According to Forbes’ 2012 highest-paid actors, Mission: Impossible star Tom Cruise topped the list with $75 million between May 2011 and May 2012, which make him the highest-paid actor in Hollywood, thanks to the $700 million box office of the latest Mission: Impossible movie.
Cruise is ahead of the two actors who tied for second place on our list: Leonardo DiCaprio and Adam Sandler with $38 million. Twilight stars Lautner Taylor and his Robert Pattinson made the tenth place with earnings of $26.5 million each.
1. Tom Cruise
July 2011 to July 2012 Earnings: $75 million
2= Leonardo DiCaprio
July 2011 to July 2012 Earnings: $37 million
2= Adam Sandler
July 2011 to July 2012 Earnings: $37 million
4. Dwayne Johnson
July 2011 to July 2012 Earnings: $36 million
5. Ben Stiller
July 2011 to July 2012 Earnings: $33 million
6= Sacha Baron Cohen
July 2011 to July 2012 Earnings: $30 million
6= Johnny Depp
July 2011 to July 2012 Earnings: $30 million
6= Will Smith
July 2011 to July 2012 Earnings: $30 million
9. Mark Wahlberg
July 2011 to July 2012 Earnings: $27 million
10= Taylor Lautner
July 2011 to July 2012 Earnings: $26.5 million
10= Robert Pattinson
July 2011 to July 2012 Earnings: $26.5 million
