A: “Forbes” magazine just revealed Hollywood’s top 10 highest-paid stars of 2023.
B: How much did those superstars make last year?
A: Denzel Washington was at No. 10, having made US$24 million, which is about NT$771 million.
Photo: Reuters 照片：路透
B: That’s an astronomical figure to me.
A: No. 9 to No. 6 were: Ben Affleck with US$38 million, Jason Statham with US$41 million, Leonardo DiCaprio with US$41 million, and Jennifer Aniston with US$42 million.
A: 《富比世》最近公布了好萊塢去年的片酬排行榜。
B: 大明星的片酬到底有多高？
A: 第10名是丹佐華盛頓、片酬2400萬美元，大約7.7億台幣。
B: 天啊這根本是天文數字！
A: 第9到6名是︰班艾佛列克、3800萬美元，傑森史塔森、4100萬美元，李奧納多狄卡皮歐、4100萬美元，珍妮佛安妮斯頓、4200萬美元。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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