Akshay Kumar has become the only Indian to be named under Forbes 100 in 2020. The actor's pre-tax earnings this year are roughly Rs. 366 crore (considered from June 2019-May 2020), which is 100 crore less from 2019, owing to coronavirus and its after-effects.
Akshay landed at no. 52 on this year's celebrity 100 with pretax earnings of US $48 million (which is roughly Rs 366 crore) and has out-earned some Hollywood stars like Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise. The highest earning celebrity on the list is Kylie Jenner with US $590 million, which is approximately Rs. 4,453 crore.
“I just wanted to earn around Rs. One crore, that's it. But I'm a human being, and when I made my first, I thought, why can't I make 100 crores. To be honest there was no stopping me”, shared Akshay Kumar.
Forbes listing puts Akshay's collaboration with the streaming giant Amazon Prime Video for the actor's digital debut series 'The End' as one of the reasons for him being in the list of highest paid celebrities this year.
While locked down at home amidst the pandemic, Akshay Kumar is keeping himself busy by binge-watching TV shows and spending time with his family. The actor feels one has to change with time, “From screenplays and scripts to technology and the way of shooting and the audience. The zeros in my check have changed. Everything has changed.”
