George banks a gorgeous £185m
SUPER-SMOOTH Geoge Clooney is laughing all the way to the bank. He topped the list of Hollywood’s best-paid actors after making a cool £185million ($239million) in the past year.
Clooney finished ahead of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who was runner-up for the second year in a row.
His earnings rose to £92million following his appearances in Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle and monster movie Rampage, which has made more than £310million at the box office worldwide.
Scarlett Johansson knocked La La Land star Emma Stone off the top of Forbes’ list of highest-paid actresses after raking in £31million and finishing ahead of Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston.
But Clooney, 57, did not make the majority of his money from acting in the 12 months from June 1 last year.
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His tequila brand Casamigos netted him an estimated £180million after he sold it to drinks giants Diageo for £542million – with potential earnings set to reach an extra £232million over the next 10 years.
He also appeared in adverts for coffee company Nespresso and his Smokehouse production company made the all-female heist comedy Ocean’s 8.
MALE STARS
1. George Clooney £185m
2. Dwayne Johnson
Ex-wrestler ‘The Rock’ £92m
3. Robert Downey JR £61m
4. Chris Hemsworth
Avengers star £50m
5. Jackie Chan £34m
6. Will Smith £35m
7. Akshay Kumar
Bollywood actor £31m
8. Adam Sandler
The Wedding Singer £30m
9. Chris Evans
Captain America actor £26m
10. Salman Khan
Bollywood star £25.95m
FEMALE STARS
1. Scarlett Johansson £31m
2. Angeline Jolie £21.69m
3. Jennifer Aniston £15m
4. Jennifer Lawrence
Hunger Games star £13.9m
5. Reese Witherspoon £12.78m
6. Mila Kunis
Bad Moms actress £12.39m
7. Julia Roberts £10m
8. Cate Blanchett £9.68m
9. Melissa McCarthy
Star of Ghostbusters
10. Gal Gadot
Wonder Woman £7.75m