Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar make it to Forbes’ 100 highest paid global celebs of 2017 list

Shah Rukh Khan is leading the Bollywood pack in the Forbes' 100 highest paid global celebs list, while Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar follow close...

Forbes recently released their list of the highest earning celebs of the year and to no one’s surprise we find the usual suspect of Shah Rukh Khan leading the Indian brigade in the list. The list itself is led by US musician P Diddy, with earnings of $130 million over the year.

The top five of the list also has singer Beyonce, Harry Potter author JK Rowling, musician Drake and footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.

Shah Rukh Khan, who appears on the list at the 65th place, has reportedly earned $38 million over the year. This is an improvement over the last year where he was at 86th place. At 65th place in the year’s list, he is also tied up with Jennifer Lopez and the music group The Chainsmokers.

This is what Forbes has to say about the Raees actor’s financial performance: “from starring roles in Bollywood movies such as Raees, for which he earns upfront fees and a cut of the back-end for his efforts, he also cashes in on endorsement deals for dozens of brands most Americans have likely never heard of.”

Salman Khan arrives at the 71st position thanks to movies like Sultan ruling at the box office and with Tubelight earning an astronomical price with its rights being sold. Here’s what the list has to say: “Khan continues to produce and star in films, earning top rupee for flicks such as Sultan, which went on to become the second-highest grossing Bollywood movie of 2016. He remains one of India’s biggest stars, despite criminal controversies.”

Akshay Kumar, who remains a fixture on the list like last year, is at 80th position, thanks to his box office reputation and the fact that he does four movies a year, and all are hits. Forbes has this to say about Khiladi Kumar, who will be next seen in Toilet – Ek Prem Katha: “Akshay mints millions through both starring and ensemble roles. He still keeps busy, starring in four movies in our scoring period. Kumar also pulls in seven figures hawking products from deodorant to Eveready batteries.”

Unfortunately, Amitabh Bachchan doesn’t make it to the list this year, nor does Aamir Khan who has the highest grossing Indian movie of all time under his belt. The main reason could be that Forbes also considers earnings from endorsement deals, and Salman, SRK and Akshay must have earned more than Aamir and AB through them.