Earlier this month, when Forbes journal launched its annual listing of highest-paid actors, Dwayne Johnson topped it fairly unsurprisingly. The wrestler-turned-actor had a bumper yr with two large releases – Moana 2 and Crimson One. Many of the different stars within the prime 10 had large releases behind them, barring Jerry Seinfeld, who maintained his prime 10 spot courtesy of royalties from his iconic present. But, the comedy veteran misplaced his spot because the world’s highest-paid comic to a junior – who himself had little success on the field workplace, and but earned $81 million in 2024.
The world’s highest-paid comic
Kevin Hart earned $81 million internet ($108 million gross) to finish up because the highest-paid comic in 2024. Within the total listing of all actors, Hart stood at quantity 3, behind solely Dwayne Johnson ($88 million) and Ryan Reynolds ($83 million). Surprisingly, he was forward of Jerry Seinfeld in quantity 4, who earned $60 million, largely on the again of Seinfeld and Unfrosted.
Kevin Hart jokes with Shaq’s OGs head coach Shaquille O’Neal on the NBA All-Star basketball sport in San Francisco, on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Space Information Group by way of AP)(AP)
Kevin Hart jokes with Shaq’s OGs head coach Shaquille O’Neal on the NBA All-Star basketball sport in San Francisco, on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Space Information Group by way of AP)(AP)
Kevin Hart’s most profitable yr (monetarily) earned him more cash than even Hollywood icons and superstars like Tom Cruise ($15 million), Hugh Jackman ($50 million), Brad Pitt ($32 million), and George Clooney ($31 million).
How did Kevin Hart make his hundreds of thousands
Hart relied on range, the hallmark of any good funding portfolio. In his quotation, Forbes famous that ‘no one had a extra diversified leisure slate in 2024 than Hart’. In 2024, he “starred in a theatrical launch (Borderlands), a Netflix movie (Elevate), an Amazon Prime film (Die Hart 2: Die Harter), a collection on The Roku Channel (Die Hart season three), a collection on Peacock (Combat Night time), the roast of Tom Brady on Netflix, a weekly podcast for Spotify (Gold Minds), to not point out 90 stand-up comedy reveals.”
The comic additionally earned by endorsements, along with these $81 million earnings from simply leisure work. As Forbes succinctly put it: “you principally cannot activate any display screen with out seeing the 45-year-old comic.”
