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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson the Highest Grossing Actor of 2013

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Dwayne ‘The Rock' Johnson tops Forbes List

Despite, 3 being the highest grossing movie of 2013 with 1.2 billion dollars, Dwayne ‘The Rock' Johnson is having the best week ever by beating Robert Downey Jr as the top-grossing actor.

Iron Man was Downey's only movie of 2013, while Dwayne Johnson had one huge after another not including two smaller films. Together they added up to $1.3 billion dollars at the global box office for Dwayne ‘The Rock' Johnson's projects.

With another Fast and Furious movie scheduled to be released next year, Johnson should have another great year in . He could do even better with the major feature film, . Herecules centers on the mythological 's life after he completes his famous 12 labors, and many critics commented that this project has major potential.

helped put actors high on the list including and the late Paul Walker. Vin Diesel earned $887 million and came in fourth place.

But, remember grosses are not the same as earnings.

Downey outearned Johnson by $29 million with $75 million in estimated earnings between June 2012 and June 2013, the period we used for the latest edition of our 100 list. The numbers we're at here are how many dollars each 's movies brought in at the box office worldwide this year (Forbes).

But, with his recent success expect The Rock's manager and agent leverage larger deals for their client!

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