Hollywood Top Earners For 2016

From the squared ring to the silver screen: Dwayne Johnson nabbed his highest-ever paycheck thanks to soaring upfront fees.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson elbowed out reigning top-ranked Robert Downey Jr. to become the world’s highest-paid actor–and scored his biggest ever annual paycheck in the process.

Johnson’s $64.5 million payday more than doubled his 2015 earnings, making him this year’s biggest dollar gainer.

The erstwhile wrestler’s millions and millions came from upfront fees for movies including Central Intelligence and Fast 8, as well as the forthcoming Baywatch in which he’s set to play Mitch Buchannon.

A staple of the Fast and Furious franchise, the stellar box office performance of his recent films (including 2015’s hit San Andreas) have seen his quotes skyrocket.

“I can kick ass better than anyone on the planet,” Johnson told FORBES in 2012. “And I have a decent smile.

Jackie Chan ($61 million), who mints money with movies in China, and Matt Damon, $55 million largely off the success of The Martian to boost his earnings 120% year over year.

The World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2016: Jennifer Lawrence Banks $46 Million. For the second year in a row, the odds are in her favor: Jennifer Lawrence is once again the world’s highest-paid actress, notching $46 million pretax over 12 months, $13 million more than second-ranked Melissa McCarthy, who pocketed $33 million.

Lawrence’s impressive earnings consist largely of a profit slice from the big box office gross ($653.4 million) of her final Hunger Games installment and a mammoth upfront fee for the forthcoming Passengers. Her total is down 11.5% from $52 million in 2015, but she remains the girl on fire, financially speaking.