Salman Khan & Akshay Kumar Make It To The Forbes Highest Paid Celebs’ List, Shahrukh Khan Not On It!
Salman Khan & Akshay Kumar made it to the Forbes highest paid celebs list of 2018. Akshay Kumar is at the 76th spot earning USD 40.5 Million, Salman Khan is at 82nd spot earning USD 37.7 Million.
Salman
Khan
and
Akshay
Kumar
have
successfully
made
it
to
the
list
of
Forbes
highest
paid
actors
around
the
world
for
2018
and
the
Baadshah
of
Bollywood,
Shahrukh
Khan
is
not
even
on
the
list.
While
Akshay
Kumar
is
ranked
at
the
76th
spot,
Salman
Khan
is
rankedat
the
82nd
spot.
This
year's
highest
earning
celeb
is
American
boxer
Floyd
Mayweather
who
earned
USD
285
Million.
As
per
Forbes,
Akshay
Kumar
earned
USD
40.5
Million
and
Salman
Khan
made
USD
37.7
Million.
Forbes
Magazine
praised
Akshay
Kumar
for
his
choice
of
movies
in
an
article
as,
"One
of
Bollywood's
leading
men
has
transitioned
to
socially-conscious
roles,
such
as
'Toilet,'
a
comedy
supporting
government
campaigns
to
improve
sanitation,
and
'Padman,'
about
a
guy
hoping
to
provide
inexpensive
sanitary
pads
to
rural
communities.
He
still
mints
millions
from
backend
profits
and
endorsing
some
20
brands,
including
Tata
and
Eveready."
The
article
also
mentioned
Salman
Khan,
"This
Bollywood
mainstay
continues
to
produce
and
star
in
hits
such
as
'Tiger
Zinda
Hai,'
cashing
in
on
backend
profits.
Coupled
with
a
slew
of
endorsements
from
Suzuki
motorcycles
to
Chlormint
gum,
he
remains
one
of
India's
top
earners."
Also,
coming
back
to
Shahrukh
Khan,
the
actor
was
positioned
at
the
65th
spot
in
2017
and
disappeared
completely
from
the
list
in
2018.
SRK's
total
earning
in
2017
was
USD
38
Million
and
we're
sure
that
he'll
be
back
with
a
bang
in
2019.
Below
is
the
list
of
the
top
10
highest
paid
celebs
of
2018,
as
per
Forbes.
1.
Floyd
Mayweather:
USD
285
Million
2.
George
Clooney:
USD
239
Million
3.
Kylie
Jenner:
USD
166.5
Million
4.
Judy
Sheindlin:
USD
147
Million
5.
Dwayne
Johnson:
USD
124
Million
6.
U2:
USD
118
Million
7.
Coldplay:
USD
115.5
Million
8.
Lionel
Messi:
USD
111
Million
9.
Ed
Sheeran:
USD
110
Million
10.
Cristiano
Ronaldo:
USD
108
Million