Leonardo DiCaprio gets highest paid actor on the Forbes magazine list 2011
Leonardo DiCaprio's role in Christopher Nolan's mind-bending science fiction flick helped him dethrone Alice In Wonderland star Johnny Depp on the list of Hollywood's highest paid actors.
Inceptional box office performance! Leonardo DiCaprio has good reason to smirk after it emerged today he topped Forbes magazine's list of top-earning actors after walking away with $77 million
However there was bad news for the UK, as not a single British actor secured a place in the top-ten.
DiCaprio's bumper 2010 payday come from the success of his films Inception and Shutter Island which took over more than $1.1 billion at the worldwide box office combined.
Nolan's Oscar-winning hit earned more than $825 million, while Shutter Island pulled in just short of $300 million.
As well as earning more than $15m for each picture he picked up a slice of the profits, according to Forbes magazine in their annual review of salaries.
DiCaprio,36, who is dating actress Blake Lively following his split with model Bar Refaeli, earned almost twice as much as Angelina Jolie and Sarah Jessica Parker.
They tied for first place in the Forbes list of Hollywood top earning female stars published last month.
Last year's table topper Depp was knocked down to second place with earnings of $50m, despite starring in the year's second biggest box office success Alice In Wonderland, which pulled in $1.024 billion.
His turn in the critically derided The Tourist was no match for DiCaprio's crowd-pleasing double.
Hatter boy! Johnny Depp has no reason to be down in the dumps as he still earned a whopping $50 million despite losing his top spot
Sand in your face! Adam Sandler has bragging rights over Will Smith after beating him off for third place in the list of wealthy actors
Will he be pleased? Superstar Smith will be hoping to place even higher on next year's list after falling behind funnyman Sandler
However he may soon make a return to the top spot, as his reprisal of the role of Captain Jack Sparrow in the fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean movie helped it become billion dollar busting box office success.
Adam Sandler was third on the list with an estimated $40 million in wages. His most recent film Grown Ups was his most successful with over $250m at the box office.
Forbes based their figures from talking with agents, lawyers, producers and other industry insiders.
Corn from the Hobb! Leonardo's leading role in Christopher Nolan's Oscar-winning hit Inception was the main reason he took the top spot
How much? No doubt DiCaprio's Shutter Island co-star Mark Ruffalo will be envious when he hears how much he coined in
Will Smith makes fourth on the list thanks in part to his soon to be released Men in Black 3.
He is said to have been paid $36m to reprise his role as an alien hunting special agent.
Hanky panky! Tom Hanks has been a naughty boy after making a fortune despite starring in flop Larry Crowne
Stiller big star! Ben had plenty of box office appeal due to his turn as Gaylord Focker and has the cash to prove it
Superhero earnings! Robert Downie Jr was rewarded with a stack of cash for thrilling fans in Iron Man 2
Tom Hanks, who had the biggest flop of his career with the recently released Larry Crowne, is fifth among the highest paid.
As director, writer and star of the romantic comedy with Julia Roberts his earnings were $35m in 2010 and he has a starring role in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,co-starring Sandra Bullock.
Ben Stiller has Gaylord Focker to thank for making sixth on the list with $34m, while the success of the Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes films means Robert Downey Jr is seventh with earnings of $31m.
Fighter's purse! Mark Wahlberg's turn as boxer Micky Ward earned him a funky stash of cash
Beyond wealthy! Tim Allen's role as Buzz Lightyear helped his bank balance become infinitely bigger
Cruise a lucky boy! It had seemed an impossible mission for superstar Tom to get back on the list
Tim Allen earned a staggering $22m from voicing the role of Buzz Lightyear in the year's biggest box office success Toy Story 3 to be placed ninth.
Tom Cruise makes the top ten with $22m from his role in the latest in the Mission:Impossible series.
Unfortunately Daniel Radcliffe, the only British star to make the top ten in recent years, dropped out following the completion of the final Harry Potter film.
No Potter gold! Daniel Radcliffe dropped off the list after not making enough cash from JK Rowling's blockbuster series
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