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Dwayne Johnson who started off with just '$7 bucks,' dethroned Robert Downey Jr. as the world's highest paid actor with $64.5 million.

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Johnson took the spot from "Iron Man's" Robert Downey Jr, who took the 10th spot and 86th on the Forbes list with $33 million, after three years of taking the number one spot.

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The "Fast and Furious" actor took to Twitter to react to being named the world's highest-paid actor.

Others on the list include Chinese actor Jackie Chan with $61 million and Indian actors Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar with $33 million and $31.5 million respectively.

Jennifer Lawrence emerged Hollywood's highest-paid actress for the second consecutive year, with $46 million.

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