List of highest-paid film actors
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. 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.| Actor | Film | Year | Salary | Total income | |
| ' The Matrix Revolutions | 2003 | $30,000,000 | $156,000,000 | ||
| ' | 1999 | $14,000,000 | $100,000,000 | ||
| Mission: Impossible 2 | 2000 | $100,000,000 | |||
| War of the Worlds | 2005 | $100,000,000 | |||
| Men in Black 3 | 2012 | $100,000,000 | |||
| Top Gun: Maverick | 2022 | $12,500,000 | $100,000,000 | ||
| Star Wars | 1977 | $150,000 | $95,000,000 | ||
| Avengers: Infinity War | 2018 | $75,000,000+ | |||
| Iron Man 3 | 2013 | $75,000,000 | |||
| Avengers: Endgame | 2019 | $20,000,000 | $75,000,000 | ||
| Gravity | 2013 | $20,000,000 | $70,000,000+ | ||
| Forrest Gump | 1994 | $70,000,000 | |||
| Mission: Impossible | 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 | |||
| Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | 2011 | $35,000,000 | $55,000,000 | ||
| Rush Hour 3 | 2007 | $15,000,000 | $53,700,000 | ||
| 2012 | $50,000,000 | ||||
| Barbie | 2023 | $12,500,000 | $50,000,000 | ||
| Bad Teacher | 2011 | $42,000,000 | |||
| Captain America: Civil War | 2016 | $40,000,000 | $40,000,000+ | ||
| Titanic | 1997 | $40,000,000 | |||
| Saving Private Ryan | 1998 | $40,000,000 | |||
| Alice in Wonderland | 2010 | $40,000,000 | |||
| Avengers: Age of Ultron | 2015 | $40,000,000 | |||
| King Richard | 2021 | $40,000,000 | $40,000,000 | ||
| The Little Things | 2021 | $40,000,000 | |||
| Dangal | 2016 | $39,000,000 | |||
| Pushpa 2: The Rule | 2024 | $36,000,000 | |||
| Yes Man | 2008 | $35,000,000 | |||
| Emancipation | 2022 | $35,000,000 | $35,000,000 | ||
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | 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 | ||
| Don't Look Up | 2021 | $30,000,000 | $30,000,000 | ||
| Killers of the Flower Moon | 2023 | $30,000,000 | $30,000,000 |