Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan enter the Forbes list, Shah Rukh Khan goes missing

Just like every year, Forbes has once again released the list of Highest Paid celebrities in the world for this year. On the list, Salman Khan stands on the 82nd position whereas Akshay Kumar stands on the 76th position. The copy also highlights the earnings of these celebs and Akshay’s income has been shown as $40.5 Mn, whereas Salman’s earning sums up at $37.7 Mn.

But what caught everyone’s eyes was Shah Rukh Khan’s absence from the Forbes list as he has been a regular name on the list for quite some time now.

Describing the ‘PadMan’ actor, the magazine wrote, “One of Bollywood’s leading men has transitioned to socially-conscious roles, such as ‘Toilet,’ a comedy supporting government campaigns to improve sanitation, and ‘Padman,’ about a guy hoping to provide inexpensive sanitary pads to rural communities. He still mints millions from backend profits and endorsing some 20 brands, including Tata and Eveready.”

Whereas for Salman Khan, Forbes wrote, “This Bollywood mainstay continues to produce and star in hits such as ‘Tiger Zinda Hai,’ cashing in on backend profits. Coupled with a slew of endorsements from Suzuki motorcycles to Chlormint gum, he remains one of India’s top earners.”

Mayweather is on the top of the list with earnings of total $285 million and George Clooney is ranked second. Kylie Jenner is on the third while football star Cristiano Ronaldo has also made it in the list. Forbes also stated that the world’s 100 top-earning entertainers pulled in a combined $6.3 billion pretax over the past 12 months, up 22% from last year and 11 superstars crossed the $100 million benchmark.

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