List of highest paid film actors - wikipedia List of highest paid film actors Salaries for the world 's highest paid film actors currently range from $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. 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. 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. Highest - earning actors in films Actor Film Year Salary Total income Ref Keanu Reeves The Matrix Reloaded The Matrix Revolutions 2003 $30,000,000 $156,000,000 Bruce Willis The Sixth Sense 1999 $14,000,000 $100,000,000 Tom Cruise Mission : Impossible 2 2000 $100,000,000 Tom Cruise War of the Worlds 2005 $100,000,000 Will Smith Men in Black 3 2012 $100,000,000 Sandra Bullock Gravity 2013 $20,000,000 $70,000,000 + Tom Hanks Forrest Gump $70,000,000 Tom Cruise Mission : Impossible $70,000,000 Harrison Ford Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008 $65,000,000 Jack Nicholson Batman $6,000,000 $60,000,000 Leonardo DiCaprio Inception $59,000,000 Johnny Depp Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides 2011 $35,000,000 $55,000,000 Robert Downey, Jr. The Avengers 2012 $50,000,000 Cameron Diaz Bad Teacher 2011 $42,000,000 Leonardo DiCaprio Titanic $40,000,000 Tom Hanks Saving Private Ryan 1998 $40,000,000 Johnny Depp Alice in Wonderland $40,000,000 Aamir Khan Dangal 2016 $37,000,000 + Jim Carrey Yes Man 2008 $35,000,000 Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines 2003 $29,250,000 $30,000,000 + Mel Gibson Lethal Weapon 4 1998 $30,000,000 $30,000,000 Brad Pitt Ocean 's Eleven $10,000,000 $30,000,000 Jump up ^ ₹ 257 crore ( $37 -- 41 million at 2017 exchange rates ). Jump up ^ 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. References ^ Jump up to : Block, Alex Ben ; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. ( 2010 ). George Lucas 's Blockbusting : A Decade - By - Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success. HarperCollins. pp. 616 -- 617, 714 -- 715, 824 -- 825 & 832. ISBN 9780061778896. Jump up ^ Masters, Kim ( 5 June 2013 ). `` Will Smith 's ' After Earth ' Apocalypse : Who Loses Most ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 July 2013. Jump up ^ Galloway, Stephen ( 26 February 2014 ). `` Sandra Bullock to Make $70 Million ( At Least ) for ' Gravity ' ( Exclusive ) ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 February 2014. Jump up ^ Pomerantz, Dorothy ( 10 June 2009 ). `` Hollywood 's Top - Earning Actors ''. Forbes. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Jump up ^ Thompson, Peter A. ( 1997 ). Jack Nicholson : the life and times of an actor on the edge. Carol Publishing Group. p. 214. ISBN 9781559724203. By 1994, it had reportedly reached $60 million. ^ Jump up to : Newcomb, Peter ( March 2011 ). `` Hollywood 's Top 40 ''. Vanity Fair. p. 2. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2012. Jump up ^ Sylt, Christian ( 22 July 2014 ). `` Fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean Is Most Expensive Movie Ever With Costs Of $410 Million ''. Forbes. Retrieved 7 December 2014. One of the biggest costs of making On Stranger Tides was paying the production staff and actors with Mr Depp alone believed to have received $55 million for the movie. Jump up ^ Heath, Chris ( April 2013 ). `` Profile : Robert Downey Jr ''. GQ. p. 3. Retrieved 18 April 2013. Jump up ^ Kilday, Gregg ( 20 June 2013 ). `` Sequel to Cameron Diaz 's ' Bad Teacher ' in the Works ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 June 2017. Jump up ^ Upadhyaya, Prakash ( July 6, 2017 ). `` Aamir Khan 's remuneration for Dangal : This is the amount the actor takes home after China release ''. International Business Times. Retrieved October 21, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Dangal brings Rs 257 crore Chinese bonanza for Aamir Khan ''. Hindustan Times. July 7, 2017. Jump up ^ Schuker, Lauren E. ( 2 April 2009 ), `` Hollywood Squeezes Stars ' Pay in Slump '', The Wall Street Journal, archived from the original on 16 June 2013 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_highest_paid_film_actors&oldid=854033990 '' Categories : Film - related lists of superlatives Lists of film actors Wages and salaries Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 8 August 2018, at 14 : 24 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who is the highest paid actor in movies
Answer: Tom Cruise