MGMGiven the box-office draw of Robert Downey Jr, it should not come as a surprise for cinema lovers that the “Iron Man” is being crowned as the “Godfather” of global stars. The thespian is the world’s best-paid actor for the third consecutive year. Marvel movies starring Robert Downey Jr, which include Iron Man and Avengers, have earned a whopping $4 billion at the global box office and millions more on home video and related merchandise. Box office draws are expected to be highly correlated with pay so we expect Robert Downey Jr to charge more for his histrionics.

 

However, there is a new masala-flavor in Forbes’ latest annual list of highest paid actors. There are four actors from Asia (Bollywood and China) who have sung, danced and fought their way into this top 10 list. The prominence of Asian actors may appear somewhat surprising because Chinese and Indian movies rarely feature on annual lists of the highest-grossing films across the globe. In the second place on the top 10 list is Jackie Chan, the Hong Kong-based “King-Fu Panda.” Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar are the other three Bollywood megastars who choreographed their way into the Forbes’ top 10 list.

 

Given the box-office draws in Asia, which is dominated by movies from Bollywood and China, and considering the remarkable growth of the middle class in this region, it is inevitable that the top 10 list will include a bigger percentage of Asian superstars in the future years.

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/aug/04/robert-downey-jr-best-paid-actor-forbes-jackie-chan-amitabh-bachchan

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