Adam Sandler and Margot Robbie were 2023’s highest-paid actors — but one is definitely making more than the other (and all the rest, too) with the difference being … Netflix.
Forbes put out a list of all the big-shot actors who cleaned up last year — and their ranking based on the numbers is interesting … for a few different reasons, we suppose. For starters, the Sandman is king of the Hollywood money machine, having raked in $73 mil in ’23.
If you’re wondering where all that dough came from — you can thank the biggest streamer in showbiz for lining his pockets … Adam had 4 Netflix movies total that released last year.
Adam starred in “Murder Mystery 2,” “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah,” “Leo” and “Spaceman” … with that last one being released this year, although he already got paid for it.
Netflix and Adam have been in business for years now — he’s got an exclusive deal with them to produce a crap ton of flicks … and he’s certainly fulfilling his end of the bargain. In return, the guy’s getting paid handsomely … which is nuts considering these are streaming movies we’re talking about here. Just goes to show … this is the way of the future!
Margot, meanwhile, made $59 million last year … obviously, most of that is “Barbie” money — it made over $1 billion at the box office — and she had a small cameo in “Asteroid City.”
The difference between Margot and Adam — aside from the $14 mil — is that MR’s an old-fashioned actress in the sense that her movies are strictly in theaters. Hmm … interesting.
The rest of the list isn’t all that surprising, as it includes a lot of big names — including Tom Cruise ($45M), Ryan Gosling ($43M), Matt Damon ($43M), Jennifer Aniston ($42M), Leonardo DiCaprio ($41M), Jason Statham ($41M), Ben Affleck ($38M) and Denzel Washington ($24M).
Something else folks are noticing about this list … a lot more dudes than chicks. So yeah, there seems to be a bit of a wage gap in H’wood still — and the fellas are well on top.