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While the highest-paid film actors can command multi-million-dollar salaries, actors can potentially 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.

Highest earnings for a single production

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 in a single production. Occasionally an actor's fee may cover multiple films, and they are included on the list if the films were filmed as a back-to-back production (for example, Keanu Reeves and the Matrix sequels). 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.

Sandra Bullock is the highest-paid actress, earning over $70 million for *Gravity*.

Forbes publishes yearly lists of the highest-paid actors and actresses based on total earnings from 1 June the previous year to 1 June the current year.

Highest-earning actors for a single production
Actor	Film	Year	Salary	Total income	Ref.
Keanu Reeves	The Matrix Reloaded The Matrix Revolutions	2003	$30,000,000	$156,000,000	^[1]
Bruce Willis	The Sixth Sense	1999	$14,000,000	$100,000,000	^[1]
Tom Cruise	Mission: Impossible 2	2000		$100,000,000	^[1]
Tom Cruise	War of the Worlds	2005		$100,000,000	^[1]
Will Smith	Men in Black 3	2012		$100,000,000	^[2]
Tom Cruise	Top Gun: Maverick	2022	$12,500,000	$100,000,000	^[3]^[4]
Alec Guinness	Star Wars	1977	$150,000	$95,000,000	^[5]
Robert Downey Jr.	Avengers: Infinity War	2018		$75,000,000+	^[6]
	Iron Man 3	2013		$75,000,000	^[7]
	Avengers: Endgame	2019	$20,000,000	$75,000,000	^[8]
Sandra Bullock	Gravity	2013	$20,000,000	$70,000,000+	^[9]
Tom Hanks	Forrest Gump	1994		$70,000,000	^[1]
Tom Cruise	Mission: Impossible	1996		$70,000,000	^[1]
Harrison Ford	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	2008		$65,000,000	^[10]
Jack Nicholson	Batman	1989	$6,000,000	$60,000,000	^[1]^[11]
Leonardo DiCaprio	Inception	2010		$59,000,000	^[12]
Johnny Depp	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	2011	$35,000,000	$55,000,000	^[12]^[13]
Jackie Chan	Rush Hour 3	2007	$15,000,000	$53,700,000	^[14]
Robert Downey Jr.	The Avengers	2012		$50,000,000	^[15]
Margot Robbie	Barbie	2023	$12,500,000	$50,000,000	^[16]
Cameron Diaz	Bad Teacher	2011		$42,000,000	^[17]
Robert Downey Jr.	Captain America: Civil War	2016	$40,000,000	$40,000,000+	^[7]
Leonardo DiCaprio	Titanic	1997		$40,000,000	^[1]
Tom Hanks	Saving Private Ryan	1998		$40,000,000	^[1]
Johnny Depp	Alice in Wonderland	2010		$40,000,000	^[12]
Robert Downey Jr.	Avengers: Age of Ultron	2015		$40,000,000	^[18]
Will Smith	King Richard	2021	$40,000,000	$40,000,000	^[19]
Denzel Washington	The Little Things	2021		$40,000,000	^[20]
Aamir Khan	Dangal	2016		$39,000,000	^{[nb 1]}^[22]^[23]
Jim Carrey	Yes Man	2008		$35,000,000	^[24]
Will Smith	Emancipation	2021	$35,000,000	$35,000,000	^[25]
Arnold Schwarzenegger	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	2003	$29,250,000	$30,000,000+	^{[nb 2]}^[1]
Mel Gibson	Lethal Weapon 4	1998	$30,000,000	$30,000,000	^[1]
Brad Pitt	Ocean's Eleven	2001	$10,000,000	$30,000,000	^[1]
Leonardo DiCaprio	Don't Look Up	2021	$30,000,000	$30,000,000	^[20]
Leonardo DiCaprio	Killers of the Flower Moon	2023	$30,000,000	$30,000,000	^[25]

^ ₹257 crore ($39.4 million at 2017 exchange rates).^[21]
^ 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.

Highest annual earnings

Forbes publishes yearly lists of the highest-paid actors and actresses based on total earnings from 1 June the previous year to 1 June the current year.

