His salary practically triples that of Will Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt
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Tom Cruise became the highest paid actor in Hollywood for a project thanks to Top Gun: Maverick. Although this should not surprise us if we take into account that this is the highest grossing film so far this year, the figure of his salary is extraordinary, as well as the difference with respect to the payment of his colleagues.
Top Gun: Maverick could make Tom Cruise receive 100 million dollars, since the tape has raised around 1,200 million worldwide. Meanwhile, Apple’s payment to Will Smith for Emancipation it was 35 million. Why is there such a difference between the actor with the highest salary and the second?
In accordance with Variety, Tom Cruise usually receives “low” salaries – between 10 and 15 million dollars – for participating in a movie, but he takes more than 10% of Paramount’s first collection after theaters receive their cut, which is about half the money. This is why it is believed that the actor could receive around 100 million dollars before Top Gun: Maverick leave the movie theaters to reach other screens and formats.
The move is quite risky, but not everyone is Tom Cruise. If the actor reaches the number – which he could even exceed – he would surpass Keanu Reeves, who received more than 83 million dollars for each film in the trilogy of Matrix; and to Will Smith, who got $100 million for Men In Black 3 (2012).
