LRF Highest Paid

[Chad Taylor]

For some reason, I decided to go through and tally up the collective salaries from the seasonal Highest Paid posts (which I believe have run from Season 9 onward plus a bonus salaries post in Season 5). There may be some small errors here or there but here are my results. Note that I'm only counting salaries that show up on the Top 10 because that's what I have access to (for example, Mahershala Ali's JLU salary would bump him up but he did not crack the top 10 this season so I do not have that number).

Let me know if you find anything particularly interesting in here and I hope you enjoy!

45. Amy Adams (1 film)/ Karen Gillan (1 film) - $8,000,000
44. Emma Stone (1) - $9,000,000
43. Luke Evans (3)/ Florence Pugh (2)/ Johnny Depp (1)/ Joel Edgerton (1)/ Adam Sandler (1) - $10,000,000
42. Adam Driver (2) - $11,000,000
41. Jessica Biel (1)/ Elizabeth Olsen (1)/ Elisabeth Moss (2)/ Taron Egerton (2) - $12,000,000
40. Gerard Butler (2)/Denzel Washington (1) - $13,000,000
39. Chris Evans (1) - $14,000,000
38. Steven Soderbergh (1) - $14,600,000
37. Lucas Hedges (2)/ Scoot McNairy (2)/ Mahershala Ali (2)/ Timothee Chalamet (2)/ Paul Rudd (1) - $15,000,000
36. Channing Tatum (1)/ Bradley Cooper (1) - $16,000,000
35. John Cusack (2) - $17,000,000
34. Idris Elba (2) - $17,500,000
33. Dan Stevens (2)/ Taylor Kitsch (2)/ Michael B. Jordan (2)/ Anne Hathaway (1) - $18,000,000
32. Daniel Craig (2)/ Glenn Howerton (2)/ Natalie Portman (2) - $20,000,000
31. Tom Hanks (1)/Jon Hamm (3) - $22,000,000
30. Ben Foster (4)/Ben Affleck (2) - $23,000,000
29. Elle Fanning (3) - $25,000,000
28. Chris Pine (3) - $25,500,000
27. John Boyega (3) - $26,000,000
26. Joaquin Phoenix (3) - $29,000,000
25. Bryan Cranston (3)/Ryan Gosling (2) - $30,000,000
24. Armie Hammer (2) - $31,000,000
23. Sarah Gadon (3) - $32,000,000
22. Alicia Vikander (3) - $33,000,000
21. Colin Farrell (4) - $34,000,000
20. Keanu Reeves (2) - $35,000,000
19. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (2) / Reese Witherspoon (2) - $35,000,000
18. Alden Ehrenreich (3) - $37,000,000
17. Chris Pratt (2) - $38,000,000
16. Matt Damon (3) - $41,000,000
15. Henry Cavill (2) - $42,000,000
14. Ryan Reynolds (2) - $48,000,000
13. Billy Magnussen (6) - $52,000,000
12. Brie Larson (4) - $64,000,000
11. Margot Robbie (4) - $68,000,000
10. Russell Crowe (6) - $69,000,000
9. Christian Bale (5) - $70,000,000
8. Brad Pitt (4) - $79,000,000
7. Leonardo DiCaprio (3) - $80,000,000
6. Chris Hemsworth (5) - $92,500,000
5. Alexander Skarsgard (6) - $119,000,000
4. Jennifer Lawrence (6) - $121,000,000
3. Jake Gyllenhaal (5) - $128,000,000
2. Tom Hardy (7) - $157,000,000
1. Tom Cruise (10 films) - $328,000,000

[Chad Taylor]

Here is another viewpoint of the list, averaging out the salaries per films. Once again, this is only the data I have so take that for what it's worth.

