Although he has not done too well with any of his latest films, George Clooney managed to rank, according to a ranking of Forbes magazine, in the first place of the actors and actresses best payments in the entertainment industry.
However, the actor of Ocean's Eleven owes much to his venture with the favorite drink of Mexicans: tequila. From there he obtained the bulk of his annual profit.
According to Forbes, for one year (June 1, 2017 to June 1 of this year), George Clooney earned $ 239 million.
Dwayne Johnson follows with 119 million. "La Roca" did very well after starring in the box office Jumanji: Welcome to the jungle.
Gone are two Marvel: Robert Downey Jr. (Ironman), with 79 million dollars and Chris Hemsworth (Thor) with 64.5 million.
While the best gains obtained by the actresses were quite far from the figures accumulated by their colleagues. For example, in the same period, Scarlett Johansson earned 40.5 million dollars, Angelina Jolie 28 million and Jennifer Aniston, 19.5 million.
What was the secret of George Clooney, at 57, to reach the top of this ranking? The sale of its brand of Tequila Casamigos to the British multinational, Diageo. There, of moved, it obtained near 250 million dollars.
The transaction was made in June of this year for an amount of 700 million dollars with the possibility of extending to one billion, depending on the performance of the brand in the next 10 years.
Only for this sale Clooney accumulated 233 million. The rest was added with royalties and rights of different films.
George Clooney founded the brand in 2013 with two friends, Rande Gerber and Mike Meldman. In principle they did not project a big business but the possibility of sharing one of their passions: Tequila.
This is the list:
1- George Clooney: 239 million dollars.
2- Dwayne Johnson: 119 million dollars.
3- Robert Downey Jr: 79 million dollars.
4- Chris Hemsworth: 64.5 million dollars.
5- Jackie Chan: 45.5 million dollars.
6- Will Smith: 42 million dollars.
7- Akshay Kumar: 40.5 million dollars.
8- Adam Sandler: 39.5 million dollars.
9- Chris Evans: 34 million dollars.
10- Salman Khan: 33.5 million dollars.
ACTRESSES
1- Scarlett Johansson: 40.5 million dollars.
2- Angelina Jolie: 28 million dollars.
3- Jennifer Aniston: 19.5 million dollars.
4- Jennifer Lawrence: 18 million dollars.
5- Reese Witherspoon: 16.5 million dollars.
6- Mila Kunis: 16 million dollars.
7- Julia Roberts: 13 million dollars.
8- Cate Blanchett: 12.5 million dollars.
9- Melissa McCarthy: 12 million dollars.
10- Gal Gadot: 10 million dollars.