Deepika, Priyanka in Bollywood’s top 10 earners

MUMBAI:Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra are the only two actresses to feature on Forbes magazine’s list of the 10 highest paid Bollywood actors, a list topped by Shah Rukh Khan.

Deepika ranks sixth with earnings of $11 million, while Priyanka shares the seventh spot with Deepika’s beau Ranveer Singh with earnings of $10 million.

Shah Rukh has left his contemporaries Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Aamir Khan behind, despite having got lukewarm response for his last few films such as “Fan”, “Dilwale” and “Jab Harry Met Sejal”. His endorsement deals and profitable productions helmed by his banner Red Chillies Entertainment, helped him make $38 million between June 1, 2016, and June 1, 2017, before fees and taxes, forbes.com reported. Not far behind him is Salman, with earnings of $37 million in last year.

Salman gained profits from the success of “Sultan” and “retains a slew of advertisements and a not-for-profit line of clothing and jewellery that benefits his Being Human Foundation”.

The Khans are followed by National Award winner Akshay Kumar.

Kumar's golden run at the Indian box office doesn’t seem to stop anytime soon. The “Khiladi” star is listed at the third position at earnings of $35.5 million, with hits like “Rustom”, “Jolly LLB 2”, “Naam Shabana” and “Toilet: Ek Prem Katha”.

Shah Rukh, Salman and Akshay are also included in Forbes magazine’s World’s Highest Paid Actors 2017 list and ranked at eighth, ninth and 10th position. With the unprecedented success of “Dangal”, Aamir is ranked fourth in the list with collections of $12.5 million.

Hrithik Roshan has rounded off the top five with earnings of $11.5 million. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan ($9 million) and actor Ranbir Kapoor ($8.5 million) have been ranked ninth and 10th in the list, reports forbes.com.

Earnings estimates are based on data from Box Office India.