Leonardo DiCaprio is the highest paid actor in Hollywood

Leonardo DiCaprio has topped Forbes magazine's annual list of the highest earning male Hollywood actors with estimated earnings of $77m (£47m) over the last year.

It's the first time DiCaprio has made it to the No 1 spot, and follows the blockbuster success of his films Inception and Shutter Island last year. The actor replaces Johnny Depp, who slips to No 2 with $50m earned through his roles in the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film and animated adventure Rango.

Third place goes to Adam Sandler, with estimated earnings of $40m in the past 12 months. The critics are rarely kind, but Sandler remains a shoo-in for box office glory. His most recent film, Just Go With It, took $214m across the globe despite damning reviews. Will Smith is in fourth place, with an estimated $36m in earnings over the past year. He was reportedly paid a large upfront fee after signing on for a third Men in Black film, due for release next May. Tom Hanks grabs fifth place, with $35m, thanks largely to the success of Pixar's Toy Story 3, in which he once again provided the voice of Woody.

Ben Stiller lands further down the list at No 6 with $34m, Robert Downey Jr is seventh with $31m and Mark Wahlberg grabs eighth with $28m. Tim Allen is in ninth place with $22m, due once again to the success of Toy Story 3 (he voices Buzz Lightyear), and Tom Cruise is 10th (also with $22m). If anything, the latter's fading star may be the most notable talking point of the list: it wasn't so long ago that Cruise could command more than $22m for each film he starred in.

The familiarity of the names on the men's list is in relative contrast to the women's equivalent, published by Forbes last month. While established stars such as Angelina Jolie and Sarah Jessica Parker (both $30m) ruled the roost, the top 10 also featured relative newcomers Kristen Stewart and Katherine Heigl. Had gender not been taken into consideration, Jolie, Parker and Jennifer Aniston ($28m) would all have made the top 10.

Leonardo DiCaprio, the Hollywood actor called the greatest gains

Displaced star Johnny Depp, the largest source of 'the previous year, according to Forbes annual list, which estimated revenues May 1.

DiCaprio has two big films "Shutter Island" and "Inception" grossed a total of 1.2 billion dollars (740 million pounds) at the box office. In addition to the expense of the actor received a share of profits in the movies.

Depp, which is significantly increasing over the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films, won second star this year at an estimated $ 50 million (£ 31 million.)

Adam Sandler, who starred in "Grown Ups", was the third place with $ 40 million (£ 25 million), before Will Smith $ 36 million (£ 22 million) and Tom Hanks, who made about $ 35 million (£ 21,000,000 million).

Offers a salary Movie Stars' are often complicated and shrouded in secrecy and Forbes made his estimate after talking with industry insiders including agents and producers.

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Hollywood careers are based on the chip (and not always obvious) choice. The two men up to our list of the highest in Hollywood, winning players are living proof that the. While Johnny Depp at the top of our list last year with $ 75 million, Leonardo DiCaprio jumps from fifth to first place to beat for the first time Depp. Over the past year Depp made $ 50 million to $ 77 million DiCaprio. The two actors have achieved wealth and fame by taking unusual decisions in their careers.

After starring in the 1997 smash-hit Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio had to choose her roles. Young actor could have easily become a romantic comedy, action, or palpitations Hero. Instead, he waited for the offers of large, leaders seriously. In 2000 he starred in Danny Boyle's Beach. Two years later, teaming with Martin Scorsese for the first time in Gangs of New York. In the same year, Steven Spielberg directed the young actor Catch Me If You Can.

Some of his films were blockbusters, but they have established a reputation for DiCaprio as someone who can work with the best directors in the world.

Top of Hollywood's highest paid actor: Leonardo DiCaprio

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is shown in a tour of "Inception" press in Tokyo.

Featuring two highly successful films in 2010, was crowned the most profitable player in Hollywood this year. Forbes was also the numbers from May 2010 to May 2011, DiCaprio could be high on the list of highest earning players a salary estimated $ 77 million. He took the company's profits rather than a bunch of movies, but only two hit films of last year. DiCaprio has starred in over Shutter Island and Inception, a film that has earned a total of $ 1.2 billion at the box office. And all the (bank) accounts, DiCaprio had been adequately compensated for their work.

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