Akshay Kumar ranked 76 and Salman Khan at 82 on Forbes’ list of 100 highest-paid celebrities
Forbes’ list of 100 highest-paid celebrities of 2018 is out. Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan in top 100
Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan have stuck the right cord to become one of the top 100 highest paid actors in the world. American boxer Floyd Mayweather has topped the Forbes list by earning a whooping $285 million. The boxer’s August 2017 fight versus Conor McGregor generated millions of revenue taking him to Rank 1 of Forbes list.
Floyd Mayweather, is followed by Hollywood superstar George Clooney at rank 2, TV personality and entrepreneur Kylie Jenner at rank 3, advocate Judy Sheindlin at rank 4 and actor Dwayne Johnson at 5 . Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo also features amongst the top 10 on the list.
Top 10 Highest-Earning Celebrities:
2018 Rank | Name | Category | Earnings | 2017 Rank | Country |
1 | Floyd Mayweather | Athlete | $285 mil | Returnee | USA |
2 | George Clooney | Actor | $239 mil | Returnee | USA |
3 | Kylie Jenner | Personality | $166.5 mil | 59 | USA |
4 | Judy Sheindlin | Personality | $147 mil | 43 | USA |
5 | Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson | Actor | $124 mil | 22 | USA |
6 | U2 | Musician | $118 mil | Returnee | Ireland |
7 | Coldplay | Musician | $115 mil | 8 | UK |
8 | Lionel Messi | Athlete | $111 mil | 14 | Argentina |
9 | Ed Sheeran | Musician | $110 mil | 71 | UK |
10 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Athlete | $108 mil | 5 | Portugal |
Coming back to Indian actors, Akshay Kumar has toppled Salman Khan as last year Salman was ahead of Akshay. This year Shahrukh Khan has missed out of top 100 against 65th position which he held in last year Forbes list.
Padman Star earnings recorded at $40.5 million and Tiger Salman earnings are at $37.7 million. Forbes’ introductory bio of Akshay Kumar recognizes him as an actor of socially-responsible films like PadMan and Toilet: Ek Prem Katha. He also mints millions endorsing around 20 brands, including Tata and Eveready.”
Salman Khan has been introduced as the actor-producer, who also has a steady flow of income from his many endorsements: “This Bollywood mainstay continues to produce and star in hits such as Tiger Zinda Hai”.
Akshay Kumar is gearing up for his next release “Gold” this year whereas Salman Khan has started shooting for “Bharat” post Race 3 release.