List of highest paid film actors
Salaries for the world's highest-paid film actors currently range from US$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.
Highest earnings for a single production
Since not all salaries are made public, this is a non-definitive list of actors and actresses 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, as was the case for 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 infeasible to adjust for inflation.| Actor | Film | Year | Salary | Total income | Ref |
| ' The Matrix Revolutions | 2003 | $30,000,000 | $156,000,000 | ||
| ' | 1999 | $14,000,000 | $100,000,000 | ||
| ' | 2000 | $100,000,000 | |||
| War of the Worlds | 2005 | $100,000,000 | |||
| Men in Black 3 | 2012 | $100,000,000 | |||
| ' | 2018 | $75,000,000+ | |||
| ' | 2019 | $20,000,000 | $75,000,000 | ||
| Iron Man 3 | 2013 | $75,000,000 | |||
| Gravity | 2013 | $20,000,000 | $70,000,000+ | ||
| Forrest Gump | 1994 | $70,000,000 | |||
| ' | 1996 | $70,000,000 | |||
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | 2008 | $65,000,000 | |||
| Batman | 1989 | $6,000,000 | $60,000,000 | ||
| Inception | 2010 | $59,000,000 | |||
| ' | 2011 | $35,000,000 | $55,000,000 | ||
| ' | 2012 | $50,000,000 | |||
| Bad Teacher | 2011 | $42,000,000 | |||
| ' | 2016 | $40,000,000 | $40,000,000+ | ||
| ' | 2015 | $40,000,000 | |||
| Titanic | 1997 | $40,000,000 | |||
| Saving Private Ryan | 1998 | $40,000,000 | |||
| Alice in Wonderland | 2010 | $40,000,000 | |||
| Dangal | 2016 | $39,000,000 | |||
| Yes Man | 2008 | $35,000,000 | |||
| 2003 | $29,250,000 | $30,000,000+ | |||
| Lethal Weapon 4 | 1998 | $30,000,000 | $30,000,000 | ||
| Ocean's Eleven | 2001 | $10,000,000 | $30,000,000 |
Highest annual earnings
Forbes publishes a yearly list of the highest-paid actors and actresses based on total earnings from 1 June the previous year to 1 June the current year.Rank Actor Earnings 1 Mark Wahlberg $68 million 2 Dwayne Johnson $65 million 3 Vin Diesel $54.5 million 4 Adam Sandler $50.5 million 5 Jackie Chan $49 million 6 Robert Downey Jr. $48 million 7 Tom Cruise $43 million 8 Shah Rukh Khan $38 million 9 Salman Khan $37 million 10 Akshay Kumar $35.5 million Rank Actor Earnings 1 George Clooney $239 million 2 Dwayne Johnson $124 million 3 Robert Downey Jr. $81 million 4 Chris Hemsworth $64.5 million 5 Jackie Chan $45.5 million 6 Will Smith $42 million 7 Scarlett Johansson $40.5 million 7 Akshay Kumar $40.5 million 9 Adam Sandler $39.5 million 10 Salman Khan $38.5 million Rank Actor Earnings 1 Dwayne Johnson $89.4 million 2 Chris Hemsworth $76.4 million 3 Robert Downey Jr. $66 million 4 Akshay Kumar $65 million 5 Jackie Chan $58 million 6 Bradley Cooper $57 million 6 Adam Sandler $57 million 8 Scarlett Johansson $56 million 9 Sofia Vergara $44.1 million 10 Chris Evans $43.5 million