According to the latest Forbes’ annual highest-paid celebrities in the world’s entertainment scene, popular Bollywood stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Team India’s cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni made it to the top 100 list. Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan jointly made India proud at the 71st position, with earnings of $33.5 million each.
Speaking about Amitabh, Forbes said that the ‘Bollywood stalwart’ has starred in more than 150 movies in his 50-year old career and that most of his earnings come from the superhit game show Kaun Banega Crorepati. Meanwhile, Salman’s Being Human clothing line registered a record $30 million revenue in 2014 and most of these earnings are routed to his Being Human charity foundation.
World renowned professional boxer Mayweather topped the The Forbes 2015 list of ‘Celebrity 100: The World’s Top-Paid Entertainers 2015′, with total earnings of $300 million. Yet another Bollywood action star, Akshay Kumar, made it to the list securing the 76th rank with earnings of $32.5 million, while Dhoni made it to the 82nd rank with earnings of $31 million.
What makes the Forbes’ list more special is that both Amitabh and Salman earned more than some of the well known A-listed Hollywood stars like Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and Channing Tatum. Other world celebs that made it to the top 100 are boxer Manny Pacquiao at 2nd rank with $160 million, singer Taylor Swift, Tennis star Roger Federer, TV star Kim Kardashian, golfer Tiger Woods and Tom Cruise.
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