Mark Wahlberg becomes highest paid actor

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KABUL (SW): Mark Wahlberg, the former rapper-turned-actor is Hollywood's highest-paid leading man, earning $68 million pretax, reported Forbes.

The Boston native recorded his highest-ever payday thanks to soaring fees for movies such as Transformers: The Last Knight and the forthcoming Daddy's Home 2.

According to Forbes magazine, Wahlberg elbows out last year's top-ranked star, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (No. 2; $65 million). Johnson continues to rake in top dollar for parts in Baywatch and the upcoming Jumanji, earning $50 million more than his 2016 total. 

Hollywood's highest-paid actors continue to out-earn their female counterparts: The top 10 actors banked a cumulative $488.5 million–nearly three times the $172.5 million combined total of the 10 top-earning women. While only three actresses made more than $20 million in 12 months, 16 actors broached the mark, noted Forbes.

A quarter of this year's highest paid actors list is outside the United States, including three Bollywood stars, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar.

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