These Avengers Endgame Salaries Are Insane
ByAmy Lamareon May 15, 2019inArticles›Entertainment
In 2017, Avengers Infinity War made $2 billion worldwide. Avengers: Endgame is expected to make the same – if not more – after all, it’s only been out for less than two weeks and it has already grossed more than $1 billion. The film has brought in $1.034 billion as of May 7 th . It brought in more than $427 million or 41.3% of the month of April’s total box office grosses. That tops the $282.4 million or 27.5% of the month’s overall box office that 2017’s Infinity War brought in. With that kind of money coming in, surely the filmmakers can pay the stars well. Rest assured, Robert Downey Jr ., Scarlett Johansson, and Chris Evans bring home some of the biggest paychecks in Hollywood.
The billion-dollar-plus earnings for Marvel universe movies is a relatively new phenomenon. The franchise got its start back in 2008 with the first Iron Man movie. Back then, Robert Downey Jr. only made a fraction of what he does now. Downey Jr. just wasn’t a bankable star then. He was a risk for the studio due to his history of drug abuse. Over the past decade plus, the stars of the franchise have more than proven they can attract audiences and bring in enormous box office numbers. That said, keep in mind that Marvel is notoriously cheap for its franchise’s first movies and everyone from Robert Downey Jr. to Scarlett Johansson to Chris Pratt and Brie Larson made high six to low seven figure salaries in their first MCU films. Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange salary is an exception to that rule.
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Below, we take a look at the original six Avengers and five Marvel superheroes who have their own movies and what they make.
Iron Man – Robert Downey Jr.
Iron Man (2008): $500,000
Avengers: Endgame (2019): $50 million – $200 million
Net Worth: $300 million
Captain America – Chris Evans
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) : $1 million
Avengers: Endgame (2019) : $15 million
Net Worth: $50 million
Thor – Chris Hemsworth
Thor (2011): $150,000
Avengers: Endgame (2019): $15 million
Net Worth: $90 million
Black Widow – Scarlett Johansson
Avengers: Endgame (2019): $15 million
Black Widow (2020/2021): $15 million
Net Worth: $140 million
Hawkeye – Jeremy Renner
The Avengers (2012): $2 million to $3 million
Avengers: Endgame (2019): $15 million
Net Worth: $50 million
The Hulk – Mark Ruffalo
The Avengers (2012): $2 million – $3 million
Avengers: Endgame (2019): $15 million
Net Worth: $30 million
Black Panther – Chadwick Boseman
Black Panther (2017): $2 million
Avengers: Endgame (2019): Unknown
Net Worth: $8 million
Star-Lord – Chris Pratt
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): $1.5 million
Avengers: Endgame (2019): Unknown
Net worth: $40 million
Captain Marvel – Brie Larson
Captain Marvel (2019): $5 million
Avengers: Endgame (2019): Unknown
Net Worth: $10 million
Doctor Strange – Benedict Cumberbatch
Doctor Strange (2016): $6.4 million
Avengers: Endgame (2019): Unknown
Net Worth: $30 million
Spider-Man – Tom Holland
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017): $500,000
Avengers: Endgame (2019): Unknown
Net Worth: $4 million
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ByJoseph Gibsonon February 22, 2019inArticles›Entertainment
Marvel is preparing to debut its first big screen standalone female superhero next month, and there are a lot of eyes and ears on the project that come with their own pressures to get it right. They spent a reported $5 million to get Brie Larson to play Carol Danvers in Captain Marvel , which is a break from the company’s usual practice of getting stars fairly cheap for their first movies. How cheap? Take a look at what these five now mega-stars made in their first Marvel joints.
Chris Hemsworth: $150,000 in 2011 for Thor
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Chris Hemsworth may be a huge superstar now, earning about $15 million a picture since Thor’s most recent solo outing in Thor: Ragnarok, but when he was first cast as the Thunder God back in 2011, it was more for his ability to play the part than any name or face recognition. Talent is cheap compared to those qualities, so Marvel was able to secure him for just $150,000.
Robert Downey Jr: $500,000 in 2008 for Iron Man
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Even RDJ , whose continuing contract with Marvel has made him one of the very highest-paid movie stars of all time, was a cheap get for the studio, despite his long and illustrious Hollywood career up to that point. The film’s surprise blockbuster success and Downey’s continued involvement in Marvel’s “cinematic universe” since then has completely changed that, though, and now he can pull in $80 million for Avengers: Age of Ultron or $10 million for what’s basically a glorified cameo in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Chris Evans : $1 Million in 2011 for Captain America: First Avenger
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Evans was quite a bit more famous than fellow Chris, Chris Hemsworth, when it came time for his superhero debut in 2011, and he got a seven-figure paycheck as a reflection of that. Now, they’re both sitting together at about $15 million a picture.
Chadwick Boseman: $2 Million in 2018 for Black Panther
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Boseman did pretty well for himself last year, scoring a reported $2 million to play T’Challa in Black Panther. But now, following the massive commercial and cultural success of that film, he’s sure to make much more for the sequel.
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