Want to know which actor getting paid the most in Hollywood? Here are the five highest paid actors in Hollywood and why movie studios decide to pay them so much money.
Recently, studios have been tightening their budgets and negotiating smaller upfront salaries and larger back end deals with major actors. The reason is to protect the studios from suffering from a major box office flop. That is why you see more reboots and spinoffs instead of original movie ideas, it is simply a safer bet.
Even though there has been a general shift in compensation for actors, there are still a select few actors whose box office numbers actually pay off.
Currently, there are six people in the so-called “$20 Million Club,” – actors who are paid $20 million upfront, and there are even more who are able to ask for $15 million. The reason some can get that kind of money is pretty clear, these are the biggest movie stars of the 21st century. They are the actors whose name alone can fill a movie theater. They are the people with millions of fans, followers, and cult followings.
Here are 5 actors who’s box office earns them the big bucks upfront.
5 Highest Paid Actors in Hollywood
5. Matt Damon
Highest paid role: $20 Million – Jason Bourne
Lifetime box office gross: 37 titles – $2,722,705,329
Average box office: $73,586,631
Highest grossing film (worldwide): $481.8 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
4. Bradley Cooper
Highest paid role: $15 million The Hangover Part III (2013)
Lifetime box office gross: 23 titles – $2,476,957,026
Average box office: $107,693,784
Highest grossing film (worldwide): $774.2 Million – Gaurdians of the Galaxy (2014)
3. Dwayne Johnson
Highest paid role: $15 Million – San Andreas (2015)
Lifetime box office gross: 22 titles – $2,047,947,657
Average box office: $93,088,530
Highest grossing film (worldwide): $1.5 Billion – Furious 7 (2015)
2. Robert Downey Jr.
Highest paid role: $20 Million as Tony Stark
Lifetime box office gross: 52 titles – $3,508,926,148
Average box office: $67,479,349
Highest grossing film (worldwide): $1.5 Billion -The Avengers (2012)
1. Leonardo DiCaprio
Highest paid role: $25 Million – Wolf Of Wall Street (2013)
Lifetime box office gross: 24 titles – $2,334,702,795
Average box office: $97,279,283
Highest grossing film (worldwide): $2.1 Billion – Titanic (1997)
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