Photo story: The highest film fees of Hollywood stars

2021-03-01T15:19:20.228Z

There are salary differences in every profession, including acting, of course. The photo story shows how much the Hollywood grandees have earned at most for their roles.

There are salary differences in every profession, including acting, of course.

The photo story shows how much the Hollywood grandees have earned at most for their roles.

Hollywood - Many parents are concerned when their child neglects a proper education in order to dream of being an actor.

From a financial point of view, on the other hand, you certainly don't have to worry about the Hollywood greats in our photo story:

20. Emma Stone

Emma Stone is an American actress born in 1988.

Not only is she the 20th highest-paid actor, she also received an Oscar and a Golden Globe for best actress for her role in the musical film La La Land in 2017.

La La Land

For a fee of US $ 26 million, Emma Stone (right) played an actress in La La Land who, like a jazz pianist played by Ryan Gosling (left), is striving for a professional breakthrough in Los Angeles.

Divided into four chapters, which are named after the four seasons, the film shows how the two artists fall in love with each other over time.

La La Land is based on an original screenplay by director Chazelle.

The name is based on the nickname of the city of Los Angeles.

19. Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds is known for films like "Deadpool" and "Self Is the Bride".

According to

Forbes magazine

, he received a particularly high fee

for the Netflix productions "Six Underground" and "Red Notice".

In addition to his work as an actor, he also worked as a producer on the films.

6 underground

The film is about six people who are selected on the basis of their competence to form an elite unit.

Their goal: to improve the future.

To do this, they have to fake their deaths.

Reynolds plays the leader named "One" in the film.

The Canadian-American actor, shown here alongside producers Ted Sarandos (left) and Scott Stuber (right), is said to have received around $ 27 million for this role.

18. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Former bodybuilder, 38th governor of California and actor - Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Austria in 1947, has worked in many different fields.

In the Terminator films, he played an android from the future.

He made a whopping $ 29 million for this job.

Terminator 3

The name of the series is based on the English word "to terminate" which means "to terminate" in German.

Specifically, the life of a woman named Sarah Connor is to be ended - by the android played by Schwarzenegger.

The film was released in 1984, followed by six more feature films and a television series.

The mind behind the story is director and screenwriter James Cameron.

17. Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt is not only a two-time Oscar winner, he also founded the film production company Plan B Entertainment.

He is also among the 20 highest paid actresses in Hollywood.

A financially particularly successful job was his role in "Ocean's Eleven" alongside other greats like George Clooney.

Ocean's Eleven

The role as Rusty Ryan earned him $ 30 million.

After his best friend Danny Ocean (George Clooney, left) is released from prison, he wins Ryan over for his next robbery.

The plan is to lighten a casino owner by $ 150 million - a week's casino revenue.

Con artist Ryan isn't exactly enthusiastic about this idea, but too curious not to go into it.

16. Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson, whose real name is Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, not only works as an actor, but also as a film director and producer.

He specializes in action films such as "Braveheart" or "The Passion of Christ".

The main highlight of his career was the 1990s.

Lethal Weapon 4

Gibson, born in 1956, received US $ 30 million for his work in "Lethal Weapon 4".

Danny Glover also starred in the 1998 film, along with Gibson.

In German-speaking countries, the film is also known under the name "Zwei Profis räum auf".

15. Scarlett Johansson

The American-Danish actress and singer Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was named the highest paid actress in 2018 and 2019.

For her role as Black Widow, whose fate caused a stir in "Avengers: Endgame", she deserved

$ 36 million.

Endgame

And contrary to expectations, her superhero role is making a comeback.

In the film “Black Widow”, which starts in 2021, Natasha Romanoff, aka “Black Widow” (second from left) will deal with the dark times of her past.

Specifically, it is about a conspiracy and an opponent who wants to eliminate Black Widow.

14. Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz was also considered the highest paid actress at times.

After a few flicks that weren't quite as successful, her role in "Bad Teacher" earned her a whopping $ 42 million.

Bad teacher

In the film, she plays a teacher who is not a role model for her students, but smokes and curses and comes to class dressed provocatively.

