Highest Paid Acting job of all time?

[cwsiggy]

What about Mel Gibson and Passion of the Christ? Doesn't really count as he financed it himself, but didn't he personally make like 300 million??

[MrWookie]

He didn't act in that movie.

[cwsiggy]

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He didn't act in that movie.

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true - unless you count the 5 second scene of the hammer coming down on the nail (that was Mel's swinging the hammer)

[chuckleslovakian]

According to imdb Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill both made $650,000 for Star Wars. While Alec Guinness made $150,000 + 2% of the profits. Since Star Wars made $800,000,000 worldwide, that comes to $16,150,000 for Alec.

[ckboddic]

What about Leonardo DiCaprio..I thought he got paid like 50 million for Man In the Iron Mask.

[Jim T]

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For what it is worth, I think that Malon Brando was the highest paid for minutes in a movie for either Superman 2 or for Apocalypse Now.

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Arnie is up there as well for Batman and Robin. I believe he was paid something like 10 million for 2 weeks of shooting.

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Didn't Nicholson make something like 5 million for an afternoon's work when he cameoed in the Terms of Endearment sequel?