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There is no doubt that “time is money”, and proof of this are the stars of hollywood who take advantage of their talent and reputation to enrich their wallets with every minute they appear in front of the screens.
Whether they are action stories, romance, comedies or fantasy, the stories that steal the hearts of the public, here we share the complete list of the highest paid celebrities per minute on screen. Read on to find out the details!
1. Tom Cruise
Once again, the American actor Tom Cruise breaks records with his work on the tape “Top Gun: Maverick”; on this occasion it led him to position himself as number one on the list of highest paid per minute on screen.
And it is that to return to interpret his character of “Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell”, the famous would have negotiated a salary that goes from 13 to 20 million dollars, a sum to which would be added a percentage of the proceeds during the premiere and ribbon promotion. According to Variety, his total salary was $100 million, which means that every minute on screen earned him $885,000.
2.Jennifer Lawrence
In second place is the star of “The Hunger Games”, Jennifer Lawrence, who with her role as ‘Lynsey’ in Steven Spielberg’s film earned a salary of 12 million dollars for just over an hour on screen. Your total earnings per minute amounts to $171,400 dollars.
3.- Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet made her big screen comeback with James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water. For her work The British actress had a salary of 6 million dollars, which divided by her 40 minutes on screen gives a total of $150,000 dollars for every sixty seconds that she appears on the screen.
4.-Jennifer Connelly
In fourth position remains Jennifer Connelly with an amount of $115,400 dollars per minute on screen with her participation in the movie “Top Gun: Maverick”. Unlike Cruise’s exorbitant payment, the actress was awarded $3 million for the 26 minutes she is seen on screen.
5.- Sam Worthington
Following closely behind Connelly is Sam Worthington returning to “Avatar: The Way of Water” as ‘Jake Sully’ with a $10 million salary and 5% of box office receipts.
6.- Tom Hanks
For his part, the career of Tom Hanks prevailed over that of Austin Butler in the biographical tape of “Elvis”, since despite not having the main role, his salary was the highest of all the production with a total of 8 million.
7.- Zoë Saldana
“Guardians of the Galaxy” star Zoë Saldaña also made her debut on the list along with her co-star Sam Worthington and Kate Winslet. In her case, it was thanks to the 8 million she earned in total for “Avatar”; an average of $101,300 per minute.
At positions 8, 9 and 10 are found Lupita Nyong’o, Miles Teller and Seth Rogen with their respective earnings of $87,000, $53,000, and $50,000 per screen minute of the tapes: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”, “Top Gun: Maverick” and The Fabelmans.
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