$3,300,000 per film - Luke Evans
$5,000,000 - Florence Pugh
$5,500,000 - Adam Driver
$5,750,000 - Ben Foster
$6,000,000 - Elisabeth Moss, Taron Egerton
$6,500,000 - Gerard Butler
$7,300,000 - Jon Hamm
$7,500,000 - Lucas Hedges, Scoot McNairy, Mahershala Ali, Timothee Chalamet
$8,000,000 - Amy Adams, Karen Gillan
$8,300,000 - Elle Fanning
$8,500,000 - John Cusack, Chris Pine, Colin Farrell
$8,700,000 - John Boyega
$8,750,000 - Idris Elba
$9,000,000 - Emma Stone, Dan Stevens, Taylor Kitsch, Michael B. Jordan
$9,700,000 - Joaquin Phoenix
$10,000,000 - Adam Sandler, Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Daniel Craig, Glenn Howerton, Natalie Portman, Bryan Cranston
$10,100,000 - Billy Magnussen (excludes his salary from the first Booster Gold)
$10,700,000 - Sarah Gadon
$11,000,000 - Alicia Vikander
$11,500,000 - Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe
$12,000,000 - Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Olsen
$12,300,000 - Alden Ehrenreich (excludes his salary from Girl/Girl)
$13,000,000 - Denzel Washington
$13,700,000 - Matt Damon
$14,000,000 - Chris Evans, Christian Bale
$14,600,000 - Steven Soderbergh
$15,000,000 - Paul Rudd, Ryan Gosling
$15,500,000 - Armie Hammer
$16,000,000 - Channing Tatum, Bradley Cooper, Brie Larson
$17,000,000 - Margot Robbie
$17,500,000 - Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Reese Witherspoon, Keanu Reeves
$18,000,000 - Anne Hathaway
$18,500,000 - Chris Hemsworth
$19,000,000 - Alexander Skarsgard, Chris Pratt, Brad Pitt (excludes profit participation for Shogun, $19,800,000 when included)
$20,200,000 - Jennifer Lawrence
$21,000,000 - Henry Cavill
$22,000,000 - Tom Hanks
$22,400,000 - Tom Hardy
$23,000,000 - Tom Cruise (excludes profit participation for Splinter Cell films, $32,800,000 when included)
$24,000,000 - Ryan Reynolds
$25,600,000 - Jake Gyllenhaal
$26,700,000 per film - Leonardo DiCaprio

[Admin]

Love the idea, Chad. Thought I would add on and elaborate a little on your data collection. For a lot of the talents, those averages are pretty close to what they are looking to get paid for each LRF project, although a lot goes into figuring out exact salaries. I figured I would explain a bit so that people don't automatically assume Henry Cavill is going to demand $19 million every time out (for example).

- Obviously talents get paid a lot more for sequels - especially around films 3 and 4 for franchises. Films that aren't expected to get sequels (and turn out to be hits) result in a bigger salary jump for each film (this notably happened with the cast of the Lucky Luke films).

- Talents expect to get a higher salary for a big budget movie than they would for a smaller film (unless the marketing of the smaller film would be entirely designed around that talent's star power). Talents will also expect more money for starring roles than supporting roles. Additionally some talents may take less money if the role has awards potential (but may not if the film is going to rely heavily on their star power in marketing).

- Awards or box office hits from previous LRF releases will slowly bump up that talent's salary demands (and if a film earns both awards and is a hit at the box office it will bump up at a higher rate).

- Due to all the potential variables, each talent generally has a range of potential salaries. It goes from the absolute minimum they would accept (something like an awards-bait supporting role in an ensemble prestige film) to the absolute most (something like big budget blockbuster reliant on their star power). Most bigger names will have a base asking price that can go up or down based on those factors (which will change over time).

- These examples apply mostly to stars and well-known talents. Lesser known talents in smaller roles generally go off of a scale ranging from $250,000-$1,000,000 depending on the size of the role, the talent's level of fame/acclaim, and the budget of the film in question.

Some star base salary examples:
$25-$30 million - Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio

$20-$25 million - Brad Pitt, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Hardy, Ryan Reynolds, Dwayne Johnson, Christian Bale

$15-$20 million - Tom Hanks, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Alexander Skarsgard, Margot Robbie, Brie Larson, Reese Witherspoon, Channing Tatum, Ryan Gosling, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Chris Hemsworth, Anne Hathaway, Keanu Reeves, Adam Sandler, etc.

$10-$15 million - Alden Ehrenreich, Chris Evans, Henry Cavill, Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Magnussen, Bradley Cooper, Denzel Washington, Elizabeth Olsen, Johnny Depp, Emma Stone, Chris Pine, Timothee Chalamet, Paul Rudd, etc.

$8-$10 million - Sarah Gadon, Alicia Vikander, Elisabeth Moss, Taron Egerton, Adam Driver, Taylor Kitsch, Michael B. Jordan, Amy Adams, Mahershala Ali, John Boyega, Idris Elba, Lucas Hedges, etc.