Annual highest-paid actor and actress
Year	Actor	Earnings	Actress	Earnings	Ref.
1987	Sylvester Stallone	$74 million	Jane Fonda	$13 million	^[26]
1988	Sylvester Stallone	$63 million	—	—	^[27]
1989	Eddie Murphy	$60 million	—	—	^[28]
1990	Sylvester Stallone	$63 million	—	—	^[29]
1991	Kevin Costner	$59 million	—	—	^[30]
1992		$71 million	—	—	^[31]
1993		$48 million	—	—	^[32]
1994	Harrison Ford	$44 million	—	—	^[33]
1995	Sylvester Stallone	$58 million	Roseanne Barr	$32 million	^[34]
1996	Arnold Schwarzenegger	$74 million		$40 million	^[35]
1997	Tom Cruise	$82 million		$55 million	^[36]
1998	Harrison Ford	$58 million	Julia Roberts	$28 million	^[37]
1999	Tom Hanks	$71.5 million		$50 million	^[38]
2000	Bruce Willis	$70 million		$18.9 million	^[39]
2002	Adam Sandler	$47 million	Cameron Diaz	$40 million	^[40]
2003	Will Smith	$60 million	Jennifer Aniston	$35 million	^[41]
2004	Jim Carrey	$66 million	Cameron Diaz	$32 million	^[42]
2005	Will Ferrell	$40 million	Drew Barrymore	$22 million	^[43]
2006	Tom Cruise	$67 million	Jodie Foster	$27 million	^[44]
2007	Johnny Depp	$92 million	Nicole Kidman	$28 million	^[45]
2008	Johnny Depp	$72 million	Cameron Diaz	$50 million	^[46]
2009	Harrison Ford	$65 million	Angelina Jolie	$27 million	^[47]^[48]
2010	Johnny Depp	$75 million	Sandra Bullock	$56 million	^[49]^[50]
2011	Leonardo DiCaprio	$77 million	Angelina Jolie	$30 million	^[51]^[52]
2012	Tom Cruise	$75 million	Kristen Stewart	$34.5 million	^[53]^[54]
2013	Robert Downey Jr.	$75 million	Angelina Jolie	$33 million	^[55]^[56]
2014		$75 million	Sandra Bullock	$51 million	^[57]^[58]
2015		$80 million	Jennifer Lawrence	$52 million	^[59]^[60]
2016	Dwayne Johnson	$64.5 million	Jennifer Lawrence	$46 million	^[61]
2017	Mark Wahlberg	$68 million	Emma Stone	$26 million	^[62]
2018	George Clooney	$239 million^{[nb 1]}	Scarlett Johansson	$40.5 million	^[63]^[64]
2019	Dwayne Johnson	$89.4 million	Scarlett Johansson	$56 million	^[65]^[66]
2020		$87.5 million	Sofía Vergara	$43 million	^[67]^[68]
2021		$270 million	Reese Witherspoon	$115 million	^[69]
2022	Tyler Perry	$175 million	—	—	^[70]
2023	Adam Sandler	$97 million	Margot Robbie	$78 million	^[71]

^ George Clooney's 2018 earnings are mainly from the June 2017 sale of Casamigos tequila.

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[22] ₹257 crore ($39.4 million at 2017 exchange rates).^[21]

[27] 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.

[65] George Clooney's 2018 earnings are mainly from the June 2017 sale of Casamigos tequila.

