Leonardo DiCaprio on top of list of highest paid actors!

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Leonardo DiCaprio has the honor of not only being an amazing actor, but he is the highest paid actor this year, according to Forbes magazine's "Hollywood's Highest-Earning Actors" list. This last year alone, DiCaprio raked in $77 million after starring in hits like Inception and Shutter Island.  The actor was in fifth last year, jumped up the list because of making money on upfront fees and a slice of the films' profits.

Johnny Depp was number of one last year with $50 million in 2010. Depp could be back on top again next year on the back of his reappearance as Jack Sparrow in this year's Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

The top five includes Adam Sandler with $40 million; Will Smith with $36 million; and Tom Hanks with $35 million. Ben StillerRobert Downey, Jr., Mark Wahlberg, Tim Allen and Tom Cruise completing the top 10.

Forbes based its ranking on box office take from May 2010 to May 2011, with the 15 actors ranked taking a combined $473 million during that period.

 

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