Hu Ge, Yang Yang, Chen Kun top-earning male stars
Jing has been raking in serious cash for his roles in ‘Monster Hunt’ and ‘Time Raiders’, while Liu, who is only 20, had a rollicking time earning big money via a starring role in ‘Detective Chinatown’.
BEIJING: Hu Ge, Yang Yang and Chen Kun are the topearning actors in China, each commanding per-movie filming fees of at least 100 million yuan ( RM62.4 million).
In 2015, Hu starred in espionage drama The Disguiser, which was met with critical acclaim and dominated ratings. This was followed by Nirvana in Fire, a turning point in his acting career.
Yang Yang is one of China’s hottest rising stars and was the leading man of the hit drama Love O2O.
Chen has been cast in republican spy drama Lost in 1949 as a twin brother, and historical period drama The Rise of Phoenixes as a calculative and ambitious royal prince. He is also producing the two dramas.
In contrast, top actresses like Fan Bingbing, Yang Mi, Sun Li and Zhang Ziyi each command per-movie fees of about 80 million yuan ( RM49.9 million).
Also among the top earners are Jing Boran and Liu Horan, whose asking fees are 90 million ( RM56.2 million) per movie.
Both Jing and Liu have been on the rise, thanks to their roles in recent blockbusters.
Jing has been raking in serious cash for his roles in Monster Hunt and Time Raiders, while Liu, who is only 20, had a rollicking time earning big money via a starring role in Detective Chinatown.
Lower down the totem pole are stars commanding 80 million yuan per movie, such as Wallace Chung, Li Yifeng, Wallace Hou, Wu Xiubo, Kenny Lin, Zhang Yixing, Lu Han, Huang Zitao and William Chan.
Also in this category are members of TFBoys Karry Wang Junkai, Roy Wang Yuan and Jackson Yee.
Listed in the 70 million yuan category are stars like Hans Zhang, Luo Jin and Sun Honglei.
Surprisingly, Huang Xiaoming makes an average of “only” 60 million yuan per movie, while his wife Angelababy’s asking fee is 80 million yuan per movie.
In the same ranking as Huang are stars from Taiwan like Vic Chou, Ethan Juan, Chen Bolin and Mark Chao.
Named in the 50 million yuan category are Tong Dawei, Shawn Yue, Hu Yitian, Hawick Lau, Shawn Dou and Darren Wang.
On the other hand, Nicky Wu, Ming Dao and Hu Jun are at the 40-million-yuan mark.
Hong Kong stars are way down the list. For example, actor Julian Cheung, best known for his Triumph in the Skies series and movie, commands a permovie fee of 30 million yuan ( RM18.7 million).