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Forbes: the highest-grossing movie actors of 2016

The most profitable players of 2016

Forbes magazine revealed which movie actors were the most profitable for movie studios in 2016. At the very top of the actors who threw the most money into the box office, a woman found herself.

Who are highest grossing movie actors 2016? The list has traditionally been published by the magazine Forbes, which is based on worldwide ticket sales for films starring leading stars, found that the actress brought in the most earnings in the current year Scarlett Johansson. She became this, although we only saw her in two films, namely the film Captain America: Civil War and Ave, Cezar!, and she lent her voice twice more, namely in the film Jungle Book and the animation Sing! The quartet of films (the lion's share was contributed by the role of the Black Widow in the film Captain America) threw at the box office 1.2 billion US dollars.

READ MORE: Forbes 2015: The Most Overpaid and Most Profitable Actors/Actresses of 2015

Chris Pratt has once again proven to be a good investment this year.
Chris Pratt has once again proven to be a good investment this year.

She was followed by her co-star from the movie Captain America, Captain America in person, Chris Evans, who shared second place with another Captain America co-star, Robert Downey Jr., who stars as Iron Man. Both brought in the box office 1.15 billion dollars. Another player was among the ten most profitable players Marvel's protégé, namely Ryan Reynolds, who portrayed the anti-hero Deadpool. Even otherwise, the ranking is dominated by actors who starred in film adaptations of comic books. They are still here Margot Robbie and Will Smith as Harley Quinn and Deadshot in the film Squad of the Unwritten, and Amy Adams, Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
She is a newcomer to the ranking Felicity Jones, who starred in three films, namely Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Inferno (an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Dan Brown) and A Monster Calls (an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Patrick Ness).

Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow.
Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow

Forbes also recently revealed which players they are the most overpaid, as well as which ones turned out to be for the best investment (it is the ratio of the money the film brought in and the fee paid to the actor). On this list, just like last year, Chris Evans landed at the top ($135.80 in earnings per dollar of fee), and Scarlett Johansson landed in third place among the actors most worth hiring. The star of the movie Jurassic World slipped in between them Chris Pratt ($125.40 in earnings per dollar of fee).

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