<i>Forbes</i>'<i>s</i> list of the world's highest paid actors and actresses has been revealed, listing Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Scarlett Johansson as the highest paid, respectively. Highlighting the fact that a gender pay-gap is still a Hollywood reality, despite being top of the actress' list, Johansson would only come in at eighth with her earnings of $56 million (Dh206m), which would sit her behind Bradley Cooper and Adam Sandler, who each made $57m. The list takes their earnings, before tax, between June 1, 2018 and June 1, 2019. The only other actress who would make a merged top 10 is <i>Modern Family</i> star, Sofia Vergara, who made $43m last year. The men's top five is made up of Dwayne Johnson ($89.4m), Chris Hemsworth ($76.4m), Robert Downey Jr. ($66m), Akshay Kumar ($65m) and Jackie Chan ($58m). The 2018-2019 window reads like a particularly busy period for Johnson, with movies <i>Skyscraper, Fighting with My Family </i>and <i>Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw </i>all hitting cinemas, and TV shows <i>WWE Smackdown! </i>and <i>Ballers </i>continuing their run. Hemsworth had box office success with <i>Bad Times at the El Royale </i>and <i>Avengers: Endgame</i>; while fellow Marvel star Downey also made bank with <i>Endgame</i>. Bollywood hero Akshay Kumar outdid even Johnson on the busy front when it came to releases. In the 12 months measured, he starred in:<i> Gold, 2.0, Simmba </i>and <i>Kesari</i>; as well as a series of video shorts. While Chan featured in <i>The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang.</i> Following Johansson, who made $56m, on the female top five are: Sofia Vergara ($43m), Reese Witherspoon ($35m), Nicole Kidman ($34m) and Jennifer Aniston ($28m). Johansson's money came in from<i> Captain Marvel </i>and<i> Avengers: Endgame</i>; while Vergara starred in movie <i>Bottom of the 9th </i>and<i> Modern Family</i>. Her earnings of $43m would see her sit at 10th place on a merged male and female list.
