American cinema heroes are known throughout history as the highest paid; Where their films make billions in profits. And those films are sold, and they are marketed with their heroes, and therefore the stars receive escalating wages, and the box-office stars compete with them to increase the number of zeros in their wages. Here are the highest wages in the history of American and international cinema.
Tom Cruise: $100 million
American star Tom Cruise raised the ceiling of American cinema wages in an unprecedented way in 2011. For the first time, his wages for the movie “Ghost Protocol”, one of the parts of the “Mission Impossible” series, jumped to $ 75 million, to become the highest-paid at the time, before breaking his star record. Will Smith in 2012, but Tom Cruise returned again, equaling Smith’s number by performing the character “Maverick” in the second part of the movie “Top Gun” in 2022, so that Cruz gets $ 100 million for the movie. However, Cruz did not receive the amount as an advance wage, but rather set a condition in his contract for a percentage of the cinematic profits, as well as for the film’s sales to home theater platforms. What makes Cruz’s profits continue for years non-stop with the movie selling to multiple platforms.
Will Smith: $100 million
After the success of the first and second parts of the movie “Men in Black”, American star Will Smith received a wage of $ 100 million to make the third part of the film in 2012, which is nearly half of the film’s budget ($ 225 million), in what was described as The highest paid single film in history, but the huge profits of the film ($ 624 million) overshadowed the exorbitant cost of Will Smith’s wages.
Keanu Reeves: $83.3 million
Reeves’ wages are one of the largest in the history of American cinema, perhaps not for a single film, but for a series. But when dividing into parts of the chain, it remains a huge reward. Freves earned a total of $250 million for the “Matrix” series of films, at a rate of $83.3 million per part, which is not his wages, but rather a percentage of the film’s superstitious profits, as his wages in the contract did not exceed $13 million, but the overwhelming success of the film doubled his earnings. The money he received for his role in the series.
Robert Downey Jr.: $75 million
The American star earned $75 million for his role as “Tony Stark” in the 2018 movie Avenger “Infinity War.” Iron Man was the central hero in the movie. His lightness is considered one of the most important reasons for the film’s global success.
Sandra Bullock: $70 million
Sandra is one of the most successful and intelligent American movie stars as well. Although her wages for the movie “Gravity” in 2009 were not the highest, and she received only 20 million dollars for her role as “Dr. Ryan Stone”, a condition in her contract with the producing company doubled the amount she received; Where she stipulated in her contract that he obtain 15% of the profits of the film, which achieved 723 million dollars; This made her wages escalate, bringing the total amount she received for the film to $70 million.
Johnny Depp: $68 million
Alice in Wonderland is one of the most important family films in the history of American cinema. And the character “Mad Hatter”, the man with the hat in the film, who was embodied by the star Johnny Depp, cost the production company $ 68 million; To convince Depp to perform the character, which was one of the most important reasons for the film’s success.
