistake that Though Indian movies don’t make as Adam Sandler should be on much as American films do, the list with $41 million since Bachchan has an advan- it’s been a long time since he tage that he receives a made both the critics and audi- portion of each ticket’s ence laugh at his movies. He is revenue. He is also reportedly doing just fine ask- the host of India’s Bradley Cooper hasn’t been ing for the big bucks for movies version of Who working very long to make it like his latest, the over- Wants to be a on the list with $41 million. blown Pixels. This Millionaire, which His first professional acting year he signed is now in its job for TV was for the role of up to make four eighth season. Jake in a few episodes of Sex films for Netflix and the City in 1999. Despite whose audi- the recent box office disap- ence seems pointments like Aloha, All to appreciate About Steve and The Words, him. he manages to balance things out.