List of highest paid film actors
Salaries for the world's highest paid film actors currently range from $20–30 million, but an actor can earn substantially more by deferring all or part of their salary against a percentage of the film's gross, known within the industry as a "profit participation" deal. Since not all salaries are made public, this is a non-definitive list of actors who have received $30 million or more as compensation for their services. The figures are given at their nominal value, since earnings from profit based deals are accumulated over many years, making it unfeasible to adjust for inflation.
| Actor | Film | Year | Salary | Total income | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reeves, KeanuKeanu Reeves | Matrix Reloaded, TheThe Matrix Reloaded The Matrix Revolutions |
2003 | $30,000,000 | $156,000,000 | [1] |
| Willis, BruceBruce Willis | Sixth Sense, TheThe Sixth Sense | 1999 | $14,000,000 | $100,000,000 | [1] |
| Cruise, TomTom Cruise | Mission Impossible 2Mission: Impossible II | 2000 | $100,000,000 | [1] | |
| Cruise, TomTom Cruise | War of the Worlds | 2005 | $100,000,000 | [1] | |
| Smith, WillWill Smith | Men in Black 3 | 2012 | $100,000,000 | [2] | |
| Bullock, SandraSandra Bullock | Gravity | 2013 | $20,000,000 | $70,000,000+ | [3] |
| Hanks, TomTom Hanks | Forrest Gump | 1994 | $70,000,000 | [1] | |
| Cruise, TomTom Cruise | Mission Impossible 1Mission: Impossible | 1996 | $70,000,000 | [1] | |
| Ford, HarrisonHarrison Ford | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | 2008 | $65,000,000 | [4] | |
| Nicholson, JackJack Nicholson | Batman | 1989 | $6,000,000 | $60,000,000 | [1][5] |
| DiCaprio, LeonardoLeonardo DiCaprio | Inception | 2010 | $59,000,000 | [6] | |
| Depp, JohnnyJohnny Depp | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | 2011 | $35,000,000 | $55,000,000 | [6][7] |
| Downey, Jr., RobertRobert Downey, Jr. | Avengers, TheThe Avengers | 2012 | $50,000,000 | [8] | |
| DiCaprio, LeonardoLeonardo DiCaprio | Titanic | 1997 | $40,000,000 | [1] | |
| Hanks, TomTom Hanks | Saving Private Ryan | 1998 | $40,000,000 | [1] | |
| Depp, JohnnyJohnny Depp | Alice in Wonderland | 2010 | $40,000,000 | [6] | |
| Carrey, JimJim Carrey | Yes Man | 2008 | $35,000,000 | [9] | |
| Gibson, MelMel Gibson | Lethal Weapon 4 | 1998 | $30,000,000 | $30,000,000 | [1] |
| Pitt, BradBrad Pitt | Ocean's Eleven | 2001 | $10,000,000 | $30,000,000 | [1] |
| Schwarzenegger, ArnoldArnold Schwarzenegger | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | 2003 | $29,250,000 | $29,250,000+ | [10] |
References
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- ↑ Masters, Kim (5 June 2013). "Will Smith's 'After Earth' Apocalypse: Who Loses Most". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ↑ Galloway, Stephen (26 February 2014). "Sandra Bullock to Make $70 Million (At Least) for 'Gravity' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ↑ Pomerantz, Dorothy (10 June 2009). "Hollywood's Top-Earning Actors". Forbes. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013.
- ↑ Thompson, Peter A. (1997). Jack Nicholson: the life and times of an actor on the edge. Carol Publishing Group. p. 214. ISBN 9781559724203.
By 1994, it had reportedly reached $60 million.
- 1 2 3 Newcomb, Peter (March 2011). "Hollywood's Top 40". Vanity Fair. p. 2. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ↑ Sylt, Christian (22 July 2014). "Fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean Is Most Expensive Movie Ever With Costs Of $410 Million". Forbes. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
One of the biggest costs of making On Stranger Tides was paying the production staff and actors with Mr Depp alone believed to have received $55 million for the movie.
- ↑ Heath, Chris (April 2013). "Profile: Robert Downey Jr.". GQ. p. 3. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ↑ Schuker, Lauren E. (2 April 2009), "Hollywood Squeezes Stars' Pay in Slump", The Wall Street Journal, archived from the original on 16 June 2013
- ↑ Arnold Schwarzenegger received a $29,250,000 salary for Terminator 3 plus a 20% royalty on the worldwide box office gross over $380 million. The film ultimately had a global gross of $433 million.[1]
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