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Despite Black Adam’s Box Office Disaster, Dwayne Johnson Surpassed Tom Cruise and Jackie Chan in This Billion and Trillion Dollar List

Published 01/09/2023, 9:30 AM EST

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We have seen our beloved actor cum former wrestler in his best of forms. However, currently, Dwayne Johnson isn’t having the best on-screen time as he has faced repeated box office duds. Despite that, he is still one of the richest actors across the globe. 

Everyone is quite aware of the chaos that Johnson’s last film, Black Adam, brought with itself. 2022 also disappointed the actor with all the disruption that he faced with the DCEU. However, The Rock came out strong and the statistics are clear evidence of it.  

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Dwayne Johnson stands on the podium for the richest actor in the world

Being a professional actor, a variety of projects have always surrounded the most electrifying man on earth. Even the OTT platforms got the actor’s back at times when a massive production fails to deliver what we expected of it. It has been quite some time since Black Adam’s release, thus, everyone is aware of the performance it did.

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The enormous loss that the film had also significantly deleted the reputation of The Great One. Some even predicted that the new addition to the DC Universe won’t get much work after this. However, the recent stats presented by the World of Statistics show the actual net worth of The Corporate Champion. 

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He stands on the podium as the third richest actor in the world, far ahead of well-known actors like Jacky Chain and Tom Cruise. This is the revert that the Black Adam’s actor had for all those who thought it was the end of his career. 

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The People’s Champion gave his years-long effort into DC’s product to make it the best. Even though things didn’t happen as planned, and multiple backlashes gained traction, Johnson remained one of the top-earning actors. Even in the strenuous days, the OTT platforms had Rocky’s back. 

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As per reports, Netflix and Amazon Studios pay more income to mega stars than DC or Marvel Studios, even though it may cause a box office failure!

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Success and failures are part of life and one cannot forget the great accomplishments of Johnson just because of his failure in some. The actor keeps on proving himself with every other project he gets involved in.

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What fans must be wishing now is to see some great works of The Rock on screen and wish that the chaos between him and DCEU gets resolved asap.

Watch this story: The Evolution of Dwayne Johnson

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Aditi Malhotra

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