Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Scarlett Johansson Top Forbes List of Highest-Paid Actors and Actresses… But The Avengers Star Would Only Be Eighth on Male List

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Scarlett Johansson are the highest-paid actor and actress, respectively.

The 47-year-old former WWE World Champion earned a whopping $89.4 million before taxes while the 35-year-old star of The Avengers was paid $56 million according to Forbes.

As the gender pay gap has been a hot topic in Hollywood in recent years, it is still very evident according to these numbers as Johansson would be eighth on the male list behind Adam Sandler at $57 million. 

Dynamic duo: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson (left) and Scarlett Johansson are the highest-paid actor and actress, respectively, according to Forbes

Interesting: The gender pay gap is very evident according to these numbers as Johansson would be eighth on the male list behind Adam Sandler at $57 million

When added up cumulatively, the top 10 actors nearly doubled the pay of their female counterparts as they earned nearly $600 million combined while the top 10 actresses made a total of $315 million according to Forbes.

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