Last week Forbes released its World's Highest-Paid Actors list and sitting at the coveted top spot was "Transformers" star Mark Wahlberg, who pulled in a whopping $68 million over the last year.
However, Emma Stone, who won an Oscar for her performance in "La La Land," topped the highest-paid actress list with just $26 million.
In fact, you have to go all the way down the male list to No. 15 (Ryan Reynolds, with $21.5 million) before Stone's earnings come close to her male counterparts' pay.
The age and wage gap in Hollywood is something that has been discussed for quite sometime, but are things actually getting worse for women?
ABC News spoke with experts in the field of Hollywood and economics to break down the disparity and see why there's a $40 million difference between the highest paid actor and actress this year.
Forbes bases its earnings estimates on information and figures from Nielsen, ComScore, Box Office Mojo and industry experts, among other sources.
Actors and Actresses
The top 10 actors on Forbes' list raked in almost $500 million last year. That number crushed the top 10 women by almost three-fold.
Natalie Robehmed, an associate editor at Forbes covering media and entertainment, said it all comes down to role options for women and men.
"If you look at the top 10, there's Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel," she said. "Those are action stars. There are simply fewer roles in the big budget action movies that go to women."
Robehmed did give the example of Jennifer Lawrence, whose earnings jumped after the first "Hunger Games" movie was released.
"For those 'Hunger Games' movies, Jennifer Lawrence was very well compensated," she said. "Her pay escalated as the franchise went on, she was also able to renegotiate and pay more on later installments."
And that negotiation has paid off for male actors attaching themselves to movies with multiple sequels, like Wahlberg for "Transformers" and Diesel and Johnson for their "Fast & Furious" franchise.
Robehmed said we'll just have to wait and see if the "Wonder Woman" sequels, starring Gal Gadot, or the possible success of Brie Larson's "Captain Marvel" in 2019 can help leading women compete with the likes of Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. in the superhero genre.
"We haven't quite got there yet," she added.