The News Minute| July 22, 2014| 10.00 am IST

Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr has topped the Forbes list of highest paid actors, again. 

Forbes estimates that the Iron Man actor earned $75 million dollars between June 2013 and June 2014, the same amount as he earned last year. Forbes says Downey reigns as the highest paid man in Hollywood as Marvel would find it tough to continue making Iron Man and Avengers films without him.
The movies have raked in close to 4 billion dollars at the global box office.

Dwayne Johnson with $52 million comes second in the lost. The old wrestling star is now a full time Hollywood hero and is now playing lead man.

With 46 million dollars in his pocket last year Bradley Cooper of the Hangover franchise comes third in the list. Leonardo DiCaprio comes fourth, with his Great Gatsby becoming a box office hit the actor raked in 39 million dollars last year.

Newcomer Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor ranks 5th on list of Top Earning Actors with $37 million.

Other actors like Liam Neeson, Christian Bale, Ben Affleck and Will Smith also feature in Top 10