Director's catch: actors who received a modest fee for box-office films (12 photos)

Most actors love a beautiful life, and therefore prefer to work for huge fees. However, some participate in filming for little money (of course, by Hollywood standards), and some are even willing to pay themselves just to get into this or that film.





It is worth noting that we will talk about fees in comparison with the budgets of box office films and their collections.

For example, Johnny Depp, despite his popularity, received $10 million for the first “Pirates of the Caribbean,” although the film’s budget was 14 times higher. The box office receipts turned out to be fabulous (especially for 2003) - $654 million.



True, for the last part he was paid 9 times more, which is why the first fee looks rather modest.

Daniel Radcliffe also got a lot of credit for his role in Harry Potter. As a child, he received $1 million for his first film. Of course, this is a lot, but not when the film’s grosses amount to 1 billion. Quite modest for a role on which the commercial success of the film entirely depended.





And Ryan Reynolds received $2 million for his role as Deadpool in the film of the same name. In general, compared to the rest of the actors on the list, this is a lot, but against the backdrop of box office receipts amounting to 782 million.



For the role of Wolverine in the first X-Men, Hugh Jackman received a modest 500 thousand with a gross of $296 million. Quite modest, considering that at the peak of his career in this image the actor received 20 million.



A similar story happened with Robert Downey Jr., who received a similar fee for the first Iron Man. By the way, the film exceeded all expectations, grossing $585 million. So it’s not surprising that the actor has already grabbed $80 million for the role of his beloved hero in the finale of “The Avengers.”



Then everything is much more modest. Thus, for his role in “Pulp Fiction,” John Travolta snatched 150 thousand dollars against a budget of 8 million. The box office reached 213 million. Although the actor did not receive much money, it was this film that pushed his career up the mountain.



The film “The Flowers of Purple Fields” grossed $98 million, but Oprah Winfrey, who starred in the film, received only $35 thousand for her role. At the same time, her name was not even included in the credits.



Jonah Hill really wanted to work with Martin Scorsese, and therefore was eager to get into The Wolf of Wall Street. That is why he agreed to a fee of 60 thousand dollars, while DiCaprio received 10 million for the role. The most interesting thing is that Hill was ready to pay himself just to be in the film.



"Rocky", released in 1976, became a cult film dedicated to boxing. At one time, he managed to collect $117 million at the box office. And this despite the fact that the budget was only 1 million. However, Stallone received even less for this role - only 23 thousand dollars.



Harrison Ford absolutely hates his role as Han Solo in Star Wars and has repeatedly asked director George Lucas to remove his character from the plot (which was done in The Force Awakens). I wonder if there is a fee associated with this? After all, with a gross of $775 million, he received only 10 thousand for the role.



Well, let’s end with Bruce Willis, who appeared for free in an episode of the series “Friends” as the father of a student. And all because he bet Matthew Perry. At that time, they were starring together in the film “The Whole Nine Yards.”



The first believed that the film would be a commercial failure, while the second was sure of the opposite. As a result, the film grossed $106 million, and Willis ended up in Friends. The audience liked his appearance so much that the actor starred in 3 more episodes, but for the money he donated to charity.