"Robert Downey Jr., the star of Disney's Marvel superhero film franchises 'Iron Man' and 'The Avengers,' is Hollywood's highest-paid actor for the second consecutive year," Reuters reports, from a list compiled by Forbes.
The Reuters story notes that Downey's estimated earnings were $75 million.
In second place is someone who came late to movies. Says Reuters, "Former wrestler Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, 42, who starred in 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' and the 'Fast and Furious' films, jumped into second place this year from fifth in 2013 with earnings of $52 million."
Johnson, who played in college on the 1991 Miami Hurricanes football team that won the national championship, was 30 years old before he was the lead star in a movie: "The Scorpion King," released in 2002.
Here's the rest of the top 10 on this year's highest-paid actors list:
3. Bradley Cooper………$46 million
4. Leonardo DiCaprio….$39 million
5. Chris Hemsworth…….$37 million
6. Liam Neeson…………..$36 million
7. Ben Affleck……………..$35 million
7. Christian Bale………….$35 million
9. Will Smith………………..$32 million
9. Mark Wahlberg………..$32 million
Robert Downey Jr. (as Iron Man) repeats at the top
of the Forbes Highest-Paid Actors List
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