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<\/a>Johnny Depp $30M, Will Smith $30M, Mark Wahlberg $27M, Taylor Lautner $26.5M<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n*Ini Edo, Patience Ozokwor, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde collect N1.8M, N1.6M, N1.5M per film <\/b><\/p>\n
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BY SAMSON SHOAGA\/MANAGING EDITOR, NEW YORK<\/b><\/p>\n
SURE, <\/b>the Hollywood industry is far the biggest movie sector with a huge concentration of fans, admirers, endorsements, events, showmanship and fame worldwide. As competitive as it is, just barely 10 actors have emerged the highest paid in United States, where movies and thrillers are daily shot, recorded by ace producers and whose characters were reflected by icons in the glitzy world of Showbizness. Tom Cruise is unarguably a phenomenon being the highest paid actor in Hollywood who pockets princely $75M for appearing in any American thriller film. But in Nigeria where Nollywood is a household name, Genevieve Nnaji is rated the highest paid actress who just smile to the bank with the sum of N2M in any blockbuster she features. No wonder Oprah Winfrey celebrates her by calling her \u2018Julia Robert of Africa\u2019.<\/b><\/p>\n
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Hollywood has reached the milestone of massive and incredible production of movies that are mostly renowned for outstanding cinematography. From Nollywood, Ghaniwood, Bollywood to Callywood; everyone looks up to Hollywood. Apart from the obvious ingredients of the most expensive equipments and the utterly talented background crew that make these films a blockbuster, it is the leading actors that shape the success of the movie and take a comprehensive share of credit upon their shoulders.<\/p>\n
These actors after being paid live like kings and queens wherever they go worldwide, with fans begging for their autographs. The budget of these films is gigantic which stands alone as the reason that these actors are paid heavily. For this story, we would narrow it to top 10.<\/p>\n
10. Taylor\u00a0\u00a0 Lautner:<\/b> 9. Mark Wahlberg:<\/b> 8. Will Smith<\/b><\/p>\n
\nBarely age 20, the twilight star cast Taylor Lautner manages to pop up in the top ten list of highest paid Hollywood actors. Although his Twilight co-star Robbert Pattinson earned equally well in the last year, yet he was able to make it to the list due to some good ratings after the release of his move ‘Abduction<\/a>‘.<\/p>\n
\nWahlberg stands out as a great actor in all his works. He is definitely one of those who have emerged on the account of giving consecutive list of good numbers. His work regarding serious characters is highly appreciated. Although one of his recent movie ‘Ted’ was a comic which surprisingly grasped $54 million in the first week, he is often recognized by the movie ‘Contraband’ which was a huge success.<\/p>\n