She also sees curricula and exams ... rather relaxed.

The only reason she's working: her wealthy partner left her.

13. Leonardo DiCaprio

One of the most successful, highest paid and best known actors is Leonardo Dicaprio.

With his leading role in the film "Inception", the American, born in 1974, earned a salary of 50 million US dollars.

The film was preceded by several years of collaboration with director Christopher Nolan, who is also behind productions such as "The Dark Knight" or "Interstellar".

Inception

"Inception" is about how your own thoughts can be influenced through conscious dreaming.

In this way, DiCaprio's character Dominick Cobb steals valuable information from the unconscious of his victims.

Then Cobb receives the task, which is considered impossible, to implant a thought in the unconscious - i.e. to carry out an inception.

12. Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp he is one of the most successful actors ever.

The “Pirates of the Caribbean” series brought in billions worldwide.

The film bosses also know that the success of the film series is largely thanks to Johnny Depp and his portrayal of the pirate Captain Jack Sparrow.

As a result, his fee increased from film to film.

Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End

While he earned "only" 10 million dollars on his first appearance as Captain Jack Sparrow, he got 55 million dollars for the third part of the series.

Johnny Depp's estimated net worth is $ 170 million.

11. Jack Nicholson

After his portrayal of the psychopath in "Shining" was criticized as "overdrawn" by critics, Jack Nicholson took on the role of the Joker - a character who is actually allowed to do everything.

And Nicholson was convincing across the board.

That paid off especially for his wallet.

So he not only got a share in the box office results, but also in the merchandise income.

He made an estimated $ 60 million from it.

Batman

“Batman” led to the first use of the age restriction “12+” in Great Britain.

The rating should prevent too young children from being able to see the film.

Fun fact: The filming of the film only lasted twelve weeks.

10. Harrison Ford

In addition to his role as Han Solo in the "Star Wars" universe, Harrison Ford has also been more than successful as an archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones.

A sequel to the film series is already in the works - again with Harrison Ford in the lead role.

Really little is known about Ford's pay in the first three Indiana Jones films from the 1980s.

But it was certainly not a little, because Harrison Ford only appeared in four films in the following eight years.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

When the planning for a final, fourth part of the Indiana Jones series began in the early 2000s, the studio had to think twice to convince Harrison Ford to become an archaeologist again.

They agreed on a profit-sharing scheme, which was split evenly between the studio, producer Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Harrison Ford.

The result was impressive, Harrison Ford earned a lot from the last Indiana Jones film to date

$ 65 million.

9. Johnny Depp

Oh, there we have him again!

Johnny Depp made it into our voting not only with the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series.

He is considered one of the most versatile actors in Hollywood - the role that earned him ninth place in our ranking confirms this:

Alice in Wonderland

Depp can often be paid for using so-called back-end points, i.e. a share in the box-office result of a film.

The commercial success of the film Alice in Wonderland, in which he played the mad hatter, earned him $ 55 million from that alone.

Added to his basic salary, he brings it to a total of around $ 65 million.

8. Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Douglas Johnson, The Rock, is not only an actor but also a former professional wrestler.

The almost two meter tall action superstar has (been) insanely successful in both careers.

He became a WWE Champion eight times, and his films often have great commercial success.

The same goes for the “The Fast and the Furios” franchise, which is no longer available on Netflix.

Through the jungle

The first part of the Jumanji franchise grossed $ 962 million worldwide.

And The Rock is also good at negotiating, with successful franchise films he should receive up to 15 percent of the film's revenues.

In addition to a base salary that is also in the millions - for "Jumani: The Next Level", for example, it is $ 23.5 million, as

Forbes

reports.

7. Tom Hanks

Many of the films in which Tom Hanks played have become modern classics: "Saving Private Ryan", "Forrest Gump", "Philadelphia".

In the US he is considered one of the nicest people in Hollywood.

He donates his money to environmental projects and is also politically active.

For example, he campaigned for the introduction of gay marriage.

An expensive box of chocolates

“Life is like a box of chocolates.

