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.

Highest-earning actors in films

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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2. Masters, Kim (5 June 2013). "Will Smith's 'After Earth' Apocalypse: Who Loses Most". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
3. Galloway, Stephen (26 February 2014). "Sandra Bullock to Make $70 Million (At Least) for 'Gravity' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
4. Pomerantz, Dorothy (10 June 2009). "Hollywood's Top-Earning Actors". Forbes. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013.
5. 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.
6. Newcomb, Peter (March 2011). "Hollywood's Top 40". Vanity Fair. p. 2. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
7. 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.
8. Heath, Chris (April 2013). "Profile: Robert Downey Jr.". GQ. p. 3. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
9. Schuker, Lauren E. (2 April 2009), "Hollywood Squeezes Stars' Pay in Slump", The Wall Street Journal, archived from the original on 16 June 2013
10. 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]