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-| scope="row" | {{sortname|Robert|Downey Jr.}}
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 |style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news |first=Kit |last=Borys |title=Robert Downey Jr.'s Massive Payday Tops 'Avengers: Endgame' Star Deals |date=30 April 2019 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/robert-downey-jrs-massive-payday-tops-avengers-endgame-star-deals-1205835 |access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref>
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-| scope="row" | {{sortname|Robert|Downey Jr.}}
 |''[[Iron Man 3]]''
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-| scope="row" | {{sortname|Robert|Downey Jr.}}
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-|scope="row" | {{sortname|Leonardo|DiCaprio}}
+| rowspan="2" scope="row" | {{sortname|Leonardo|DiCaprio}}
 |''[[Don't Look Up]]''
 |style="text-align:center;" | 2021
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-|scope="row" | {{sortname|Leonardo|DiCaprio}}
 |''[[Killers of the Flower Moon (film)|Killers of the Flower Moon]]''
 |style="text-align:center;" | 2023
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 ! scope="row" | 1991
-| align=left | [[Kevin Costner]]
+| rowspan="3" align="left" | [[Kevin Costner]]
 | $59 million
 | {{n/a}}
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 |-
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-| align=left | [[Kevin Costner]]
 | $71 million
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-| align=left | [[Kevin Costner]]
 | $48 million
 | {{n/a}}
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 | align=left | [[Sylvester Stallone]]
 | $58 million
-| align=left | [[Roseanne Barr]]
+| rowspan="3" align="left" | [[Roseanne Barr]]
 | $32 million
 | <ref name="1995data">{{cite web|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/sep/11/beatles-in-the-money-again-forbes-says-band/|title=Beatles In The Money Again, Forbes Says Band Earned Third Most Money, Behind Steven Spielberg, Oprah &#124; The Spokesman-Review|work=The Spokesman-Review|access-date=July 27, 2022|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727014042/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/sep/11/beatles-in-the-money-again-forbes-says-band/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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 | align=left | [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]
 | $74 million
-| align=left | [[Roseanne Barr]]
 | $40 million
 | <ref name="1996data">{{cite web|url=https://journaltimes.com/news/top-40-money-makers-for-95-96/article_85213eb0-e922-548b-8074-71f4f68b11ea.html|title=TOP 40 (money makers for 95-96)|work=[[Racine Journal Times]]|access-date=August 2, 2022|date=September 9, 1996|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220802213136/https://journaltimes.com/news/top-40-money-makers-for-95-96/article_85213eb0-e922-548b-8074-71f4f68b11ea.html|archive-date=August 2, 2022}}</ref>
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 | align=left | [[Tom Cruise]]
 | $82 million
-| align=left | [[Roseanne Barr]]
 | $55 million
 | <ref name="1997data">{{cite web |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1997/09/09/in-the-money/ |title=In the money |work=Tampa Bay Times|access-date=July 30, 2022|archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730014848/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1997/09/09/in-the-money/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 | align=left | [[Harrison Ford]]
 | $58 million
-| align=left | [[Julia Roberts]]
+| rowspan="3" align="left" | [[Julia Roberts]]
 | $28 million
 | <ref name="1998data">{{Cite web |title=Seinfeld show a hit; yada, yada, yada ... |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/entertainment/local/1998/09/08/seinfeld-show-hit-yada-yada/50558865007/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=New Bedford Standard-Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
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 | align=left | [[Tom Hanks]]
 | $71.5 million
-| align=left | [[Julia Roberts]]
 | $50 million
 | <ref name="1999data">{{Cite web |date=2000-03-03 |title='STAR WARS' PUTS LUCAS ATOP FORBES' CELEBRITY EARNINGS |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-03-03-0003040156-story.html |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Chicago Tribune}}</ref>
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 | align=left | [[Bruce Willis]]
 | $70 million
-| align=left | [[Julia Roberts]]
 | $18.9 million
 | <ref name="2000data">{{Cite news |date=2001-03-02 |title=Cruise tops star power list |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1198188.stm |access-date=2023-10-26}}</ref>
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 ! scope="row" | 2007
-| align=left | [[Johnny Depp]]
+| rowspan="2" align="left" | [[Johnny Depp]]
 | $92 million
 | align=left | [[Nicole Kidman]]
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 ! scope="row" | 2008
-| align=left | [[Johnny Depp]]
 | $72 million
 | align=left | [[Cameron Diaz]]
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 ! scope="row" | 2013
-| align=left | [[Robert Downey Jr.]]
+| rowspan="3" align="left" | [[Robert Downey Jr.]]
 | $75 million
 | align=left | [[Angelina Jolie]]
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 ! scope="row" | 2014
-| align=left | [[Robert Downey Jr.]]
 | $75 million
 | align=left | [[Sandra Bullock]]
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-| align=left | [[Robert Downey Jr.]]
 | $80 million
-| align=left | [[Jennifer Lawrence]]
+| rowspan="2" align="left" | [[Jennifer Lawrence]]
 | $52 million
 | <ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2015 |title=The World's Highest-Paid Actors 2015 |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/emjl45mmei/the-worlds-highest-paid-/ |access-date=29 March 2022 |website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 August 2015 |title=The World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2015 |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/55c90b15e4b0ffa7afe3c7ba/the-worlds-highest-paid-a/ |access-date=29 March 2022 |website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>
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 | align=left | [[Dwayne Johnson]]
 | $64.5 million
-| align=left | [[Jennifer Lawrence]]
 | $46 million
 | <ref>{{Cite web |date=25 August 2016 |title=The World's Highest-Paid Actors 2016 |url=https://www.forbes.com/actors/ |access-date=29 March 2022 |website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>
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 | align=left | [[George Clooney]]
 | $239 million{{refn |group=nb |George Clooney's 2018 earnings are mainly from the June 2017 sale of [[Casamigos]] tequila.}}
-| align=left | [[Scarlett Johansson]]
+| rowspan="2" align="left" | [[Scarlett Johansson]]
 | $40.5 million
 | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Robehmed |first1=Natalie |title=The World's Highest-Paid Actors 2018: George Clooney Tops List With $239 Million |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2018/08/22/the-worlds-highest-paid-actors-2018-george-clooney-tops-list-with-239-million |website=[[Forbes]] |date=22 August 2018 |access-date=1 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Robehmed |first1=Natalie |title=The World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2018: Scarlett Johansson Steals The Spotlight With $40.5 Million |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2018/08/16/the-worlds-highest-paid-actresses-2018-scarlett-johansson-steals-the-spotlight-with-40-5-million/#436620483667 |website=[[Forbes]] |date=16 August 2018 |access-date=1 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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 ! scope="row" | 2019
-| align=left | [[Dwayne Johnson]]
+| rowspan="3" align="left" | [[Dwayne Johnson]]
 | $89.4 million
-| align=left | [[Scarlett Johansson]]
 | $56 million
 | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Berg |first1=Madeline |title=The Highest-Paid Actors 2019: Dwayne Johnson, Bradley Cooper And Chris Hemsworth |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2019/08/21/the-highest-paid-actors-2019-dwayne-johnson-bradley-cooper-and-chris-hemsworth |website=[[Forbes]] |date=21 August 2019 |access-date=31 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Forbes actresses 2020">{{cite web |last1=Berg |first1=Madeline |title=The Highest-Paid Actresses 2019: Scarlett Johansson Leads With $56 Million |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2019/08/23/highest-paid-actresses-scarlett-johansson/ |website=[[Forbes]] |date=23 August 2019 |access-date=1 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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 ! scope="row" | 2020
-| align=left | [[Dwayne Johnson]]
 | $87.5 million
 | align=left | [[Sofía Vergara]]
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 ! scope="row" | 2021
-| align=left | [[Dwayne Johnson]]
 | $270 million
 | align=left | [[Reese Witherspoon]]

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Highest earnings for a single production

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