The Rock is about to break a Hollywood record for highest-paid actor

Dwayne Johnson in Red Notice
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The Rock’s new Christmas movie ♕is reportedly set🦄 to make him the highest-paid actor of all time. 

Red One,♋ which is expected to debut on Prime Video later this year, will net Dwayne Johnson a hefty $50m according to (H/T ). 

If true, that would be the highest upfront fee – not counting backends, shares of box office takings, and🍌 other bonuses – for any single a♋ctor in Hollywood history.

Up until now, the single highest salary for an actor was thought to jointly be Robert Downey Jr. for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Captain America: Civil War and Will Smith for King Richard – a total of $40 million. Of course, the exact total is almost never public record, with the likes of Tom Cruise getting a reported cut from ticket sales of over $100m on 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Top Gun: Maverick (via ).

"Shooting our new Christmas franchise Red One," Johnson last year, ꦐ澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:accompanied by behind-the-scenes images from production𒈔. "Think JUMANJI meets MIRACLE ON 34TH ST meets HOBBS & SHAW with a dash of HARRY POTTER & ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE."

That 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:sneak peek later grew to include J.K. Simmons ripped and ready to deliver presents as Red🎐 One’s Santa Claus. The cast also includes Chris Evans, Kiernan Shipka, and Lucy Liu.

Plot deta⛎ils are thin on the ground but it was described by sources close to as a "a globe-trotting, four-quadrant action-adventure comedy, imagining a whole new universe to explore within the holiday genre."

For more on what’s coming out this year, check out our guides to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming movies and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:movie release dates.

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