5 Aug 2015

Salman, Amitabh Among Top 10 Earning Actors Globally

Bollywood performing artists Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar, all staples of Indian silver screen, highlighted in the main 10 rundown by Forbes of the world's top winning on-screen characters. 

72-year-old Bachchan and 49-year-old Khan were tied at No. 7 with $33.5 million each. Kumar, 47, came in at No. 9 with $32.5 million. 

"Iron Man" star Robert Downey Jr. was named the world's top-procuring performer. Downey, 50, earned an expected $80 million between June 2014 and June 2015, prodded by the achievement of the current year's superhero gathering "Justice fighters: Time of Ultron," which netted more than $1.3 billion around the world. 

Second-place respects went to veteran Chinese performing artist and hand to hand fighting star Jackie Chan, 61, who Forbes said had earned $50 million in the previous year from Hollywood and China co-creations, for example, "Winged serpent Cutting edge" and stock. 

Chan came in front of Hollywood stars Vin Diesel, who got third place with $47 million mostly because of his stake in the "Quick and Irate" establishment, and additionally Bradley Cooper, Adam Sandler and Tom Journey. 

Sandler, 48, whose latest huge spending plan film "Pixels" performed ineffectively in the worldwide film industry, still earned $41 million over the previous year, to some degree because of his creation manages Sony studios and Netflix. 

Forbes gathers its income records utilizing figures from sources, for example, Nielsen, Film industry Magic and IMDB, and ascertains profit by deducting evaluated expenses and administration charges. It will distribute a rundown on the world's most generously compensated performing artists at a later date. 

REUTERS