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Robert Downey Jr paid $50m for Avengers role

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Nutty:

--- Quote from: DeeezNuuuts83 on May 18, 2012, 08:25:52 AM ---Backend money is where it's at.  I think Jack Nicholson still has the record for the biggest movie payday since he negotiated for percentages from Batman's gross.  I think he got $60 million or something, and that was in 1989... adjusted for inflation, that would be over $111 million in today's money.

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And people rate Batman Begins higher..... smh, lol.

Hood Crawler:
No one should make that kinda money man.  Insane.  Hope he uses it on his kid and not drugs. lol.

DJ SUGAFREE QUIK:
If there's another avengers movie I just hope the rest will demand a pay raise.  Its only right!  A billion dollars within 4 weeks. 

DeeezNuuuts83:

--- Quote from: DJ SUGAFREE QUIK on May 21, 2012, 09:27:41 PM ---If there's another avengers movie I just hope the rest will demand a pay raise.  Its only right!  A billion dollars within 4 weeks. 

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The other Avengers actors and actresses will likely get more money, but they're not going to get Robert Downey Jr. money.  No one else drives the movie the way he does, in terms of his character's dialogue and also action sequences.  He's cool to watch whether he has the suit on or not.  I can't say the same about the other actors or the characters that they portray.

Also, it's not a billion dollars of profit, so it's not like one guy is laughing all the way to the bank with an extra billion dollars.  I think something like 30-40% of box office gross numbers are what the theaters keep.  But regardless, yes, the movie has generated a ton of profit in a short amount of time, though the guys who actually finance the project usually get to keep more of that.

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