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Mark Wahlberg, $17 Million

After he was Marky Mark, Wahlberg got serious about acting. He's been in films like Boogie Nights and The Basketball Diaries, none of which paid him as much as Transformers: Age of Extinction did. His $17 million check was well-earned.

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