#1 The Rock ($185-$190 Million)
The Rock was on the fast track to becoming one of the most decorated Superstars in WWE history early on in his career.
A seven-time WWE Champion by the age of 30, The Rock decided to take a hiatus from the ring to pursue Hollywood full-time after hosting an episode of Saturday Night Live in 2000.
What started off as a part-time hiatus, however, turned into much more as The Rock shined on the big screen, with starring roles in The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King, The Rundown, and Walking Tall.
Knowing what we know now about The Rock’s ability to act and his movie star charisma, it’s safe to say “The Most Electrifying Man in Sports-Entertainment” made the right choice.
From 2005-2010, The Rock had starring roles in thirteen major motion pictures, ranging from Doom to Gridiron Gang to The Tooth Fairy, making him one of the higher-paid actors in Hollywood.
His movie career exploded shortly after, with a role in the latest film in the Fast & Furious franchise, Fast Five in 2011. From that point on, The Rock was to be considered one of, if not the premier actor in all of Hollywood.
Starring roles in GI Joe: Retaliation and Pain & Gain the following year and his recurring role in the next Fast & Furious movie would solidify The People’s Champ’s spot in Hollywood. With not much else to do in Hollywood, The Rock came back to WWE to pursue another Heavyweight title run and was successful in doing so when he defeated CM Punk at Royal Rumble in 2013.
However, the title reign was short-lived as he lost to John Cena at WrestleMania a couple of months later.
That lead to The Rock heading back to Hollywood for good, where he would become undoubtedly the biggest box-office star the movie world had to offer. The biggest role of The Rock’s life was next, as he starred in San Andreas, which was one of the highest grossing movies of 2015.
Since then, The Rock has starred in another movie from the Fast & Furious franchise, The Fate of the Furious, and also starred opposite Kevin Hart in the comedy, Central Intelligence, and will soon star in another major motion picture, Baywatch.
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