The audiovisual industry continues to experience a period of great change caused by the tsunami of streaming platforms, the coronavirus pandemic and the tendency to think that what drags audiences into cinemas are franchises and superheroes and not so much the actors. But The salaries of Hollywood stars are still insane. Variety has posted a list with some of the highest salaries of actors and actresses, and let’s just say none of them are suffering from the recession.
The list is led by the living representation of the actor who draws people to the cinema as it once was: Tom Cruise. It is estimated that it will make $ 100 million from the success of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, which is already the 10th highest-grossing film in history in the United States (without adjusting to ticket price inflation). In his contract it was already stated that Cruise would take a percentage of the box office before he even covered the production and advertising budget. He is one of the few actors who can still have such clauses because he is one of the few deemed capable of being a name that fills the cinemas. In fact, Cruise’s base salary is quite low compared to others. For the next two ‘Mission Impossible’ he would have received between $ 12 and $ 14 million, but he also has a significant percentage of ticket sales in his contract, in addition to the sum he takes to be a producer of the films.
Streaming pays well (thanks to Scarlett Johansson)
Streaming platforms also pay good salaries, as Will Smith and Leonardo DiCaprio can attest, which will bring home $ 35 million and $ 30 million respectively for “Emancipation” and “Killers of the Flower Moon,” both on Apple TV +. Netflix raised Chris Hemsworth’s salary to $ 20 million for the “Tyler Rake” sequel and Millie Bobby Brown to $ 10 million for the second “Enola Holmes” movie. Nobody wants to fight with their stars like the one Disney had with Scarlett Johansson, so these salaries would also include compensation for the percentage of ticket sales that, being streaming movies, they won’t receive.
Blockbusters also mean pay rises for their stars. Jason Momoa, for example, doubled his salary for the sequel to ‘Aquaman’, titled ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’, after the success of the first., which in 2018 exceeded one billion dollars. Although his contract already included the sequel, Momoa managed to renegotiate having exceeded all expectations. The same goes for Joaquin Phoenix, who will go from $ 4.5 million to $ 20 million for the sequel to another box office hit and awards season winner ‘Joker’.
Wage parity is still a long way off when we look at these lists. Although there are few exceptions, such as the $ 25 million Jennifer Lawrence will earn for ‘No Hard Feelings’, her next film, the few women on the list do so with salaries like Lee Curtis’ $ 3.5 million. by Jamie for ‘Halloween Ends’ or $ 1.8 million by Anya Taylor-Joy for ‘Furiosa’. Margot Robbie will receive the same as Ryan Gosling for ‘Barbie’: $ 12.5 million. And Emily Blunt will get the same salary as Robert Downey Jr. or Matt Damon, who cut their usual salary to $ 4 million for a smaller role and the chance to work with Christopher Nolan. But the next time you wonder how movies can get the crazy budgets they do, you know where a significant percentage of that budget comes from.
The salaries of the highest paid Hollywood stars
– Tom Cruise: $ 100 million for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
– Will Smith: $ 35 million for “Emancipation”
– Leonardo DiCaprio: $ 30 million for ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
– Brad Pitt: $ 30 million for Joseph Kosinski’s new film
– Dwayne Johnson: $ 22.5 million for “Black Adam”
– Will Ferrell: $ 20 million for “Spirited”
– Chris Hemsworth: $ 20 million for “Tyler Rake 2”
– Vin Diesel: $ 20 million for “Fast & Furious 10”
– Tom Hardy: $ 20 million for “Venom 3”
– Joaquin Phoenix: $ 20 million for ‘Joker’
– Ryan Reynolds: $ 20 million for “Spirited”
– Denzel Washington: $ 20 million for “The Equalizer 3”
– Jason Momoa: $ 15 million for ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’
– Eddie Murphy: $ 15 million for ‘Super Detective in Hollywood 4’
– Chris Pine: $ 13 million for the new ‘Star Trek’
– Steve Carell: $ 12.5 million for ‘Minions: Rise of Gru’
– Margot Robbie: $ 12.5 million for “Barbie”
– Ryan Gosling: $ 12.5 million for “Barbie”
– Millie Bobby Brown: $ 10 million for ‘Enola Holmes 2’
– Timothée Chalamet: $ 9 million for “Wonka”
– Emily Blunt: $ 4 million for “Oppenheimer”
– Robert Donwey Jr .: $ 4 million for “Oppenheimer”
– Matt Damon: $ 4 million for “Oppenheimer”
– Daniel Kaluuya: $ 4 million for ‘NOP’
– Jamie Lee Curtis: $ 3.5 million for “Halloween Ends”
– Anya Taylor-Joy: $ 1.8 million for ‘Furiosa’
Source: E Cartelera
