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Hollywood star actor, Mark Wahlberg has taken the lead spot, unseating The Rock on Forbes’ 2017 highest-paid actors list.

Forbes on Tuesday said Wahlberg made $68 million between June, 2016 and June 2017, leaving behind last year’s top earner, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

That figure sums up the Boston native’s paydays from the forthcoming comedy “Daddy’s

The Rock, who doubles as a wrestler dropped to No. 2 spot this year with $65 million, thanks to earnings from his films “Baywatch” and “Jumanji.”

Diesel, who also served as “F8’s” star and producer and voiced baby Groot in Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” was No. 3 with $54.5 million.

Just behind him in number 4 is Chinese action star, Jackie Chan, who earned an estimated $49 million.

Others are the “Avengers” star, Robert Downey Jr, in number 5; Adam Sandler number 6; Tom Cruise in number 7 and Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar rounded out the top 10.

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