You never know what you're going to get. ”- Tom Hanks received $ 70 million for his role as Forrest Gump.

However, he could not have known this beforehand either.

The American literary film adaptation turned out to be a relatively unexpected global success.

6. Sandra Bullock

The German-American actress became known for several successful romantic comedies - "Miss Undercover", "A boss to fall in love with", "Even the bride".

Over the course of her career, she has shown her talent in numerous more serious roles, such as the true story football drama "Blind Side" or the space film "Gravity".

With "Gravity" Bullock catapults himself into the womens' fee Olympus

Sandra Bullock and the Universe.

There wasn't much more to see in “Gravity”.

It didn't have to, the film was a huge hit both commercially and with critics - a very rare combination.

The lonely astronaut role brought the German-American actress "only" 20 million dollars.

After the success of the film, however, there should have been a profit sharing of $ 70 million.

5. Robert Downey Jr.

For many Marvel fans, Robert Downey Jr. will forever be inextricably linked to his role as Iron Man Tony Stark.

So does his net worth. He made at least $ 40 million with every single "Avengers" blockbuster.

For "Iron Man 3" he even received a quarter of the total production cost of the film - 50 million dollars.

Every "Avengers" flick pours millions into Downey's wallet

With “Avengers: Endgame” the endgame was really reached.

Robert Downey Jr. earned $ 75 million from the 2019 film.

4. Always in action: Tom Cruise

Fortunately, Tom Cruise is not only known for his membership in Scientology or his failed relationships with Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes.

The fourth part of the action series "Mission Impossible - Phantom Protocol" brought Cruise a proud $ 75 million.

However, this was not the highest fee.

Save the world once please!

Before “Phantom Protocol”, Tom Cruise played in the Steven Spielberg film “War of the Worlds” and was paid a total of 100 million US dollars for it.

Wow, you can look amazed.

3. Will Smith - Every reason to smile

Will Smith, the rapping “Fresh Prince” from the 80s brought the series “The Prince of Bel Air” into cult status in the 90s.

Before that time, he repeatedly had financial problems, despite a successful career as a rapper.

Nowadays, however, money is no longer a problem for Smith.

Already flashed today?

Because he also earned whole

$ 100 million in just one role.

The character of Agent J, part of the agent duo with Tommy Lee Jones in the "Men in Black" series, brought him the three-digit million sum in the third part.

Overall, the third film in the series grossed $ 624 million.

2. Bruce Willis

At the end of the 80s, Bruce Willis did really well with the "Die Hard" films.

He didn't die after that, but everything definitely slowed down a bit.

Commercial success did not materialize at first.

However, this lull did not last too long - in the 1990s Bruce Willis collected success and money with very successful productions such as “Pulp Fiction” and “The Fifth Element”.

In Hollywood you only make a lot of money with action

Shortly before another new decade, in 1999, there was the greatest personal cinema success for Bruce Willis - his role as child psychologist Dr.

Malcolm Crowe in the movie "The Sixth Sense" made him a salary somewhere between $ 100 million and $ 120 million.

In addition to his fixed base salary of $ 20 million, his contract also guaranteed him a full 17 percent of total gross income.

1. Keanu Reeves: sad keanu

At some point, Keanu Reeves became a popular meme - “sad keanu” comes in numerous versions.

In many memes, Keanu Reeves is also celebrated for his down-to-earth attitude and humility.

So he should continue to ride the subway and is involved with large donations for various projects.

"Matrix" brings Reeves enormous sums of money

This modesty is particularly surprising because Keanu Reeves made almost $ 200 million with the "Matrix" trilogy

made.

The as yet unknown fee for the fourth part of the saga, which is due to hit cinemas in 2021, could break any records.

The shooting of the new Matrix film has already attracted a lot of attention.

Perhaps the Gage won't, because Reeves isn't an internet legend for nothing.

As the Wall Street Journal reports, the actor already waived profit-sharing in the Matrix films, and made peace with his basic fee - in order to pass on his claims to the make-up and costume designers as well as the special effects artists.

Source: merkur

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