List of highest-paid actors

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These are lists of highest-paid actors. The lists are separate by gender. Each list ranks the top 25 male or female actors with the highest salary, in absolute dollars without adjusting for inflation, for a single film.

1 Highest-paid actors
2 Highest-paid actresses
3 Notes
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Highest-paid actors

Rank	Title	Actor	Summary	Total
1.	The Matrix Reloaded/The Matrix Revolutions (technically two separate releases)	Keanu Reeves	$20 million + 15% of the gross	$185 million
2.	The Sixth Sense	Bruce Willis	$14 million + (14?) % of the gross	$103 million
3.	War of the Worlds	Tom Cruise	20% profit participation	$100 million
4.	Live Free or Die Hard	Bruce Willis	$25 million + 20% of all gross	$96 million
5.	Mission: Impossible II	Tom Cruise	SAG scale + 30% of box office and TV licensing and 30 % of DVD and Video gross based on 40% royalty ($1.80 per DVD)[1]	$92 million
6.	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Johnny Depp	$20 million + merchandising	$91 million
7.	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Johnny Depp	$20 million + merchandising	$84 million
8.	Rush Hour 3	Chris Tucker	$25 million + 20% of gross	$76 million
9.	Forrest Gump	Tom Hanks	SAG scale + profit participation	$70 million
10.	Mission: Impossible	Tom Cruise	SAG scale + 22% of gross after costs deducted[2]	$70 million
11.	I, Robot	Will Smith	$20 million + 10% to 20% of gross	$67 million^[1]
12.	Batman	Jack Nicholson	Unspecified guarantee + % of gross and merchandise	$60 million
13.	Vanilla Sky	Tom Cruise	$20 million + 20% of the gross	$60 million^[2]
14.	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Eddie Murphy	$20 million + 20% of the gross	$56 million
15.	Bad Boys II	Will Smith	$20 million + 20 % of the gross	Over $50 million^[3]
16.	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Arnold Schwarzenegger	$29.25 million + $1.5 million for perks + 20 % of all income based on 100% royalties once gross has passed $150 million domestic or $380 million worldwide[3]	$41.8 million^[4]
17.	Saving Private Ryan	Tom Hanks	Profit participation	$40 million
18.	Titanic	Leonardo DiCaprio	$10 million + % of gross	$40 million
19.	K-19: The Widowmaker	Harrison Ford	$25 million + 20% of gross	$34.5 million^[5]
20.	Little Nicky	Adam Sandler	$20 million + 20% of the gross	Over $30 million^[6]
21.	Lethal Weapon 4	Mel Gibson	$30 million	$30 million
22.	Ocean's Eleven	Brad Pitt	$10 million + $20 million profit participation	$30 million
23.	Minority Report	Tom Cruise	$20 million + % of gross	Over $30 million
24.	The Last Samurai	Tom Cruise	$20 million + % of gross	Over $30 million
25.	Anger Management	Adam Sandler	$25 million against 25% of gross	Over $25 million^[7]

[edit] Highest-paid actresses

Rank	Title	Actress	Estimated total
1.	Mona Lisa Smile	Julia Roberts	$25 million
2.	The Mexican	Julia Roberts	$20 million
3.	Erin Brockovich	Julia Roberts	$20 million
4.	Closer	Julia Roberts	$20 million
5.	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Cameron Diaz	$20 million
6.	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Reese Witherspoon	$15 million
7.	Bewitched	Nicole Kidman	$17.5 million
8.	The Interpreter	Nicole Kidman	$17.5 million
9.	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	Sandra Bullock	$17.5 million
10.	Runaway Bride	Julia Roberts	$17 million
11.	Wanted	Angelina Jolie	$17 million
12.	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Angelina Jolie	$15 million
13.	Monster-In-Law	Jennifer Lopez	$15 million
14.	Notting Hill	Julia Roberts	$15 million
15.	Anna and the King	Jodie Foster	$15 million
16.	Walk the Line	Reese Witherspoon	$15 million
17.	Proof of Life	Meg Ryan	$15 million
18.	America's Sweethearts	Julia Roberts	$15 million
19.	The Sweetest Thing	Cameron Diaz	$15 million
20.	Cold Mountain	Nicole Kidman	$15 million
21.	Ocean's Eleven	Julia Roberts	$15 million
22.	Birth	Nicole Kidman	$15 million
23.	The Stepford Wives	Nicole Kidman	$15 million
24.	Penelope	Reese Witherspoon	$15 million

25.	The Brave One	Jodie Foster	$15 million

[edit] Notes

^ I, Robot - with combined production, marketing and distribution costs of $147 million - grossed $346.7 million at the worldwide box office. With 40% of the gross returned to the studio, the film made a small loss of $8.3 million before DVD and TV put it in the black .
^ Vanilla Sky grossed $202.7 million and cost altogether $100 million resulting in a small loss of around $19 million at the box office.
^ Bad Boys II grossed $272.5 million worldwide and cost $170 million resulting in a loss of $61 million prior to DVD and TV.
^ Terminator 3 grossed $433 million worldwide; assuming 20% of $53 million, Schwarzenegger made at least an extra $10.6 million on the film's theatrical release.
^ K-19 - with a combined cost of $135 million - earned only $65.7 million worldwide, so probably did not pass its cash breakeven point.
^ Little Nicky was a notable box office disaster grossing only $53.8 million worldwide despite costs of $115 million.
^ Although Anger Management grossed $195.7 million worldwide, only about 40% of that gross would be returned to the studio. Deducting production costs of $56 million and prints & advertising costs of $35 million, the film actually made a $12.7 million loss before video and TV licensing.