Mumbai: Bollywood superstars Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan have joined the bandwagon of the 'World's 100 Highest-Paid Celebrities Forbes' list, making it to the top 10 actors.
Akshay bags seventh position with earnings of 40.5 million dollar beating Salman Khan, Hollywood actor Adam Sandler and Chris Evans.
''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,'' Forbes said.
Salman Khan has scored the ninth position in the list with the earnings of 38.5 million dollar.
''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,'' Forbes said.
The top 10 on the list inlcude--George Clooney 239 million dollar, Dwayne Johnson 124 million dollar, Robert Downey Jr 81 million dollar, Chris Hemsworth 64.5 million dollar, Jackie Chan 45.5 million dollar, Will Smith 42 million dollar, Akshay Kumar 40.5 million dollar, Adam Sandler 39.5 million dollar, Salman Khan 38.5 million dollar and Chris Evans 34 million dollar.
Earlier this year, Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan appeared in 'Forbes Top 100 Highest Paid' Entertainers list. (UNI)