Adam Sandler and Margot Robbie have been 2023’s highest-paid actors — however one is unquestionably making greater than the opposite (and all the remaining, too) with the distinction being … Netflix.
Forbes put out an inventory of all of the big-shot actors who cleaned up final yr — and their rating primarily based on the numbers is fascinating … for a couple of completely different causes, we suppose. For starters, the Sandman is king of the Hollywood cash machine, having raked in $73 mil in ’23.
In case you’re questioning the place all that dough got here from — you possibly can thank the most important streamer in showbiz for lining his pockets … Adam had 4 Netflix films whole that launched final yr.
Adam starred in “Murder Mystery 2,” “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah,” “Leo” and “Spaceman” … with that final one being launched this yr, though he already received paid for it.
Netflix and Adam have been in enterprise for years now — he is received an unique cope with them to supply a crap ton of flicks … and he is definitely fulfilling his finish of the cut price. In return, the man’s getting paid handsomely … which is nuts contemplating these are streaming films we’re speaking about right here. Simply goes to indicate … that is the best way of the longer term!
Margot, in the meantime, made $59 million final yr … clearly, most of that’s “Barbie” cash — it remodeled $1 billion on the field workplace — and she or he had a small cameo in “Asteroid City.”
The distinction between Margot and Adam — except for the $14 mil — is that MR’s an old style actress within the sense that her films are strictly in theaters. Hmm … fascinating.
The remainder of the listing is not all that shocking, because it contains a whole lot of massive names — together with Tom Cruise ($45M), Ryan Gosling ($43M), Matt Damon ($43M), Jennifer Aniston ($42M), Leonardo DiCaprio ($41M), Jason Statham ($41M), Ben Affleck ($38M) and Denzel Washington ($24M).
One thing else people are noticing about this listing … much more dudes than chicks. So yeah, there appears to be a little bit of a wage hole in H’wooden nonetheless — and the fellas are nicely on high.