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Johnny Depp is Hollywood’s top earning actor at this moment after securing a $33.6 million deal for the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film.

The amount is a guaranteed minimum earning for the film, as that could increase based on the box office success of it. it also positions Deep at the top of the high earning actors above actors such as Tom Cruise or Mel Gibson, who each make around $30 million.

Studio bosses agreed with the deal as the other famous co-stars of Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom will not appear in the film.

With this deal, Depp is on the list of Hollywood’s famous and highest earning actors.

Here is the list with the Top 10 biggest payouts:

Harrison Ford ($63m) Indiana Jones 4
Tom Hanks ($48m) Angels and Demons
Cameron Diaz ($47m) What Happens in Vegas
Jim Carrey ($38m) Cable Guy
Will Smith ($30m) Hancock
Sacha Baron Cohen ($26m) Borat
Mel Gibson ($28m) Lethal Weapon 4
Matt Damon ($25m) The Bourne Supremacy
Tom Cruise ($20m) Mission: Impossible III
Robert Pattinson ($16m) Twilight Saga

For those who did not know yet Johnny Depp was voted the sexiest man alive by People magazine. What do you think?

Here it is Forbes’ new best-paid actor list, covering June 1, 2007 to June 1, 2008.

Will Smith ranked first with $80 million, Johnny Depp with $74 and Eddie Murphy with $55. He tied with Mike Myers, who also made $55 million. Others rounding out the top 10: Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruce Willis, Ben Stiller, Nicolas Cage, Will Ferrell, and Adam Sandler.

And, notes Forbes, men are still making more than women. Collectively, the big screen’s leading men took home an estimated $487 million in the past year compared with the leading ladies’ haul of $244.5 million.

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