A: So who were Hollywood’s highest-paid stars of 2023?
B: No. 5 to No. 2 were: Matt Damon with US$43 million, Ryan Gosling with US$43 million, Tom Cruise with US$45 million, and Margot Robbie with US$59 million.
A: Didn’t Tom Cruise top the list?
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B: Nope, Adam Sandler was No.1, having made US$73 million, which is about NT$2.34 billion.
A: Wow, maybe I should change my career to acting.
A: 好萊塢去年的片酬排行榜前幾名是誰?
B: 第5到2名是︰麥特戴蒙、4300萬美元,雷恩葛斯林、4300萬美元,湯姆克魯斯、4500萬美元,瑪格羅比、5900萬美元。
A: 冠軍竟然不是阿湯哥?
B: 是亞當山德勒、片酬7300萬美元,大約23.4億台幣!
A: 天啊或許我也該轉行當演員啦。
(By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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