Kevin Hart Knocks Down Jerry Seinfeld, Becomes World’s Highest

Kevin Hart Knocks Down Jerry Seinfeld, Becomes World’s Highest Paid Comedian
For the last ten years, Jerry Seinfeld has been the world’s highest paid comedian but now, it’s changed!
American actor and comedian, Kevin Darnell Hart dethrones Jerry as he hits total amount of $87.5 million between June 2015 and June 2016 which geared him to the position of the world’s highest paid comedian.
via Forbes:
The reason for Hart’s dominance is simple: He tours like no other comedian. In the 12-month period, Hart played over 100 shows with an average gross of over $1 million at each stop. And these shows aren’t at dingy comedy clubs; Hart played stadiums and arenas, including Madison Square Garden and the Staples Center. Because the stand-up comedian’s set requires little more than a stool, water bottle and microphone, he takes home a larger cut of that gross than most rock stars would.
“He is a comedian, of course, but he is drawing crowds that you would typically only see for musician,” says Gary Bongiovanni, editor of Pollstar. “Only a few comedians [are] capable of playing sports arenas the way that Kevin Hart does.”
To pad his tour earnings—which make up the overwhelming majority of his eight-figure haul—Hart took to both the big and small screens, starring in the films Central Intelligence and Secret Life of Pets, and shooting commercials for Hyundai, Foot Locker and H&M.