The Rock is now the highest-paid actor in the world — here's who he beat out

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has powered his way to the top. The action star is the world's highest-paid actor with $64.5 million earned in the past year, according to Forbes, supplanting previous No. 1 Robert Downey Jr.

Johnson, who more than doubled his pay compared to 2015, starred opposite Kevin Hart in "Central Intelligence," the top comedy of 2016 with over $210 million worldwide at the box office.

He's currently in the HBO series "Ballers," and has the Disney animated movie "Moana" coming in November. And he wraps shooting this year on films with big paydays, including "Fast 8" and the "Baywatch" movie. 

Johnson reacted to the news by tweeting: "I started w/ $7 bucks. If I can overcome, so can you." He added: "Waffle House on me!!"

See the full list of the world's highest-paid actors below:

(TIE) 10. Brad Pitt: $31.5 million

(TIE) 10. Akshay Kumar: $31.5 million

(TIE) 8. Robert Downey, Jr.: $33 million

Last year's top earner, Robert Downey Jr., fell to eighth place with $33 million. That's a 59% drop. This is mainly because Mr. Iron Man had to split so much of the pie with the rest of the cast in this year's big Marvel hit, "Captain America: Civil War."